| Sesame Street | |||||||
| The Robinsons go on a grouchy double-date (repeat of 1725) | |||||||
| Air date | December 21, 1984 | ||||||
| Season | Season 16 (1984-1985) | ||||||
| Written by | Sara Compton | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Maria greets the viewer, taking in her surroundings on Sesame Street, until she notices Jordan with a bag on his feet. Jordan claims that he's waiting to reveal the latest invention from Dr. Nobel Price, who enters clumsily, then reveals his invention: walk stoppers, which look an awful lot like shoelaces. The only difference is that the walk stoppers are tied together, preventing the person wearing them from walking properly. |
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Cartoon | Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M (First: Episode 0131) |
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Film | SCHOOL: the sign spins around. (First: Episode 0685) |
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Muppets | Professor Grover teaches his students what "school" is, but he instead gets the lesson. (First: Episode 1969) |
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Animation | Slide puzzle - elephant (First: Episode 0389) |
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Muppets / Cast | Bob sings "Anybody Can Sing" with the Anything Muppets. (First: Episode 1374) |
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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 | The dark-bearded half of the Two-Headed Monster wakes up to argue with itself over whether to go to the zoo or the playground. The two both end up taking naps instead. (First: Episode 1475) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Frog Struggle Song." (First: Episode 0492) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster presents 9 elephants. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1366) |
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SCENE 2 | Maria witnesses Oscar leading the Grouchketeers (and the viewer) in practicing rhythms on their instruments. Oscar deliberately makes Telly play last, and gives him hard rhythms to repeat, but he eventually succeeds. |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "What Babies Are Called" (First: Episode 0096) |
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Cartoon | Melvin the Moving Man (First: Episode 0207) |
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Muppets | Herbert Birdsfoot explains what the letters M and W look like with a very uncooperative letter that keeps switching itself. The letter eventually stops switching, and Herb solves the problem by rotating the camera angle, turning the letter upside down. (First: Episode 0155) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates up/down with two ladders. (First: Episode 0239) |
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Cast | Sleeper tries to wake up in the morning. (David as "Sleeper"). (First: Episode 1357) |
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Cartoon | Boy and the UP balloons. (First: Episode 0364) |
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SCENE 3 | Next, Maria witnesses Oscar lead Telly and the Grouchketeers in another game, which has a poster with different amounts of onions and different numbers. The objective is to draw a line from one group of onions to the correct number in the group. Telly is nervous when Oscar calls on him, but he gets the answers right. Oscar tells the Grouchketeers to never give up as he closes the meeting, and Maria remarks to the viewer, "Even Oscar knows that sometimes Telly needs a little push." |
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Cartoon | Nine penguins slide down a hill. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1532) |
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Film | "Nine Song (Song of Nine)." (First: Episode 0016) |
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Muppets | Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse spot a kitty stuck in a tree. Grover tries to find ways to get the kitty down such as shaking the tree trunk. He finally came to the conclusion that to get the kitty down, he would climb up the tree to bring it down. However, Fred has another idea to bring the kitty down by calling the kitty by saying "Kitty" and the kitty comes down. Now that the kitty is down, they now have another problem - how is Grover going to get down? (First: Episode 1639) |
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Cartoon | Before dinnertime, a boy discovers a worm under a rock and some baby birds in their nest. (First: Episode 1508) |
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Song | "Hello, Scale," a film about measuring weight. (First: Episode 0578) |
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SCENE 4 | At night, Maria notices Gordon sitting on the steps, dressed up, looking sad. Big Bird comes by and correctly guesses what's going on: Gordon and Susan were going to go dancing tonight, but they're having car trouble. When Susan tries to fix the car, Gordon hands her a greasy wrench and accidentally wipes his shirt and his face with his dirty hand. Just then, Oscar and Grundgetta pass by in the Sloppy Jalopy, on their way to the Grouch Tarnished Silver Ball. Noticing Gordon and Susan's dirty appearance, the Grouches invite them to come along. |
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Cartoon | Typewriter: M for magic (First: Episode 0841) |
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Muppets | The Count sings about the ten things most important to him. (First: Episode 1954) |
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Film | A girl catches a lobster. (First: Episode 1125) |
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Cartoon | Me and My M Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1545) |
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SCENE 5 | At the Grouchland Ballroom, Gordon and Susan win a T-shaped award for their performance of the "Trashcan Tango." |
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Cartoon | T for treasure (Jim Thurman VO) |
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Song | "Water, Wind, and Sun" (First: Episode 1711) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Special Day — Bert is curious as to whom Ernie is decorating the room for. (First: Episode 0352) |
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Cartoon | Car stuck on tar (First: Episode 1732) |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon and Susan come home, and invite the Grouches upstairs for a cup of coffee with anchovy paste. Maria watches from her apartment and announces the sponsors. The credits follow. |
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