| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Grouches protest the letter L | |||||||
| Air date | March 19, 1992 | ||||||
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) | ||||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Telly and Lillian welcome the viewer, but before they can talk about what begins with the letter of the day (L), Chicago devours the lettuce and lima beans they have on the table. "That lion makes me kind of glad that I'm not a vegetable," Telly meekly says. |
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Cartoon | L for lion (First: Episode 2586) |
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Muppets | Bert sings "Keep the Park Clean for the Pigeons" to address the importance of proper trash disposal for the sake of pigeons. (First: Episode 2727) |
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Cartoon | Lightbulb subtraction. (First: Episode 2188) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." (re-filmed version) (First: Episode 2518) |
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Muppets | Captain Elmo Cousteau searches for the treasure of the missing soap, with the help of a policeman fishy. (First: Episode 2637) |
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Film | Fireworks Alphabet (First: Episode 1104) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly and Lillian are now prepared to give an L demonstration when a group of Grouches, including Oscar and Grundgetta, shows up holding signs and chanting, "Hey hey! Ho ho! The letter L has got to go!" Oscar explains that Grouches hate the letter L because it starts all kinds of yucky words such as "lollipop," "like," and "love." Telly and Lillian thank Oscar for doing them a favor by listing several L words. Lillian then points their attention to the upcoming L movie, which makes all the Grouches begin to scream... |
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Cartoon | "L Look Around Song" Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1483) |
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Muppets | The Rhymies go camping, but a bear disrupts their campsite. (First: Episode 1389) |
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Cartoon | Jill walks up a hill to pick a daffodil. Artist: Jim Jinkins (First: Episode 2538) |
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Song | Joe Raposo sings "Peanut Butter." (First: Episode 1966) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Ernie's Book — At night, Ernie reads a book that becomes sad, funny, scary, and then surprising. The book elicits the same reactions from Bert. (First: Episode 2341) |
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Animation | Floral patterns are formed to Eastern European music. (First: Episode 1808) |
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SCENE 3 | Lillian asks the Grouches to help talk about the number 6, but Oscar instead counts up all the Grouches who won't help them. Lillian thanks him again for helping as, counting Oscar, there are six Grouches protesting! She introduces a film about six flowers, which traumatizes the Grouches once more... |
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Animation | Seis flores (First: Episode 1591) |
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Muppets | The Count sings "The Batty Bat". (First: Episode 2096) |
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Cartoon | Q / q (balloons) (First: Episode 2241) |
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Film | A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes it were for him. (First: Episode 0407) |
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Cartoon | A lizard sings about how she likes to be "Above it All" as well as below. Artist: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2559) |
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SCENE 4 | Lillian stops at the Fix-It Shop to pick up her radio. She and Luis notice Barkley sleeping, and wonder what he's dreaming about. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
In Barkley's dream sequence, he sleeps in a field, when he hears some kids calling for him to play frisbee with them. One of the kids throws it high up into the air, and in slow motion, Barkley chases it and catches it in mid-air. He feels so happy as the kids play with him in the grass. This sequence was lifted from Episode 1503. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
Luis and Lillian wake Barkley up, and he feels disappointed that his good dream is over. |
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Cartoon | A boy chases a butterfly, and watches the clouds form into different objects. Artist: Irra Verbitsky (First: Episode 1736) |
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Film | Ducks swim and fly. Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2) (First: Episode 2510) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster does a taste test to compare square shaped cookies, triangle shaped cookies, and circle shaped cookies. (First: Episode 1750) |
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Song | "Llama at Dentist" (First: Episode 1241) |
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Muppets | Grover is the newest employee of a fast food franchise which serves such delicacies as O'Fish, O'Salad, O'Rye Bread, and O'Milk. However, this is a different kind of "fast food" restaurant: the food zips by the customer on trays across the counter, and falls to the floor if it's not caught in time. Mr. Johnson is not ready for this, so he asks if there's any "slow food." There is, but it's served by a turtle who takes longer than Mr. Johnson wants to wait. (First: Episode 2582) |
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Celebrity | Gloria Estefan sings a special version of "1-2-3" to Big Bird and the Birdketeers. (First: Episode 2928) |
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Cartoon | Q -- that funny looking thing. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cast | Maria is dressed for summer weather, while Linda is dressed for the snow. They switch clothes and scenarios. (First: Episode 1819) |
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Cartoon | "I'm six years old today!" (First: Episode 0357) |
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Film | Animals fight. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0567) |
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Muppets | Kermit talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. Cookie Monster eats one of them, making them different. (alternate take) (First: Episode 0018) |
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Cartoon | A hippo who lives in the country, and likes it quiet, is disturbed when a mouse, who likes it loud, moves in. Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1432) |
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SCENE 5 | Chicago is taking a nap on top of Oscar's trash can. Oscar and Grundgetta try to hide their fear of roaring lions while telling him to scram, but they are the ones who scram when Chicago roars in his sleep. Lillian announces the sponsors. |
Notes[]
- Additional Grouch performers include Rick Lyon, Joey Mazzarino, David Rudman, and Jim Martin.
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