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| Oscar's mother visits | |||||||||
| Air date | January 22, 1991 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon and Linda are out stretching in the yard preparing for a run. Nearby they see Bruno stretching as well with Oscar in tow, who explains that Bruno is going for a run since Oscar's mom will be visiting. Gordon and Linda don't understand how the two coincide until Bruno starts to run, messing up the interior of Oscar's trash can. |
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Cartoon | V for volcano (First: Episode 1980) |
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Muppets | "Let's All Exercise" (First: Episode 1961) |
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Film | Future careers: footage of a kid acting out a certain job, followed by an adult doing "the real thing." Includes a girl singing the "Sesame Street Theme" and another watching a sketch with Cookie Monster and Kermit the Frog. (First: Episode 0796) |
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Muppets | After fighting with each other, the Two-Headed Monster reads the word "Love" and forgets their feud. (First: Episode 1282) |
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Film | Fay Ray subtracts four balls. (First: Episode 2586) |
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Muppets | Bip Bipadotta sings "Opposite Stuff." (First: Episode 2425) |
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Cartoon | S is for subway, sailboat, sled, scooter, skates, skis, and stop. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0279) |
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SCENE 2 | Gordon waits with Oscar to meet his mother. Oscar tries to get him to scram, but Gordon really wants to meet his mom. Just then, she arrives from the Grouch Express - she and her luggage are tossed off a bus. Gordon introduces himself to her, and she immediately starts to blame her son for moving into a nice and clean neighborhood, feeling he's not as grouchy as he used to be. She makes her way into Oscar's can and demands he mess it up more. (YouTube) |
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Cartoon | The Ringmaster introduces seven swimming seals. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1312) |
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Muppets | Super Grover: "Dial S for SuperGrover" - A little girl had plans to play with a friend, Bobby, but she has too much homework and has to cancel. Super Grover arrives to help her figure out how to tell him, but while Super Grover is busy coming up with ridiculous ploys, the girl decides to just telephone him. (First: Episode 2745) |
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Cast / Celebrity | Wanda the Word Fairy introduces the viewer to her parents. (First: Episode 2678) |
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Cartoon | V for violin (First: Episode 2386) |
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Film | "Visiting Iesha": Olivia sleeps over at Iesha's house, and spend the morning together. Olivia is white and Iesha and her family is black. Next time, Iesha wants to visit Olivia's family. (First: Episode 2756) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar's mom is still upset over what she's witnessed during her visit. Oscar tries to cheer her up when he sees Big Bird approaching and hides inside his can (knowing that Big Bird would do something nice to repulse her). Big Bird notices Mrs. Grouch and mistakes her for her son, thinking it's another one of Oscar's tricks. It's not until he hears Oscar from the can that he finally realizes that she's really his mother. Big Bird leaves for a minute and comes back with a "MOM" sign and sticks it on her so people don't mistake her for her son. Once he exits, Oscar's mom commends her son on the trick he played. |
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Cartoon | How they say "good night" in Haiti and in India. (First: Episode 1824) |
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Muppets | Ernie doesn't want to play with Bert, who sings "I Wish I Had a Friend to Play With Me". (First: Episode 1819) |
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Film | In Alaska, a sculptor makes carvings of cold climate animals. Music: David Snell (First: Episode 2365) |
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Cartoon | Seven Starfish Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1473) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | The Count teams up with Kid 'n Play for a rap song about how they argued whether they should rap or count. |
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Animation | "¡Él juega beisbol!" (First: Episode 2101) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar holds a Grouchketeer meeting in honor for his mother when Gordon and Linda arrive. Linda wants to meet Oscar's mom, and Oscar tries to get them to get lost. Mrs. Grouch learns that Linda is deaf and uses sign language, and Linda shows how she says "get lost." Mrs. Grouch likes it and wants to learn more, so she learns the sign for "mom." Gordon suggests they combine them and say, "Get lost, mom!" |
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Film | Shots of the Louisiana bayou are shown, as harmonica music is played. (First: Episode 2507) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Ideas for Games — Elmo fights Kermit for his microphone. (First: Episode 2185) |
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Cartoon | "Seven Sweet Sopranos" on a shaky piano Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1656) |
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Song | "All By Myself Song" (First: Episode 2044) |
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Animation | Three stripes form a jazz trio. (First: Episode 2410) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar's mom complains about the quiet in the neighborhood. Oscar brings out the Grouchketeer band, who bang and toot on old beat-up toys. Oscar tries to pull another trick on his mom saying that the loudness makes him sleepy, only she can tell he's faking. Oscar gets back at his mother by having the Grouchketeers pretend to fall asleep instead. |
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Song | Olivia sings "The Riddle." (First: Episode 1721) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Herry and John-John demonstrate loud and soft. (First: Episode 0432) |
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Cartoon | Six snakes spent Saturday on the sand. (First: Episode 1669) |
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Cast | Carnival barker Mike runs a ball-throwing booth. Maria s decide to try winning a prize by knocking down all the bottles. She tries twice, and knocks some of them down, then she lets Travis try his luck. He not only knocks all the bottles down, but the stand as well! For a prize, he wants the ball, which he obtains by way of reverse footage. (First: Episode 2727) |
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Song | "Mom and Me" (First: Episode 2462) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar offers to take his mom back to the station in his Sloppy Jalopy. She finds it an oddly nice gesture, only the car doesn't start as usual and Oscar tells her to get out and push. Mrs. Grouch is happy to see her son is as grouchy as ever and begins to push the car as Gordon announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later re-aired in Season 24 as Episode 3023.
- In addition to playing Oscar's mom, Martin P. Robinson voices the offscreen Grouch Express motorperson.
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