Episode 1291




 * Big Bird can't understand what Linda is signing.


 * Cartoon: An elephant and a bear try to cross a bridge to deliver their packages, but they're in each other's way.


 * Caveman Days: King Ernie wants something to drink, so he calls on the Royal Smart Person for help. The royal cow has quit, so there's no milk available. Ernie also shows that there is no liquid inside a rock or a stick. Then the Royal Smart Person suggests that Ernie should try squeezing a round orange thing (an orange), which turns out to have juice inside.


 * Sesame Street Animal Films: Joe Raposo sings a song about eating over film footage of eating animals.


 * Narrated segment: Three kids at three separate tables want to paint, but each of them has only one item. They all cooperate so each one has paint, brushes and paper.


 * Big Bird buys some groceries.


 * Cartoon: A wizard walks through a door. A boy in pajamas tries to imitate him without success.


 * Ernie and Bert sing "Feelin' Good/Feelin' Bad."


 * Cartoon: Billy Jo Jive and Sunset help out Wrong Way Willie, a kid who gets many things wrong (such as wearing a football outfit on the way to play basketball)


 * Song: "I'm an Aardvark"


 * "Snitch Whistle" subtraction (5-part bit)


 * Ernie and Bert: Ernie gets Bert to participate in a rhyming game, but ends the game just as Bert is starting to enjoy it.


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


 * Film: A giant panda walks around.


 * Cartoon: Today's Secret Drawing is an astronaut.


 * The Count sings "Eight Beautiful Notes."


 * Linda performs "The Toothbrush, the Toothpaste and the Tooth."


 * Film: Things you can carry