Episode 1421

Sesame Street
Grandma Harriet visits
Air date	April 21, 1980
Season	Season 11 (1979-1980)
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Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	David is about to make a delivery, when Big Bird starts a guessing game involving a hypothetical visit from a family member. It turns out that his grandmother Harriet is visiting the street today!
	Cartoon	S is for snow, Santa, and sleigh. (First: Episode 0134)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie decides to set up an apple-selling stand, and has everything he needs, leaving out the apples. (First: Episode 1219)
	Animation	A number 9 looks for a house with his number on it. (First: Episode 0283)
	Muppets	A furry, purple creature whooshes in and counts five whistles set out on the workbench outside the Fix-It Shop. He subtracts one, blows it, then whooshes away again. (First: Episode 0409)
	Cartoon	A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. (First: Episode 0414)
	Muppets	The creature returns to subtract one more whistle, leaving 3. (First: Episode 0409)
	Film / Song	"At the Animal Doctor": Two boys take their dog to the vet (First: Episode 1016)
	Muppets	Again, the creature appears to remove another whistle, leaving 2. (First: Episode 0409)
	Cartoon	The man is only afraid of one thing: FEAR. (First: Episode 0816)
	Celebrity	The Deadly Nightshade perform "1-2-3 Song." (First: Episode 0884)
	Animation	Big, bigger, biggest (oxen pulling rocks) (First: Episode 0764)
	Muppets	Another whistle is subtracted, thus leaving only 1. (First: Episode 0409)
	Animation	A set of blocks reveal a square, a triangle, and a circle. (First: Episode 1184)
	Muppets	The creature takes away the last whistle, leaving 0. (First: Episode 0409)
	Cartoon	Big / bigger / biggest (bikes) (First: Episode 1245)
	SCENE 2	Harriet shows Big Bird a photo of her home in the country and talks about her life there. Big Bird thinks living in the country would be nice, while Harriet observes the city has plenty of nice things too. Big Bird agrees, claiming that if everyone lived in the country with her, she wouldn't be able to visit.
	Animation	Sand T/t (First: Episode 0636)
	Cast	The two Chaplins (Maria and Linda) find ways to balance both sides of a see-sawing park bench. (First: Episode 1181)
	Cartoon	T is for Television (First: Episode 0024)
	Cast	Gordon, Maria and Luis show T words as they brush their teeth.
	Cartoon	T is for Television (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0298)
	SCENE 3	Grandma Harriet has some homemade loaves of bread for Maria and Olivia, while Oscar complains nearby. She brings him a loaf of bread too, made from a concoction of unorthodox ingredients.
File:Film-WheelsSpanish.jpg	Film	A wheel rolls away from a junkyard. A boy captures it to complete his wagon. (Spanish dub) (First: Episode 0530)
	Muppets	Two-Headed Monster: HAT (First: Episode 1349)
	Film	The Mad Painter #6 (First: Episode 0335)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie asks Bert to keep an eye on his pyramid of blocks. The Count walks by, and counts the blocks, moving them out of the pyramid shape. Then he counts them again, putting them back into the pyramid. Bert yells at the Count for moving Ernie's blocks, so the Count counts the blocks again, taking the pyramid apart. (First: Episode 0406)
	Cartoon	"I'm six years old today!" (First: Episode 0357)
	Song	"Me and You," over footage of rhinos in love (First: Episode 0940)
	SCENE 4	Olivia sits out in the yard in a lounge chair, reading a book. Barkley starts barking endlessly with no discernible reason why. When Olivia gets up and explains the situation to Harriet, they discover Barkley wanted to lounge in the chair himself.
	Cartoon	Typewriter: S for spring (First: Episode 0792)
	Cast	Big Bird conducts a choir of Susan, Mr. Hooper, Gordon and Mr. Macintosh, who say the "S" sound in "SONG." (First: Episode 0932)
	Film	Footage of a leopard in the plain. (First: Episode 0364)
	Muppets / Cast	Jeffery tells Olivia a monster is chasing him, which she interprets as fear. Olivia tells him a story about a brave little girl who found out how nice monsters are, even when everyone else was afraid of them. As it turns out, Jeffery is playing hide-and-seek with a monster. (First: Episode 1208)
	Film	How a steel drum is made (First: Episode 0828)
	SCENE 5	Harriet introduces Big Bird to the zucchini, which he pretends is a telephone.
	Cartoon	La palabra cerrado (First: Episode 0481)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster and Jason identify the letter S, for shoe. (First: Episode 1158)
	Animation	Today's Secret Drawing is a fireman. (First: Episode 0200)
	SCENE 6	Before heading in for the night, Harriet sings Oscar the "Lousy Lullaby."
	Film	Body parts song sung in Spanish. (First: Episode 1113)
	Animation	David spots an octagon out in space.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment —: Grover and his friend Debo notice the letter "S" sitting on a brick wall. He exclaims that the letter is an old friend, and shouts, "Hey, S, babyyyy!" and slaps it off the wall. He remarks, "I hope he did not take that personally." (First: Episode 0467)
	SCENE 7	The sponsors are announced over scenes of the street at night.

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