Episode 1290

	Sesame Street
	Buffy misses Big Bird's tea party
Air date	April 20, 1979
Season	Season 10 (1978-1979)
Directed by	Jon Stone
Production	January 24, 1979
Sponsors	Q, V, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	10th Season Intro Still
	SCENE 1	Susan strolls over to Hooper's Store, where Olivia, Buffy, Sheldon, and even Cody are cooperating to make breakfast. Susan wonders how she can help out, and is pleased when Olivia suggests she can help eat breakfast... on the condition she can also wash the large stack of dishes.
	Cartoon	On a musical theater stage, teeth dance as they're flossed and brushed. (First: Episode 1107)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie asks Bert to go play in the park with him. When Bert says no, Ernie wonders if he isn't feeling well and starts to examine him. (First: Episode 0124)
	Cartoon	This is a big letter V poem (First: Episode 0507)
	Film	A young girl mashes away at the keys of a piano. As the years go by, she practices more and more until she's an adult playing at a recital. (First: Episode 0637)
	SCENE 2	Olivia and Susan hear beautiful piano music (Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu") coming from Oscar's trash can. He admits that he's only just started practicing, but his teacher has assured him that with more practice, he'll be sounding awful in no time.
	Cartoon	Sign Sounds: WET PAINT (First: Episode 1136)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Oscar's playing has begun to take a turn for the worse (to his delight).
	Cartoon	A spring bounces under and over animals. (First: Episode 1236)
	SCENE 2 cont'd	Oscar's practice is paying off and sounds even worse than before.
	Cartoon	V for Van (live-action/animation hybrid) Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1181)
	Cast	The Alphabet Dancers form the letter V. (First: Episode 0455)
	Cartoon	Consonant Sound: V, violin (First: Episode 1157)
	Film	Milk! (From Farm To Market To Home) (First: Episode 0795)
	Muppets	Harvey Kneeslapper sets up a bucket of confetti above a door, so that whoever pulls the rope attached to the bucket will get the confetti dumped on them. Instead, a little girl walks by and pulls the rope, so that the confetti lands on Harvey! (First: Episode 0353)
	Cartoon	The Villain in the Panama Hat (V) (First: Episode 0507)
	SCENE 3	Oscar's grouch school is in session, and today he teaches Cody, David, and Jennifer how to make a grouchy face and say, "Yucchy!" Though he's delighted when Cody just leaves without participating, he feels the others could use some work. ("Rome wasn't burned down in a day, you know.")
	Cartoon	V in space (First: Episode 0481)
	Celebrity	The Mummenschanz perform a routine as a blob-like creature. (First: Episode 1115)
	Cartoon	The uses of water (First: Episode 0139)
	Muppets	A long-haired hippie sings "Adding" to Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 0243)
	Cartoon	The uses of water (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0278)
	SCENE 4	It's two o'clock, and Big Bird has prepared a fancy table setting for a pretend tea party he's scheduled with Buffy at his nest. However, he doesn't see that Buffy instead is leaving for an impromptu recording session at the same time.
	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #7 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0989)
	Muppets	The Count counts seven flowers, and then explains that he loves to count flowers because then he gets to count sneezes. (First: Episode 0433)
	Cartoon	A man laughs out loud as an alligator uses the telephone to call his wife - then he eats the phone booth. (First: Episode 1113)
	Cast	Captain Under-Wonder (Luis) shows how he goes under an umbrella, a table and the tire swing (the latter by shrinking himself down). (First: Episode 0508)
	Film	A film of two kids and a goat riding a turtle at a petting zoo is narrated in English and Spanish. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0486)
	Cartoon	A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom. (First: Episode 0784)
	Muppets	Kermit the Frog sings "Bein' Green" against a farm field background. (First: Episode 0722)
	SCENE 5	Two hours later, Big Bird is still waiting. He becomes mad and assumes Buffy intentionally broke their date. He storms off to do something on his own, running into Buffy on his way out. She realizes her mistake and admits she forgot to mark the occasion down, thus assumed she had the day free to record. She apologizes and explains that even grown-ups can make mistakes, just like Big Bird can. The two reconcile and head into his nest for tea.
	Cartoon	Ants carry a huge letter 'Q' uphill. (First: Episode 0787)
	Film	A dented car door is repaired and repainted at an auto body shop. (First: Episode 1112)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: "Q", Quiet (First: Episode 0768)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. Ernie tries to count sheep, but it's dull -- so he starts counting fire engines. The noise from the imaginary fire engine wakes Bert up. Bert says that Ernie's waking up the whole neighborhood, and tells him to count something quieter. Ernie counts balloons -- but the balloon gets bigger and bigger, finally bursting with a huge explosion that wakes Bert up again. (First: Episode 0276)
	Film	Tracks from a race car cross paths until most of the screen is blank. A pair of foot prints crosses the screen to blank out the last bit. (First: Episode 0105)
	Film	Kids narrate a film of animals moving in different ways. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0098)
	Cartoon	Jazz Alphabet: male vocalists shout each letter. (First: Episode 0619)
	SCENE 6	Big Bird pours Buffy some imaginary re-heated tea. Cody drops in as a surprise guest and joins them as Susan announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
	CLOSING SIGNS	Baby Breeze, Betty Lou, and Prairie Dawn hold the Sesame Street sign, and Luis holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.