Sesame Street | |||||
Oscar and the monkey | |||||
Air date | March 28, 1988 | ||||
Season | Season 19 (1987-1988) | ||||
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Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Luis and Maria sit on the stoop with some coffee and reading the paper. Suddenly, a newspaper is hurled toward them, creating a puff of dust. The smell paper (The Daily Grouch) belongs to Oscar, who notes it's wrapped in fish before it's sent (as one falls out of the pages). He claims his Grouch paper has the same information as the normal papers, but the main difference is that the deliveries are made monthly. Several more papers begin to fly toward them. | |
Cartoon | Big Daniel Boone looks for a bear. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0627) | |
Muppets | Ernie finds an apple on a brick wall, and wants to know who it belongs to. Sherlock Hemlock helps solve the mystery, and realizes that Ernie has a brown paper bag with a hole at the bottom, and that Ernie had an apple in the bag, therefore the apple belongs to Ernie. (First: Episode 0137) | |
Film | A silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short. (First: Episode 0520) | |
Cartoon | A sleepy man counts 8 sheep. (First: Episode 2113) | |
Muppets | Old West sketches: The town doctor ("Doc") comes to a saloon to meet Mean Manny and his gang, even though Manny is the toughest guy in town and plans to have a "shootin' party." Manny and his posse arrive on time and meet with Doc and his medicine...he gives them all measles shots. (First: Episode 1166) | |
Cartoon | "Crocodile Smiles Song": A crocodile sings about good oral hygiene. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 1731) | |
SCENE 2 | Big Bird learns that the Count has published a new book - "Counting to 20," which he considers a beginner's guide to counting to 20. Big Bird observes that the pages are all blank, but because there are 20 pages, the book works after all. | |
Cartoon | Worms form the number 8. Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1563) | |
Film | Kids at school help make cornbread. (First: Episode 1218) | |
Muppets | Wearing oven mitts, Telly places an H and an OT together to make the word HOT. (First: Episode 1536) | |
Animation | Match the word HOT. (First: Episode 2055) | |
Film | Footage of a baby learning to walk. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0427) | |
Cast | Buffy and Mr. Macintosh perform a song and dance about the letter K. (First: Episode 0912) | |
Film | Kids narrate a film of how a lift bridge works. (First: Episode 2253) | |
Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Chris, with his sister Stephanie, counts to 20 for Kermit. (First: Episode 0424) | |
Cartoon | Man stacks blocks to make a staircase (First: Episode 1335) | |
SCENE 3 | Big Bird comes into the Fix-It Shop, where Luis has great difficulty repairing a cuckoo clock. He doesn't want any help, claiming it's now become personal. He manages to get it working for a moment, but it doesn't last. He realizes the one way he knows to fix it - ask Maria for help. | |
Cartoon | B for butterfly (First: Episode 0006) | |
Film | Joe Raposo: Road Runner (instrumental) (First: Episode 0505) | |
Muppets | Game Show: To Tell A Face The object of the game is to identify the face of a relative. The contestant in this skit is Baby Bobby, who must identify his grandmother. (First: Episode 2125) | |
Film | Kids paint pictures of things that start with B. (edited) Producer: Ken Snyder Enterprises (First: Episode 0008) | |
Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Ernie reads a story for Bert that he's written on his typewriter. It turns out to be a dramatic reading of the alphabet. (First: Episode 1112) | |
Cartoon | The Carrot Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1132) | |
SCENE 4 | Simon Soundman interrupts today's Grouchketeer meeting to locate the pet monkey he's just bought for his animal-loving sister. He makes the sounds of the other animals he found at the pet store, as the kids call out the animal names. As Simon continues his search, the monkey appears beside Oscar. | |
Cartoon | Speech Balloon: K - Key (First: Episode 0040) | |
Muppets / Cast | Oscar sings "One of These Things" over a four-way split screen containing Gordon, Bob, David and Slimey, all dressed in tuxedos. (First: Episode 1904) | |
Cartoon | A cat chases a mouse into a mouse hole. The cat and mouse make music as they hit the wall, until the cat breaks through the mouse hole. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0244) | |
Insert | The Two-Headed Monster argues over which direction to go, so Gordon decides to help by teaching them how a coin flip works. Once the monster learns how it works, they decide to stay and play the coin flip game instead! (First: Episode 1583) | |
Cartoon | A girl explains (in poetry) how she failed trying to make a snowman without using snow. (First: Episode 0480) | |
Film | As a boy plays with a tugboat in the bathtub, we watch footage of a real tugboat. (First: Episode 0801) | |
Cartoon | A girl goes around the city to look for her lost kitty, and sees its image in a variety of signs and in nature. Artists: Don Duga and Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1231) | |
SCENE 5 | The monkey hangs around Oscar's can and starts making "uga-uga" noises, which Oscar is able to interpret as "yes" (uga-uga) and "no" (uga-uga-uga). He tries to demonstrate this feat to Uncle Wally, but the monkey doesn't respond in the same fashion. Oscar questions if the monkey is trying to make him look silly and gets a positive response. | |
Film | Apes play at the zoo. (edited) (First: Episode 0045) | |
Cartoon | A man (Jim Thurman) is interrupted as he tries to recite the alphabet. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1499) | |
Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash Kermit witnesses as Don Music tries to rewrite "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." He succeeds and is joined by a country-western band, who sings "Whistle, Whistle, Little Bird." (First: Episode 1210) | |
Cartoon | A man counts 40 stars at night. (First: Episode 2243) | |
Song | Joe Raposo sings "A Little Bit." (First: Episode 0160) | |
Cartoon | A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes. (First: Episode 1652)
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SCENE 6 | Simon comes to collect the pet monkey. Oscar thinks it has the makings of a great Grouch one day. Luis announces the sponsors. |
Notes
- This episode was later repeated in Season 21 as Episode 2653.
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