Episode 1153

Sesame Street
Air date	April 12, 1978
Season	Season 9 (1977-1978)
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• Ernie & Bert — A tough guy named Tough Eddie accidentally knocks over Bert's sand castle while he's sleeping. Ernie points that out to Eddie, and Eddie tells Ernie, in a threatening tone of voice, that he's "got something" for Bert. It turns out to be an ice cream cone. (EKA: Episode 0597)

• Song: "When I Was a Kid"

• Sesame Street Animal Films: African animals. (First: Episode 0128)

• Film: Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798)

• Children paint pictures of the things that make them feel happy.

• Sesame Street Animal Films: A mom and her son comment on a film of various animal babies and their moms. (First: Episode 0096)

• Joe Raposo sings "Touch and Feel". (EKA: Episode 0271)

• Gordon plays "This Little Piggy" on Big Bird's six toes.

• The Geefle and the Gonk, two aliens, learn how to cooperate and gather nectarines together. (First: Episode 0452)

• Today's Secret Drawing: A camel. (EKA: Episode 0158)

• Biff hangs Salvador Dada's paintings in an art gallery. (EKA: Episode 0707)

• Ernie & Bert — Ernie can't sleep, so Bert tells him to count sheep. Ernie tries to count sheep, but it's dull -- so he starts counting fire engines. The noise from the imaginary fire engine wakes Bert up. Bert says that Ernie's waking up the whole neighborhood, and tells him to count something quieter. Ernie counts balloons -- but the balloon gets bigger and bigger, finally bursting with a huge explosion that wakes Bert up again. (First: Episode 0276)

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