Episode 0899

Sesame Street
Big Bird records the alphabet on tape.
Air date	April 22, 1976
Season	Season 7 (1975-1976)
Sponsors B, Q, 6 This episode guide has been compiled from script materials provided by a trusted source. ⓘ

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird notices Buffy and David using a tape recorder, and marvels at its ability to play back a recorded voice. They let him try it out, and he says the alphabet, pausing nervously in-between some letters. When he hears the recording back, he feels he has to cue his own voice whenever he pauses on the recording.
	Muppets	Grover tells Herry's secret (which is actually the alphabet) to Pamela, who tells Fenwick, who tells Rosemary. Herry says to Grover, "You're very good at reciting the alphabet ... but you're lousy at keeping secrets!" (First: Episode 0360)
	Film	Bee bees (0:42)
	Song	"B is for Bubble" (First: Episode 0008)
	Animation	Sand B / b
	Film	While watching her goldfish, a girl wonders what the world is like from her goldfish's perspective. (EKA: Episode 0709)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party. (First: Episode 0280)
	Cartoon	"I'm six years old today!" (EKA: Episode 0302)
	Film	"Six Song (Song of Six)." (First: Episode 0011)
	Film	A circle is superimposed over round objects.
	Muppets	Simon Soundman goes to Marvin's Music City to buy a nice shiny trumpet. However, Marvin keeps bringing the wrong instrument. (First: Episode 0458)
	Cartoon	"Mad Goat Song" Artist: Derek Lamb (EKA: Episode 0824)
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey! (First: Episode 0353)
	SCENE 2	Buffy sings "The Worrying Blues" with some kids.
	Cartoon	A painter paints all around the screen, eventually painting over himself. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 0268)
	Film	Russian nesting dolls 1-10
	VTR	The hat rack (0:23) (First: Episode 0439)
	Cartoon	Big Daniel Boone looks for a bear. Artist: Bruce Cayard
	Film	Kids paint various things that begin with the letter B on a window (edited version) Full edit--(First: Episode 0008)
	Celebrity	The Pointer Sisters sing "Hush Little Baby." (First: Episode 0793)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie wants Bert to pretend to be mad, but Bert says that he can't, because he has nothing to feel angry about. Ernie asks Bert to pretend that he borrowed Bert's paper clip collection, and lost his favorite paper clip. The thought makes Bert really mad. Bert gets tired out, and tells Ernie that he can't get mad anymore. Ernie makes a confession -- he really did lose Bert's favorite paper clip. (First: Episode 0216)
	Film	Jungle abstract (1:08)
	Film	Different people and animals react to the rain in different ways.
	Cast	Surgeons Maria, David, Susan and Luis "operate" on a motorcycle. (First: Episode 0484)
	Film	Heart (0:46)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie is thirsty, and imagines that he's drinking nice cold water. Irritated, Bert tells him to go get a real glass of water. Ernie does, but then he annoys Bert by saying that now he's hungry. He then proceeds to eat an imaginary peanut butter and banana sandwich. (First: Episode 0459)
	Cartoon	A little girl imagines what would happen if she dropped her bag of ping pong balls.
	Film	An apple grows on a tree. (First: Episode 0093)
	Song	"Four Seasons" (EKA: Episode 0276)
	Cartoon	"I'm six years old today!" (repeat) (EKA: Episode 0302)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit interviews Christopher Columbus before he begins his voyage to discover America. Kermit tries to tell him that the third ship is tied to the dock, but it's too late -- the dock breaks free, and takes Kermit along with the ship. (First: Episode 0578)
	SCENE 3	The Count looks around for things to count. Susan sneaks up behind him, covers his eyes, disguises her voice and says "Guess who?" David lets him know that it's a guessing game. The Count has finally found something to count - wrong guesses!
	Cartoon	A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that “Q” starts the word “quarter.” (First: Episode 0054)
	SCENE 4	The Count has reached 35 wrong guesses.
	Cartoon	Q for Quiet Artist: John Korty (EKA: Episode 0441)
	SCENE 4	The Count has reached 83 wrong guesses. Susan and David give up and leave.
	Muppets	Two brothers, First and Last, sing about how their names affect how they do things. (First: Episode 0146)
	SCENE 5	The Count, covering his own eyes, continues counting his wrong guesses as the sponsors are announced.

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