Episode 0864

	Sesame Street
	Big Bird learns about what other birds eat; (repeat of 0574)
Air date	March 4, 1976
Season	Season 7 (1975-1976)
Sponsors	C, Y, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Bob greets the viewer, and proceeds to talk about the letter Y, when Maria interrupts him to talk about the number 7. They bicker, until Bob gets an idea: he draws seven Ys in chalk on the sidewalk.
	Film	"Seven Song (Song of Seven)" (First: Episode 0011)
	Cartoon	A man talks about going to the city, without noticing he's walking right through it. (First: Episode 0770)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie answers the telephone. Bert overhears the conversation, which involves a baseball game, a rainy day, and a gorilla stealing a bologna sandwich. When Bert asks who just called, Ernie says it was a wrong number. (First: Episode 0305)
	Cartoon	The life of a Yellow Yahoo (First: Episode 0043)
	SCENE 2	A distressed Big Bird tells Jay, Bob, and Maria that he’s all out of birdseed, and now he can’t eat lunch because Hooper's Store is closed. They suggest he try something new to eat, such as their different sandwiches. Big Bird would prefer something a bird would like and goes off to consort with his feathered friends.
	Cartoon	An old woman goads a man into guessing who she met today. Through the clues she gives, he soon finds out she's referring to him. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0798)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird meets Mrs. Bird, who likes to eat worms (she's an early bird). Big Bird cringes at the idea, but reluctantly starts snooping around for some to eat. He finds a box of dirt by Oscar's trash can and finds a worm crawling inside. He recognizes the worm as Slimey, Oscar's pet. A protective Oscar collects his worm and brings him inside to be safe from any hungry birds.
	Film	A gymnast demonstrates slow. (First: Episode 0507)
	SCENE 4	Big Bird encounters Waldo Woodpecker, who suggests he tap on a piece of wood and eat the bugs that come out of it. He pecks on the Carriage house steps and munches on some bugs. Big Bird gives it a try afterwards, but finds the act of pecking painful to his beak.
	Cartoon	C for Candle (blows man away) (First: Episode 0703)
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper looks inside a paper bag and laughs and asks his next victim, "Wanna see?" The man says yes, so Harvey puts a letter C on him. (First: Episode 0294)
	Cartoon	C for canary (role reversal) (First: Episode 0703)
	SCENE 5	Mr. Pelican shows Big Bird how he catches and eats a fish. Big Bird considers a diet of fish now, when Luis comes over with a bowl of goldfish he's watching for Mrs. Sanchez. While he goes to the Fix-It Shop to get their food, Big Bird starts to consider snacking down on them. Luis returns and Big Bird dramatically refuses to ever eat those goldfish.
	Cartoon	5s go through a space-shredder and produce 5 objects.
	SCENE 6	Bob sees Maria carrying a bag of birdseed for Big Bird, which she got from another store. They go into his nest area, which is now crowded with birds, and see that Big Bird has started his own business, a “Bird Food Co-op Store”. He got the idea to gather things that other birds like – worms, bugs, fish – and exchange them for birdseed!
	Film	Kids compete in a speed skating competition (version two). Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0414)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: The Tortoise and the Hare — Kermit wins the race between tortoise and the hare. (First: Episode 0477)
	Cartoon	A photographer tries to look for some animals quietly, but they all end up secretly following him. (First: Episode 0799)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Bert & Ingrid count backwards from ten to one. (First: Episode 0527)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Flies on Animals" over footage of animals bugged by pests. (First: Episode 0449)
	Cartoon	A man blows 7 bubbles. (First: Episode 0639)
	Celebrity	Judy Collins sings "A Song Without a Reason" with the Anything Muppets.
	Cartoon	A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak". (First: Episode 0301)
	SCENE 7	Letter Y quickies: Maria exclaims, “Yippee!” Bob’s favorite word is “you”. Oscar’s favorite word is “yell”.
	Cartoon	Y for yawn (First: Episode 0301)
	Film	A construction worker yells "Timber" and a match slowly falls to the ground. (First: Episode 0149)
	Cartoon	Todo el mundo necesita agua (First: Episode 0780)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — While Ernie looks after Hooper's Store, Bert asks him for something to drink. Ernie starts out with a glass of unflavored soda water, tastes it, and decides it's too dull for his ol' buddy Bert. To Bert's dismay, Ernie then adds some strawberry syrup to the soda water, then a scoop of ice cream, and finally, some whipped cream. Now it's an ice cream soda, which Bert doesn't want... but Ernie does. (First: Episode 0539)
	Cartoon	The Alligator King Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0411)
	Film	Knock knock. Who's there? The woodpecker! (First: Episode 0437)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: A for Agua (First: Episode 0510)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley hosts "The Trading Game" with contestants Oscar the Grouch and Sally Screamer. (First: Episode 0279)
	SCENE 8	Big Bird recites a poem about water, then gets caught in a downpour.
	Film	Kids narrate a film about water in hoses, fountains, puddles, streams, bathtubs, rivers, oceans, and other places. (First: Episode 0135)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: Y for Yo-Yo (First: Episode 0769)
	Muppets	Roosevelt Franklin Elementary School: Baby Breeze trips and slams into a desk. Instead of crying, he claims that he's fine, opening him up to be mocked by his classmates. Roosevelt Franklin states that even if he thinks he's "too cool to cry," he should cry because it lets people know that he's not okay. (First: Episode 0781)
	Cartoon	A boy can yell and yodel, and his dog can yelp and yowl. They can both yawn. (First: Episode 0353)
	Cast	David pitches a slow ball to catcher Maria. He then makes fast, faster, and fastest pitches (the latter of which knocks Maria out of place). (First: Episode 0676)
	Film	"Hey, let's make a road!" Kids do so at the beach, while a construction crew does the real thing. (First: Episode 0295)
	Muppets	"Frazzle" with Frazzle and The Frazzletones (First: Episode 0846)
	SCENE 9	The rainstorm is still coming down. Big Bird shields himself with his book as several kids pass by with umbrellas. Bob announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Luis holds the CTW sign at the end.