| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Grandpa Grouch’s joke machine | |||||||||
| Air date | November 30, 1984 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||||
| Written by | Tom Dunsmuir | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | While Oscar looks for some Grouch literature at the library, Gilbert and Sullivan and the cast sing about what else he can find "At Your Library". (First: Episode 1908) |
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Cartoon | A boy and a dog fight over a letter "I". (First: Episode 0143) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert are camping. It's time for them to sleep, but Ernie keeps distracting Bert by pointing out the various sounds that they hear. (First: Episode 1808) |
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Cartoon | I for iron (First: Episode 0314) |
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Song | "Cooperation" - Kids cooperate to move a wooden structure. (First: Episode 0933) |
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Cartoon | A man weighs five pounds of bubble gum. He chews it all, blows a huge bubble, and flies away. (First: Episode 0617) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Sesame Street News Flash: Ballerina's Body — Suzanne Farrell drinks a glass of milk.. (First: Episode 1387) |
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Cartoon | Travis Travel demonstrates different methods of transportation. (First: Episode 1459) |
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Cast | Big Bird talks about noses and beaks, and what his beak can do. He tells Olivia, "I'm awful sorry about your nose." (music button changed) (First: Episode 1246) |
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Cartoon / Film | A cartoon man climbs a live-action boy. (First: Episode 0494) |
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Cartoon | A disobedient jacket illustrating words that begin with the letter J annoys an off-screen narrator, which reveals two kids named Jenny and Jeff inside of it. (First: Episode 0527) |
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Muppets | Grover watches The Amazing Mumford practice a trick, making a rabbit come out of his hat. Mumford has trouble getting a rabbit to come out of the hat, and both are oblivious to the fact that Grover is turning into a rabbit. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Animation | Sand J/j (First: Episode 0631) |
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Film | Exploring on the ocean rocks (First: Episode 1414) |
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Film | The kids form a triangle and a square. (First: Episode 0300) |
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Cartoon | A honking orange ball follows signs to the EXIT. (First: Episode 1879) |
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Muppets | An Anything Muppet girl shows the viewers that the number 11 is the same right side up and upside down. (First: Episode 0183) |
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SCENE 1 | Forgetful Jones and a Honker wait at the bus stop for a bus to Madison Square Garden, where the two will meet up with Clementine for a rodeo. Luis tells the pair to take the #11 bus and makes sure Forgetful remembers it. He forgets it immediately after and as others (Susan, Oscar, and Bob) pass by, he thinks he's taking the "Good Morning" or the "Phooie!" bus. All the while, the Honker frantically tries correcting him. Bob passes by and gives them the time, 11 o'clock, reminding Forgetful of the correct bus, just in time to boast about when Luis returns. |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 1 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie, Bert and Shola demonstrate happy, sad, scared and mad. (First: Episode 0469) |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 2 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Film | Footage of a city neighborhood; includes shots of a sno-cone vendor. Singer: "¡Linda paloma!" (First: Episode 0426) |
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Cartoon | A mouse is squashed between two elephants. (First: Episode 0779) |
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Cast | David, Luis and Maria illustrate between while ballet dancing. (First: Episode 1223) |
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Animation | Shape organization, part 3 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Film | A flock of sheep crosses the river. (First: Episode 1165) |
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Muppets | The Count has built a rocket with the help of Dr. Reinbrein and plans to launch it from inside his castle. The two count down from the computer console, but the rocket doesn't take off. Indeed, Count never intended for lift-off; he plans on counting down again and again. (First: Episode 1306) |
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Animation | Shape organization (all formations review), part 4 (First: Episode 0419) |
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Film | Several people help a man when his car is stuck in the mud. (First: Episode 0619) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar’s Grandpa Grouch gives him a junky piece of equipment with the letter J on top of it. Oscar guesses the J is for “junk,” but Grandpa tells him it’s for “joke” because it’s a 75-year-old joke machine. He tells Oscar to press the button and a card will come out with a joke written on it. Oscar doesn’t like jokes because they make people happy, but he does it anyway. However, when he presses the button, the machine makes a bunch of noises but no card comes out. Grandpa laughs: that was the joke! |
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Cartoon | A girl puts imaginary things in a jar, which makes her laugh. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1304) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a rabbit. (First: Episode 0630) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster tries to cure itself of hiccups. (First: Episode 1318) |
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Film | David (in voice-over) finds rectangles. (First: Episode 0481) |
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Animation | As the seasons change, so do one's outfits. (early computer graphics) (First: Episode 1898) |
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SCENE 3 | Susan, Bob, and Erika stop by the machine and give it a try. Again, it sputters when Bob presses the button. Bob and Susan think they can get the machine to work by hitting it a few times – and it does! Loads of joke cards fall out as the Grouches are in shock. Oscar complains, "It's been broken 75 years; the day I get it, it has to work!" |
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Cartoon | Jughead Jones's J story (First: Episode 0231) |
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Muppets | Caveman Days: EXIT sign (First: Episode 0300) |
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Film | EXIT (First: Episode 0935) |
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Cartoon | Henson: Eleven Cheer (First: Episode 0273) |
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Film | A gemsbok runs fast, then faster. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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SCENE 4 | Bob and Susan read a few of the joke cards as Oscar and Grandpa groan at them. Oscar hits the machine in anger, and it spews more joke cards. The Grouches continue to bellow in agony as Luis announces the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
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