Episode 1209

Sesame Street
Air date	December 28, 1978
Season	Season 10 (1978-1979)
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• Cartoon: "Why Bears Smile" - a story of a bear who learned which body part to cover when sneezing. (First: Episode 1109)

• At the beach, Ernie notices that Bert is missing; all he sees is Bert's hat. Sherlock Hemlock helps find Bert, and in the process, it turns out that Ernie accidentally buried Bert under the sand. (First: Episode 0278)

• Film: Where the buffalo roam... (First: Episode 0510)

• Sesame Street Animal Films: Animal tails. (First: Episode 0017)

• Simon Soundman sings a song about finding a (MEOW!) stuck in a tree. (First: Episode 0406)

• Hard Head Henry Harris plays "Headball" at Roosevelt Franklin Stadium, where he must answer this question: where is bread made? (EKA: Episode 0986)

• Film: Sheepdog (First: Episode 1056)

• In a three-part segment, Herbert Birdsfoot teaches how to read words from the "ET" family, with the help of a disgruntled deliveryman who delivers letters to Herbert. (EKA: Episode 0573)

• Two Muppet hands argue over a piece of cake before they decide to share it. (EKA: Episode 0235)

• The Mummenschanz pantomimes a head and tail. (EKA: Episode 1108)

• Cartoon: A boy imagines multiple uses for his broom. (EKA: Episode 0888)

• Cartoon: A man demonstrates Spanish words that start with the letter Y. (Spanish soundtrack) (EKA: Episode 0600)

• Farley has trouble reading at school, so Same Sound Brown shows him how to "Sound It Out". (First: Episode 1088)

• "Dog Song"

• Film: Lobster fisherman (First: Episode 0966)

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