Episode 1254

Sesame Street
Air date	March 1, 1979
Season	Season 10 (1978-1979)
Production January 16, 1979 Sponsors N, T, 4

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	10th Season Intro Still
	SCENE 1	Oscar asks why Gordon, Maria, Olivia, and Luis are wearing funny clothing: "What is this, a masquerade from a rummage sale?" The cast explains they're wearing jogging outfits to go for a jog through the park. Oscar wants no part in something that makes one feel good, until he hears Luis comment that there's plenty of trash baskets to see...
	Cast	The song "Jogging" plays over scenes of the adults and kids jogging through Central Park and the city, with Oscar jogging in his can.
	Cartoon	Drawing a kite that turns into a fish (w/ child voiceover). (First: Episode 0222)
	Insert	The Alphabet Dancers form the letter T. (First: Episode 0454)
	Song	"Beet Beet, Sugar Beet." (First: Episode 1171)
	Cartoon	Drawing a kite that turns into a fish (w/ child voiceover in Spanish). (First: Episode 0277)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Statue of Bert — Ernie makes a clay bust of Bert, but runs out of clay for the nose. (First: Episode 0463)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter has an electric train. (First: Episode 0785)
	Film	T is for toes. (First: Episode 0506)
	Cartoon	La t minuscula (First: Episode 0376)
	SCENE 2	Oscar calls Mr. Macintosh who comes by with his fruit stand for an apple. Mr. Mac assumes Oscar wants a rotten apple with a worm inside, but Oscar wants a nice, fresh apple instead. After several guesses (including as a gift for Hermine), Oscar reveals that the apple is a gift for Slimey as something to live in.
	Cartoon	T is for Television (First: Episode 0024)
	Muppets	The Word Family Song: ET family (First: Episode 0139)
	Cartoon	T is for Television (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0298)
	Film	Lizard! Music: Joe Raposo (same as "birds") (First: Episode 0418)
	Cartoon	T for Turtle Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1146)
	Cast	Maria as Chaplin tries walking against a stream of foot traffic following a sign that reads ONE WAY. (First: Episode 1048)
	Cartoon / Film	Things that begin with N: nail, nest, net, notebook, needle, noodle, nuts, napkins, nose. (Don't make noise at night). The letter N is nice. (First: Episode 0659)
	Animation	4 people, 4 wheels, 4 doors, and 4 windows make a carpool. (First: Episode 0910)
	Film	A kid narrates footage of a termite colony. (First: Episode 0408)
	Celebrity	Richard Pryor demonstrates emotions. (First: Episode 1149)
	Animation	Two houses plus 2 equals 4. (First: Episode 0283)
	Film	George the Farmer shows embedded shapes using drawing of geometric forms and household objects with the same shape. (First: Episode 0288)
	Cartoon	An N-terview with an N Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0131)
	Muppets	Little Bird explains "next to". Then Cookie Monster cuddles up next to Little Bird. (First: Episode 0167)
	Cartoon	A girl imagines being next to a tree, a house and a car. "Now I'm going over there," she says. "There's nothing here to be next to!" (First: Episode 0782)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird leads a "Sesame Street By Day" tour group of several kids. He shows them the sights of the street and some kids stop to hang around each destination. By the time he reaches the final destination, his nest, he wonders where the group has gone to.
	Cartoon	Donnie Budd counts four lions. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0300)
	Muppets	Old West: Sinister Sam comes to the saloon, looking for Doc Holiday. He questions the frightened townspeople, looking for the doctor, but all he can find is a mailman and a fire fighter. Sam says they'd better find the doctor, because he's got an itchy trigger finger. The doctor is found, cowering under a table. The doctor asks what Sam wants with him, and the mean hombre says that his finger is really itchy -- it's driving him crazy. Is it a mosquito bite? Should he use some lotion on it? Doc Holliday faints. Sam shrugs, and joins the other patrons at the bar for some milk. (First: Episode 0318)
	Film	A kid recites a poem about adding penguins. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0255)
	Cast	Linda stars in the Theater Without Words production of "The Batter and the Ball." (First: Episode 1031)
	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)
	SCENE 4	Oscar rehearses with his Grouch singing group, the Grouches. They can't stand the sight of Maria's nice flowers and sweater. She snaps back that Grouches don't love anything. Oscar and the group counter with a song about the things Oscar loves.
	SCENE 4 cont'd	When the song is over, Maria admits that she liked the music (as opposed to the lyrics), much to the Grouches’ dismay. It doesn’t help that Maria wants them to have her flowers… until they see that they’re now wilted.
	Cartoon	A boy counts 10 stairs as he climbs them with his sack of toys. (First: Episode 0997)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Princess and the Cookie — Cookie Monster plays the princess and devours all of the mattresses. (First: Episode 0417)
	Cartoon	Thelma Thumb: A giraffe in the zoo has swallowed a whistle. Thelma flies inside the giraffe's throat to find it. Artist: John Korty
	Muppets	Big Bird announces that Grover will demonstrate the number 2 by doing two chin-ups. He does it, but then Big Bird asks him to do two more sets, to make sure the audience gets it. When Big Bird thinks they've got it, he announces that Grover will now demonstrate the number 18! Grover faints. (First: Episode 0547)
	Cartoon	Sign Sounds: SCHOOL After a bunch of kids come running by, a girl goes before the man and says it's Saturday. That leaves him to say: "No school." (First: Episode 1155)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie Gets Thirsty — Ernie keeps saying "Boy, am I thirsty" even when Bert brings him water. (First: Episode 1144)
	Cartoon	In Spanish, a man makes everything in the room cerrada, and considers making the basket abierto if only for the guitar band inside. (First: Episode 0771)
	SCENE 5	Gordon and Susan celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary with a nice, quiet dinner at home. The dinner is interrupted by the loud sounds of hammering coming from the apartment above. Gordon goes to check it out and returns with Maria, who was building them a bookcase as an anniversary gift. They thank her by inviting her to join them for dinner, and she accepts their invitation. Mr. Macintosh announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Olivia holds the Sesame Street sign, while Bob and Linda hold the CTW sign.

Notes

• Additional performers include Michael Earl (Slimey and purple Grouch) and Bob Payne (dark green Grouch).
• Oscar's jogging segment was filmed at the Central Park Reservoir.

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