| Sesame Street | |||||
| Oscar's "New School for Grouch Research" (repeat of 2223) | |||||
| Air date | December 17, 1987 | ||||
| Season | Season 19 (1987-1988) | ||||
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SCENE 1 | A cheerful young lady named Amelia Adams (Teri Garr) applies to attend Oscar's New School for Grouch Research. Oscar (dressed in a tattered cap and mortarboard) doesn't believe that she's fit for such a school, but Amelia is persistent as she's gone to just about every other kind of school. Oscar gives Amelia her first lesson - to cut out her excessive use of the phrase, "Goody!" Fellow students Luther O'Possum and Essie Silverman arrive late and are just as nice as Amelia, further irritating Oscar. He gives them high marks on their tardiness, though - Grouches should always be late. |
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Cartoon | Don't mess with the Mighty M. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1578) |
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Muppets | Mother Goose tries coming up with Little Boy Blue's nursery rhyme. (First: Episode 1449) |
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Film | Kids at school help make cornbread. (First: Episode 1218) |
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Animation | M / m (Gordon voiceover) (First: Episode 2232) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar calls his school to session, and asks his students what a Grouch would say if a neighbor stopped by their trash can. None of them get it right as they naturally would use pleasantries such as inviting them in for pie or come up with excuses. Oscar demonstrates the correct answer: you'd yell, "GET LOST!" Amelia, Essie, and Luther hightail it, and Oscar gets the feeling this is gonna be a long day... |
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Animation | A frog is formed out of seeds. |
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Muppets | Bob imagines himself in 1789, and meets two of the people in George Washington's neighborhood, the candlemaker and the saddlemaker. (First: Episode 2294) |
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Film | Finding round things in a supermarket (David voiceover) (First: Episode 0434) |
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Muppets | Grover the Assistant: Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his suspension act. Grover will get on top of a platform, and Mumford will pull the pillar off from underneath, and the platform will not fall. The trick works, so Grover decides to try it himself, with Herry Monster as his assistant. Grover can't pull it off, and Herry falls. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Animation | The numbers 1-6 are carried away and/or demolished by construction equipment. (First: Episode 2270) |
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SCENE 3 | As Amelia discusses starting a sorority with the others, Oscar begins the next class in showing how to make broccoli with sardines and hot fudge. Luther and Essie earn high marks as they interrupt Amelia when giving answers to what the recipe needs, and Amelia has the "honor" of mixing the ingredients together. Essie and Luther already feel grouchy when they're allowed to dig into the final product, but Amelia is starting to feel sad instead. |
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Animation | The Queen of Six explores her garden. (First: Episode 0223) |
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Cast | Maria as Chaplin deals with an unruly "Don't Walk / Walk" signal. (First: Episode 1166) |
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Film | Six apples minus three equals three (First: Episode 2257) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Little Things." (First: Episode 0655) |
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Muppets | Kermit tries to explain the difference between two balls, but they keep changing to make themselves the same. The balls are large and yellow with colorful stripes and the ability to talk! (First: Episode 2297) |
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Cartoon | The letters in the word BESO kiss each other. (First: Episode 0433) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar teaches his students the proper way to say the Grouch word "Blecch." Luther and Essie seem to have a good handle on it (and are even starting to look grouchier), but Amelia struggles as her delivery is too milquetoast. Worried that she might be cut from the class, Oscar suggests she just come back to the lesson later. A relieved Amelia gives Oscar a big hug and kiss, prompting him to remark, "Blecch!" |
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Cartoon | Things that are the same or different are displayed like a slot machine. (version #2) (First: Episode 0335) |
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Muppets | Western: Four Anything Muppet cowboys put up a Wanted poster for "the Great Cookie Thief", who's been stealing cookies from all the bakeries in these here parts. Cookie Monster is standing in front of the poster, and the others suspect that he's the Great Cookie Thief -- he has the same googly eyes, the same blue fur, and the same Western hat. They confront Cookie Monster, but he denies the charge: "Not have same mustache!" He shouts, "Look over there!" -- and while they're distracted, he draws a mustache on the poster. They apologize -- but then Cookie Monster takes off his hat, and cookies fall out. The Great Cookie Thief makes his escape. (First: Episode 0276) |
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Cartoon | Two kids argue over a cat and a dog, who chase each other around the fence. (First: Episode 1210) |
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Film | A garfish swims around. (First: Episode 0254) |
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Cartoon | T is for Television (First: Episode 0024) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar gives the New School for Grouch Research students their final lesson: how to throw a Grouch party. Luther has brought torn paper cups, Essie has some dented hats and party horns, and Amelia prepares a three-course gourmet Grouch meal. Oscar chastises Amelia's attempt, and instructs the students that the operative word is "throw." |
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Cartoon | T for top Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0298) |
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Muppets | "The Dirtiest Town in the West" (First: Episode 1461) |
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Cartoon | A girl talks about preparing to play with her new sled. Artist: Jim Simon (First: Episode 0413) |
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Film | Olivia briefly narrates a film of re-paving a street. (First: Episode 1161) |
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Cartoon | Farm animals are counted 1-6. (First: Episode 1692) |
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Muppets | The Count has built a rocket with the help of Dr. Reinbrein and plans to launch it from inside his castle. The two count down from the computer console, but the rocket doesn't take off. Indeed, Count never intended for lift-off; he plans on counting down again and again. (First: Episode 1306) |
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Cartoon | What kind of print does a hand make? (First: Episode 0776) |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film of a woman in a burning building, who needs HELP. (First: Episode 0506) |
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Cartoon | Melvin the Moving Man has magnificent muscles. Music: Dick Lavsky and Alan Cagan, Narrator: Allen Swift (First: Episode 0207) |
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SCENE 6 | A sappy version of "Pomp and Circumstance" plays as Oscar presides over graduation at the New School for Grouch Research. Luther and Essie accept the ceremonial prizes (a jar of mud and a rag), but Amelia doesn't make the cut. When Oscar calls her the worst student he's ever had, she defiantly explains how proud she is for having tried hard. She even declares herself Oscar's best student for her dedication, to Luther and Essie's cheers.
She then says she's leaving to start her own "alternative" school: Amelia's New School for How to Try Hard! She takes Luther, Essie, and the tending Grouchketeers with her, leaving Oscar dumbfounded. Amelia announces the sponsors, throwing in an extra "Goody!" at Oscar for good measure. |
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