Episode 1217

Sesame Street
Air date	January 9, 1979
Season	Season 10 (1978-1979)
Production October 10, 1978 Sponsors G, J, 11

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	10th Season Intro Still
	SCENE 1	Oscar has interest in becoming a photographer and asks Olivia for her professional opinion of his pictures. Despite the poor quality of the printing and unconventional subject matter (rusted cars and a trash basket, among others), Olivia thinks he has real potential, which discourages him from going professional.
	Cartoon	A goose and gander visit the land of the G's. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie plays a game of tag with Bert, who is reading his book. (First: Episode 1026)
	Film	A kindergarten class takes a field trip to the fire station.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: G for gorilla (in man suit). (First: Episode 0085)
	Film	Footage of a rattlesnake (First: Episode 0294)
	Cartoon	G is for Goat (First: Episode 0085)
	Film	A gymnast demonstrates around. (First: Episode 0517)
	Cartoon	G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279)
	SCENE 2	Linda practices signing for her role in an upcoming play. Big Bird, observing from afar, thinks she's talking to an imaginary friend. Bob gives him a proper explanation, then Big Bird delivers the same spiel to Gordon when he sees him watching too.
	Animation	Sand G/g (First: Episode 0643)
	Muppets	Grover talks about the letter G, as it slowly grows. (First: Episode 0210)
	Cartoon	While fishing one day, a boy catches the letters of the alphabet. Frustrated at not having caught any fish to eat, he decides to use his catch for alphabet soup. (First: Episode 0004)
	Film	No matter how they're arranged, George the Farmer always has three barrels, four milk jugs, and five cartons. (First: Episode 0278)
	Cartoon	A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510)
	Muppets	Pageant: "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain"—Cookie Monster, playing the heroine in this year's pageant, can't seem to grasp the concept of going "around" until Prairie Dawn lures him with a—guess what? (First: Episode 0907)
	SCENE 3	Oscar wants to know why siblings Olivia and Gordon never argue. They soon find themselves in an argument over whether this is true.
	Animation	See the lion walk. (First: Episode 0993)
	Film	A girl gets a pair of earrings, intercut with shots of other people's earrings. (First: Episode 0422)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash — Don Music tries to write "Mary Had a Little Lamb." (First: Episode 0698)
	Insert	Buffy sings "Country Song." (First: Episode 0842)
	Cartoon	A girl talks about preparing to play with her new sled. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0413)
	Film	The WALK sign flashes in a montage of people (and even dogs) walking in the city. (First: Episode 0498)
	Cartoon	Counting 10 to 1. (First: Episode 0480)
	Celebrity	Bill Cosby tells his young friends a story that involves "over" and "under". He mixes the words up, and the kids correct him. (First: Episode 0136)
	Film	To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree. (First: Episode 0156)
	Cartoon	At the circus, Tommy Trueheart displays his 11 trick-performing lions. (First: Episode 0816)
	SCENE 4	Oscar is annoyed having Linda reading her newspaper by his trash can. He tries yelling at her, only to remember she can't hear him. He swipes her newspaper and she begins signing angrily at him, which he considers better than her leaving.
	Cartoon	A girl tries to lure her cat out from under the chair so she can pick him up. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0187)
	Film	An ice cream man hands a boy too many cones. The boy cries out for "HELP" and some kids eat the extras. (First: Episode 0484)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie is planning to go to the library, when he hears on the radio that it might rain. So he gets out his umbrella, and puts on his raincoat, rain hat, and galoshes. Then, in case it floods, he takes a bag of groceries and a life preserver. Finally, he makes Bert go to the library with him, so he won't be stranded in the flood without him. (First: Episode 1148)
	Cartoon	A dog chases a cat around, through, over, and under a doghouse. (First: Episode 1020)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (First: Episode 0183)
	Cartoon	Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0362)
	Film	A gazelle runs fast across a plain. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0478)
	SCENE 5	Big Bird prepares for his nap and pulls out the various items he needs, such as his blanket, toys, and books. Bob drops in and points out that there's no room in Big Bird's nest for himself. Big Bird decides to take his nap at Bob's apartment instead and begins collecting his many things.
	Insert	Piano Bridge #3 - A pianist plays a short, jazzy tune. (First: Episode 0622)
	Cartoon	"The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug." Studio: Ken Snyder; Director: Fred Calvert (First: Episode 0009)
	Film	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under. (First: Episode 0517)
	Cartoon	A disobedient jacket illustrating words that begin with the letter J annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it. (First: Episode 0527)
	SCENE 6	Bob's hands are full of Big Bird's things, yet he still needs some more. He sends Bob off to his apartment for a head start as he starts collecting the rest of his things, and manages to announce the sponsors before falling asleep.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Kermit and a girl hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.

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