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| Oscar appears on the "Sally Messy Yuckyael Show" for helping a kitten | |||||||||
| Air date | April 16, 1993 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||||||
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COLD OPEN | Savion, Mr. Handford, Maria, Tara, and Gabi gather at Hooper's Store to watch the store's television, as Oscar will be appearing on the Sally Messy Yuckyael talk show today. As the program begins Sally addresses today’s topic: a Grouch who found a yucky, cute kitten, which will be addressed after the opening theme song. |
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SCENE 1 | The show resumes and Sally gets to the topic at hand, which the Grouch audience (including Grundgetta) finds repulsive; one audience member even faints at the idea. Sally asks Oscar how it happened, which is seen in a video flashback: one day, he was on his way to the dump and spots a kitten sitting near his trash can. He tries to make it go away (by saying "Wubba Wubba") but it won’t leave. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
Back in the studio, Sally asks him what he did in response; Oscar shamefully admits that he gave her some milk. Sally says that she didn't think things would get this horrible right away: "You don't see stuff like this on Oprah Grouchy!" Oscar adds that he thought the cat would go away if he fed her, but as the flashback reveals, it didn't work. It then occured to him that maybe she was lost and had no place to go. Sally reiterates that he never should have given the kitten some milk, but Oscar says the story gets even yuckier. Sally decides to throw to a commercial break. |
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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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Cartoon | 40 lemmings (doo-wop) (First: Episode 2873) |
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Muppets | Sesame Street News Flash: The Princess and the C — Kermit meets the wrong princess. (First: Episode 2527) |
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Animation | Sand C/c (First: Episode 0625) |
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Film | A Puerto Rican family get-together includes cooking, playing soccer, and finally the big dinner. (First: Episode 3081) |
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Cartoon | Jill walks up a hill to pick a daffodil. Artist: Jim Jinkins (First: Episode 2538) |
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SCENE 2 | As the show continues, Sally asks Oscar what he should do if he finds a kitten that was “cute as a button." He answers that he'd scream, but knowing that he had to find the kitten’s owner or be stuck with it forever, he made signs that he put all over Sesame Street. (Sally: "So you finally did something smart.") |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
In the flashback, Maria and Gabi have noticed one of Oscar's signs in the park, but the kitten doesn't belong to them and they just want to pet it. Savion and Tara also come to see it, bringing her some toys. This only disgusts Oscar more, but Sally is disgusted as well since the kitten has now attracted some nice people. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Sally hopes that he took down the signs, but Oscar says he couldn’t or he'd be stuck with the kitten. Sally gets excited about what's to come, as the show breaks for more commercials. |
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Cartoon | "Island of Emotion" Aritst: Sally Cruikshank (First: Episode 2822) |
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Cast | Big Bird winds up Linda, who displays the word TOY. (First: Episode 2908) |
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Cartoon | "Martian Beauty" has nine hairs, nine bows, nine eyes, nine nostrils, nine arms and nine toes. Aritst: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0316) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: Milk Carton — After drinking cartons of milk, the monster reuses the cartons as toy trains. (First: Episode 2726) |
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Cartoon | A girl tries to lure her cat out from under the chair so she can pick him up. Artists: The Hubleys (First: Episode 0187) |
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SCENE 3 | Sally asks Oscar what happened next, but he refuses to answer because it’s “too yucky.” Sally disagrees because "nothing is too yucky for Sally Messy Yuckyael" and demands an answer. Oscar explains that the kitten got inside his trash can, and the crowd (especially Grundgetta) gets disgusted again. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
Oscar then says that she was chasing a ball of yarn in his trash can, crashing into everything and getting himself (and the elephants) tangled up. In the flashback, Maria thinks that maybe he’s starting to enjoy being with the kitten... and he realizes she's right before being dragged back into the can. |
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SCENE 3 cont'd |
