| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Elmo pretends to be a Grouch | |||||||||
| Air date | April 9, 1991 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
| Written by | David Johnson | ||||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | Elmo tells Maria that today, he wants to learn how to be a Grouch for a day. Oscar refuses to help, constantly replying "NO" and waving a sign with the word. Maria doesn't think Oscar would even be able to teach Elmo; Oscar feels insulted and decides to teach Elmo some Grouch things, starting with saying "NO," leading to some confused wordplay. |
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Cartoon | Can a cat bark? (First: Episode 0859) |
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Song | "Fixin' My Hair" (First: Episode 2734) |
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Cartoon | Dr. Nancy Einstein does some experimenting with ice cubes. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2582) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Big Bad Wolf's School for Huffing and Puffing — The Big Bad Wolf teaches Kermit how to huff and puff like him. (First: Episode 2578) |
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Cartoon | O for orange Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0673) |
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SCENE 2 | Elmo, now occupying Oscar's trash can, gets a lesson on dealing with nice people. Elmo practices popping up from the can and shouting "Go away!" He gets so carried away that when the lesson is over, he refuses to let Oscar back in the can. (Oscar: "Oh brother, I've created a monster!") |
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Film / Animation | Lake (time-lapse) (First: Episode 2700) |
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Muppets | The Rhymies go camping, but a bear disrupts their campsite. (First: Episode 1389) |
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Cartoon | A heart that says "I love you" is drawn. (First: Episode 1971) |
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Film | Two kids watch as a veterinarian fixes a baby robin's wing, then lets it go. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 2292) |
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Cartoon | Abstract count to 17 (First: Episode 2820) |
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SCENE 3 | Maria learns of Oscar's predicament and suggests that since Elmo isn't really a Grouch, he should say "please" and ask Elmo nicely to get out of his can. Oscar reluctantly does so, getting louder and louder so Elmo can hear, but Elmo still refuses. Maria suggests then that Oscar ask even nicer, which causes Oscar to faint at the idea. |
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Cartoon | "Ducklings" |
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Film | Footage of an animal auction, where they auction off animals to dairy farmers and the like. (First: Episode 0932) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Brian show soft and loud. (First: Episode 0432) |
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Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0: instead of a parachute, the girl is carried to the ground by four birds. (First: Episode 2249) |
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Muppets | The Hispanic community of Anything Muppets sings "It Sure is Hot!" (First: Episode 2601) |
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Cartoon | The O falls off a man's grocery store sign; he tries replacing it with a donut, then a pizza, neither of which work. Finally, the sign man paints it on. (First: Episode 1242) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar, Brittany, and Michael try coaxing Elmo out of the can with a game of "Three of These Things" using three balls and a chocolate ice cream cone. However, when Oscar tries to entice Elmo with the cone, "Elmo the Grouch" declares he doesn't like ice cream and goes back in the can. "Alright, no more Mr. Nice Guy!" Oscar fumes. |
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Cartoon | A girl inflates a balloon in the shape of an S. (First: Episode 0414) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Lullaby But Not Goodnight — After getting Bert to sleep by singing a lullaby, Ernie wakes him up to inform him that it's his turn to sing. (First: Episode 1331) |
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Cartoon | Jasper thinks that he has lost his elbow, but Julius shows him his elbow by bending his arm. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 0410) |
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Film | A boy who lives in Arizona narrates a film of himself and his family, who travel through a canyon with their sheep to stay at their summer house. (First: Episode 2678) |
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Cartoon | A boy talks about his various moods. Artist: Bob Kurtz (First: Episode 0772) |
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Insert | While fixing Big Bird's record player, Luis tells him of a story he's reading about Captain Swashbuckle, a pirate. He tells Big Bird a synopsis of what he's read so far, but Big Bird throws several ideas what happens next, such as Swashbuckle having run-ins with a giant fish and bird. Luis reads him the remainder of the story: Captain Swashbuckle is sailing in a storm, when Luis' phone rings, and he must put the story on hold. Big Bird then thinks up the obvious ending - the bad guys call Swashbuckle and call off the fight because of rain. (First: Episode 2173) |
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Animation | Sand S/s (First: Episode 0622) |
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Celebrity | Robin Williams demonstrates with his shoe how to tell if something is alive. (First: Episode 2749) |
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Cartoon | Two crows sing "Stones Don't Grow." (First: Episode 1715) |
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Film | A boy who lives in Alaska narrates a film of himself going ice-fishing with his grandfather and sister. (First: Episode 2375) |
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Cartoon | Number creatures #17. (First: Episode 2745) |
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Cast | Mike and the kids perform "A Very Simple Dance." (First: Episode 2729) |
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Cartoon | Which legs belong on the man? (First: Episode 1691) |
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Film / Muppets | Alphaquest: S A swimsuit, Grover as a silly surfer, a seagull, the sunset and a submarine. (First: Episode 2729) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Twin Beaks — Agent Cookie investigates a mysterious town. (First: Episode 2822) |
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Song | "Ja, Ja, That is the Mountain" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 2780) |
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SCENE 5 | Seeing that Oscar is at his wit's end, Maria politely asks Elmo to come out of the can since he promised he'd only be a Grouch for a day. Elmo complies, but wishes to bounce on Oscar's trampoline 17 times first. Maria and Oscar count along as Elmo bounces before flying out of the can, and he enjoyed it so much he wants to do it again! Maria and Oscar (who quickly reclaims his can) announce the sponsors. |
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