| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Oscar tries to break a record | |||||||||
| Air date | April 24, 1981 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 12 (1980-1981) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar, dubbing himself "The Great Grouchini," calls folks over to see him perform Grouch feats of magic. However, nobody finds any of his so-called tricks impressive as he removes things from his topless hat (a boot, another hat, and the hat's lining). After an unsuccessful attempt at pulling Fluffy from the hat, Oscar manages to make his skunk Jennifer appear, driving everyone away. |
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Cartoon | A man (Jim Thurman) is interrupted as he tries to recite the alphabet. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1499) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Feels Sad — Ernie notices that Bert is feeling sad, but Bert doesn't know why. (First: Episode 1520) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster displays 11 purple pooches. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1347) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings George Gershwin's "Funny Face." (First: Episode 0006) |
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Animation | Big, bigger, biggest (oxen pulling rocks) (First: Episode 0764) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam is looking for the biggest man in the saloon. The frightened customers point him towards Big Barney, who's cowering under the table. When Sam discovers that Barney is the biggest man there, he gives him a hat: "This ol' hat here don't fit me. I thought maybe you could use it, huh? I'll see you, fellers." Sinister Sam leaves the baffled customers behind. "Now, that's a nice gesture," one says. "He's a little weird, but he's okay after all, isn't he?" (First: Episode 0281) |
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Insert | Buffy sings "Listen to the Wind." (First: Episode 1132) |
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Cartoon | Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0540) |
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Film | Old bottles are made into new bottles at a recycling plant. music: "Black Eyed Peas" by Graham Preskett (First: Episode 0917) |
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Muppets | Forgetful Jones and Buster the Horse brush each other's teeth. (First: Episode 1446) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: N for Nose (First: Episode 0763) |
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Cast | Luis and the kids put together a fractured letter "n." (First: Episode 0938) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Herry sing "Circles." (First: Episode 0131) |
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Film | Sesame Street Animal Films: Elk feeding. Music: Robert Dennis (First: Episode 0793) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan looks for the neighborhood cat to feed it, and finds Poco Loco acting as though he's a cat: he meows, tries to drink Susan's saucer of milk, and starts hissing at Barkley when Gordon brings him along. The actual cat (Karen Prell) shows up and they compare the two to show Poco he's not really a cat. Poco understands, only to start croaking like a frog instead. Gordon observes, "We seem to have an identity crisis here." |
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Cartoon | M for Moon Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1163) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Gadget — Grover watches as Ernie loads various things into a machine that start with M and N. (First: Episode 1201) |
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Film | A girl goes to the shoemaker and watches him as he repairs her shoes. (First: Episode 0987) |
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Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M (First: Episode 0131) |
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Muppets | The Count's bats are upset because the Count always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats...but there is only one Count. (First: Episode 0625) |
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Cartoon | A mouse takes a bite out of a good-smelling M. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0725) |
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Film | Alone Song (First: Episode 0921) |
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Muppets | "Body Rhythms" by Little Jerry and the Monotones. (First: Episode 1399) |
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Cartoon | Pinball Number Count #11 Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 0988) |
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SCENE 3 | Bob and Linda show John and Lia various sign commands Linda has taught Barkley. Oscar, wishing they would all leave, asks how to sign "scram." However, Linda never taught Barkley that particular sign, so the dog hangs around Oscar as he signs. |
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Film | Kids count 18 backflips. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0408) |
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Muppets | Kermit draws the letter M on-screen with his magic finger. Grover asks what Kermit has drawn, and Kermit says it's the letter M. "Mmmmm!" Grover agrees. (First: Episode 0451) |
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Cartoon | A young circle bonds with a square at a baseball game. (First: Episode 1520) |
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Film | A boy tells what happens on a fishing boat. (First: Episode 0028) |
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Cartoon | M for mouse, mud, and mother (First: Episode 0073) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar tells Bob that he hopes to make it into the Grouch Book of Records by saying "no" 500 times in a row, without ever saying "yes"; Telly Monster helps by keeping track. Gordon arrives with an old bicycle he wants to give to Oscar, but Oscar panics as he is unable to accept it without saying "yes." Gordon is about to give it to Luis for spare parts until Oscar eventually relents and breaks his streak, and starts all over again soon after (to Telly's dismay). |
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Cartoon | "Have you seen my NO?" (First: Episode 0773) |
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Film | A boy goes to the dentist and gets his teeth cleaned. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0476) |
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SCENE 5 | Now nighttime, Oscar is up to 212 "no's," though Telly is getting tired. When he asks Oscar if he wants to keep going after announcing the sponsors, Oscar responds, "yes." Telly cries, "Oh, no!", prompting Oscar to think they should switch. The credits roll, with Oscar following up with the production credit. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Bob holds the Sesame Street sign, while Olivia holds the CTW sign. |
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