Episode 1194




 * Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus act out the story of "The Three Little Pigs".


 * Ernie and Bert: Ernie tells Bert that he has a note for him, but he can't remember where it is. He thinks maybe he put it in the toybox, so he digs through the box, throwing toys everywhere. It's not in the toybox, so Ernie looks in the clothes hamper, scattering clothes all over. He finally finds the note, which tells Bert that it's his turn to clean up the apartment.


 * "Starfish" song


 * Cartoon: "A Loaf of Bread, a Container of Milk, and a stick of Butter" -- A little girl remembers what to buy at the store by visualizing her mother giving the instructions.


 * A film about the process of making sweaters from sheep's wool.


 * Children and Big Bird tell Susan the story of Little Red Riding Hood.


 * Sesame Street News Flash: Kermit the Frog reports on the story of Jack and Jill. Jack needs someone to go up the hill with him. First he chooses Mervin, then Francine and Gladys the Cow. Finally Jack chooses Jill, who refuses go up the hill with him again, so he asks Kermit to fill in.


 * Orchestra leader and jazz musician Ray Barretto explains Latin rhythm.


 * Oscar leaves his can and goes out to by lunch; he asks Maria to help him order a pizza.


 * Cartoon: Danny shouts out the alphabet with his friends.


 * Herbert Birdsfoot invents a complicated machine, to test Cookie Monster's problem-solving abilities. Cookie Monster needs to pull the string to raise the glass cover off the plateful of cookies at the other end -- but when he lets go to retrieve the cookies, the cover will fall again. Herbert hears Cookie Monster approaching, and hides to observe him. Cookie investigates the machine for a moment, then gets the cookies by karate-chopping the glass cover.


 * Song: "Rain Falls"