Episode 1083

Sesame Street
Gordon tries to start his car
Air date	January 4, 1978
Season	Season 9 (1977-1978)
Sponsors E, F, 5 This episode guide has been compiled from materials at the CTW Archives. ⓘ

• Big Bird tries to help Gordon start his car.

• Cartoon: A king washes and changes clothes after being told his face is dirty. (Artist: Bruce Cayard)

• Hubley animation: A penguin repeats the rhythms of the sounds it hears, which include a drum, a door knock, a saw and a typewriter. (EKA: Episode 0272)

• A mechanic tunes the engine of Gordon's car.

• Kermit the Frog and Lena Horne sing "Bein' Green". (EKA: Episode 0871)

• Silent film: Two men (played by Richard Belzer and Brian Doyle-Murray) are about to share a picnic lunch, but first decide to try rowing a boat on the lake. A brown dog arrives and starts to eat the sandwiches. Panicking, the men try to steer the rowboat back to the shore but they can't direct the boat. Eventually, they realize that to return they must cooperate. They get back just in time to take back the last wrapped sandwich out of the dog's mouth.

• Susan and children imagine they are driving.

• Film: the making of a log barn. (EKA: Episode 0666)

• Grover the Waiter: Mr. Johnson orders bacon and eggs, but he can't decide how many of each he wants. (EKA: Episode 0692)

• The Count sings "The Transylvania Polka". (EKA: Episode 1052)

• "Frog Struggle Song" (EKA: Episode 0592)

• Here is Your Life: Guy Smiley salutes a loaf of bread. (EKA: Episode 0709)

• Bob sings "Can Do" with the kids about all the things they know how to do.

• Sesame Street Animal Films: The widow bird (EKA: Episode 0760)

• Sesame Street Animal Films: The seahorse (EKA: Episode 0254)

• Ernie and Bert: Ernie comes home to a sleeping Bert and tries to think of things to do that won't wake him up. He can't watch TV, and he can't play with his ball. Bored, he decides to take a nap too -- but then he starts to snore. This awakens Bert, who wonders out loud where the noise is coming from, in the process arousing Ernie, who gets mad at being woken up. (First: Episode 0280)

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