| Sesame Street | |||||
| Grouch diving contest (repeat of 1938) | |||||
| Air date | December 19, 1985 | ||||
| Season | Season 17 (1985-1986) | ||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | Big Bird wishes Luis, Gordon, the kids, Mr. Macintosh, Barkley, Olivia, and the viewer good morning. He sings "Good Morning Mr. Sun" afterwards. (First: Episode 2079) |
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Animation | I see a 3! Do you see a 3? (First: Episode 1611) |
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Muppets | Ernie (playing Robin Hood) auditions Anything Muppets to be his Merry Men. After screening two individuals who don't meet the requirements, Harvey Kneeslapper is sent in laughing. Ernie thinks he's found a merry man and hires him immediately, but following a string of incessant jokes, decides he's too merry after all and fires him. (First: Episode 0480) |
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Cartoon | S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (First: Episode 0063) |
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Film | Green Tree Snake Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0285) |
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Muppets | The Two-Headed Monster shares a sandwich. (First: Episode 1479) |
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Animation | El numero tres (Luis V.O.) |
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Muppets | Telly Monster and Isaac count three kisses. |
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Cartoon | A man makes a CASA for both him and his dog, who then makes a CASA for a bird. (First: Episode 0586) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin (joined by Linda and Luis) looks for a way to stay dry in the rain. (First: Episode 1739) |
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Cartoon | An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O. Artist: John Paratore (First: Episode 0173) |
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Muppets | Western: A cowboy comes to see Adam T. Glaser, who is such a jack-of-all-trades that he forgets what a dentist does. (First: Episode 0408) |
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Video | Scanimate kids intro (First: Episode 0798) |
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SCENE 1 | At today's Grouchketeer meeting, Oscar presents a lesson on the letter S. On his Grouch computer, he's loaded a program that shows grouchy images of S words when the S key is pressed. The kids each get a turn pressing the key, as the monitor whirls and smokes before revealing images of socks, sardines, and Slimey. Oscar himself takes a turn, as the computer screen shows the word "SCRAM," indicating the Grouchketeers should do just that. |
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Cartoon | S for Snail Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1158) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts Here Is Your Life, surprising Oak Tree with the story of his life. The guests include Granny Fanny Nesselrode, who planted the tree as an acorn, Cloud and Sun, who gave the tree rain and sunshine, and Marty Table and Sarah Chair, who were made from the tree's friends. (First: Episode 0406) |
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Film | A bulldozer moves dirt up a construction site. (First: Episode 0799) |
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Cartoon | A boy learns to put his mom's letter in the mailbox all by himself (with a little help). (First: Episode 1497) |
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Celebrity | Edith Ann talks about being happy and sad. (First: Episode 0992) |
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Film | Bus trip around town (guitar soundtrack) (First: Episode 0926) |
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SCENE 2 | David and Bob come across a sign they've never seen on the block before, which merely reads "HONK HONK." They don't understand what it means, especially when a pair of waiting Honkers try to explain. A bus drives up and the Honkers pile on, indicating the sign is the Honker version of "BUS STOP." |
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Muppets | On a boring day, two hipsters sing "Meet Me at the Bus Stop" and decide to do so. (First: Episode 1451) |
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Film | Kids learn how to use a computer at a public school. (First: Episode 1853) |
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Animation | Sand S/s (First: Episode 0622) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment —: Grover and his friend Debo notice the letter "S" sitting on a brick wall. He exclaims that the letter is an old friend, and shouts, "Hey, S, babyyyy!" and slaps it off the wall. He remarks, "I hope he did not take that personally." (First: Episode 0467) |
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Animation | Finding shapes in colored pixel-blocks (First: Episode 1455) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly introduces a computerized edition of Ask Oscar, where the computer will give programmed answers to today's questions. Telly is relieved at this change, believing the computer will be much more reliable than Oscar. Telly reads a question about games to play at Grouch birthday parties. He commands an answer on the keyboard and the screen gives Oscar's response - "NO Heh Heh Heh!!" |
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Film | A boy climbs up a tree to gather coconuts. (First: Episode 1125) |
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Cast | Gordon and Olivia try to cooperate under the sun, with voiceover from Bob. (First: Episode 1245) |
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Film | Number Three Ball Film: A red ball follows a rollercoaster-like track through checkpoints (each, a set of three) that are counted in voiceover. At the end, the ball is ground up into a powder. (First: Episode 0254) |
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Muppets | Snow White accidentally visits the cottage of the six dwarves. (First: Episode 0279) |
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Cartoon | A baby bird tries and tries again to fly from its nest. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1510) |
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SCENE 4 | David pesters Grundgetta and another Grouch (Martin P. Robinson) with questions regarding a set up they have by Oscar's trash can. They tell him they're judges for the Grouch diving contest and the next dive is about to begin. Oscar emerges from his can in bathing suit and diving cap, intending to do a cannonball into his swimming pool. David doesn't understand - how can the judges see Oscar's dive if it's occurring inside the can, out of their view? Grundgetta tells him to just watch and find out. David peers into the can as Oscar dives and receives a face full of water. The judges score Oscar a 3 out of 10; he barely got David wet at all! |
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Cartoon | More and more moths appear, and devour a man's clothes. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0294) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie and Bert have pizza and grape juice. Bert complains that Ernie has more of each, so Ernie tries to make it even by eating some of his pizza and drinking some of his grape juice, but then Bert has more. And so on. (First: Episode 0256) |
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Animation | Three pretty kitties live in a celery house. Artist: Evelyn Lambart (First: Episode 1663) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar provides a towel to David, who wonders out loud what a "10 splash" must look like. Knowing something will go down, he gets as far away from the trash can as possible before Grundgetta takes her dive. David manages to get splashed with water anyhow, as the Grouches cheer. Bob announces the sponsors. |
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