| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Mumford turns Gordon into a Grouch | |||||||||
| Air date | March 13, 1987 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||||
| Written by | Luis Santeiro | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar and Grundgetta prepare to watch the Amazing Mumford perform a Grouch magic trick he learned from the Great Trasherini. Gordon, though he is about to leave with Susan on a date, agrees to assist in the trick as Mumford changes lovely-looking shapes into Grouchy ones. His attempt at changing a circle seems to fail, until they see the trick has made Gordon a Grouch instead! Mumford heads to the library to find something to reverse the trick, while Oscar and Grundgetta get acquainted with the new Gordon. |
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Cartoon | On the beach, a boy hurts his foot stepping on a broken shell, but a visit to the hospital clinic makes him feel better. (First: Episode 2086) |
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Muppets | "The Dirtiest Town in the West" (First: Episode 1461) |
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Animation | Where does the triangle fit? (First: Episode 1883) |
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Film | George the Farmer demonstrates fast and slow by going back and forth on a fence, and in a rocking chair. (First: Episode 0288) |
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Animation | M / m (Gordon voiceover) (First: Episode 2232) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Ernie and Alphonso discuss DANGER. (First: Episode 1387) |
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Animation | Today's Secret Drawing is an astronaut. (First: Episode 0193) |
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SCENE 2 | Susan can't stand dealing with the Grouch Gordon and goes to check on Mumford. Just after, Brian drops off a bag of trash, which Gordon stakes a claim on to Oscar's frustration. He begins to rummage through it and finds some discarded letter M cards (a favorite letter to Grouches since it begins "mud"). Grundgetta, becoming attracted to this new Gordon, joins in as they dig through the bag. Oscar fears that he may lose his girlfriend and runs off to aid Mumford. |
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Cartoon | A man encounters someone with a DANGER sign hanging on the end of his nose, and doubts there's any danger until the character sneezes. (First: Episode 1125) |
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Muppets | Game Show: The Triangle is Right The object of the game is to answer every question with "a triangle" as the answer. Contestant Prairie Dawn has little patience for this format. (First: Episode 2185) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (First: Episode 0193) |
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Film | A gemsbok runs fast, then faster. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | Things that start with M (First: Episode 0620) |
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SCENE 3 | Gordon and Grundgetta continue rummaging through the trash. They begin to admire an old tin can when Susan, Oscar, and Mumford all return. Grundgetta appears to be the only one who wants Gordon to stay like this, but Mumford tries out his new magic words to fix everything. He manages to fix the old tin can and Gordon's letter Ms like new, but Gordon remains the same. Mumford repeats his magic words with an even grouchier tone and this finally turns Gordon back to normal... but now Oscar has become a proper gentleman! Grundgetta starts calling for Mumford when Oscar suggests she wear a gardenia in her hair. |
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Cartoon | A bird subtracts two balloons from a group of three. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0530) |
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Muppets | Hoots tells Ernie to "Put Down the Duckie." |
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Film | A girl meets a blind woman who has a seeing-eye dog. (First: Episode 0952) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: What Makes People Angry — Kermit loses his cool attempting to interview some passersby. (First: Episode 0537) |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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Film | A kid marching band forms a triangle. (First: Episode 0531) |
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Cartoon | O for orange Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0673) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Baseball fan Telly is looking at his cards when he sees a familiar face stop by. He asks the man to pose for him, to compare him to the card on which he thinks he's seen him. He realizes that it is indeed Ron Darling of the New York Mets, and he asks him to read his own card. (First: Episode 2080) |
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Cartoon | A bass player (Major Holley) counts to 6. (First: Episode 2229) |
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Muppets | The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends. (First: Episode 0545) |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: DIRTY (First: Episode 1121) |
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Film | College students volunteer at the San Francisco Children's Zoo, which has such animals as ferrets, opossums, and chinchillas. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 2227) |
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Cartoon | Stop-motion NUTS (First: Episode 1178) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin obeys the word HOP, then switches it to STOP. (First: Episode 1982) |
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Film | Time-lapse of seeds growing. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0416) |
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Insert | Maria, Big Bird and Luis have a "Rhyme Out." (First: Episode 2220) |
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Cartoon | Christopher Clumsy demonstrates shapes. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0416) |
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Film | Baby turtles swim around. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0294) |
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Animation | "¡Él juega beisbol!" (First: Episode 2101) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bert Copies the Drums — Ernie instructs Bert to repeat his drum riffs and finds that he's quite good at it. (First: Episode 1809) |
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Cartoon | Would you mind closing our OPEN? (First: Episode 0438) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar shows off the flowers he's picked from a stroll in the woods while Grundgetta sobs. Mumford tries some new magic words, returning Oscar back to normal. He ditches the flowers and is appalled to learn about what just happened. Gordon announces the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
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