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| Oscar teaches Linda to be grouchy (part 2) | |||||||||
| Air date | April 15, 1983 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 14 (1982-1983) | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Luis brings a bag of trash to Oscar's trash can, and is surprised to see Timi emerge from the can instead. She explains that she and Linda spent the night with Oscar while Linda researches her grouchy role for a play. Luis observes Timi's sour attitude has proven this an effective method. |
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Cartoon | A kid tries to push his toy house through the front door without the door closing. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 0914) |
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Muppets | Grover sings about his furry little shadow. |
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Cartoon | Big Daniel Boone looks for a bear. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0627) |
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Film | A bumble bee Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0082) |
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Cartoon | A young girl's favorite toy is a stick, which she uses for many things, including a magic wand, conductor's baton, and a baseball bat. (First: Episode 0960) |
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Muppets | The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends. (First: Episode 0545) |
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Cartoon | Brush your teeth, up and down, side to side, round and round. (First: Episode 1124) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar coaches Linda on frowning, then instructs her how to do the old "squirting flower" trick. Timi doesn't think anyone will fall for it when in comes Forgetful Jones. Although he seems like an easy mark, he sniffs the flower on Linda's outfit with no consequence. Timi inspects the flower to see what's wrong and Linda squirts her in the face instead! Oscar is thrilled to see how Linda's grouchiness has progressed. |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: U for UP (First: Episode 0650) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Happy Birthday to U — Ernie sings "Happy Birthday" to a letter U. (First: Episode 1306) |
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Cartoon | A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Eats." (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (First: Episode 0193) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster shares a pair of headphones. (First: Episode 1628) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (Spanish version) (First: Episode 0306) |
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Film | Building a log cabin (First: Episode 0602) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar teaches the Grouchketeers about the word NO and has Linda teach them how to sign it. When he sees the Grouchketeers sneaking in some smiles, he instructs them to do some grouchy facial exercises. |
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Cartoon | "Have you seen my NO?" (First: Episode 0773) |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short. (First: Episode 0521) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Pinocchio — Kermit interviews Pinocchio. (First: Episode 0910) |
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Cartoon | The long rattlesnake thinks he's better than the short one, until the short one outsmarts him by making him bite his own tail. "Wanna borrow my snakebite kit?" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0955) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin gets their suspenders stuck on a wall while reaching for the door, demonstrating long, longer, and longest. (First: Episode 0786) |
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Cartoon | Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / pat Voice: Daws Butler (First: Episode 0770) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert's Purple Hand — Bert can't go to the beach with Ernie because his hand has purple paint on it. (First: Episode 0386) |
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Film | A film of camels eating. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0388) |
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SCENE 4 | Timi polishes off a decent lunch at Hooper's Store, telling David all about Linda's studies. She claims Linda will even have to eat Grouch food. As she leaves, Linda sneaks by to get something normal to eat from Hooper's. However, David has prepared a Grouch stew for her mixed with such delights as anchovy paste and marshmallow. |
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Cartoon | B for boats, bouquet, baby, bonnet, etc. (First: Episode 1703) |
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Muppets | Grover asks Little Jerry and the Monotones (who are tired and don't seem to care about what they are doing) to hold up signs with letters that make up the word "walk". When Grover tells them what it spells, they walk over him. (First: Episode 0221) |
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Cartoon | Cars WALK. (First: Episode 0556) |
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Muppets | Grover walks past the letters that spell "walk" and tells the viewers what the word is. The letters then walk over Grover. (First: Episode 0221) |
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Cartoon | A young bespectacled man with an accordion asks how much it costs to cross the bridge. The Bridgekeeper says admission is free, but requires that the young man show him three triangles. Two of them are found in the bridgework, and the man uses the bridgekeeper's staff to draw a third triangle in the dirt. Although the bridgekeeper has his order filled, he asks the man to play a tune on his accordion. This additional request takes the young man by surprise, but he is told to do so for the opportunity to cross the bridge. (First: Episode 1572) |
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Celebrity | Rosey Grier sings "I Used to Be One of the Little Kids". (First: Episode 0795) |
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Cartoon | A real Indian boy tells two boys who are playing Cowboy and Indian that Indians don't say "ugh". The other kids tell him that they heard the expression on TV. (First: Episode 0771) |
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SCENE 5 | Grouches and humans gather as Linda, dressed in a mortarboard and gown, graduates from Oscar's lesson. She thanks him with a can of chocolate lima beans, which contains spring-loaded snakes. |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster treats us to the balancing feet of ten brown bears. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1336) |
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Film | Kids count ten buses as they drive by. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Cartoon | A large bird munches on rectangle edges, forming the word "BIRD." (First: Episode 1173) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog describes a black rotary dial telephone that is skinny in the middle, has a round base, and a big circle with a lot of little circles, and has cords at the back. Cookie Monster describes the same telephone and adds that it is delicious. He eats the receiver, and it rings inside him. (First: Episode 1422) |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: U for Umbrella (First: Episode 0808) |
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Cast | Olivia sings "Everything Grows." (First: Episode 0998) |
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Cartoon | The letter "k" walks away from the word "walk." (First: Episode 0758) |
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Muppets | Polly Darton sings "Counting One to Five." |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar excitedly watches as Luis and Linda rehearse a scene from her play, Down in the Dumps. David announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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CLOSING SIGNS | Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign. |
Notes[]
- Grouch performers include Richard Hunt (gray Grouch) and Martin P. Robinson (purple Grouch).
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