Episode 0079

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	In the kitchen, Susan helps grade papers with Gordon as they welcome the viewer. They suddenly hear Oscar shouting for help outside. They rush over to his can and find him in his guest trash can instead of his usual one. They learn that it's flooded because his swimming pool overflowed, and all of Oscar's furniture and belongings are floating around. ("My train is submerged!") Gordon and Susan begin baling out the water into buckets with a tin cup, counting up to 8…
	Cartoon	Jazz #8 (First: Episode 0016)
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Gordon is almost finished baling out the water. Oscar laments the damage of his more precious trash, including a crumpled piece of paper and a tin can that's now rusty. Susan and Gordon offer to let him stay at their place until his can dries out. Once they're out of earshot, Oscar reflects on the offer: "Boy, people who aren't grouches are really strange!"
	Film	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)" (First: Episode 0016)
	SCENE 2	Back in the kitchen, Susan dries Oscar off, and Gordon and Bob come to his aid with dry rags, a straw from Big Bird (so he can drink up the leftover water), Rubber Duckie from Ernie to cheer him up, and an inside-out peanut butter and jelly sandwich from Buddy and Jim (Oscar: "They still haven't figured that out, have they?"). Oscar is furious at everyone's hospitality, because it means he has to resentfully thank them.
	Film	Water is shown in many forms, including oceans, fountains, and snow. (First: Episode 0007)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Drinking Milk Part 1 — Bert gets annoyed at how long it takes Ernie to drink from such a small cup. (First: Episode 0016)
	Cartoon	Jazz #8 (repeat)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Drinking Milk Part 2 — Ernie wants to prove that the cup isn't so tiny by showing Bert how long it takes to pour milk into it. (First: Episode 0016)
	Cartoon	M is for Marvelous Martha (First: Episode 0013)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Drinking Milk Part 3 — Ernie continues to pour while reciting some other M words. (First: Episode 0016)
	Cartoon	Ten little Greeblies (bug-like creatures) keep getting separated from their group, teaching a lesson in counting backward. (First: Episode 0006)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Drinking Milk Part 4 — Bert finally has an opportunity to tell Ernie that they're going to miss their movie because of how long it took him to drink his milk. (First: Episode 0016)
	Film	A gibbon swings, and an audience cheers when the film ends. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0009)
	SCENE 3	On the steps, Susan reads Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen and illustrated by Lillian Hoban. She remarks that Gordon has gone to see Ernie, who needs a friend…
	Muppets / Cast	Ernie and Bert: Make a Friend — Gordon encounters Ernie, who is sad because everyone is too busy to play with him. (First: Episode 0038)
	Cartoon	A little girl sings "The Alphabet Song," while continually admonished by an adult in voice-over. (ending cut) (First: Episode 0010)
	Cartoon	A small man and his assistant, Dudley, attempt to demonstrate both the capital and lower-case letter D. (First: Episode 0016)
	Cartoon	D for Dog: the roles between dog and master are reversed. (First: Episode 0016)
	Cast	Buddy and Jim try to put on shoes and socks. (First: Episode 0017)
	Muppets	Lefty the Salesman: 8 — Lefty wants to sell a number 8 to Ernie.
	Cartoon	Jazz #8 (repeat)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Cookie Cabinet — Bert and Ernie try to figure out who owns a cabinet containing cookies. (First: Episode 0019)
	Cartoon	E Imagination Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0001)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: E for egg A cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo." (First: Episode 0002)
	SCENE 4	Susan accidentally drops a wet vase and yells "STOP!" but it breaks anyway. "Wouldn't that be a funny thought, though, if you could make things stop like that?"
	Film	"Stop and Go" — film footage plays forward, freezes, and runs backward on command. (First: Episode 0047)
	Cast / Muppets	Cookie Monster and Ernie: What Will Happen? — Gordon recruits Cookie Monster to assist in a prediction game with Ernie. (First: Episode 0031)
	Cartoon	Alice Braithwaite Goodyshoes demonstrates near and far.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster and Ernie: What Will Happen? Part 2 — Ernie plans to play the prediction game with Bert, but it doesn't go as planned. (First: Episode 0031)
	SCENE 5	Gordon and Susan go back to grading papers, and have some good news: Oscar has returned to his can! Back home, Oscar announces the sponsors and today's book.
	CLOSING SIGNS	A bunch of hippies hold the Sesame Street sign, and Cookie Monster holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.