| Sesame Street | |||||
| A day at the Grouch grocery store | |||||
| Air date | February 4, 1992 | ||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar convinces Gordon to let Miles go on a special field trip to the local Grouch grocery store. Gordon can't deny that Miles should experience new places and ways of living, but only allows him to leave if he goes too. Oscar checks his list and rolls out with his cart and bags of trash (which is the accepted currency). |
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Cartoon | Edgar Turtle sings "Hey Diddle Diddle." Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 2404) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Opposite Game — Against Bert's will, Ernie plays a game with him in which he says a word which is the opposite of every word Bert emphasizes. (First: Episode 2675) |
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Film | Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under. (First: Episode 0517) |
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Cast | Maria and Linda sew quilts with a Q on them. (First: Episode 1508) |
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Cartoon | A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that “Q” starts the word “quarter.” (First: Episode 0046) |
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Muppets | Kermit the Frog sings "Do-Op Hop". (First: Episode 2071) |
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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 2 | The trio arrive at a row of trash cans; inside one of them is the Slop and Shop. They lift the lids and instead find the Groucherama bowling alley and Grouch Central Station. They finally find the can with the Slop and Shop, as a customer is shot out from within with his groceries. |
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Animation | Cecille sings "The Game of Make Believe." (First: Episode 2864) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 1 Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal. (First: Episode 0486) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 2 The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Film | Children dance to different rhythms from around the world. (First: Episode 2499) |
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Muppets | Grover's rowboat - part 3 The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away. (First: Episode 0281) |
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Cartoon | Jerry Nelson sings "Moonshine." (First: Episode 2775) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about how Yufka, a Turkish flat-bread, is made. |
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Cartoon | An alien asks a boy for directions to the baseball diamond. Artist: Bill Davis (First: Episode 1877) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar points out the owners of the store - Mr. and Mrs. Slop (it's a mom-and-pop Slop and Shop). While he and Miles go get some pickle milk, Oscar asks Gordon to get some flyin' fish heads. Gordon approaches the counter, where Mr. Slop tells him to take a number; Gordon receives a 19. Despite nobody else being present, Mr. Slop calls out every number until he reaches 19. When he finally does call Gordon's number, other Grouches appear with the same ticket, which allows them to argue over whose turn it is. Mr. Slop proceeds to toss the fish heads at everyone, clarifying why they're called flying fish heads. |
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Cartoon | Nineteen kernels of popcorn pop. (First: Episode 2855) |
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Muppets | A heartbroken groom sings "Don't Walk." (First: Episode 2454) |
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Cartoon | Look both ways before you cross the street Artist: Ray Favata (First: Episode 1397) |
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SCENE 4 | Oscar now needs a box of his favorite cereal, Sardine Crispies ("They go snap, crackle, blech!"). Gordon reaches for the box at the top of the pile, when Mr. Slop objects, as Grouches always pull the bottom of the pile. Gordon reluctantly takes a box from the bottom and the stack remains standing. Mr. Slop knocks them over himself, then starts yelling at Gordon over the mess he's caused and demand he help restack the boxes. |
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Cartoon | A fat man and a small man demonstrate top and bottom. (First: Episode 0525) |
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Muppets | Jimmy is upset about moving to a new house, but Hoots the Owl shows up and sings "Things Are Always Changin'." |
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Film | Growing Numbers #19 |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster has Tara help him explain the word information by giving him cookies to eat. (First: Episode 2589) |
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Cartoon | Ants carry a huge letter 'Q' uphill. (First: Episode 0787) |
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SCENE 5 | Ready to check out, Oscar happily takes his place as last in line, which allows him to wait more and yell at the customers ahead. Another Grouch wants to be last and the two argue. Gordon tries to fix the problem by going ahead of them, so they'll still be last, but then they chew him out for cutting the line. |
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Cartoon | Beetle Bailey wants to be first in the chow line, but he ends up last. (First: Episode 0666) |
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Song | David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures. Re-filmed version (First: Episode 2490) |
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Muppets | Here Is Your Life: Carton of Eggs (First: Episode 2661) |
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Song | Ornate E's go easing by to a song. |
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SCENE 6 | Gordon notices that Mr. and Mrs. Slop are cooperating to ring him up and bag the groceries. "Yeah, well, sometimes it's important for Grouches to cooperate... for a higher cause," Oscar replies. The total comes to one and a half bags of trash. Gordon gives them the two bags and they pelt him with crumpled paper (his change). They leave the groceries behind, since they deliver. |
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Cartoon | Fruta Manzana sings about keeping the place clean by throwing away fruit peels and apple cores. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1485) |
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Muppets | The Rhymies go camping, but a bear disrupts their campsite. (First: Episode 1389) |
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Cartoon | The Great Inventors Series: Willy Pinkham, intern at the rubber glove factory, invents the balloon. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 2579) |
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Celebrity | Whoopi Goldberg introduces the sound "WH" and then yells, "Whoopi!" (First: Episode 2861) |
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Animation | WH words (wheel, which, whiz, where, white, whale) |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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SCENE 7 | The Slop and Shop delivery truck zooms in and tosses Oscar's groceries into his can; they land all over the furniture. Oscar is angry - they're supposed to land on the sidewalk! Gordon takes Miles away from any more of Oscar's grocery business as Mr. Slop announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- Additional performers include Pam Arciero and David Rudman as Grouch customers.
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