| Sesame Street | |||||
| Oscar takes temporary residence at David's (repeat of 1586) | |||||
| Air date | January 23, 1984 | ||||
| Season | Season 15 (1983-1984) | ||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||
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SCENE 1 | A mason, Mr. Jenkins (Ted Ross), does some work surrounding the front doors of 123 Sesame Street. A sawhorse barricade blocks the area, marked with a "DANGER" sign. Telly reads the sign and learns about the construction from David. Oscar happens to be in the middle of the work and it's recommended he move his can temporarily. Oscar refuses to move, but drops his attitude when he's promised he can go "anywhere at all." He asks everyone to leave while he prepares to move. |
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Cartoon | Listening to sounds can tell you about danger. (First: Episode 1741) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Lisa what "DANGER" means. (First: Episode 1489) |
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Cartoon | A for Acorn (First: Episode 1626) |
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Film | A male frog hops around and bulges his throat. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Cartoon | A for Acrobats (First: Episode 0797) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster looks at itself in mirrors, and the right half notices that both of them are the same; they have the same nose, mouth, and hands. The other half points out that they're different: their horns point different ways, their hair is different, and their laughter is different. (First: Episode 1769) |
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Cartoon | A boy builds a house out of blocks, and when the girl builds a Victorian house, the boy calls her a copycat. (First: Episode 0780) |
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Celebrity | James Galway plays his flute different ways to convey different emotions. (First: Episode 1437) |
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Cartoon | Vaudeville duo Herman Happy and Stanley Sad sing a song about how they live up to their names. (First: Episode 0772) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster becomes happy and sad when he finds a seemingly-empty cookie jar with one cookie left. He becomes sad after he eats it, but Ernie comes by with a bag of cookies for him. But, he becomes sad again when he eats them all. (First: Episode 1645) |
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Cartoon | An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky. (First: Episode 0770) |
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Cast | Maria and Luis assemble a fractured letter "a." (First: Episode 0904) |
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Cartoon | HEN / PEN / TEN / MEN Music: Joe Raposo |
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SCENE 2 | David relaxes in his apartment on his day off from work. Just as he starts reading his book, the doorbell rings. David opens the door and finds Bruno, Oscar and Telly standing outside. Oscar has decided that the "anywhere at all" he'd like to stay is David's place. David relents and allows Oscar to stay overnight. Bruno settles Oscar down and Oscar begins clanging around in his can, then provides David with some of his rotten groceries to put in the fridge. |
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Cartoon | A mother bird brings her babies a huge number 12. (First: Episode 0493) |
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Muppets | Kermit's Lectures: Kermit tries to demonstrate what round is, with the help of a wisecracking ball. He introduces Kermit to his "daddy," a basketball. (First: Episode 0107) |
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Cartoon | "Ladybugs' Picnic" (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a parrot. (First: Episode 0601) |
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Cartoon | An old woman goads a man into guessing who she met today. Through the clues she gives, he soon finds out she's referring to him. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0798) |
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Song | Olivia sings "The Riddle." (First: Episode 1721) |
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Cartoon | A construction worker explains the uses of a folding ruler. (ending trimmed) (First: Episode 0572) |
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SCENE 3 | David and Oscar sit down to dinner. Oscar assumes David will find his Grouch meal (potato skins stuffed with sauerkraut and spinach and a limburger milkshake) repulsive, but David instead points out the nutritional value of the different ingredients. Oscar asks for his napkin to be tied around his eyes instead of around his neck. "You may not mind lookin' at my dinner, but I can't stand lookin' at yours," he says. |
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Cartoon | A mother and child make juice popsicles. Artist: Cathryn Aison (First: Episode 1193) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Almost Shops for Dinner — Upon Bert's own instructions, Ernie won't open the door for him. (First: Episode 1787) |
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Cartoon | "I in the Sky" (First: Episode 0368) |
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Film | The Steam Shovel (First: Episode 1144) |
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Cast | Big Bird sings the alphabet while Bob plays glasses of water. (First: Episode 1344) |
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Cartoon | Capital I, he's quite a guy (First: Episode 0368) |
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SCENE 4 | David is awoken by the commotion coming from Oscar's pets in his can. Oscar explains that his pet pig, Spot, is having issues with Dick and Jane, his pet goats. David suggests he separate the animals and Oscar takes this as allowing Spot to sleep on David's floor. David objects to having a pig on his floor, so Spot moves onto David's bed. |
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Cartoon | Two monkeys argue over what to watch on TV, growing bigger the angrier they get. (First: Episode 0762) |
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Muppets | The Count sings about "The First Day of School". (First: Episode 1736) |
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Cartoon | A troll draws different faces on herself in front of a mirror. (First: Episode 0800) |
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Film | Two brown bears play in the river and in the forest. (First: Episode 1755) |
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Muppets | An old colonel explorer meets Simon Soundman and describes his world trip to him, dozing off several times in the process due to his lack of sleep. As the colonel talks about the bad weather, Simon provides the appropriate sounds. (First: Episode 1440) |
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Cartoon | Find the camouflaged parrot. Voice: Paul Dooley (First: Episode 0516) |
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Film | Ostriches walk and run. (piano music) (First: Episode 0339) |
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SCENE 5 | David tries to endure the sounds of Oscar's off-key violin practice. He hears a knock at the door and hopes it's Bruno to bring Oscar back to his regular spot. Instead, it's Mr. Jenkins, who lets David know that the job is taking longer than anticipated and Oscar can't go back yet. Oscar has prepared for this and has already invited the other two members of his Grouch String Trio over to practice. The Grouches (Brian Muehl and Richard Hunt) arrive immediately after and start their noisy rehearsal, to David's dismay. Telly announces the sponsors. |
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