Episode 1708

Sesame Street
Big Bird at Camp, part 3
Air date	November 24, 1982
Season	Season 14 (1982-1983)
Sponsors H, Y, 8 Syndication Sesame Street Unpaved This episode guide is missing segments cut from Noggin's broadcast. ⓘ

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Aunt May does special inspections of the cabins. Big Bird and the kids fix their beds neatly, but Big Bird and counselor Mickey need to urge Rusty to fix his.
	Muppets	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing their hit "Proud." (EKA: Episode 0737)
	Film	Scanimate kids intro (Note: The segment this introduces was cut by Noggin). (First: Episode 0798)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert cooperate to make Ernie's bed. Ernie notices that on his bed, which Bert is preparing, there is one side where the blanket is shorter than the other. Bert suggests that Ernie and him cooperate while making the blanket even on both sides, in the process the blanket is shorter at one side than the other. (EKA: Episode 1388)
	SCENE 2	Telly tells Oscar about how he misses Big Bird. Oscar isn't happy either, because Big Bird is probably breathing fresh air, making friends, and having fun.
	Film	Children of all kinds sing "We All Sing with the Same Voice."
	Cartoon	A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (EKA: Episode 0600)
	Muppets	Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to draw the letter Y.
	Cartoon	A postal worker tells the viewer what the post office is good for. Artist: Cliff Roberts (EKA: Episode 0929)
	SCENE 3	Aunt May does a mail call. Big Bird thinks about what Snuffy is doing on Sesame Street, and almost misses getting a huge postcard from him. The other campers getting mail are Lisa Simon, Joan Ganz Cooney, Emily Squires, Ozzie Alfonso, Dulcy Singer, Janet Shapiro (researcher), Jon Stone, Thelma Moses, Al Hyslop, and Jeff Moss.
	Cartoon	A boy learns to put his mom's letter in the mailbox all by himself (with a little help).
	Cartoon	8 Bats Artist: Owe Gustafson
	Muppets	The Count sings "Eight Beautiful Notes." (EKA: Episode 1291)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird gets his free period looking around the whole camp. He talks about the differences between the city and the country.
	Cartoon	A Number 8 truck carries away the Number 8. (EKA: Episode 1446)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Ernie is sad because it's raining, and he can't play baseball. Bert encourages him to imagine that he's playing instead. In Ernie's imagination, he hits a high fly ball that lands in the ocean. Bert tells Ernie that the sun is out, and he can go out and play now. Ernie says that he can't play -- his ball fell in the ocean. (EKA: Episode 0678)
	Film	A boy learns to ride on a pony. (EKA: Episode 0815)
	SCENE 5	The kids head over to the dock and help Big Bird learn how to paddle in a canoe.
	Cartoon	H for hola (Spanish soundtrack). (EKA: Episode 0422)
	Muppets	Waiter Grover: Grover informs Mr. Johnson that the restaurant is out of a lot of items that are on the menu. The only thing still at the restaurant is milk... but there are no glasses. (EKA: Episode 1456)
	Cartoon	H for hello (voice of Gary Owens) (First: Episode 0020)
	SCENE 6	The kids, Big Bird, and Rusty all go over to the lake to learn to swim!
	Film	Kids take swimming lessons in a pool. (EKA: Episode 1232)
	Cartoon	Peacock 1–20 (EKA: Episode 0406)
	Film	Water, Water Everywhere. (EKA: Episode 0154)
	SCENE 7	After swimming, Big Bird, Rusty, and the kids dry themselves off and head back to Cabin 10. The sponsors are announced.

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