Sally gets grossed out again, though Oscar states that he couldn’t help himself as the kitten was making a great big mess. Sally thinks this is the worst kind of kitten-loving she’s ever heard and asks for the audience to help him out, but they don't dare to. Oscar begs for Sally's help and she reluctantly agrees to do so... right after another commercial break. |
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Cartoon | Counting 40 pigs Artist: Keith Haring (First: Episode 3084) |
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Film | A child narrates a film of him and his brother, Andrew, taking a ride on the ferry. (First: Episode 2951) |
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Cartoon | W for Wilbur (First: Episode 0366) |
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Muppets | Bert sings the club song for The National Association of W Lovers. (First: Episode 0366) |
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Film | Alphaquest: W (First: Episode 2712) |
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Muppets | Is Barkley a DOG or a BANANA? (First: Episode 2724) |
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Film | A child in a classroom draws a picture of her dog Puck, and goes over the care required to keep a pet. A Bert and Baby Fozzie plush can be seen in the little girl's bedroom. (First: Episode 2853) |
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SCENE 4 | Before she can help, Sally asks Oscar if he ever found out who the kitten belonged to. He answers that it happened when he was playing with the kitten, which causes Sally and the others to become disgusted again. |
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In the video flashback, Oscar and the kitten (whom he names "Bruiser") play with a toy mouse. Maria walks by and says that she hopes that someone will show up to pick up "Bruiser," and within moments a lady (Louise Gold in an onscreen cameo) approaches. She found one of Oscar's signs and recognizes the feline as "Bootsy," her lost kitten! She picks Bootsy up, but Oscar is reluctant to let her go and isn’t sure whether or not it actually belongs to her. The lady pulls out a picture of Bootsy as proof, and Maria points out that Bootsy matches the picture in every way. Oscar faces the fact and lets her go, asking the lady to never lose the kitten again as a cute kitten showing up on his doorstep is the last thing he ever needs. Bootsy and her owner leave, but Oscar sees that she forgot her mouse and tries to get them to come back, then becomes depressed now that "Bruiser" is gone. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
Oscar admits to Sally that he has a serious problem now: he misses the kitten, much to everyone else’s dismay. Sally finds this too disgusting a thought and runs off the stage, and Oscar begs her to come back so she can help him. |
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Film | Two girls walk on an island together, and a map of the island is shown. (First: Episode 2650) |
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Cartoon | The Typewriter: C-cat (First: Episode 0779) |
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Film | A film insert about washing elephants at the Bronx Zoo. The song "Splish Splash" is used in part of the segment. (First: Episode 1934) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Cookie Monster: Here and There — Cookie Monster and Annette Bening demonstrate here and there. (First: Episode 3080) |
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Cartoon | Kids sing about the joys of celery. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2976) |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of herself taking care of her horse, Strawberry. (First: Episode 2641) |
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SCENE 5 | Sally returns with a cure for Oscar: another kitten! The sight of it causes her entire audience to faint and Oscar feels angry, but Sally only did it so he can get his mind off of Bootsy. To his surprise, her idea works and she tells Oscar that there isn't a problem she can't solve. Sally signs off, and tells the audience to tune in tomorrow for when she solves the problem of "Grouches who love too much." |
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Back at Hooper's, Maria and Mr. Handford start debating on whether Sally or Oprah Grouchy is grouchier. Maria stops briefly to announce the sponsors, and the credits follow. |
Notes[]
- Performers for the Grouch audience include Martin P. Robinson (overly-dramatic green Grouch), Peter Linz (grey Grouch), Rick Lyon (red Grouch), Fran Brill (hat-wearing Grouch), and Alison Mork (blue-haired Grouch).
- Sally (whose first appearance is from this episode) teases her next episode with the topic: "Grouches Who Love Too Much." It's also the focus of her show during her last appearance three years later.
- One of the Grouch puppets in the audience was used as Prunella in the previous episode, which was taped the day after this one.
- The photo of Bootsy would be seen years later adorning the waiting room of Gina's veterinary clinic starting in season 32.
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