| Sesame Street | |||||||||
| Oscar gets a visit from his mother | |||||||||
| Air date | January 3, 1992 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||||
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COLD OPEN | Gina explains to the viewer that Mrs. Grouch, Oscar's mother, will be arriving soon for a visit. She watches as Oscar makes his trash can even messier for her arrival, especially when his first attempt only gets one "Yuck!" from Gina. |
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SCENE 1 | Rosita leads a group of kids in a special welcome for Mrs. Grouch when she arrives, carrying signs that read both "WELCOME" and "BIENVENIDA." Oscar fears this will infuriate his mother and has Maria convince them to stop. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | Soon enough Grouch Air flies over the street, dropping Mrs. Grouch and her luggage onto the ground. She catches sight of some of Rosita's signs and believes it was Oscar's doing. She starts fretting he's losing his grouchiness when Rosita and the kids return with more signs, now reading "GET LOST" and "PIERDETE." Mrs. Grouch finds this much more appropriate. |
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Cartoon | St. Bernard dog leads Zork down the snowy hill. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2738) |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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Cartoon | S - Snake: A snake charmer irritates the snake. (First: Episode 0063) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Watching Fish — Ernie wants to go outside and play catch, but Bert gets him interested in watching his goldfish. (First: Episode 1422) |
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Animation | Fred the fish needs water to swim in, and Betty the bird needs air to fly in. Vanessa the vacuum cleaner sucks up all the air and water, but can't hold it all in. (new narration by Jim Thurman added) (First: Episode 2564) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again." (First: Episode 0631) |
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SCENE 2 | Savion holds a tap lesson nearby and Oscar tells him to stop, thinking the sound will be too nice while his mother's around. Savion teaches the kids instead how to do an "angry feet" dance. Mrs. Grouch likes what she hears, but is disgusted that Oscar did such a nice thing for her. |
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Cartoon | At the Pride Day Ceremony, Donald is waiting to describe his proudest accomplishment, and is initially unsure of himself next to other impressive students. He finally proudly acclaims his achievement, tying his shoes all by himself. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2085) |
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Film | A girl named Maria and her family are having a Cuban barbecue. She invited her friend, Stewart, to enjoy in the fun and learn about Cuban culture. (First: Episode 2760) |
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Cartoon | S for sing (First: Episode 0824) |
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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. (First: Episode 2797) |
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Cartoon | A girl and elephant show heavy and light. (First: Episode 0785) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird and Snuffy take turns imagining what they'll be when they grow up. Big Bird is envisioned as a bus driver and Snuffy as an artist (in both fantasies, they silence Gina). Snuffy then decides to imagine how they'll be best friends, even as grown-ups, but Big Bird points out they won't need to imagine that. |
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Film | A kindergarten class takes a field trip to the fire station. (First: Episode 1217) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: A for Ape (First: Episode 0006) |
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Muppets | Elmo bumps into Kermit the Frog on the way to the post office, begging to help him with one of his demonstrations, during which the post office closes - a perfect prompt to demonstrate open and closed. (First: Episode 2473) |
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Insert | Scanimate Films #10 (First: Episode 0134) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird and Snuffy observe Savion tap-dancing as he does some homework. Since he's a teenager, they wonder what he'll do as a full grown-up. Snuffy imagines him as a tap-dancing postman and Big Bird pictures him as a dancing doctor. They start to argue, attracting the attention of Savion who responds he wants to be a dancer. The friends insist on their ideas and now, the three of them are in an argument. |
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Cartoon | A girl uses her imagination while sitting on a sofa. (First: Episode 0765) |
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Muppets | Grover is a guest on the game show "Name That Sound." (First: Episode 1643) |
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Cartoon | A boy finds a set of doors with animals that make the wrong sound, and swaps the doors to correct them. (First: Episode 2711) |
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Film | Two apples balance on a block seesaw. (First: Episode 2176) |
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Muppets / Cast | Gordon, Susan, Gladys the Cow, and Elmo sing about going to the library. (First: Episode 2740) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: A for airplane (First: Episode 0770) |
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Muppets | Fairy Tales Today: Goldilocks Now — Prairie Dawn struggles to interview Goldilocks about her new fairy tale. |
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Cartoon | "Ten Turtles" Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0425) |
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SCENE 5 | Oscar and his mother have just returned from the store, where Mrs. Grouch has purchased a trick can of candy where snakes will fly out when opened (her favorite trick). Oscar doubts anyone will be fooled by that; he's done it 100 times. She tries playing it on Maria, the kids, Gina, and Savion, who are one step ahead. Roxie Marie happens by and wishes to have some candy. She doesn't get frightened by the snakes and is instead disappointed by the lack of candy. Oscar points out the trick did make somebody angry - his mother. |
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Cartoon | A girl explains the concept of relativity by explaining how her house is a part of a neighborhood, the neighborhood is part of a city, the city is part of a country, etc. (First: Episode 2742) |
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Muppets | Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "Cluck Around the Clock." (First: Episode 2817) |
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Cartoon | The king of the Farcums wants a pyramid built; he and his subjects get inspiration from a seesaw. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2631) |
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Film | A man makes a shadow puppet of a laughing man. (First: Episode 1845) |
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SCENE 6 | Mrs. Grouch gives her candy trick another try, this time on Rosita. She enjoys the trick instead of being scared and thanks her for the surprise. Mrs. Grouch has had it with the street and catches the next flight home (hurled into the sky by Fluffy). Maria announces the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
Notes[]
- This episode was later repeated in Season 25 as Episode 3250.
- Frank Biondo is among the people boarding Big Bird's bus in scene 3.
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