Episode 0965

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SCENE 1 Mr. Hooper struggles to fill orders in Hooper's Store. He explains to Maria that David called out sick, so he's hired someone from a temp agency to help out for the day. He continues to rush around when a woman comes in and tries to get his attention. He asks her to wait her turn as he continues; the woman patiently continuing to intercede. Finally he slows down long enough for her to introduce herself: her name is Mrs. Sharp and she was sent by the temp agency in response to Mr. Hooper's request for help.
Erniecleansup
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Fast CleanupBert bets his dessert on Ernie's ability to clean up the apartment.
(First: Episode 0033)
Shalom6-12
Cartoon Jazz #8
(First: Episode 0016)
Painter8
Film Mad Painter #8
(First: Episode 0326)
Words telephone
Cartoon A boy looks for the telephone as it rings.
(First: Episode 0684)
Sgrover.phone
Muppets Super Grover: Telephone BoothGrover Kent needs a phone booth to change into Super Grover.
(First: Episode 0647)
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SCENE 2 As Mrs. Sharp asks Mr. Hooper to show her where everything in the store is, a delivery man (played by Jerry Nelson making a cameo) leaves a bag of bird seed outside the front door. Mrs. Sharp believes she can handle carrying a bag of birdseed, until she realizes it's the one hundred pound bag that Mr. Hooper orders every week for Big Bird. She scoffs at the idea of a bird so large, until Big Bird appears behind her and introduces himself. Mrs. Sharp is taken over nearly speechless at his size.
Thought.circles
Cartoon I thought a thought ... about circles. (shown in English, then Spanish)
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0247)
Spanish: (First: Episode 0434)
1041Joey
Muppets Muppet & Kid MomentKermit and Joey count to 20.
(First: Episode 0436)
Biggestshoes
Cartoon A girl tries on big, bigger, and the biggest shoes.
(First: Episode 0252)
Biggestman
Muppets Old West: Big, Bigger, BiggestSinister Sam is looking for the biggest man in the saloon.
(First: Episode 0281)
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Film This is the desert.
Music: Joe Raposo
(First: Episode 0514)
Toon-FrogOx
Cartoon A small frog is jealous of how big an ox is, so he expands himself into a very large, round frog. He becomes so self-important and big he ends up exploding.
Artist: Etienne Delessert
(First: Episode 0660)
Giantbilly
Muppets Three monsters (Billy, Fenwick, and Pamela) demonstrate big, bigger, and biggest.
(First: Episode 0474)
Typewriter.A
Cartoon The Typewriter: A for airplane
(First: Episode 0770)
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SCENE 3 Mrs. Sharp shows Mr. Hooper how to operate a take-a-number machine. He sees that the store is in good hands, so he goes out to the yard to study. The Count walks into the store and immediately becomes enamoured with the machine. His lightning and thunder prompts Mrs. Sharp to alert Mr. Hooper of his arrival, but he tells her not to worry; he's a regular customer. When she hears the machine ringing, she assumes she has a lot of customers, but upon her return, she finds The Count flipping through numbers on the machine and counting the tickets it produces.
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Film James narrates a film of his life on a pueblo in New Mexico.
(First: Episode 0153)
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Cartoon Kids count dinosaurs, octopuses, and paper dolls.
(First: Episode 0926)
Song.Adding-CM
Muppets A long-haired hippie sings "Adding" to Cookie Monster.
(First: Episode 0243)
Findparrot
Cartoon Find the camouflaged parrot.
Voice: Paul Dooley
(First: Episode 0516)
Ssnfsleep
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Sleeping Beauty: Frog KissPrince Charming turns Sleeping Beauty into a frog.
(First: Episode 0453)
2257zc
Cartoon I for iron
(First: Episode 0314)
Istandup
Muppets Grover sings "I Stand Up Straight and Tall" while using some fast cutting camera trickery.
(First: Episode 0916)
1261-LowercaseI
Cartoon A Gary Owens-voiced man attempts to discuss the letter I, but is jeered by an offscreen voice. The man uses him as an example of the word "impolite".
(First: Episode 0032)
Cast-Umbrellas
Cast Maria, Luis, Gordon, and three kids all have umbrellas with different patterns, which a voiceover (Jerry Nelson) uses to put them into different groups.
(First: Episode 0821)
Speechballoon.Island
Cartoon Speech Balloon: I for Island.
(First: Episode 0314)
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Film A farmer takes care of baby calves.
(First: Episode 0784)
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SCENE 4 Mrs. Sharp has finished preparing an enormous amount of spaghetti, only to learn from Big Bird that it's not for him but for his best friend. After he describes Mr. Snuffleupagus to Mrs. Sharp, she retreats to the yard again to consult Mr. Hooper, who is still studying. Mr. Hooper explains how Snuffy is just Big Bird's "imaginary" friend and they can make sure the spaghetti doesn't go to waste. All the while, Snuffy arrives at the store and gets stuck in the door (leaving some fur behind) so he leans in the window to enjoy the enormous bowl of spaghetti Mrs. Sharp has prepared. He finishes up and leaves with his musical theme just as Mrs. Sharp returns to find an empty bowl left on the counter. When she remembers Big Bird doesn't eat spaghetti, notices the fur stuck in the doorway, and recalls hearing a musical sound, she questions herself, "Mr. Snuffleupagus?"
E&b-rhyme
Muppets Ernie and Bert: Rhyming GameErnie gets Bert to participate in a rhyme game, but Ernie ends the game just as Bert is starting to enjoy it.
(First: Episode 0798)
Song.Capital.I
Cartoon "I in the Sky"
(First: Episode 0368)
Kids.lowercase.i
Cast The Alphabet Dancers: Lowercase letter I.
(First: Episode 0462)
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Cartoon Hats
(First: Episode 0773)
PIYN-TVClock
Song Bob sings "The People in Your Neighborhood" with the TV Repairman (Jim Henson) and Clock Maker (Jerry Nelson).
Alligatortoon
Cartoon A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
(First: Episode 0006)
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Muppets Anything Muppets: Upside-Down 8 — Two boys notice that the number 8 looks the same right side up and upside down.
(First: Episode 0282)
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SCENE 5 Mrs. Sharp returns from making a delivery and prepares to clean up to finish out the day, but Mr. Hooper, Big Bird, Maria, and the kids have surprised her with a party as thanks for helping out today. She admits to being amused by the strange characters she's met on Sesame Street, but agrees that she'd like to come back sometime. Big Bird is relieved because Snuffy loved her spaghetti. When Maria points out that Snuffy isn't real, Mrs. Sharp contests that somebody ate that huge bowl of spaghetti. Via voice-over, Snuffy comments that it was delicious and announces the sponsors. The credits follow.
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CLOSING SIGNS Kermit and a girl hold the Sesame Street sign, while Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.

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