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| Oscar loses his voice (repeat of 2830) | |||||||
| Air date | December 11, 1992 | ||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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SCENE 1 | At five o'clock in the morning, Oscar practices his yelling for an upcoming Grouch Yelling Contest, where he could win a free trip to Club Mud. Naturally, everyone on the block gets woken up and yells back at Oscar, who suggests they join the competition too. |
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Cartoon | A boy learns to play his violin by practicing. (First: Episode 1513) |
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Film | A man takes two kids on a boat ride through the Louisiana bayou. (First: Episode 2520) |
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Cartoon | S for Snail Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1158) |
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Muppets | "Barn in the USA" (First: Episode 2991) |
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Cartoon | A man tries to push a huge balloon elephant through a narrow doorway, and a girl helps him by deflating it. (First: Episode 1824) |
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SCENE 2 | Telly listens in as Oscar continues practicing. Susan points out to Oscar that despite how happy he feels, if he keeps yelling as loudly and strongly as he does, he'll end up losing his voice and become really sad. Telly starts to worry but Oscar brushes off her medical opinion, even though he starts feeling a little hoarse. |
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Cartoon | A map of Puerto Rico forms into the shape of animals and other things that are found there. |
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Muppets | A trio of bugs sing "Night Bug Boogie." (First: Episode 2957) |
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Animation | Where do the a's fit? (First: Episode 1586) |
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Film | A girls' jump-rope team trains for a contest. They end up winning second place. (First: Episode 2510) |
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Cartoon | Rap #9 (First: Episode 2509) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly has followed Oscar to the Grouch Auditorium, where the contest is taking place; he tells the viewer how worried he is about Oscar's voice. The Grouch judge (Jerry Nelson) gives Oscar and his competitor (Richard Hunt) a phrase to yell as loudly and quickly as they can: "Beat it, scram, get lost, take a hike!" The competitor is eliminated for doing it too slowly, but Oscar yells the special phrase louder and faster, thus winning the grand prize. Telly goes up to congratulate him, only to find Oscar has indeed just lost his voice! |
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Cartoon | Wilma Wiggins makes the very best of a very silly situation by hiccuping her way through an opera. (First: Episode 2963) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Zelda look above and below. (First: Episode 2615) |
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Cartoon | A bird watches as two monkeys climb above and below each other in a tree. (First: Episode 2965) |
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Muppets | Ernie & Bert — Lefty the Salesman wants to sell Ernie a painting of a tree, which he says is a picture of four elephants. Ernie doesn't see the four elephants, so Lefty offers to show him the elephants if Ernie will buy the picture for a nickel. Lefty points out the elephants, which are actually spaces in the tree's branches. Ernie shells out for the picture. Ernie wants to pull the same trick on Bert, but Bert notices the elephants right away. (First: Episode 0292) |
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Film | Slide puzzle - truck (First: Episode 0403) |
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SCENE 4 | Telly tells Gina about the event and how Oscar has lost his voice. Oscar tries to get the two away from his trash can, but he speaks so softly now they have to get even closer. He feels miserable that he can't keep anyone away from him, so Telly volunteers to help and assembles everybody around the can to tell them to leave Oscar alone. |
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Cartoon | "The Story of A": A witch tells bored kids a story about the letter A involving an ant's apple getting stolen by an archer. (First: Episode 0130) |
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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 Spanish-speaking man falls into a hole, and a dragon helps him out. Artist: Chris Hinton (First: Episode 2211) |
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Film | Kids narrate a film about how Yufka, a Turkish flat-bread, is made. (First: Episode 2937) |
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Muppets | "Frazzle" with Frazzle & The Frazzletones (First: Episode 0846) |
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Cartoon | A purple elephant tries to get 10 peanuts in his trunk at once, but can't, so he smushes them into peanut butter instead. (First: Episode 2987) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird and Snuffy need to stock up on birdseed and cabbage and intend to go to Hooper's Store for more. Big Bird realizes that he's promised to avoid Oscar's trash can, which is on the way to the store. They think they can jump over the can, then believe they can build a bridge. When those ideas falter, they put their heads together (CLUNK) and start brainstorming some more. |
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Song | "Around and Around" (First: Episode 2753) |
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Cartoon | Nine Striped Cats (Maria voice-over added) Artist: Owe Gustafson (First: Episode 1564) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: Hey Diddle Diddle — A cat preps a cow to jump over the moon. (First: Episode 0634) |
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Cartoon | A shepherd plays hide-and-seek with his sheep. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2109) |
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Film | A metal crane and a real crane look alike. (First: Episode 1530) |
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SCENE 6 | Big Bird has drawn up a map of the block. Using their imagination, they enter the map and sing a "Map Song" as they take the long way to get to Hooper's, avoiding Oscar's can entirely. |
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Animation | The word CAT is shown, followed by a black cat sitting on a chair. (First: Episode 3000) |
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Film | A man and a little girl perform small aerobic workouts. (First: Episode 1710) |
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Cartoon | Five Purple Konkers (First: Episode 0775) |
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SCENE 7 | Big Bird and Snuffy proudly tell Gina what they've accomplished. Snuffy wants to go tell Oscar how well they avoided his trash can, and rushes over without thinking. Oscar starts to yell at Snuffy and realizes his voice is already coming back. He assembles everyone around his can so he can properly tell them to scram. He then announces the sponsors, and the credits roll. |
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