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Sesame Street
Elmo's Grouch experiment
Air date February 16, 1989
Season Season 20 (1988-1989)
Written by David Korr
Production October 20, 1988
Sponsors L, P, 9

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Sherlock Hemlock is in the mood for a mystery. He listens and hears the sounds of a large animal sniffling, some wind and a door slam. As he ponders the clues, Bob and Linda come by (unseen by Sherlock) and find Barkley has gotten loose and gone into the garage. Once the situation is cleared, Sherlock takes a look around and concludes the noises were made by Bob.
TravisTravel
Cartoon Travis Travel demonstrates different methods of transportation.
(First: Episode 1459)
Song.pigeon
Muppets Bert sings "Doin' the Pigeon".
(First: Episode 0536)
1090-18
Cartoon Picnic with P foods (carried away by ants)
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 0764)
Grover.lumberjack
Muppets Grover the lumberjack thinks he is the first to arrive for supper, but he gets trampled by a gang of French-Canadian lumberjacks who get to the food table before he has a chance to get his snow boots off. By the time he finally gets them off, a grizzly bear grabs the last plate of food.
(First: Episode 1343)
Film.bees
Film A beekeeper extracts honey from honeycomb.
(First: Episode 1117)
9penguins.OG
Cartoon Nine penguins slide down a hill. (Maria voice-over added)
Artist: Owe Gustafson
(First: Episode 1532)
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SCENE 2 Big Bird and Telly Monster are recording how many words rhyme with the names of the street's residents. They confirm with Oscar that nothing rhymes with his name. Big Bird claims to have the most so far (coming up with eight words that rhyme). Bob comes by and names 11 rhymes off the top of his head. Big Bird angrily relents that Bob is now the name-rhyme champion of Sesame Street and hands him a cardboard crown.
Ptoon
Cartoon P Words (including parachute and plug)
(First: Episode 0296)
KermitNews-KingCole
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: Old King ColeOld King Cole calls for his pipe, etc.
(First: Episode 0922)
Wheelchairraces
Film Wheelchair races at the Special Olympics
(First: Episode 0898)
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SCENE 3 Big Bird is disappointed that he's lost his crown, when Bob tells him about all the things that rhyme with the first part of his name. He gives Big Bird back the crown, when a monster named Zore (Camille Bonora) enters the nest area. She starts listing the many, many rhymes for her name and Big Bird gives her the crown and treats Bob to a birdseed soda.
Kammikluuk
Song "Ookyook Song," a Joe Raposo song with the Alaskan words for all the things you need to put on when it's ukiuq (winter).
(First: Episode 2360)
1576r
Cartoon "L" for "Large" and "l" for "little"
(First: Episode 1455)
2257d
Muppets The Miss Muffet Play
(First: Episode 0280)
2125k
Film In stop-motion, a boy makes landscapes out of sand and water.
(First: Episode 2039)
1710n
Cartoon A man (Jim Thurman) is interrupted as he tries to recite the alphabet.
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 1499)
Jumpjive
Muppets / Celebrity Cab Calloway sings "Jumpin' Jive" when the Two-Headed Monster can't decide whether to jump or jive.
(First: Episode 1575)
2477l
Cartoon P for Pyramid
(First: Episode 2061)
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SCENE 4 Maria plays with a kitten on the stoop while Elmo watches. Oscar comes out and tells them all to scram as usual. Elmo wonders why Oscar is always so rotten and wonders if he would feel good being grouchy like him. He begins his experiment and finds he doesn't enjoy talking like a Grouch, but his experiment has more to go.
2680-Horses
Cartoon Luis (in voice-over) counts racehorses numbered 9 to 1 as they cross the finish line.
(First: Episode 2110)
Youngcount
Muppets The Count sings about "The First Day of School".
(First: Episode 1736)
Floweropens
Film A flower opens and closes.
(First: Episode 0441)
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SCENE 5 Elmo has now sprawled out scraps of paper to see if he likes making a mess like a Grouch; he doesn't. He goes to find something else to do in a Grouch manner and politely asks Maria to help him clean his mess. Maria remarks, "Wouldn't it be nice if grouches really did act like Elmo?"
L.Lizard.CliffRoberts
Cartoon L for life, love, lizard, leap and lump
Artist: Cliff Roberts
(First: Episode 1833)
BertIsOutside
Muppets Ernie & BertBert tells Ernie not to open the locked door until he gets back from his shopping trip. After he leaves the apartment, however, he realizes he forgot his money, but no matter what he does, Ernie won't let him in the apartment because he thinks this is practice.
(First: Episode 1787)
3979o
Cartoon Rap #9
(First: Episode 2509)
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SCENE 6 Elmo has a makeshift, carboard trashcan to reside in. He still doesn't enjoy being a Grouch, and Maria claims being a Grouch isn't so much in what one does, but how one feels.
Monkeysfilmpianomusic
Film Chimps running around (piano music)
(First: Episode 2493)
2356-30
Cartoon A man counts 40 stars at night.
(First: Episode 2243)
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SCENE 7 Elmo tries to ask Oscar a question for his experiment, but Oscar naturally refuses. Elmo starts to feel very upset and realizes this is how Grouches feel. He doesn't like the negative feelings and concludes his experiment. He thanks Oscar for his help, which enrages him further. Telly announces the sponsors.


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