Episode 1209




 * Cartoon: "Why Bears Smile" - a story of a bear who learned which body part to cover when sneezing.


 * At the beach, Ernie notices that Bert is missing; all he sees is Bert's hat. Sherlock Hemlock helps find Bert, and in the process, it turns out that Ernie accidentally buried Bert under the sand.


 * Film: Where the buffalo roam...


 * Sesame Street Animal Films: Animal tails.


 * Simon Soundman sings a song about finding a (MEOW!) stuck in a tree.


 * Hard Head Henry Harris plays "Headball" at Roosevelt Franklin Stadium, where he must answer this question: where is bread made?


 * Oscar the Grouch reads from his "Bill of Gripes."


 * Film: Sheepdog


 * In a three-part segment, Herbert Birdsfoot teaches how to read words from the "ET" family, with the help of a disgruntled deliveryman who delivers letters to Herbert.


 * Two Muppet hands argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it.


 * The Mummenschanz pantomimes a head and tail.


 * Cartoon: A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom.


 * Cartoon: A man demonstrates Spanish words that start with the letter Y. (Spanish soundtrack)


 * Farley has trouble reading at school, so Same Sound Brown shows him how to "Sound It Out".


 * "Dog Song"


 * Film: Lobster fisherman