Sesame Street | |||||||
Oscar learns some Grouch phrases in Spanish | |||||||
Air date | December 20, 1976 | ||||||
Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||
Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | In the early hours of the morning, Luis strolls over to the Fix-It Shop and discovers that the door is already unlocked. He hears some sounds coming from within and suspects a robber is in the store, and leaves to call the police. The two officers arrive to catch the culprit; one orders for them to come out with their hands out while they both draw their pistols at the ready. The culprit turns out to be... Maria, who also got in early to work on Mrs. Miller's radio! Luis sheepishly invites the cops for some coffee, relieved that Maria isn't a criminal. | |
Cartoon | C is for clipper... and captain, crew, cargo, cookies, cantaloupe, cabbage, candy, cake, and corks that the crew eats (some by mistake). (First: Episode 0203) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "C is for Cookie" (First: Episode 0372) | |
Cartoon | A man gets a letter C in the mail. (First: Episode 0294) | |
Film | A dolphin walks backwards on the water. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0278) | |
Cartoon | C is for Candle (the candle blows back) (First: Episode 0703) | |
Cast | On a desert island, a parched Luis finds a coconut, which has a letter C inside. (First: Episode 0703) | |
Cartoon | A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away. (First: Episode 0617) | |
SCENE 2 | Oscar studies his Spanish for Grouches book so he can learn how to insult people in any language. Mr. Hooper, Maria, and Linda pass by and Oscar tells them off in both English and Spanish. He thinks he's finally one step ahead of everybody, but soon realizes that he doesn't know how to tell Linda anything mean in sign language. | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Count Sleeps Over Part 1 — When the Count can't sleep, Ernie instructs him to try counting sheep. | |
Cartoon | An owl flies, carrying a sign that says "PELIGRO." (First: Episode 0787) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: The Count Sleeps Over Part 2 — The Count stayed up counting sheep all night, much to Ernie's dismay. | |
Cartoon | Jazz #6 (First: Episode 0011) | |
Muppets | At a library, Cookie Monster asks an Anything Muppet librarian for a box of cookies. The librarian becomes extremely frustrated because Cookie Monster doesn't understand the library doesn't have cookies! (First: Episode 0926) | |
Cartoon | A red man tries to get apples from a tree by himself, while a yellow man builds a ladder. (First: Episode 0779) | |
Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie Prepares to Do the Laundry — Bert makes his best attempt at getting Ernie to properly fill up the laundry basket. (First: Episode 0458) | |
Cartoon | A magician tries to make six circles disappear. (First: Episode 0783) | |
Film | "Three of These Kids" — Football and Baseball (First: Episode 0536) | |
Film | Two boys each have five cents - one has five pennies, one has a nickel. They see a dime along the way, which is worth ten. They ask the man at the store for change for the dime, and he gives them a nickel and five pennies. They spend their pennies, but then they want to buy an ice cream for ten cents and the machine only takes dimes. They give the store man their nickels in exchange for a dime and they share a fudgesicle. (First: Episode 0132) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and John-John count to 20. (First: Episode 0476) | |
Cartoon | A guru counts to twenty. (First: Episode 0276) | |
SCENE 3 | Big Bird feels like having a friendly chat with somebody and designates Linda as his conversation partner. Linda, however, is unable to talk as she's carrying packages in her arms. Linda tries to communicate with him, but Big Bird takes it as her wanting to ignore him and gets upset. Maria intervenes and explains that Linda needs her hands to talk, but can't do it when she's busy using them. Maria holds Linda's packages so she can give Big Bird a hug. | |
Film | A little horse gets near and far from the camera. (First: Episode 0279) | |
Cartoon | "That's About the Size of It" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0279) | |
Muppets | Grover demonstrates near and far. (First: Episode 0787) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Run." (First: Episode 0372) | |
Muppets | "The Subway" (First: Episode 0762) | |
Cartoon | G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) | |
Celebrity | Edith Ann talks about the time she made a sandwich. (First: Episode 0890) | |
Film | Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0285) | |
Cast | David and Maria cooperate to reach the top of the mountain. (First: Episode 0901) | |
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Cartoon | C is for Canary (First: Episode 0703) |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "I'm an Aardvark." (First: Episode 0425) | |
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Cartoon | C is for Cowboy (First: Episode 0703) |
SCENE 4 | Luis, Maria, Linda, Big Bird, and the kids are planning a surprise birthday party for Mr. Hooper in the yard while he's busy inside his store. They concoct a plan to keep it a surprise: they'll each separately buy something for the party to keep him from catching on, then Big Bird ensures he stays inside the store until they're done setting things up. Each time someone goes in to get something Mr. Hooper questions if somebody is having a party, which Big Bird overhears and causes him to go into a panic that the storekeeper will find out about the plan. | |
SCENE 4 cont'd | Big Bird goes in to try to stall for time while everybody is setting up, but he again worries that the plan has been foiled by Mr. Hooper. Instead, the party turns into a big surprise as Mr. Hooper had forgotten the occasion himself. Everyone congratulates Big Bird on making the party a success. | |
Cartoon | Letter G drawing with kid voice-over (First: Episode 0306) | |
SCENE 5 | Mr. Hooper and the others raise their cups of apple juice in a celebratory cheer as Maria announces the sponsors. | |
CLOSING SIGNS | Grover holds the Sesame Street sign, and Maria holds the Children's Television Workshop sign. |
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