Episode 3083

	Sesame Street
	"Love" sneaks up on Oscar
Air date	February 24, 1993
Season	Season 24 (1992-1993)
Written by	Belinda Ward
Production	December 3, 1992
Sponsors	O, V, 8

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	Grundgetta rushes up to Oscar and warns that LOVE is coming. As a pastiche of "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" plays, a sentient heart with the word LOVE on it appears and coos, "Love..." Oscar takes shelter in his can, while Grundgetta warns the word to stay away from her Grouch.
	SCENE 1	Luis welcomes the viewer and sees Oscar and Bruno running about. Oscar tries to explain the situation and points out the Love that's been following him. Luis correctly deduces that the word loves Oscar and she plants a kiss on his head. He and Bruno make an escape, and Luis ponders, "I wonder what she sees in Oscar?"
	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #8 (First: Episode 0998)
	Muppets	At night, Ernie sings "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon." (First: Episode 1910)
	Cartoon	What's missing? (a guitar) (First: Episode 1971)
	Film	The Count counts five children sitting on a park bench. (First: Episode 2958)
	Muppets	Guy Smiley sings "I'll Love You in Springtime." (First: Episode 2088)
	Film	Island (in sped-up film, kids travel to an island) (First: Episode 2731)
	SCENE 2	The Grouches hear the loud sounds of kissing coming from Oscar's trash can and discover Love has gotten inside. ("Love always finds a way," moans Grundgetta.) They hear Love kissing all of Oscar's pets and possessions, then it pops up to give Oscar another kiss. He promptly faints, and Grundgetta makes another escape.
	Animation	Ornate Vs spin around as a song about them plays. (First: Episode 2942)
	Muppets	The Two-Headed Monster finds a piano and decides to play it. The left half wants to play short notes, while the other half prefers to run his fingers across the keyboard. They decide to cooperate, and both use their notes to play "Chopsticks." (First: Episode 1366)
	Cartoon	A cat chases a mouse into a mouse hole. The cat and mouse make music as they hit the wall, until the cat breaks through the mouse hole. Artist: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0244)
	Muppets	At the saloon, Clementine asks for Forgetful Jones to sing a song. Buster plays "What's the Name of That Song?" on the piano, and the crowd (including a cow) sings along, but Forgetful keeps asking what the name of the song is. (First: Episode 1696)
	Film	How sweaters are made from sheep's wool. (First: Episode 1009)
	Cartoon	An O rolls over and over a horse. The horse eats the O. (First: Episode 0173)
	SCENE 3	Oscar recruits a Honker to act as a signal should Love return, instructing the Honker to honk like mad if the word shows her form around. The Honker doesn't know what "LOVE" looks like, so he alerts Oscar when he sees personifications of the words TOOTHPASTE and DOG. Oscar shows the Honker how "LOVE" is spelled on one of his signs, and the Honker begins to honk like mad again. Oscar doesn't realize this means Love is right behind him, and she gives him yet another kiss.
	Cartoon	Look both ways before you cross the street Artist: Ray Favata (First: Episode 1397)
	Cast	Gordon hosts "The Crossing Zone," in which a boy named Jonathan has to find a way to cross the street. Susan helps him across. (First: Episode 2729)
	Animation	A girl plays in, on, and under a sculpture. (First: Episode 2898)
	Muppets	Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats sing "You're Alive." (First: Episode 1482)
	Film	Some clowns, more clowns (First: Episode 0563)
	SCENE 4	Bruno carries Oscar around some more, as Oscar now seems to enjoy taunting Love into pursuing him. However, Love finds something else to project her affections on... the toaster that Luis is repairing! Oscar is slightly dismayed, as he loved how angry Love made him feel. Bruno whispers that he can consult a dictionary to find another word that will make him feel just as angry as Love does.
	Cartoon	Ladies, birds, and fish march forward and backward. Artist: Karen Aqua
	Film	A kindergarten class takes a field trip to the fire station. (First: Episode 1217)
	Cartoon	Animated quilt patterns. (First: Episode 1470)
	Muppets	Sesame Street News Flash: Old MacDonald's Spaceship — A spaceship lands on Old MacDonald's farm. (First: Episode 2021)
	Cartoon	Various alien creatures perform in an otherwordly music performance conducted by a trumpet-nosed creature. (First: Episode 1181)
	Muppets / Celebrity	Prairie Dawn is sad because of how small she is; Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers cheer her up by singing "Small People." They are joined by Big Bird, Snuffy, the Birdketeers, Natasha, Merry Monster, and Billy. (First: Episode 2945)
	Cartoon	A drowsy wagoner gets across a clearing by building a bridge out of his ox-cart, and converting it back again. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 0616)
	Muppets	Count von Count sings “One Bark (and Two Meows).”
	Cartoon	The Typewriter: V for Vacuum (First: Episode 0774)
	Film	"Sesame Street Creature Feature": Today's featured creature is the Slug, who sings "I'm a Slug." (First: Episode 2988)
	Muppets	"We Got a Brand New Baby" (First: Episode 2061)
	Cartoon	A sleepy man counts 8 sheep. (First: Episode 2113)
	Song	Bob sings Joe Raposo's "Look a Little Closer". (house) (First: Episode 2672)
	SCENE 5	Oscar consults his dictionary with little success in finding a new, anger-stoking word. Grundgetta warns him of another impending word - PEANUT BUTTER. "What's so yucky about peanut butter?" asks Oscar when a globby version of the words appear and sticks itself to Oscar. He finds himself angry again, just to his liking, as Luis announces the sponsors. (Oscar: "Hey, anybody got any jelly?")