Episode 1098

Sesame Street
Mr. Hooper hires Mr. Ortiz, a Spanish-speaking helper
Air date	January 25, 1978
Season	Season 9 (1977-1978)
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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 shows that he knows a few Spanish words and encourages the man to stay, even if he has some difficulty understanding him.
	Cartoon	Pinball #10 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0990)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie is tall, Bert taller, and Big Bird is the tallest (and he also breaks the ceiling). (First: Episode 0284)
	Cartoon	Two ducks look the same height when they're in the bathtub, but one of them is taller when he steps out. (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. Back in reality, Mr. Hooper uses this method to teach Mr. Ortiz some English words.
	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	The cast puts 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 0184)
	Cartoon	H for hair (First: Episode 0475)
	Film	Part two: With the cement dried, the boy's building is brought to completion. (First: Episode 0184)
	Celebrity	The Deadly Nightshade play "Rubber Dolly." (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. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0920)
	Cartoon	"I Can Remember": A little girl remembers what to buy at the store (A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter) by visualizing her mother giving the instructions. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0408)
	Muppets	Ernie finds an apple on a brick wall, and wants to know who it belongs to. Sherlock Hemlock helps solve the mystery, and realizes that Ernie has a brown paper bag with a hole at the bottom, and that Ernie had an apple in the bag, therefore the apple belongs to Ernie. (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)
	Film	Cards 1-12 (0:43) (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 (EKA: 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: Grover brings Mr. Johnson a bowl of alphabet soup. Mr. Johnson complains that some of the letters are missing, and makes Grover run back and forth to the kitchen to bring the missing letters. When all the letters are there, Johnson complains that the soup is cold, and makes Grover take it back. (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 they 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 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0770)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert says it's Ernie's turn to go to laundromat. He put numerous things in the laundry basket, including storybooks, cookies, his boots, and a radio. Before long, the basket has no room for the laundry, so he decides to go play baseball instead. (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 Bridge (0:10)
	SCENE 4	At the end of the day, Mr. Hooper and Mr. Ortiz thank each other for helping them learn new languages today.

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