Episode 1281






 * Big Bird wonders what it's like to be small.


 * Cartoon: What if a mouse and an elephant switched bodies?


 * Cookie Monster and Ernie: During Ernie's naptime, Cookie Monster tries to steal and eat Ernie's pillow by distracting him with a bell.


 * The Fonz demonstrates on and off using the diner jukebox. (part 1)


 * Film: Through close-ups, children identify squash.


 * Oscar knows the Indian word for "go away."


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


 * Film: A girl describes the rooms in her trailer home.


 * Sign Cartoons: A man tries to read "Hot Dog".


 * Sesame Street Animal Films: Peacock


 * The Fonz demonstrates on and off using the diner jukebox. (part 2)


 * Ernie and Bert: Ernie eats one of the two pieces of chocolate cake that Bert was saving for their dessert. Bert sees Ernie holding a fork in one hand and a napkin with some chocolate on it in the other--and in front of him is a plate full of chocolate-cake crumbs. When Bert accuses Ernie of eating the cake, Ernie tells Bert that a monster came in, ate Bert's cake, and framed Ernie. Bert doesn't believe Ernie's lie. But when Bert leaves the room, Beautiful Day Monster comes in and does exactly what Ernie told Bert happened to the first piece. Ernie tries to explain, but Bert says, "I don't want to talk about it."


 * The Fonz demonstrates on and off using the diner jukebox. (part 3)


 * Film: An apple grows on a tree.


 * Cartoon: A girl uses her imagination while sitting on a sofa.


 * Film: Steamshovel


 * Film: Through close-ups, children identify a tomato.


 * Lefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree, which he says is a picture of four elephants. Ernie doesn't see the four elephants, so Lefty offers to show him the elephants if Ernie will buy the picture for a nickel. Lefty points out the elephants, which are actually spaces in the tree's branches. Ernie shells out for the picture. Ernie wants to pull the same trick on Bert, but Bert notices the elephants right away.