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| Oscar writes Grouch poems (repeat of 2140) | |||||||
| Air date | December 11, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 19 (1987-1988) | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Insert | The Count recruits Maria to help him in "Counting Toes." (First: Episode 2131) |
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Cartoon | A bear counts 5 clouds. (First: Episode 2239) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts "The Eating Game", in which plates get to meet foods and take them to dinner. The contestant foods are a fish, an ear of corn, and a glass of milk. (First: Episode 2329) |
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Film | A gym instructor helps children perform a variety of stretching and bending exercises. (First: Episode 1018) |
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Cartoon | T for Turtle Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1146) |
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SCENE 1 | Mr. Snuffleupagus wants to play football with Slimey, but Oscar thinks the size difference will make the game unfair to Slimey; he suggests hide and seek instead. Snuffy looks everywhere on Sesame Street and can't find Slimey. Oscar shows Snuffy that Slimey has been hiding in Snuffy's fur the whole time, and says the joke is on him. Instead of getting angry, Snuffy thinks it's funny and leaves to tell Big Bird that the joke was (literally) on him. |
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Cartoon | T for treasure (Jim Thurman VO) (First: Episode 1990) |
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Film | Kids watch a silent movie with a man resting on the train tracks with an oncoming trolley - DANGER! (First: Episode 0480) |
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Cartoon | "Wash Your Hands Before You Eat" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1523) |
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Muppets | Grover plays a detective at his office. A frantic city gent (Brian Muehl) rushes over to warn him about something that's bothering him outside, which, unbeknownst to both of them, turns out to be a very strong wind that blows everything away—including Grover's office. (First: Episode 1650) |
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Film | The letter T is a very useful letter. (First: Episode 0402) |
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Film | "It's an Otter!" Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0284) |
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Cartoon | Two orange balls perform "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 2160) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | The Professor (Sid Caesar) explains the laws of physics, which begin with soft and loud (as demonstrated by Fluffy). (First: Episode 2015) |
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Cartoon | Z In Space (First: Episode 0509) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin falls in love with a painting (Linda) at the art museum. (First: Episode 2033) |
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Cartoon | What's missing? (a guitar) (First: Episode 1971) |
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Film | Ten Song (Song of Ten) (censored version, intro cut) (First: Episode 0021) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie doesn't think pigeons are able to laugh at Bert's pigeon jokes, but he's wrong ... (First: Episode 1287) |
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Cartoon | Jazz #10 (First: Episode 0193) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon comes across Oscar reading his book of Grouch Rhymes to Irvine. As Oscar recites "Twinkle Twinkle Little Can" Gordon notices that none of the words in Oscar's book rhyme, which is just how Grouches like it. |
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Cartoon | A family of snakes makes shapes, and rolls away. (First: Episode 1506) |
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Film | Jerry Nelson introduces the letters U and N. Other letters join them and become SUN, RUN and FUN. (First: Episode 0230) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster treats us to the balancing feats of ten brown bears. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1336) |
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Muppets | "They Can't Take That Away from Me": Cookie Monster's six cookies are subtracted down to zero. (First: Episode 2351) |
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Cartoon | Five tail feathers are subtracted from a peacock. (First: Episode 1449) |
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Film | A boy who lives in Alaska narrates a film of himself going ice-fishing with his grandfather and sister. |
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Cartoon | Sign Sounds: WALK TALL (First: Episode 1161) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar reads a love "trash poem" to Maria, which involves him tossing the items from his trash can that are mentioned as he recites it. Maria gathers all of the junk and tries to return it, but becomes flattered when Oscar says she can keep it, seeing how important trash is to someone like him. When Maria leaves, Oscar is relieved as he now has made room for new trash. He begins to write a poem for Luis hoping he can pull the same trick. |
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Cartoon | A trash can in the park dictates a letter about the scenery that surrounds her. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1486) |
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Muppets | Big Bird walks down the street, describing the difference between the actual street and sidewalks. (First: Episode 1256) |
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Muppets | How Now Brown and the Moo Wave perform the song "Danger's No Stranger." (First: Episode 2030) |
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Cartoon | zip, zoom, zoom, zig, zag, zany, zoo. (First: Episode 0359) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Brian show soft and loud. (First: Episode 0432) |
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Transition | Bridge #14 - Hour Glass Slow/Fill (First: Episode 0303) |
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SCENE 4 | Maria, Luis, and Gordon meet up holding piles of trash, finding out that Oscar has written poems for all of them just to lighten his spring cleaning. They go over to unload the trash back on Oscar as Irvine announces the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
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