Episode 1261

	Sesame Street
	Herry goes to the eye doctor
Air date	March 12, 1979
Season	Season 10 (1978-1979)
Sponsors	G, I, 11
Releases	Sesame Street Classics

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird is grooving to his "Rubber Duckie" disco record when Snuffy asks what disco is. Big Bird explains that discos are for grown-ups and take place at night, so they aren't able to see it first-hand. But, they can imagine it!
	SCENE 1 cont'd	In their imaginations, Big Bird's nest area has become a discotheque. After a couple dances on the lighted floor, Snuffy and Big Bird get their chance to show their stuff.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Back in reality, Snuffy has learned a lot about disco and Big Bird compliments his big imagination.
	Cartoon	I for Iron (EKA: Episode 0340)
	Muppets	Grover sings "I Stand Up Straight and Tall" while using some fast cutting camera trickery. (EKA: Episode 0926)
	Film	To a jazz rhythm soundtrack, the camera zooms in on flowers growing on a tree. (EKA: Episode 0842)
File:Pinball11.jpg	Cartoon	Pinball #11 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1034)
	Muppets	Hands count to 11. (EKA: Episode 0262)
	Cast	Big Bird and Bob walk around Chinatown, where Big Bird expresses his fear the many dragons they have around. Bob explains the dragons are just puppets they use for celebrations. Just then, a dragon puppet pops out from a staircase, startling Bob. Big Bird comforts him, telling him it's only a puppet.
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: I for Ink Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 0847)
	Film	Kids count ten buses as they drive by. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 0406)
	Cartoon	A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite". (First: Episode 0032)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert: Ernie sings opera (O Sole Mio, O Sole You-oh) out the window to find out what time it is: three o'clock in the morning. (EKA: Episode 1153)
	Film	A boy goes to the dentist and gets his teeth cleaned. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 0881)
	Cartoon	A vaudeville act of two SAME people ends when one of them falls off the stage. (EKA: Episode 0840)
	Film	Luis announces "And now, the octopus!" Music: "Pomp and Circumstance" (EKA: Episode 0291)
	SCENE 2	Herry Monster enters Hooper's Store and asks what for lunch. Mr. Hooper points him toward the Lunch Special board on the wall, but Herry can't read it. Mr. Hooper moves very close to him until Herry can read it clearly. Olivia thinks he should get his eyes checked by a doctor. Although he is hesitant to see a doctor (fearing it will hurt), he goes with Olivia anyway.
	Cartoon	It's a circle!
	Film	Kids use shapes to make a train. (EKA: Episode 0137)
	Insert	David (in voice-over) spots shapes in and around the Fix-It Shop. (First: Episode 0481)
	Cartoon	Capital I, he's quite a guy (EKA: Episode 0815)
	Film	Things you can carry Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 0671)
	SCENE 3	At the office, the doctor asks Herry about his eye issues and then performs some tests for him. He prescribes a pair of glasses for him. Herry is glad the procedure didn't hurt.
	Cartoon	Things that are same and different. (EKA: Episode 0347)
	Muppets	Ernie and Cookie Monster note that they're the same in a lot of ways, and then become paranoid that they can't tell each other apart. An Anything Muppet tells them how they are different, which relieves them of their stress. (EKA: Episode 0748)
	Cartoon	"I in the Sky" (EKA: Episode 0427)
	Cast	Linda shows a child how to sign "WET PAINT." (EKA: Episode 1141)
	Cartoon	Billy Jo Jive looks for the missing batch of strawberry shortcakes.
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Kangaroo Blues." (EKA: Episode 0277)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time". In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane", a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set. (First: Episode 0446)
	SCENE 4	Herry returns to Hooper's Store and tells Mr. Hooper about his visit, but is reluctant to wear his new glasses, thinking he'll look silly in them. Mr. Hooper convinces him to wear them so he read better rather than thinking of his image. Herry tries them on and is able to read the sign on the wall, but he's also able to see how bald Mr. Hooper is getting.
	Cartoon	A goose and gander visit the land of the G's. Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 1141)
	Celebrity	Edith Ann talks about the time she made a sandwich. (EKA: Episode 1145)
	Cartoon	G is for Goat (First: Episode 0085)
	SCENE 5	Herry tells Olivia that he's thinking of becoming an eye doctor when he grows up and practices on his doll Elizabeth. Mr. Hooper announces the sponsors.
‎	CLOSING SIGNS	Some muppets hold up the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds up the CTW sign at the end