Episode 1272




 * Big Bird tells his friends that the voice they hear is Mr. Snuffleupagus.


 * Oscar the Grouch claims that he's written a beautiful nature poem.


 * Mr. Hooper is very happy because the children understand him as he speaks Spanish.


 * Ernie plays doctor and makes Bert be the patient for his check-up. He checks Bert's heart, mouth and more. At the end, Bert wonders how he is feeling, but Ernie can't tell him that until he's a real doctor, twenty-three years from now. Bert faints after Ernie's answer and Ernie wonders if there's a doctor in the house.


 * Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot demonstrate words in the AN family.


 * Jeffery tells Olivia a monster is chasing him, which she interprets as fear. Olivia tells him a story about a brave little girl who found out how nice monsters are, even when everyone else was afraid of them. As it turns out, Jeffery is playing hide-and-seek with a monster.


 * Ernie purchases a straw hat for Bert, and asks Cookie Monster which box the hat will go in.


 * Luis is feeling glum, Susan is feeling a bit tired, and Bob is feeling terrific. However, Bob informs the others that they'll all feel worse in a moment, because he sees Harvey Kneeslapper coming by. Harvey wants to tell them a great joke, but they aren't in the mood for jokes, which Harvey says is the best time for jokes, as he sings "Tell a Joke", a song about telling jokes. During the song he tells a number of jokes, which make the others leave, one by one, before the song is finished.


 * "Roosevelt Franklin's Alphabet"


 * Alphabet Chat: O