Sesame Street
Air date	March 18, 1977
Season	Season 8 (1976-1977)
Directed by Robert Myhrum Sponsors J, N, 4

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Big Bird wants to demonstrate the usefulness of the telephone by calling David to ask him what time it is. Despite there being a ticking alarm clock nearby, he proceeds to call David anyway but can't remember the number for Hooper's Store. He goes down the street to ask David in person, who provides him with the number. He goes back to his nest to call David only to find the line is busy. He returns to the store to tell David to keep the line free in case he gets an "important call." He returns to the store a third time to make sure that David doesn't leave the store as well. Finally, he gets connected with David and asks him what the time is. David doesn’t know because he doesn’t have his watch on him today. To solve this, Big Bird goes back to the store once again to give him his alarm clock.
	Cartoon	Elephants have 4 legs. (First: Episode 0560)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Robin Hood's Merry Men — Ernie (playing Robin Hood) auditions Anything Muppets to be his Merry Men. (First: Episode 0480)
	Cartoon	Two kids find different uses for a cooking pot. (First: Episode 0795)
	Film	A bald eagle flies over houses, a beach, and other locations. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0411)
	Cartoon	Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: The Case of the Broken Window — Sherlock Hemlock helps Ernie discover how his window got broken. (First: Episode 0238)
	SCENE 2	David and the kids play a "Here Are Some Things" game using pictures of pairs of things and one cat.
	Film	Baby turtles swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Aladdin and His Lamp — Kermit helps Aladdin bring light to the Genie's lamp. (First: Episode 0927)
	Cartoon	Two men hammer a stake into a hole. (First: Episode 0785)
	Celebrity	Bill Cosby counts to 20 with his "twin." (First: Episode 0135)
	Cartoon	Four motorcycle-riding chickens hatch out of an egg. (First: Episode 0796)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Eats." (First: Episode 0407)
	Muppets	"J Friends" (First: Episode 0339)
	Cartoon	A disobedient jacket, illustrating words that begin with the letter J, annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it. (First: Episode 0527)
	Cast	Bob sings a country/western song called "Boy from Indiana". (First: Episode 0975)
	Cartoon	Jazz Alphabet: male vocalists shout each letter. (First: Episode 0619)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry and Laurie identify different shapes. (First: Episode 0881)
	Cartoon	Christopher Clumsy demonstrates shapes. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0416)
	Film	A kid recites a poem about adding penguins. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0255)
	Muppets	Ernie and Bert: Pizza and Grape Juice — Ernie and Bert figure out how to share their pizza and grape juice. (First: Episode 0256)
	Animation	Sand J/j (First: Episode 0631)
	Film	A showcase of J words (First: Episode 0631)
	Cartoon	Can a horse fly? No. (First: Episode 0794)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark." (First: Episode 0425)
	Cartoon	A trainer announces that his talking dog will say YES, but he says NO instead. Artist: Derek Lamb (First: Episode 0511)
	Muppets	"High, Middle, Low" (First: Episode 0236)
	Cartoon	A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers. (First: Episode 0416)
	Film	"Four Song (Song of Four)" (First: Episode 0006)
	Cartoon	A man chases a runaway "no." (First: Episode 0794)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird shows the kids how quickly Linda can sign the alphabet. He believes she can sign it faster than David can say it, so they make a contest out of it. She ends up beating David, who then suggests that the kids (including John-John) give it a try as well; nobody is able to do it faster than Linda. When Linda shows how quickly she can count, Big Bird observes that "the hand is quicker than the tongue." (Blooper: The director can be heard saying "Action," at the top of this scene.)
	Cartoon	The more a man inflates a balloon with a tire pump, the less room he has. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294)
	Cartoon	Jughead Jones's J story (repeat)
	Film	There Once Was a Hand series: the right hand plays with a ping-pong ball and tricks the left hand into thinking an egg is one. (First: Episode 0668)
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: N - Nail (First: Episode 0040)
	Cast	Mr. Hooper adds 3 chairs as a sportscaster narrates. (First: Episode 0288)
	Cartoon	An N-terview with an N Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0131)
	SCENE 4	David and Linda do another alphabet-saying race, this time at a slower pace so the kids and the viewer can follow along; it ends in a tie. Big Bird gets Linda's help in announcing the sponsors, and the credits follow.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, and Gordon holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.

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