Episode 1098

	Sesame Street
	Mr. Hooper hires Mr. Ortiz, a Spanish-speaking helper
Air date	January 25, 1978
Season	Season 9 (1977-1978)
Production	October 31, 1977
Sponsors	A, H, 10

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Mr. Hooper tells Maria and Luis that David is out sick, so he's called a local employment agency to send someone over in his place. The agency didn't tell him anything beyond the fact that he's a man around Hooper's age and he has experience running his own store. A man, Mr. Ortiz, arrives, speaking Spanish and inquiring if this is where has been sent by the agency. As he hears Mr. Hooper describe the job, he becomes unsure of his place here - he doesn't speak English well and believes the agency made a mistake. Mr. Hooper claims that he knows a few Spanish words (showing off the store's "Se Habla Espanol" sign) and encourages the man to stay, even though he has some difficulty understanding him.
	Cartoon	Pinball #10 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0990)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Tall, Taller, Tallest — Ernie is tall, Bert is taller, and Big Bird is the tallest. (First: Episode 0284)
	Cartoon	A short bird stands under a tall bird, which lays an egg on its head. (First: Episode 0303)
	Video	Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798)
	Muppets	On a very slow day of counting, The Count plays some funky music that is irresistible to dance to. He then counts 6 dancing children that come by. (First: Episode 0868)
	Film / Cast	Gordon joins a class for some exercises.
	Cartoon	"Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425)
	Muppets	Farley looks for ME. (First: Episode 0464)
	Film	A man writes the word ME in the snow. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294)
	SCENE 2	Mr. Hooper admits to Maria and Luis that things haven't been working out too well with Mr. Ortiz due to the language barrier. They have him imagine the situation being reversed, where the store is a Puerto Rican bodega under Mr. Ortiz's supervision and Mr. Hooper is unable to speak Spanish well. Mr. Ortiz helps his new employee by teaching him some basic Spanish words about the products they sell.
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Back in reality, Mr. Hooper uses this method to teach Mr. Ortiz some English words, as well as to learn some Spanish himself.
	Cartoon	A red man tries to think of words that begin with H, but a yellow man keeps spewing them out until Red draws a hole under Yellow, who yells "HELP!!" (First: Episode 0020)
	Cast	Maria, Luis, Susan and David put together a fractured letter H. (First: Episode 0422)
	Film	George the Farmer demonstrates short and tall. (First: Episode 0254)
	Cartoon	A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510)
	Film / Animation	Part 1: A boy declares he wants to build a building. He and an adult voiceover describe how the building will be made, intercut with stop-motion animation and live-action footage. The two then wait for the foundational cement to dry... (First: Episode 0142)
	Cartoon	H for hair (First: Episode 0475)
	Film / Animation	Part two: With the cement dried, the boy's building is brought to completion. (First: Episode 0142)
	Celebrity	The Deadly Nightshade play a twenty second kazoo trio. (First: Episode 0914)
	Cartoon	A witch turns a little girl into a variety of things, but the girl insists "I'm still ME!" (First: Episode 0793)
	Film	A giant panda walks around. (First: Episode 0920)
	Cartoon	A girl talks about preparing to play with her new sled. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0413)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Apple Mystery — Ernie finds an apple on a brick wall and wants to know who it belongs to. (First: Episode 0137)
	Cartoon	H - Horse (First: Episode 0474)
	Film	Letter H hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0336)
	Insert	Susan sings "How Do You Walk" with the kids, Mr. Macintosh and Bob, demonstrating how people's feelings affect how they walk. (First: Episode 1033)
	Cartoon	A picture of a girl playing a guitar is drawn as off-screen kids (speaking English and Spanish) try to guess what the drawing will be. (First: Episode 0406)
	Insert	In voiceover, kids count out twelve in a deck of playing cards. (First: Episode 0480)
	Cartoon	Two men on a park bench turn their radios up louder and louder, each trying to drown the other's out, until they reach a station they can agree on. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0796)
	Film	A baby monkey Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0280)
	Cartoon	A big elephant and a small elephant make lowercase Hs come out of their trunks. Artist: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0162)
	Muppets	Waiter Grover: Alphabet Soup — Mr. Johnson orders a bowl of hot alphabet soup from Grover. (First: Episode 0276)
	SCENE 3	Oscar asks Mr. Ortiz to teach him some Grouchy phrases to tell Maria when she comes by. Luis translates for Mr. Ortiz and the two plan a trick. Mr. Ortiz delivers an angry-sounding, Spanish message to Oscar, who repeats it back to Maria. To Oscar's dismay, Maria gives him the English translation - "Maria, I think you're very pretty. Please come here and give me a great big kiss," which she does.
	Cartoon	"The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130)
	Muppets	Tony tends to an Anything Muppet shopping for a fur coat who ends up wearing a monster (Cookie Monster, to be exact). (First: Episode 0145)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: A for airplane (First: Episode 0770)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie Prepares to Do the Laundry — Bert makes his best attempt at getting Ernie to properly fill up the laundry basket. (First: Episode 0458)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests. (First: Episode 0449)
	Transition	Bridge #16 - Hourglass Slow/Empty (First: Episode 0360)
	SCENE 4	At the end of the day, Mr. Hooper and Mr. Ortiz thank each other for helping them learn new languages today. Maria and Luis also bid farewell, as the two older men declare the other a new friend. Mr. Hooper proudly admires his "Se Habla Espanol" sign as Luis announces the sponsors in Spanish and Maria announces the CTW slogan in English.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Ernie and Bert hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.