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| Oscar wins the Grouch of the Year Award (repeat of 0476) | |||||
| Air date | April 16, 1975 | ||||
| Season | Season 6 (1974-1975) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis listens to some loud Pachanga music on his radio outside the Fix-it Shop. David complains of a headache, but Luis is too into his music and doesn't want to turn it down. David retaliates by getting his own radio from Hooper's Store and listens to some loud rock music. The two end up in a feud which Maria almost intervenes with, eventually giving up due to how noisy everything is. Oscar is delighted, though, and dances to all the ruckus. David and Luis apologize to each other, realizing that if Oscar enjoys it then they're doing something wrong. They discuss what each of them were listening to after turning off their radios, which disappoints Oscar. |
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Cartoon | A magician tries to make six circles disappear. |
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Muppets | Waiter Grover: Grover serves Mr. Johnson a bowl of chicken soup. Johnson says that he can't eat the soup, and Grover can't guess why. "That settles it," Johnson sighs. "From now on, I'm bringing my lunch to work in a paper sack." He finally explains to Grover that he can't eat the soup because he doesn't have a spoon. (First: Episode 0358) |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd counts six snails, six ships, and six whales. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0324) |
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Film | A gorilla sits on a park bench with a lunchbox full of bananas. Noticing the woman seated beside him, he decides to share his bananas with her. She keeps answering "YES" every time the gorilla offers one until he runs out of bananas. (First: Episode 0524) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet sings "I'm Cold" in the middle of a blizzard. (First: Episode 0368) |
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Cartoon | A square is fit into many different things, such as a truck, window, television, etc. (First: Episode 0316) |
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SCENE 2 | Luis plays a bilingual “One of These Things” game using images of three full glasses of milk and one empty glass. |
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Cartoon | A postal worker tells the viewer what the post office is good for. Artist: Cliff Roberts |
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Film | A girl puts on her coat all by herself. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0622) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert is trying to write a letter to Mr. Rogers, but finds it difficult when Ernie operates his electric fan right next to him. Bert blows up at Ernie and says he is "hot and bothered," and Ernie has just the thing for that: more cool air. (First: Episode 0544) |
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Cartoon | I've got some (hair), I've got more, but I've got the most. (First: Episode 0524) |
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Muppets | Alphabet Chat: Mr. Chatterly's poem on the letter L ends in chaos as usual. (First: Episode 0762) |
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Animation | Sand L/l (First: Episode 0632) |
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Cartoon | A man jumps into a poster of Lake Lillian. (First: Episode 0347) |
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SCENE 3 | David carries out a full garbage bag. The bag splits open, making it empty, and David complains about the day he's been having. |
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Film | Some clowns, more clowns (First: Episode 0563) |
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Animation | The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223) |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock tries to figure out why there is a mess outside. He speculates that the Twiddlebugs made a mess after a Twiddlebug dance. (First: Episode 0178) |
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Song | "Cow Dog Song" |
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Cartoon | A little girl shows the building and apartment where she lives -- both with the number 6. |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash — The Count counts the Three Little Pigs. (First: Episode 0569) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L is for Lunchbox (First: Episode 0031) |
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Insert | The Alphabet Dancers form a letter L. (First: Episode 0449)
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Cartoon | L es para Lonchera (First: Episode 0476) |
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Muppets | Ernie (playing Robin Hood) auditions Anything Muppets to be his Merry Men. After screening two individuals who don't meet the requirements, Harvey Kneeslapper is sent in laughing. Ernie thinks he's found a merry man and hires him immediately, but following a string of incessant jokes, decides he's too merry after all and fires him. (First: Episode 0480) |
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Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar receives a letter from the Disagreeable Order of Grouches (D.O.G.), notifying him that he's won the Grouch of the Year Award. In a fit of rage, David tells Oscar that he finds his award ridiculous, and complains about the other stuff that's happened to him, including a broken refrigerator at Hooper's and an exam later. He storms off followed by a concerned Maria, but Oscar observes the bad day that David is having, which makes him very happy. When the Grouch judge (Jerry Nelson) overhears Oscar saying that he has a smile on his lips and a glow in his heart, he assumes Oscar isn't the Grouch he was looking for, and looks elsewhere. |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about bank tellers and the machines they use. |
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SCENE 5 | The Grouch judge encounters David in Hooper's Store griping at Maria, thinking him to be the Grouch of the Year Award recipient. He offers David some torn newspaper, a rock from Mud City, and a dingy trophy with a battered G on the top. David and Maria begin to laugh at what just transpired, confusing the Grouch judge. Oscar sets him straight by going off on a tirade about David, the judge, and the contest. The judge, admitting his mistake, gives Oscar the award. |
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Cartoon | Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover learns what Kate wants to be when she grows up. |
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Cartoon | "The J Commercial:" Two boys scrutinize a J, saying it looks like a fish-hook. A resonant voice (Gary Owens) informs them that it's the letter J. This leads to a jazzy story about Joe. Moral: "Don't jive a judge by jamming a junebug." (First: Episode 0009) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie Monster helps Ernie match mittens, shoes, and gloves and put them away. Guess how he puts away two matching cookies. (First: Episode 0135) |
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Cartoon | A dog answers "Yes" to every question. |
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SCENE 6 | In a series of quickies, Luis, David, and a kid make mistakes. Big Bird responds by singing “Everyone Makes Mistakes” as he dances down Sesame Street. |
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Cartoon | A boy acts out his feelings as animals. ("There's a zoo in me!") |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Polly recite the alphabet. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: L--Loud |
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Film | "La Maldita Iguana" (mariachi song) (First: Episode 0544) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "The Song of the Count." (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: L for lion (First: Episode 0762) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird plays jacks with the kids as David announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Big Bird holds the Sesame Street sign, while David holds the CTW sign. |
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