| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar wants to make someone angry | |||||||
| Air date | May 2, 1995 | ||||||
| Season | Season 26 (1994-1995) | ||||||
| Written by | Tony Geiss | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | Zoe welcomes the viewer and introduces today's sponsors. Oscar adds that today, a lot of people will be getting angry at him. Zoe sticks around, wishing to see what an angry person looks like. Oscar tells Gina to get lost when she passes by, but instead she shrugs it off and kisses him. Kenya doesn't end up getting mad at him either, but he refuses to give up... |
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Cartoon | The story of Tommy LaPlaid, the painter so sad until he discovered the joys of kicking his paints on the canvas. Artist: Mo Willems (First: Episode 3208) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: 12 Angry Men — Alistair Cookie is confronted by twelve angry men. (First: Episode 3002) |
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Film | Ornate Xs spin around in accompaniment to a song. (First: Episode 2929) |
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Muppets | Sherlock Hemlock sings "X Marks the Spot!" (First: Episode 0351) |
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Cartoon | The letter X appears on-screen. (First: Episode 2779) |
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Song | "You Can Get Right Up": a song about getting active to cheer up. (First: Episode 3142) |
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Cartoon | A dinosaur demonstrates up and down with a pull-down window shade. (First: Episode 2887) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar sees Cyranose de Bergerac approaching and knows how to make him angry: mention his nose. However, Cyranose's head is so stuffed up from his cold he has trouble hearing, so he instead mistakes Oscar's "nose" for rhyming words (which Zoe points out). Oscar is not deterred; he knows the Count will be along any minute on his usual stroll and is sure he can make him angry. Zoe patiently waits along. |
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Cartoon | "Big Sneeze" - a man destroys everything in his path when he sneezes. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 1579) |
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Muppets | Guy Smiley hosts the game show "What's My Part?". The contestant is Mr. Nose. The panelists -- Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Cookie Monster -- don't know what a nose is, because none of them have noses. (First: Episode 0131) |
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Cartoon | Number Guy: "How Many Sheep Will Jump Over My Bed?" The answer is 9. (First: Episode 3364) |
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Cartoon | "Nine Chickens" Artist: ArtistMike |
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Cartoon | Underwater, there's a 9 (First: Episode 3283) |
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Muppets | Baby Fats Domino sings "Shake Your Rattle and Roll," encouraging babies to exercise. (First: Episode 3352) |
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Cartoon | A detective decides to exercise on a slow day, as a crook attempts to get rid of him. (First: Episode 2607) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar has set up several "No Counting" signs, hoping they'll make an incoming Count von Count angry once he sees them. They fail, but the Count does get angry with Oscar's persistent annoyance. The Count recalls a promise he made to his mommy when he was young: always count to 40 before getting angry. He does so, getting progressively more upset but feels fine and happy afterward. Oscar becomes desperate and enlists Zoe's help in finding someone angry. |
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Cartoon | 40 lemmings (doo-wop) (First: Episode 2873) |
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Animation | A man tries to enter a house using a door marked ENTRADA. He is cut off by a series of cut-out figures entering first, filling the house until it bursts. |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Big Bird and tennis star Michael Chang play tennis together and tie their shoes. (First: Episode 3145) |
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Animation | Pencil box Y / y (First: Episode 3043) |
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Film | Jaws spoof with the letter Y. (First: Episode 3323) |
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Cartoon | Mary doesn't like the letter Y at first, but eventually finds it useful, especially for her name. (new music and sound effects added) Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 3347) |
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SCENE 4 | Zoe returns with Linda, whom Oscar can't verbally tell "get lost" to since she's deaf. Instead he signs it, but Linda is impressed with his signing ability. Zoe sees how bad Oscar is starting to feel, so she looks for someone else. |
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Film | How to say "bunny rabbit" in sign language (First: Episode 3300) |
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Muppets | Fairy Tales Today: Striking Food — Prairie Dawn interviews a group of angry fruits and vegetables from fairy tales. |
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Cartoon | Jasper and Julius: Apple (First: Episode 0485) |
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Song | "Say Cheese" (First: Episode 3146) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Watching Fish — Ernie wants to go outside and play catch, but Bert gets him interested in watching his goldfish. (First: Episode 1422) |
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Animation | All, none, some and one fish swim around. (First: Episode 2109) |
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SCENE 5 | Zoe gets Ruthie to pretend she's angry. Oscar instantly sees it as a ruse, though, after her over-the-top performance, especially her uses of various synonyms for "angry." (Oscar: "No one who's angry says 'irked.'") He calls it the worst day of his life and starts getting worried since it's almost time to say goodbye. |
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Cartoon | Stamped and painted X animation. (First: Episode 2934) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover tells Debo that the letter that's on the wall is an X, but that it's a secret. Kermit overhears Grover mention a secret and wants to know what letter the X is. (First: Episode 1494) |
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Song | "Let's Go Tubbin' Today" (First: Episode 3024) |
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Cartoon | A British man narrates how chewing gum is made in Guatemala. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2830) |
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Muppets | The Count sings about how he loves counting clouds, because when he does, he's "on Cloud Nine" (literally). |
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Cartoon | A mouse demonstrates between by squeezing between two elephants. (First: Episode 2750) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar is upset nobody's gotten angry and blames Zoe because of her cheerful demeanor, telling her to beat it. Zoe gets angry and throws a temper at Oscar, who is glad someone's finally angry! He shows her in his mirror how angry she is and tells her to scram, but not before she announces the sponsors. |
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