Episode 2787

Sesame Street
Gordon has a headache
Air date	January 8, 1991
Season	Season 22
Sponsors B, V, 10

Picture	Segment	Description
	Cast	Gina plays and sings "Follow the Leader" with the kids.
	Cartoon	Joe's Lap (limerick)
	Film	A Caucasian boy narrates a film of himself hanging out with his African-American friend Jamal.
	Cartoon	B for Beard (poem by Edward Lear) Artist: Jeff Hale (EKA: Episode 2122)
	Muppets	Grover the Elevator Operator: Only five people are allowed on the elevator at one time, so Grover counts out five passengers. But then he's not allowed on the elevator himself; he would make six. (EKA: Episode 0689)
File:Glass04.png	Animation	Geometry of Circles #3 (EKA: Episode 2164)
	Cast	Bob reads "The King's Apples," in which King Gerry the Generous has trouble sharing his three apples with his daughter and the royal doctor, each of whom want two apples. An apple tree shows up to solve his problem by adding three apples to the three he currently has, making six.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: V for Violin A musician plays a violin, which instantly breaks. (First: Episode 0052)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "What Are Kids Called?." (First: Episode 0116)
	Muppets	Template:Eba Bert says he's too cold, so Ernie goes overboard to get him warm by putting layer after layer of clothing upon him. This makes him too hot, so Ernie opens the window and brings his electric fan. (EKA: Episode 0529)
	Cartoon	An old man recites a poem about the time he had the flu. Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 1845)
	SCENE 1	Gordon has a really bad headache, so Susan puts his slippers by the bed, unplugs the phone, and goes to put Miles in daycare so Gordon can relax. Right after she leaves, Telly comes in to make sure Gordon's okay. He understands that Gordon needs rest and peace and quiet, so he makes sure everything stays that way. He hears such sounds as a barking dog, a honking car and an airplane, and yells at them to be quiet. Soon, they hear the birds sing, which Gordon doesn't mind ... until he hears Big Bird singing loudly!
	Cartoon	Jazz #10 (First: Episode 0021) This episode omits the zoom-in on the 10 flag at the beginning.
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit meets the Seven Dwarves, seemingly from the Snow White story. However, in this version each is named after (and represents) an emotion. (Kermit ad-lib: "Hey Dulcy, we got the wrong dwarves again!") They are named Cheerful, Sad, Lovey, Angry, Proud, Surprised and Fearful.
	Cartoon	A hand draws a guitarist serenading a maiden, as well as the background. (EKA: Episode 2269)
	Film	Kids paint various things that begin with the letter B on a window (edited version) Full edit--(First: Episode 0008)
	SCENE 2	Gordon can't find his slippers, thinking they're under the bed. Elmo comes in, hoping to make Gordon's headache go away. Gordon tells him to look for his slippers under the bed, and Elmo looks on the bed, under the blankets, and finally under the bed, where he sees "two fuzzy blue monsters" that tickle him.
	Cartoon	This is a big letter V (limerick) (EKA: Episode 1396)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Kadeem Hardison says the alphabet with Natasha.
File:FishSchool.jpeg	Film	Fish swim around in schools. Music: Joe Raposo
	Muppets	Ernie: Captain Ernest pilots the Love Boat. He loves his boat, and soon all of the passengers join him in expressing their love for the boat. (EKA: Episode 2485)
File:DogCrying.jpeg	Cartoon	A little girl tries to figure out why a dog is crying. (EKA: Episode 2159)
	SCENE 3	Big Bird and Snuffy enter Gordon's apartment to help him with his headache by reading him a story, "The Lion and The Mouse." They react in fear towards the lion in the story, but Gordon finishes reading it for them, and suffers Snuffy's ground-shaking jumps for joy.
	Cartoon	B for boot (EKA: Episode 2358)
	Song	Joe Raposo sings "You're My Baby" over footage of various babies and their parents. (EKA: Episode 2226)
	Cartoon	Letters stranded on a desert island spell PLEH, LEPH, and finally HELP.
	Film	A film of two kids at a petting zoo is narrated in English and Spanish. Music: Joe Raposo
File:Limbo10.JPG	Insert	The Floating Face counts to 10. (EKA: Episode 0815)
	SCENE 4	Gordon has yet another visitor, Count von Count, who has a Transylvanian home remedy for headaches: counting backwards from ten to zero, and listening to soft thunder. Gordon surprisingly finds this effective, when he counts slow and closes his eyes as The Count hums.
	Animation	Lillian recalls the time she joined her parents and baby sister on a hike up the hill. Lillian hiked to the top herself, and is proud of the fact. Artist: Craig Bartlett
	Muppets	Farmer Ernie sings "Grow High Grow Low" about how some plants grow high while some grow low.
	Cartoon	Two men, one named Virgil Veep, discuss the letter V as they stand atop a capital V. (First: Episode 0110)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moments: Grover instructs Caroline to read the word you, and acts crazy when she keeps telling him to read it.
	Song	"Hot in the City"
	SCENE 5	After several minutes of counting backwards from ten to zero, Gordon's headache is finally gone! Oscar arrives, hoping to see Gordon suffer through his headache, but becomes upset when he learns he's too late.
	SCENE 5 cont'd	Susan and Miles come home and greet Gordon, and all the happiness in the room irritates Oscar, so The Count introduces his home remedy to Oscar. Both of them announce the sponsors.

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