| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Barkley stays with David |
| Air date | April 2, 1979 |
| Season | Season 10 (1978-1979) |
| Sponsors | O, Z, 4 |
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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 | COLD OPEN | 10th Season Intro Still |
 | Muppets / Celebrity | Judy Collins sings "The Fisherman Song" with several Anything Muppets. (First: Episode 0796) |
 | Film / Cartoon | The letter O introduces many words he starts. (First: Episode 0725) |
 | Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Early in the morning, Ernie sees some pigeons through the window, and wonders if he should wake Bert. (First: Episode 1187) |
 | Cartoon | O limerick (First: Episode 0146) |
 | Insert | Luis plays "Giant Steps" with the kids in the park. Oscar can't tolerate hearing them say "May I?" over and over and starts up his own game of "Grouch Steps." Luis and the kids take several steps backwards away from Oscar's can, giving him enough space to be left alone. |
 | Cartoon | Olga y la letra O (EKA: Episode 0413) |
 | Film | Hippos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0415) |
 | Cartoon | A small man tries to use a seesaw, but can't get his associate (a very large man) to go up. |
| | SCENE 1 | Big Bird comes to collect four kids of equal size to help make something... |
 | Cast | Big Bird watches the shape dancers make a square. |
 | Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #4 (First: Episode 0984) |
| | Muppets | Five balls get together to play basketball. It takes them awhile to count themselves, but then they realize they don't have a ball. (First: Episode 0267) |
 | Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive investigates the case of the missing guitar strings. (First: Episode 1234) |
 | Film | The Mad Painter #4 (First: Episode 0344) |
| | SCENE 2 | Big Bird now needs two pairs of kids - two tall kids and two short kids - to help make something else... |
 | Cast | Big Bird watches the shape dancers form a rectangle. |
 | Cartoon | A man discovers the letter O has fallen off a HOTEL sign. (EKA: Episode 1199) |
 | Muppets | Mr. Johnson has been served a bowl of soup, but flags down his waiter to make a complaint. He asks Grover to inspect the fly that's in his soup, but Grover looks under, next to, and on the soup before he agrees to bring out a new bowl. The kitchen is all out of what Mr. Johnson ordered, so he brings him Cream of Mosquito. (First: Episode 1134) |
 | Cartoon | O for orange Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0673) |
| | SCENE 3 | Big Bird now needs three more kids. Maria assumes now they'll be forming a triangle, but Big Bird instead wants them to play jump rope with. |
 | Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive and Susie Sunset help Wrong Way Willie find four landmarks for a school assignment. (EKA: Episode 1233) |
 | Film | "There's a Bird On Me" (Joe Raposo) (First: Episode 0416) |
 | Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit is interviewing Cinderella and Prince Charming, who are dancing at the ball. After Cinderella leaves, she leaves one glass slipper behind. The prince wants to find Cinderella...so he can have the other glass slipper. (First: Episode 0516) |
 | Cast | Luis and Gordon play roommates. On a chilly night, Luis wants to keep the window CLOSED, but Gordon prefers having it OPEN. Gordon finally agrees to keep it shut, then smashes up the surrounding walls. (First: Episode 1220) |
 | Cartoon | An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0173) |
| | SCENE 4 | David closes up Hooper's Store on a dark and stormy night. He thinks it would be best if Barkley comes and spends the night with him instead of out in the rain. He calls out to Barkley, who doesn't respond. David finds the dog cowering behind the crates in the arbor, afraid of the thunder. David calms him down and the promise of a nice meal and warm space perks Barkley right up. |
 | Muppets | Ernie & Bert — A tough guy named Tough Eddie accidentally knocks over Bert's sand castle while he's sleeping. Ernie points that out to Eddie, and Eddie tells Ernie, in a threatening tone of voice, that he's "got something" for Bert. It turns out to be an ice cream cone. (First: Episode 0482) |
| | Film | Body Parts Film (2:02) |
| | SCENE 5 | The rainstorm has settled into an easy rain as David and Barkley get ready for bed. David points to the rug for Barkley to sleep on. Barkley at first gets under it, then on the armchair. David shows Barkley how to sleep on the rug, but Barkley seems hesitant. David permits the dog to sleep wherever he'd like and Barkley leaps into David's bed. |
 | Cartoon | Two alpine climbers hike up a letter Z and stake a claim on it. (EKA: Episode 0665) |
| Film | Scuba diver - on, into, under, through, around Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0516)
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 | Cartoon | Fred, a singer, fails to figure out the words that rhyme with his name in the song he sings. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0977) |
 | Film | A film of two kids at a petting zoo is narrated in English and Spanish. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0486) |
 | Film | A boy narrates a film of how his family trains wild ponies on the farm. (First: Episode 0815) |
 | Cartoon | "Uncle Gus and all of us went for a ride to Ho-Ho-Kus". Features a Snuffleupagus cameo. (First: Episode 0926) |
| | SCENE 6 | Barkley has fallen asleep in David's bed, while David sleeps on the rug. |
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