Episode 1249

Sesame Street
The Little Theatre of the Deaf acts out life on the farm
Air date	February 22, 1979
Season	Season 10 (1978-1979)
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Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	10th Season Intro Still
	SCENE 1	Bob, Maria, Olivia, Mr. Hooper and the kids wait for Linda and her friend from the Little Theatre of the Deaf to arrive back from a trip to Andy's (Linda's father) farm. As they head toward the bus stop, they witness Alphabet Bates making a letter "U" overhead. Linda and the crew (including Andy, played by Andy Vasnick) arrive and Bob greets them while reacting to the skywriting: "U...you!"
	Cartoon	"Poverty U" -- A figure gives a salute to the letter U, and presents the letter with a bouquet of flowers. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0036)
	Muppets	Ernie displays a ukulele; Cookie Monster plays "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on it, then eats it. (First: Episode 0047)
	Cartoon	A man nearly falls down a chasm, but the word HELP saves him and helps him across. (First: Episode 0788)
	Song	David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. (First: Episode 0389)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet family arranges themselves in different ways. (First: Episode 0275)
	Cartoon	A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0239)
	SCENE 2	The Little Theatre members describe their days on the farm and mime the chores, as well as a stalk of corn being picked.
	Cartoon	The uses of water (shown in English, then Spanish) (First: Episode 0139)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: The Elves and the Shoemaker "Hello, this is Green Frog calling CTW central. Do you read me?" Kermit interviews the elves, who give The Shoemaker various gifts that are not shoes, but rather things that rhyme with "shoe."
	Film	Kids identify pairs of animals in a zoo. (First: Episode 0364)
	SCENE 3	The performers now imitate the different animals on Andy's farm.
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Bert and Ingrid count backwards from ten to one. (First: Episode 0527)
	Film	A little girl needs HELP getting on a horse. (First: Episode 0484)
	Cartoon	A girl uses her paint-by-the-numbers set to find an elephant in her picture. (First: Episode 0510)
	Muppets	Farley goes to the hat shop. (long take) (First: Episode 0244)
	Insert	Luis places an "ABIERTO" sign in the window of the Fix-It Shop. Business doesn't seem active, so he changes it to "CERRADO" and steps out. While he's gone, Bob and Susan try to stop by and discover the shop is closed. Luis returns and opens the shop, where business still seems slow. (First: Episode 0948)
	Cartoon	A monster sees a box that keeps opening and closing, saying "Abierto" and "Cerrado." (First: Episode 0771)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie refuses to take his turn to go for the newspaper. He tricks Bert into going to Hooper's Store in his place. (First: Episode 0093)
	Cartoon	A magician tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but instead finds the numbers 1-20, which the rabbit repeats at the end. (First: Episode 0337)
	SCENE 4	Maria is surprised to hear how much work is done on a farm. Andy mentions that now there's more machinery and the performers act out those machines.
	Muppets	Kermit demonstrates his "What Happens Next" machine, which is designed to turn on his radio. None of the parts of the machine work properly. (First: Episode 0089)
	Film	Building a log cabin (First: Episode 0602)
	Cartoon	A real Indian boy tells two boys who are playing Cowboy and Indian that Indians don't say "ugh". The other kids tell him that they heard the expression on TV. (First: Episode 0771)
	Muppets	Big Bird builds a model of himself and calls it "ME." (First: Episode 0635)
	Cartoon	He, She and It: The IT knows all about the lightbulb. (First: Episode 1170)
	Celebrity	Victor Borge talks about practice by playing the scales, but needs some help from the sheet music. (First: Episode 1166)
	Cartoon	"Lowercase n" (First: Episode 0358)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie explains to the audience how people have two of everything: "Let's see, we've got two eyes, and two ears, and two noses..." "Hey, you ding-a-ling!" Bert interrupts. "You've only got one nose." Ernie promptly pulls Bert's nose off, sticks it to his own face, and keeps counting. "Two noses, and two eyes, and two ears ... too bad!" (First: Episode 0061)
	SCENE 5	Oliva and Mr. Hooper watch Andy and Linda conversing in sign language and wonder what it would be like to hear their conversation. Bob and Olivia translate their conversation into a song, "Do You Remember?"
	Film	A rhino and her baby (First: Episode 0408)
	Animation	Sand N/n (First: Episode 0633)
	Muppets	An Anything Muppet boy watches a circle around him get bigger and smaller. (First: Episode 0285)
	Film	Pizza is made. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416)
	Cartoon	A hand draws a guitarist serenading a maiden, as well as the background. (First: Episode 0791)
	SCENE 6	Bob is exhausted just listening to all the activity on the farm. Linda and the gang demonstrate one last thing they'd do after dinner - square dance!

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