Episode 1270

Sesame Street
Air date	March 23, 1979
Season	Season 10 (1978-1979)
Directed by Emily Squires Production February 9, 1979 Sponsors E, J, 9

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	10th Season Intro Still
	SCENE 1	In Big Bird's nest area, Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus and the kids dance to a Johnny Carson-style version of the "Sesame Street Theme." Big Bird encourages Snuffy to dance closer to them, but Snuffy claims that he is much too shy to dance in front of other people. Big Bird remarks, “Aw come on! I know that inside that big, shaggy body beats the heart of a Fred Astaire!" Snuffy admits that he does love to dance and imagines that he’s the most wonderful dancer in the world at an elegant party as he sings and dances to the "Snuffleupagus Waltz."
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Back in reality, Snuffy finds himself dancing gracefully, but once he notices Big Bird and the kids watching him, he runs away embarrassed. After he and the kids unsuccessfully call for Snuffy to come back, Big Bird points out, “Well, he may not be a great dancer, but he has a wonderful imagination.”
	Cartoon	A fat man and a small man demonstrate top and bottom. (First: Episode 0525)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Bert tells Ernie not to eat cookies in bed, because he might get crumbs in the bed. Ernie decides to eat cookies in Bert's bed instead. (First: Episode 0282)
	Cartoon	The Magnificent Splasho goes from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the water tank. (First: Episode 0655)
	Cast	A voiceover instructs Maria as Chaplin where to put the shirts and the towels. (First: Episode 0541)
	Cartoon	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0512)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Me." (First: Episode 0421)
	Cartoon	He, She and It: The IT knows about locks and keys. (First: Episode 1172)
	SCENE 2	On the stoop of 123 Sesame Street, Big Bird, Susan and the kids watch as Alphabet Bates writes the letter E in the sky (First: Episode 0061).
	Cartoon	E ... see me eating a peach (First: Episode 0001)
	Muppets	Anything Muppets (including Farley) shout "E!" (First: Episode 0408)
	Cartoon	What Do You Do With a Pet? (First: Episode 0465)
	Film	The WALK sign flashes in a montage of people (and even dogs) walking in the city. (First: Episode 0498)
	Cartoon	Animals walk. (First: Episode 0926)
	Film	Kids play in the snow. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0292)
	Cartoon	The alphabet is presented in a chain reaction of events. (First: Episode 1113)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster goes to the carnival and plays the "test your strength" game. Unbeknownst to him, the carnival barker rigged the game so nobody can win -- until Cookie finds out what the prize is. (First: Episode 0449)
	Cartoon	A door opens behind a mouse, who shrieks when she sees the E. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616)
	SCENE 3	Herry Monster sets out some items to use in a series of poems in the yard. He calls Gordon and the kids over and demonstrates his strength using each one as the kids guess what he will do with each one with a rhyme. He ends his rhymes by heavily exhaling, blowing everybody away.
	Cartoon	A man explains that the letter E begins both Enter and Exit. Another man named Roy runs through the doors. (First: Episode 0406)
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster helps Ernie match mittens, shoes, and gloves and put them away. Guess how he puts away two matching cookies. (First: Episode 0135)
	Cartoon	Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole and says that he fooled the viewer. He then walks into a wall. (First: Episode 0439)
	Film	Kids narrate a film of animals moving in different ways. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0098)
	Cartoon	Christopher Clumsy jumps over a hole, and falls into another hole. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0439)
	Film	The walrus (First: Episode 0296)
	Animation	A number 9 looks for a house with his number on it.
	SCENE 4	The Count has a counting problem - he's forgotten what number follows 8. He sees David spraying some cleaning fluid on the Hooper's Store window in the shape of a 9, helping the Count remember the number. He enthusiastically counts up to 9 and extends his thank you's to a confused David. ("My mother thanks you, my father thanks you! My little dog Toto thanks you too.")
	Cartoon	A lost man in the desert asks a stranger for directions to the city. He builds a pretend city out of sand to show what it looks like. As it turns out, the stranger is an alien. (First: Episode 0763)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert play tricks on each other in order to sit in the TV chair, until they realize they both fit in it. Herry Monster comes over to trick Ernie and Bert into leaving their chair so that he can sit in it. Ernie and Bert decide that if the chair can hold two, it can hold three as well, so they cram their way into the chair with Herry. When Ernie and Herry realize that they're watching something only Bert would enjoy, they leave Bert alone. (First: Episode 0207)
	Cartoon	E for elephant, eat, eagle, everybody, empty, and egg. Voice: Casey Kasem (First: Episode 0002)
	Muppets	A Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet closes everything.
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: E-Ear (First: Episode 0807)
	Celebrity	José Feliciano sings "The Gypsy." (First: Episode 0763)
	Cartoon	The letter J Artists: John and Faith Hubley (First: Episode 0133)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Christopher Columbus — Kermit catches Christopher Columbus before his historic voyage. (First: Episode 0578)
	Cartoon	Jazz #9 (First: Episode 0137)
	Film	A baby monkey Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0280)
	Cartoon	A man talks about the letter J with a jack-in-the-box, whose lid ends up crushing him. (First: Episode 0071)
	Cartoon	Dot Bridge #3: Last dot shows up early (First: Episode 0001)
	SCENE 5	The kids play with Barkley in the yard as David announces the sponsors, and the credits follow.
	CLOSING SIGNS	The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the CTW sign.

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