Sesame Street | |||||||
Grandma Grace’s birthday | |||||||
Air date | March 12, 1984 | ||||||
Season | Season 15 (1983-1984) | ||||||
Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Maria and David try to catch the bus so that David can make a surprise visit to his grandma Grace on her birthday. David explains to Telly what a surprise is, and Oscar voices his displeasure of the situation. To everyone's surprise, Grace arrives on the bus herself! Telly thinks David's surprise was ruined, but David is glad to see her. Everyone then wishes Grace a happy birthday - including a reluctant Oscar, who is met with a kiss. | |
Cartoon | A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!" (First: Episode 0770) | |
Film | A warthog runs around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) | |
Cartoon | A for apricot, alligator, acrobat, accordion, artist, airplane. (First: Episode 1586) | |
Muppets | Harvey Kneeslapper: Do Ya Have an A on Ya? (First: Episode 0293) | |
Cartoon | A for Acorn (First: Episode 1626) | |
Animation | Circle In Space (First: Episode 1441) | |
Cartoon | A man displays his invention, the A-box, which only takes the letter A. (First: Episode 0781) | |
SCENE 2 | Telly gives Grace a big present, agonizing over how she may not like it since it's a handmade gift. He sets it next to three smaller presents, and Olivia and the others play a “One of These Things” game with them. The kids point out that Telly's box is big and the others are small, but Telly explains that the big box was the only thing he could find to put his small gift in. His present turns out to be a small tissue paper chrysanthemum, which Grace and everybody admires. | |
Cartoon | Which legs belong on the man? (First: Episode 1691) | |
Muppets | Kermit explains the importance of listening, using the Two-Headed Monster as an example. (First: Episode 1767) | |
Cartoon | The big green balls and one little orange ball ride over the top of the hills. The little one can't make it over the big hill, but conquers the small hill. (First: Episode 1896) | |
Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a laughing man. (First: Episode 1845) | |
Muppets | Cookie Monster sings "If Moon Was Cookie." (First: Episode 1789) | |
Cartoon | A boy chases a butterfly, and watches the clouds form into different objects. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1736) | |
SCENE 3 | Outside Hooper's Store, Mr. MacIntosh invites Grace to go dancing with him later on. She has to leave at the end of the day, so they use their imagination as he leads her in a pretend dancing date. Big Bird sees the two dancing in the yard to imaginary music, and even starts to dance along. | |
Cartoon | "Dinner for Nine" Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1658) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Baby Monster Day Care Center — Cookie Monster seeks Kermit's reward. (First: Episode 1322) | |
Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms, and nine toes. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) | |
Cast | Big Bird sings the alphabet while Bob plays glasses of water. (First: Episode 1344) | |
Cartoon | "Bumble Ardy #9" -- Young Bumble Ardy invites nine pigs to his birthday party while his mother, Sweet Adeline, is away. (First: Episode 0283) | |
SCENE 4 | Olivia watches Grandma Grace teaching David how to dance, prompting her to remember times with her own grandmother as she sings "Grandma's Way." | |
Cartoon | Billy Jo Jive and Smart Susie Sunset solve the case of the midnight voices. Artist: Ray Favata (First: Episode 1183) | |
Cast / Muppets | Luis, Maria, Bob, Telly Monster, Georgie and three kids make rhymes for "dash." Oscar chimes in with one last rhyme - "trash." (First: Episode 1440) | |
Cartoon | An ape escapes from the A train and heads over to a birthday party. (First: Episode 0293) | |
Film | Some kids watch a silent film featuring a lady in a burning house. They instruct her to "go to the EXIT!" (First: Episode 0536) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Tanya to explain what "exit" means. (First: Episode 1522) | |
Song | "What Do People Do All Day?" (First: Episode 1511) | |
SCENE 5 | Big Bird encounters Forgetful Jones writing in a notebook so he'll remember things. Just then, Snuffy arrives and finds out it's Grace's birthday. Big Bird goes into Hooper's to fetch her, but as he's gone Snuffy decides to make Grace a card and runs off. Forgetful meanwhile transcribes everything everyone says, until Snuffy says “be right back.” | |
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SCENE 5 cont'd |
Big Bird tries to get David and Grace outside, and Grace agrees to meet Snuffy whether he's imaginary or not; as usual, there is no sign of Snuffy. Since Forgetful has written down every word during their chat, Big Bird asks him to read back what he wrote earlier... but Forgetful can't remember where he put his notebook. |
Film | A film insert of kittens playing, with child voiceovers in English and Spanish. (First: Episode 0429) | |
Cartoon | Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231) | |
Muppets | Grover and Mr. Johnson: Grover the messenger goes to Mr. Johnson's home to deliver some singing telegrams. After reading a series of wrong telegrams, he reads another one that actually is for Mr. Johnson, and an important one at that, but Grover does not remember who it is from. (First: Episode 1828) | |
Cartoon | 'j' minuscula (First: Episode 0475) | |
Muppets / Celebrity | Harry Belafonte sings about the "Coconut Counting Man," who is actually The Count. (First: Episode 1692) | |
Film | Several people help a man when his car is stuck in the mud. (First: Episode 0619) | |
SCENE 6 | Forgetful finds his notebook and brings it into Hooper’s. He doesn’t remember seeing Snuffy but he remembers writing down what Snuffy said, though this does little to make David believe anything. | |
SCENE 6 cont'd |
Meanwhile, Snuffy leaves his birthday card for Grace out near 123 Sesame Street. He looks it over only to realize he misspelled "Snuffleupagus," but has left a footprint on it as another signature. He leaves the card and shuffles off. | |
SCENE 6 cont'd |
Back in the store, Forgetful reads the part about Snuffy wanting to make a card; sure enough, everyone (except Forgetful) comes outside and finds the giant card. Maria believes this is proof of the existence of a Snuffleupagus, but Olivia and David beg to differ. The group gets into a heated discussion as Snuffy announces the sponsors. |
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