| Sesame Street | |||||
| Oscar can't get the Sesame Street theme out of his head (repeat of 3152) | |||||
| Air date | March 19, 1996 | ||||
| Season | Season 27 (1995-1996) | ||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||
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COLD OPEN | Wearning earmuffs, Grundgetta speaks through a megaphone and warns Oscar and the Grouchketeers to cover their ears as well before a yucky song comes on, referring to the opening theme. She says that they risk the chance of getting it stuck in their heads and need to take precautions... but it's too late for Oscar! |
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SCENE 1 | Oscar is relieved that the song is over, but to his chagrin the music lingers on in his head and is starting make him happy! Grundgetta helps cleanse his mind with a grouchy variation of "My Favorite Things," and Oscar joins her. |
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SCENE 1 cont'd |
After the song, Oscar thinks he is cured until Bob walks by singing the theme to himself, and it pops back into Oscar's head! Grundgetta and the Grouchketeers make a run for it so they're not affected as well. |
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Cartoon | "Angry Annie": A small girl vents her rage at the world, frustrated by the problems of everyday life, until her younger brother offers her part of his orange. Artist: John Korty (First: Episode 2087) |
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Film | Xiao-Mei from northern China describes a festival at the end of every year that her family participates in. Each day of the festival, there is a new show to watch, a series of parades and lots of food like noodles and dumplings. Women prepare floats for the parade while men dress up as river animals. Xiao-Mei's favorite part or the festival is the lion dance. Xiao-Mei also demonstrates how she can walk on stilts which are strapped to her legs, and hopes someday to dance in the big parade. (First: Episode 3266) |
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Animation | A map of China morphs into the shape of animals and things that are found there. (First: Episode 2782) |
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Muppets | Muppet & Kid Moment — Cookie Monster asks Jawhara what loud and soft are. (First: Episode 3286) |
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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 2 | Bob stops by again as Oscar attempts to get the song out of his head with the help of his elephant Fluffy, who trumpets loudly into his ear. It doesn't help, so Oscar calls for the rest of his animals to make noise. Lassie (David Rudman), Spot, and one of his chickens (Martin P. Robinson) arrive to accompany Fluffy, which seems to help at first. Once Bob leaves, though, the animals become inspired and start singing the theme song in their respective noises! |
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Cartoon | A boy finds a set of doors with animals that make the wrong sound, and swaps the doors to correct them. (First: Episode 2711) |
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Song | "Mom and Me" (new vocal track) (First: Episode 2462) |
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Muppets | Two-Headed Monster: MOM. (First: Episode 1481) |
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Song | "I'm a Polar Bear" (First: Episode 3276) |
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Animation | Airplanes carve the capital and lowercase S. (First: Episode 3214) |
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Film | Kids hold an S and a square (First: Episode 3278) |
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Cartoon | S for sing (First: Episode 0824) |
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Song | "Doing the Family Thing" (First: Episode 3180) |
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SCENE 3 | Oscar wishes he could get his animals to stop singing the theme when Elmo passes by with a STOP sign he made himself. Oscar's not interested in looking at it so Elmo shows it to the animals, which causes them all to stop singing! Just when Oscar thinks his problem is over, Elmo realizes what he's done and thinks it was a mistake, so he leads them into singing the theme once again before he leaves. Even worse, Oscar finds himself starting to sing along! |
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Cartoon | A man juggles until he is told to STOP. Artist: Cliff Roberts (First: Episode 1340) |
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Film | Kids make the city traffic "stop" and "go." (First: Episode 3310) |
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Muppets | Big Bird observes how balloons can make one happy. Telly emerges, looking sad, with a deflated balloon, so Big Bird gives his balloon to Telly. (First: Episode 3429) |
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Cartoon | I for Ink (angry bird) (First: Episode 0462) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: The King and I — Grover plays a king who dances with the letter I. (First: Episode 2727) |
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Animation | I / i candles (First: Episode 3107) |
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Muppets | Kermit sings "On My Pond." (First: Episode 2328) |
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Animation | All living things need clean water. (First: Episode 2731) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird encounters Zoe jumping and squealing with glee, and finds out it's because she's proud of being able to recite the alphabet. She does so but needs a little help from Big Bird to remind her of a couple of the letters. When finished, she says there's one more thing that comes after "Z": her jumping and squealing again, this time with Big Bird joining in. |
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Film | Wegman's dogs form all the letters of the alphabet. (First: Episode 3266) |
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Muppets | The Oinker Sisters sing about what's "Important" to them. (First: Episode 2818) |
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Animation | African quilt pattern #2 (First: Episode 3134) |
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Film | A girl in Jamaica goes to school and attends drum class. (First: Episode 3145) |
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Cartoon | Characters on a quilt form the letter S. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3368) |
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Film / Muppets | Alphaquest: S A swimsuit, Grover as a silly surfer, a seagull, a sunset, and a submarine. (First: Episode 2729) |
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Song | "There's a Lot of Different Ways to Get to School" (sung by Jerry Nelson) (First: Episode 2751) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird and Zoe begin to play hide-and-seek, but she needs help counting down from 10 to 0. Big Bird sticks around to aid her instead of hiding, but once she finishes counting, Zoe immediately catches Big Bird and suggests he find a better hiding place next time. |
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Cartoon | Geronimo 10-0 (parachute under haystack) (First: Episode 2278) |
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Muppets | The Big Bad Wolf sings about himself and his family. (First: Episode 3001) |
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Cartoon | The Bellhop is asked to carry a guest's two small (but heavy) bags to room 14. (First: Episode 2571) |
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Muppets | Polly Darton and Benny Rabbit sing "14 Carrot Love." (First: Episode 2811) |
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Cartoon | "Fourteen Desert" Artist: Joey Ahlbum (First: Episode 3267) |
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Animation | A showcase of how many fun things can be done with paper. |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar has put on earmuffs and a football helmet to drown out the yucky "Sunny Day" song, and has the Grouchketeers confirm whether it's playing or not. Once the coast is clear and he removes his headgear, the closing music starts playing! He ducks down into his trash can in misery as Bob stops by to announce the sponsors. |
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COMING SOON | Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Grover brings a heavy barbell to a furious Mr. Johnson and collapses from the weight. |
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