Episode 1236




 * Mr. Hooper, Big Bird, Susan, Gordon, Oscar and the kids go on a camping trip.


 * Ernie and Bert: Bert is sitting in his chair and reading the paper, when Ernie comes along and starts reading over Bert's shoulder. They decide to share the paper.  Ernie rips it in half, which seems to work until Bert realizes that some of his article is on Ernie's half and starts reading over Ernie's shoulder.


 * Film: A boy narrates a film of cows being fed hay during winter.


 * Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Count It Higher."


 * Film: A boy visits the hospital to see his mother's new baby.


 * The campers construct a tent.


 * Susan explains how to build a campfire.


 * After the campfire is built, the gang tells a campfire story full of B words.


 * Cartoon: A woman serves milk to her cat. Several other cats join him, including a lion.


 * Film: Sounds--including rooster, sheep, cow, ducks, geese, and silence.


 * Cartoon: A mother and her son make juice popsicles.


 * Sesame Street Animal Films: A mother mandrill carries her young.


 * While trying to sleep, Gordon and Susan have an argument.


 * Helen Reddy sings "Grow."


 * It starts raining, so all the campers take shelter in Gordon and Susan's tent.


 * Ernie tries to count his balloons. The balloons are arranged in a circle, so he continues counting around the circle, and counts some of them twice. Grover has a solution -- he pops each of the balloons as he counts them.


 * Film: Shopping for soup ingredients


 * Cookie Monster and Herry Monster fight over a bicycle, and Kermit gets them to share the bicycle. They cooperate, and devour the bicycle together.


 * Cartoon: Dot Bridge