Episode 0989

	Sesame Street
	Oscar inadvertently helps David talk about the letter N; (repeat of 0737)
Air date	February 24, 1977
Season	Season 8 (1976-1977)
Sponsors	L, N, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	David shows the kids how to do “A Very Simple Dance.”
	Film	A gemsbok runs fast, then faster. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie approaches Bert in a harried manner, talking rapidly. Bert tells him to talk slower so he can understand him. Ernie says, slowly, that Bert's bread is burning in the oven, which causes Bert to speak in the same rapid, harried manner. (First: Episode 0323)
	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #7 Artist: Jeff Hale
	Film	"Head To Toe Puzzle": Two kids put together a life size jigsaw puzzle of a human body. (First: Episode 0024)
	Cartoon	An N-terview with an N (First: Episode 0131)
	Cast	Luis and the kids put together a fractured letter "n." (First: Episode 0938)
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: N for Nose (First: Episode 0763)
	Muppets	Ernie promises Cookie Monster that he's not going to be tricked out of his plate of cookies this time. Cookie Monster asks Ernie if he's going to eat his cookies fast or slow and demonstrates by eating the plate of cookies, and in the process finishes the entire plate.
	Cartoon	Four people cooperate building a table. (First: Episode 0537)
	Film	The making of a jumpsuit, from the initial design to the finished product. (First: Episode 0927)
	SCENE 2	Rhyming quickies: Shannon wears a cloak. Remi gives his cat a gentle stroke. Bob gets water thrown at him - a soak.
	Cartoon	A stubborn hippo sits on a girl's ball, and she tries to figure out how to get it back. (First: Episode 0765)
	Muppets	Old West: Five good men are needed to form a posse and catch Bad Bart, the meanest man in the West. The sheriff counts five men in the saloon, and tries to organize them. But it turns out that there are only four good men -- one of them is Bad Bart! (First: Episode 0554)
	SCENE 3	More rhyming quickies: A girl shows her fist. Big Bird gets kissed by Remi. Bob dodges a pie thrown at him. "Missed!" he shouts... until Shannon hits him with another one.
	Cartoon	A man blows 7 bubbles. (First: Episode 0639)
	Film	Mad Painter #7 (First: Episode 0314)
	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)
	Cartoon	A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347)
	Film	Sea Horse Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0183)
	Muppets	Little Jerry and the Monotones sing "Telephone Rock." (First: Episode 0733)
	Film	A man uses a TELEPHONE booth in the city. (First: Episode 0928)
	Insert	Cookie Monster explains the purpose of a telephone. Then, Maria and Luis tease Cookie by eating the telephone! (First: Episode 0562)
	Cartoon	L is for Lips (First: Episode 0147)
	Film	Bus trip around town (guitar soundtrack) (First: Episode 0926)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Aladdin and His Lamp — Kermit helps Aladdin bring light to the Genie's lamp. (First: Episode 0927)
	Cartoon	A tiny ant pushes the huge N into its place in the alphabet. (First: Episode 0780)
	SCENE 4	David asks Oscar to help him talk about the letter N. Without realizing it, Oscar says many words that begin with N as he disagrees with David (even threatening to punch him in the nose). Oscar eventually gives in, but he perks up when David gives him a whole bag of rusty nuts as a thank you.
	Cartoon / Film	Things that begin with N: nail, nest, net, notebook, needle, noodle, nuts, napkins, nose. (Don't make noise at night). The letter N is nice. (First: Episode 0659)
	Muppets	Three witches attempt their own individual spells, which don't work out to their liking. They decide to cooperate by bringing all of their ingredients together, thus making chicken soup. (First: Episode 0407)
	Film	What do birds eat? (First: Episode 0495)
	Celebrity	Accompanied by a drum beat, Richard Pryor asks the viewer to point to parts of their head. (First: Episode 0794)
	Muppets	Ernie & Bert — Ernie thinks that he isn't special. Bert tells Ernie to feel his nose -- "That's an Ernie nose!" -- and then feel his hair, and wiggle his fingers. Bert says that nobody else is just like Ernie. Encouraged, Ernie tells the audience to do the same. (First: Episode 0276)
	Cartoon	A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!" (First: Episode 0770)
	Insert	Big Bird, Grover and company sing a zany song about surprises. (First: Episode 0911)
	Film	A male voiceover and his friend Myrtle observe a macaw in a tree. (First: Episode 0409)
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Heather and Grover stand up, then sit back down.
	Cartoon	Speech Balloon: L--Loud (First: Episode 0783)
	SCENE 5	The kids play and draw in the yard as Bob announces the sponsors.
	CLOSING SIGNS	David holds the Sesame Street sign, and Bob holds the Children's Television Workshop sign.