| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Ernest Grouch visits | |||||||
| Air date | January 6, 1977 | ||||||
| Season | Season 8 (1976-1977) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria walks down the street and stops in her tracks when she notices Oscar's trash can, which has been beautified with flowers, a clean picket fence, and a welcome mat. A piano version of the Sesame Street Theme plays from inside. She rings the doorbell and Oscar appears, neatly-dressed and talking politely. He explains that he's expecting a visit from his brother Ernest, whom he holds a grudge against for being the favorite kid in their family. Oscar plans to get even with Ernest by acting nice and making him comfortable (even though he can't stand it either). |
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Cartoon | A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that “Q” starts the word “quarter.” (First: Episode 0046) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog and Grover draw a Q on the screen. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Animation | Sand Q/q (First: Episode 0623) |
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Cartoon | A cowboy sings about "Feelings That Are Real." |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster sounds out the word FOOD, then eats it. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Cartoon | A boy is drawn, but he doesn't have knees at first. |
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SCENE 2 | Maria and Luis bump into Ernest, who snidely asks where Oscar's can is. He is shocked to see the new decor, and when Oscar cordially invites him in. Ernest then begins to catch on and decides to throw some niceness back at Oscar. Maria and Luis, who watch nearby from the stoop, laugh at the thought of two grouches acting nice to each other. |
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Cartoon | "Candy Man" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0359) |
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Song | "Song of Eight" (First: Episode 0016) |
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Cartoon | Shorty reaches a water fountain with a stool. |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Princess and the Cookie — Cookie Monster plays the princess and devours all of the mattresses. (First: Episode 0417) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria and Luis secretly listen in as Oscar and Ernest continue to out-nice each other. The grouches both decide to come up to get some fresh air. |
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Cartoon | A duck sings about all the reasons why q should be remembered. (First: Episode 0789) |
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Film | Detective Fred (Joe Raposo) is sent by his boss (Danny Epstein) to locate the number 20. Throughout the office and on the streets of New York, Fred tracks down the numbers 11 through 18 in numerical order by spying his surroundings. When he finds his way to Apartment 19, he discovers it is occupied by a gorilla, who leads him directly to the elusive 20. (First: Episode 0277) |
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Muppets / Cast | David sings "The People in Your Neighborhood"with the librarian and plumber. (First: Episode 0718) |
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Cartoon | The uses of water (First: Episode 0139) |
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Film | Jerry Nelson narrates a story about a green Muppet hand that learns to spin a top. (First: Episode 0362) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar gruelingly introduces Ernest to Mr. Hooper, and they play a game of "Three of These Things." Afterwards, Ernest requests a "special" ice cream soda for Oscar. |
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Cartoon | A hand draws a castle with a growling dragon inside, which scares the princess until her knight in shining armor leads the dragon away. (First: Episode 0932) |
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Song | "Paying Attention Song" (Charlie Tyson) (First: Episode 0934) |
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Cast | David and Maria dine in spaghetti. Maria polishes off her plate in a short time, but David starts to eat each piece individually, which takes very long. (part 1) (First: Episode 0429) |
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Cartoon | G For Giggle (voice of Allen Swift) (First: Episode 0357) |
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Cast | David's plate is about half-empty now. (part 2) (First: Episode 0429) |
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Cartoon | G is for Glue Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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Cast | Maria has fallen asleep by now, when David finally finishes eating his spaghetti. He then beckons a waiter (Bob) to bring him another serving... (part 3) (First: Episode 0429) |
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Film | Flamingos Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0450) |
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SCENE 5 | Maria and Luis become concerned about Oscar and Ernest, so they devise an idea to get the grouches to be themselves again. They ask Mr. Hooper to whip up a concoction of peanut butter, ketchup, pickles, and sauerkraut. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and John-John count a penny. (First: Episode 0438) |
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Film | A group of Hispanic children pick members for their baseball team. A new kid, Ramon, joins them. (First: Episode 0440) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie can't decide which of the two different shelves he should place a large vase on, so Bert tells him to use his imagination. Ernie imagines the vase falling off the little shelf and Bert kicking him out of the apartment. Then, Ernie imagines putting the vase on the big shelf, and Bert rewarding him with a big surprise party. (First: Episode 0277) |
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SCENE 6 | Maria and Luis bring the grouchy concoction to Oscar and Ernest. Initially, the grouches politely insist on the other taking the present, but once they learn what's in it, they immediately start fighting over it. |
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Song | "Cow Dog Song" (First: Episode 0783) |
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Cartoon | Madrigal Alphabet Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0615) |
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Animation | Sand Q/q (repeat) |
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Film | Time-lapse of seeds growing. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets | A Carmen Miranda-style Anything Muppet sings "No Matter How You Count Them, they come out the same!" (First: Episode 0227) |
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SCENE 7 | Inside Oscar's can, Oscar and Ernest finish the meal and argue over who was the nicer grouch. The argument develops into roughhousing, which rattles the can. Luis and Maria announce the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | The Count holds the Sesame Street sign, while Kermit and a kid hold the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- The plot of this episode would be remade years later for Episode 2720.
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