Episode 1152




 * Grover: In this three-part sketch, Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster and Fenwick, get into a rowboat. In part one, the monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over. In part two, they gather on the other end, and the boat tips over again. In part three, the monsters spread out over the boat evenly, and row away.


 * Film: A dirty car gets cleaned at the car wash.


 * Cartoon: A flea pitches a tent on the back of a dog. (Artist: Bruce Cayard)


 * Kermit helps Don Music finish the "Yankee Doodle" song, then because Don finds the idea of calling feathers macaroni ridiculous, they rewrite it to be a song in which Yankee Doodle stays at home cooking for his pony, puts "fat spaghetti" in a pot and calls it macaroni. Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats then come in and perform the song with Don.


 * Joe Raposo sings "Chicken or the Egg".


 * Animation: a red ball with dots tries to join a group of red balls with black stripes.


 * Ernie and Bert: Ernie is holding a banana in his ear. Bert tries to tell Ernie that he has a banana in his ear, but Ernie can't hear him because he has a banana in his ear.


 * Song: "Fun to Wonder"


 * Sesame Street Animal Films: Rattlesnake.


 * Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford with his suspension act. Grover will get on top of a platform, and Mumford will pull the pillar off from underneath, and the platform will not fall. The trick works, so Grover decides to try it himself, with Herry Monster as his assistant. Grover can't pull it off, and Herry falls.


 * Linda tricks Oscar by speaking in sign language.


 * Cookie Monster: Cookie Monster goes to the bakery for a special birthday cookie. The baker lists all the ingredients of the cookie, as Cookie visualizes it. The visualized image looks so delicious that he eats it.


 * Ernie and Bert: 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 gives Bert an ice bag, opens the window and brings his electric fan.


 * Linda, Timi, Bob, Big Bird, and the children hop and jump.