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| Telly writes a Grouchy Book | |||||||
| Air date | January 11, 1983 | ||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||
| Written by | Norman Stiles | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Grandma Grace finishes reading a story to everyone in the yard. Forgetful Jones greets the viewer and invites them to listen in, only he immediately forgets what they were doing. Oscar wants to tell him outright to get the proceedings over with, but Grace wants Forgetful to figure it out on his own using clues (which the Count happily counts). Forgetful eventually pieces together that they were listening to Grace reading a story and wants to hear his favorite one, which he now can't remember the name of. |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Katie think of rhymes. (First: Episode 1644) |
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Cartoon | The life of a Yellow Yahoo (First: Episode 0043) |
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Cartoon | Hats (First: Episode 0773) |
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Cartoon | Y for yawn (First: Episode 0301) |
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Muppets | A greaser sings about his relationship that was almost ruined by a "One Way" sign. (First: Episode 0973) |
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Cartoon | After the big game, a bird skeleton and an elephant skeleton get their skins mixed up in the locker room. The coach helps them out. (First: Episode 0774) |
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SCENE 2 | As Grace finishes Forgetful's story, Oscar states he hated it. He only likes hearing grouchy stories, so Telly vows to help his best friend by writing him one, singing "Grouchy Book." David hands him some paper and pencil and Telly gets to work. |
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Film | Kids put together a scarecrow. (First: Episode 1577) |
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Cartoon | Fruta Manzana sings about being happy and healthy. Artist: Don Duga and Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1231) |
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Muppets | Three witches attempt their own individual spells, which don't work out to their liking. They decide to cooperate by bringing all of their ingredients together, thus making chicken soup. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster presents 3 high-flying felines (cats to us) who fall into a barrel of water. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1339) |
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SCENE 3 | While Telly writes his story, the Count tries to make up one for Oscar. He annoys everyone counting multiple "upon a times," before finally getting into the story about a young girl named Petrushka...and the 573 Bears. |
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Cartoon | A woodpecker drills through a tree to demonstrate entrada and salida. (First: Episode 0808) |
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Film | Three dolphins jump together. (First: Episode 0222) |
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Cartoon | A boy talks about his pet letter Y, named Yetta. (First: Episode 0443) |
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Muppets | Old West: Sinister Sam announces that someone has bought the last box of crayons, and he wants to know why. It turns out that he just wants a crayon so he can learn how to draw the letter Y. (First: Episode 1288) |
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Film | A giant panda walks around. (First: Episode 0920) |
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Animation | I see a 3! Do you see a 3? (First: Episode 1611) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Bert can't go on a trip with Ernie because his hand has purple paint on it. Ernie puts a mitten on Bert's hand to cover it, but Bert still won't go because he looks silly wearing one mitten. So Ernie completes the outfit with another mitten, a hat, a scarf, and a sled. Ernie then reveals that they are going to the beach. (First: Episode 0386) |
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Cartoon | 3 song (butterflies, birthday presents, waving pennants etc.) (First: Episode 0927) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly is almost done writing, so in the meantime Grace pulls out a small book to read that she thinks Oscar might like. Oscar is intrigued by the supposed presence of a worm in the story, but is disgusted as the story describes the life of a teeny-tiny girl and the things she encounters. The Count counts every use of "teeny-tiny," while Oscar impatiently waits for the worm to turn up in the story. He's put off by the happy ending, where the worm turns into a teeny-tiny prince. |
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Cartoon | A gorilla who knows G words applies for a job. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Film | Shopping for soup ingredients. (First: Episode 0515) |
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Cartoon | A goose and gander visit the land of the G's. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1141) |
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Muppets | Lefty delivers some carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get more carrots (in 13 seconds). (First: Episode 0255) |
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Film | A film of butterflies Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets | Lefty delivers more carrots to his boss, but the boss orders him to get the most carrots he can find (in 15 seconds). (First: Episode 0255) |
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Cartoon | Bolt and Nut show how they work together. (First: Episode 0569) |
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Muppets | Lefty delivers the rest of the carrots to his boss. The boss reveals that the carrots are for his pet rabbit (a real rabbit), which he shows to Lefty. (First: Episode 0255) |
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SCENE 5 | Telly's story is finally finished, and he asks Oscar to read along with him. They both go under a blanket, as the story is about a Grouch who decides to hide from the world under his blanket. The Grouch (who speaks entirely in rhyme) brings in more things he needs, such as his pet worm, food, a chair, and even some things to gripe about. Soon, there is not enough room and the Grouch's patience wears thin, so he moves back out from under the blanket. Everyone, even Oscar, likes the story. |
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Film | A group of kids enter a door marked ENTRADA. (First: Episode 0939) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Judy Collins sings "The Fisherman Song" with several Anything Muppets. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Cartoon | A yak discusses the letter "Y" on a stage, and is insulted when it is called a "Yakkity-yakkity-yak". (First: Episode 0301) |
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SCENE 6 | Telly shows Oscar the sequel he's writing while everyone else is now engrossed in books of their own. Grace says goodbye and encourages the viewer to do some reading as well. Oscar announces the sponsors. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
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