Episode 0672


 * Big Bird is disturbed because Bob has brought home a new canary. He later agrees that it might be fun having another bird around when he's asked to teach the canary the alphabet and numbers.


 * Trying to grab a rock and pull it out of a glass jar, Oscar's hand gets stuck inside. His friends try to help him pull his hand out find it impossible, because Oscar is holding the rock in his hand.


 * Ernie and Bert: Ernie gets Bert to play a game with him, in which he says "I one the sandbox", Bert says "I two the sandbox", and so on until Bert gets to "I eight the sandbox." "How'd it taste?" Ernie asks.


 * Simon Soundman shows the Kids a picture with a variety of hidden shapes. As the kids identify the hidden shapes, Simon makes the sounds -- a bell, a guitar, a telephone, a dog barking and a train.


 * The Count goes to the bank.


 * Ernie and Bert get mad at each other over a cookie and decide to part, Ernie moving west to become a cowboy and Bert to the North Pole to study fish. Maria makes them change their minds.


 * Muppet & Kid Moments: Ernie, Bert and Shala illustrate between.