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Sesame Street
Ask Oscar about discussions
Air date February 19, 1986
Season Season 17 (1985-1986)
Written by Mark Saltzman
Production December 16, 1985
Sponsors B, F, 6

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
2291a

Mrsun
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)
2485u
Cartoon A man learns that it's better not to pick the flowers.
(First: Episode 0416)
MeSongRaposo
Song Joe Raposo sings "Me."
(First: Episode 0421)
Khome.telly
Muppets Kermit at Home: While Kermit is at home typing his autobiography, salesmonster Telly comes to his doorstep and asks if Kermit wants to buy a head warmer. Telly keeps worrying he's not doing a good job, and that Kermit won't want one. But Kermit reassures him that since he does have a head, he will have a use for a head warmer, unlike the things Grover sells (toothbrushes, earmuffs, and nose warmers). When Kermit puts the head warmer on, it covers his entire head. Telly remarks, "Kermit! It's -- it's you!"
(First: Episode 1877)
2546-Between
Cartoon A mouse is squashed between two elephants.
(First: Episode 0779)
Janecurtin
Muppets / Celebrity The Two-Headed Monster disagrees on whether to sing or say the alphabet. Jane Curtin resolves the fight by singing the Alphabet Song. When the monster asks Curtin to join in, all three end up speaking in the same monster language! (references to Curtin playing Cinderella cut)
(First: Episode 2033)
1800-17
Cartoon Cloud blows things FFFFFFFF
(First: Episode 0387)
2477o
Film Trees are very nice places, for animals and for people.
(First: Episode 0455)
1446p
Cartoon F stands for flower, forest, fox, frog and fantastic.
(First: Episode 1102)
Secretplaces.between
Muppets "I'm Between"
(First: Episode 1233)
Bisforbath
Cartoon B is for bubbles, bubbles and more bubbles. And Bosco, who is taking a bath.
(First: Episode 0355)
Bae17
Muppets Ernie & BertErnie wears socks on his ears and on his nose in order for Bert to guess which body part he's thinking of.
(First: Episode 1640)
2417-Counting
Cartoon Counting 1 to 6 with fruits and veggies
(First: Episode 1767)
Telly-Segue-Heartstrongs
SCENE 1 Telly asks Gordon if he spends too much time worrying. Gordon assures him that he just happens to feel one feeling very strongly and everyone does it, especially the Heartstrongs...
HeartstrongsPt1-01

HeartstrongsPt1-02

HeartstrongsPt1-03

HeartstrongsPt1-04
Cast The Heartstrongs, Part 1

In this soap opera parody, Mr. Heartstrong (Gordon) fusses over the loss of his red shoelace along with Mrs. Heartstrong (Susan). They both feel sad until their son Barnaby (David) comes downstairs! What a surprise! But that feeling doesn't last long, as he soon learns of the lost shoelace. As it turns out, he came downstairs to change shoelaces in order to play baseball.

Could this be a clue to the whereabouts of Mr. Heartstrong's lost one?
Do-with-a-pet
Cartoon What Do You Do With a Pet?
(First: Episode 0465)
Mahnasesame2
Muppets "Fat Cat"
(First: Episode 0536)
ManLegs
Cartoon Which legs belong on the man?
(First: Episode 1691)
HeartstrongsPt2-01

HeartstrongsPt2-02

HeartstrongsPt2-03

HeartstrongsPt2-04
Cast The Heartstrongs, Part 2

In the thrilling conclusion, the doorbell rings! Who could it be at the door?

It's Cousin Henry (Uncle Wally), who drops in for a surprise visit, which quickly becomes somber when the lost shoelace issue is brought up again.

Just then, Mr. Heartstrong remembers what Barnaby said about a shoelace that didn't match, and as luck would have it, the missing shoelace is in Barnaby's left sneaker! This makes everyone happy!

Cousin Henry pulls the snake-in-the-can trick on Barnaby, which gives everyone another nice surprise! "Woo woo!"
3161y
Cartoon A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 0616)
Tramp-Number6
Cast Maria as Chaplin illustrates the number 6 using balloons.
(First: Episode 1962)
Film-Walrus
Film The walrus
(First: Episode 0296)
Song.meetinsects
Muppets Ernie sings about "The Insects in Your Neighborhood."
(First: Episode 1887)
SpeechBalloonBBug
Cartoon Speech Balloon: B for Bug (edited)
(First: Episode 0355)
SimonCallRemake
Muppets Simon Soundman sounds out the word "call", and then demonstrates some calls of his own - including a bird call, cow call, pig call, and telephone call. (remake)
(First: Episode 2136)
1095d
Cartoon "I'm six years old today!"
(First: Episode 0357)
Grouchketeers-FoodGroups
SCENE 2 David happens upon the day's Grouchketeer meeting, where Oscar has prepared a lecture on the four basic Grouch food groups - sticky, gloppy, oozy, and noisy foods. David can't help but interject periodically with queries on nutrition, as well as wondering where mushy foods fit in a Grouch's diet. They all start munching down on items from the "noisy" group with plans to eat them at the movie theater.
2096e
Cartoon "Name That Food" game show hosted by Don Carrot
Artist: Len Glasser
(First: Episode 1491)
Film-CarInMud
Film Several people help a man when his car is stuck in the mud.
(First: Episode 0619)
Bforbeard Cartoon B for Beard (poem by Edward Lear)
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 1147)
TwoHeadedBed
Muppets The Two-Headed Monster sound out the word "bed."
(First: Episode 1932)
Alive.Notalive
Cartoon A girl sorts everything she finds which is alive and not alive.
(First: Episode 1526)
Camp01

CW.alive
Muppets Camp Wannagohoma: Grover tries to show the campers what is alive in the forest, but they keep correcting him.
(First: Episode 1791)
3169.LionWalk
Animation See the lion walk.
(First: Episode 0993)
AskOscar-Discuss
SCENE 3 Ask Oscar
Telly gets a letter asking if Grouches like to have discussions. However, Oscar won't come out of his trash can and refuses to discuss the subject... thus answering the question. Telly irks Oscar when he suggests the show be renamed to "Ask Telly."
RINNNGGG
Cartoon Various sounds are demonstrated, including an alarm clock, a baby crying, a telephone, a faucet dripping, and a boy sneezing.
Artist: Irra Verbitsky
(First: Episode 1483)
Witches
Muppets Three witches attempt their own individual spells, which don't work out to their liking. They decide to cooperate by bringing all of their ingredients together, thus making chicken soup.
(First: Episode 0407)
Shot.queenof6
Animation The Queen of Six explores her garden.
(First: Episode 0223)
Toon.Oneboot
Cartoon B for boot
(First: Episode 1967)
0926zd
Film The crosswalk light says WALK.
(First: Episode 0926)
AskOscar-Discuss02
SCENE 4 Oscar is ready to have a discussion, and asks Telly a series of questions on subjects he doesn't want to discuss (like having mud pies or wearing a dustrag on his head). Oscar questions Telly's stubbornness as Gordon announces the sponsors.



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