Episode 1168

Sesame Street
David remembers a childhood dance
Air date	May 3, 1978
Season	Season 9 (1977-1978)
Production March 3, 1978 Sponsors H, I, 3

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Linda finds Big Bird crying in his nest. She uses a series of gestures to ask what's caused him to cry. None of her guesses are correct, but Big Bird finds guessing what her actions mean so fun that he perks up and forgets what made him cry in the first place.
	Cartoon	A boy gets lost, and encounters a man with a yo-yo, who tells him to remember everything he passed. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0408)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley hosts "The Remembering Game", a game show in which the contestants must match pictures based on memory. The winner gets whatever item was in the pictures he matched, and the other contestant wins the item from the remaining two pictures as a consolation prize. Bill Smith wins a cookie, and Cookie Monster wins a jet plane. Disappointed, Cookie Monster suggests that they switch prizes. (First: Episode 0310)
	Cartoon	A clam tells a fisherman why he's not catching any fish: he pulled all the plants out of the pond. (First: Episode 0408)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry Monster and Laurie identify different shapes. (First: Episode 0881)
	Cartoon	A square is fit into many different things, such as a truck, window, television, etc. (First: Episode 0316)
	Film	Nim Chimpsky matches his nose to that of a teddy bear's.
	Video	Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798)
	SCENE 2	Big Bird (in voiceover) suggests the viewer joins the kids as they imitate every movement Linda does in the yard.
	Cartoon	He, She and It - The IT knows all about the heart.
	Film	A pride of lions feasts on an animal carcass. (First: Episode 0407)
	Animation	Drawing a chicken (child V/O in English and Spanish) (First: Episode 0451)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Bert Is Sick — Ernie consults a medical book to discover that Bert is sick. (First: Episode 0435)
	SCENE 3	David wraps up a call on the Hooper's Store phone, when Linda asks him and Maria to describe what the sound of a ringing phone is like, as she's never been able to hear it before. She suggests they use things she is familiar with such as color and feelings to describe what the sound is like; David and Maria say that a phone ring can be interpreted as a cold, shaky, silvery sound. They similarly describe the sounds of thunder, clapping, a bus, and a dog barking. David then asks the viewer to give such a process a try, too.
	Cartoon	Capital I, he's quite a guy (First: Episode 0368)
	Film	An I-beam is molded at a steel factory as heavy industrial-type music underscores the action. The segment ends on a video freeze of the finished beam, which is shaped like the letter "I." (First: Episode 1077)
	Cartoon	I for Ink (First: Episode 0462)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Little Bo Peep (part 1) (First: Episode 1047)
	Film	Kids play in the snow. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0292)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Little Bo Peep (part 2) (First: Episode 1084)
	Cast	Postman David goes to collect some mail from a mailbox, but finds there's more and more each time he opens it. (First: Episode 0533)
	Cartoon	I have all, I have none (men w/ grapes) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0624)
	Cast	The mailbox is emptied, but how will David get all the mail to the post office? He lets the mail back into the hammerspace-like mailbox, then takes that with him. (First: Episode 0533)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: I for Ink (First: Episode 0847)
	Muppets	Grover sings "I Stand Up Straight and Tall" while using some fast cutting camera trickery. (First: Episode 0916)
	Film	Cold things that begin with the letter I (First: Episode 0618)
	Muppets / Cast	Bob holds an American bullfrog and asks Kermit to talk about frogs. However, due to living a somewhat different life than normal frogs, what Kermit says about frogs is somewhat incorrect; for example, Kermit believes that frogs eat fried chicken and pizza, and live in apartment houses. (First: Episode 0277)
	Cartoon	A boy tries to count to twenty while playing with a paddleball, but gets interrupted by a bird. (First: Episode 0152)
	Film	Close-ups of animals. Kids try to guess what they are. (First: Episode 0326)
	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)
	Film	Letter H hoist Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0336)
	SCENE 4	At Hooper's, David begins to grill a hamburger for Linda before turning on the radio. The "In the Mood"-esque swing music on the radio reminds David of a dance he used to do as a child, which Linda also remembers doing. They go out into the yard to perform it when David smells something burning. They rush back into the store, where David admits that he may have remembered the dance steps, but forgot about the now-blackened burger on the grill.
	Cartoon	I am crying / estoy llorando (David and Maria voiceover) (First: Episode 1041)
	Celebrity	Edith Ann describes what happens to you when you become angry. (First: Episode 0923)
	Film	The sign CLOSED spins around. (First: Episode 0955)
	Muppets	Grover, Herry Monster, and Billy rearrange themselves in different ways and count to three, until they get exhausted and faint. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0364)
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd sings about three trios of animals who live on a fat lady's lap. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0299)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Rhyming Game — Ernie gets Bert to participate in a rhyme game, but Ernie ends the game just as Bert is starting to enjoy it. (First: Episode 0798)
	Cartoon	Three men in a horse costume want three cups of coffee. (First: Episode 0473)
	Song	"Three Is My Favorite Number" (First: Episode 0429)
	SCENE 5	Linda, David, and the kids dance to the swing music while Big Bird announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Ernie and Bert hold the CTW sign.

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