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| Grundgetta makes Oscar look yucky | |||||||
| Air date | May 14, 1996 | ||||||
| Season | Season 27 (1995-1996) | ||||||
| Written by | Belinda Ward | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
  | SCENE 1 | As Celina reads her newspaper, Oscar and Irvine wait for Grundgetta to arrive. Once she does, her hair is all mussed up with fish in it. She reveals she’s been attending the Vidal Spittoon School of Grouch Beauty, wanting to become a grouch beautician and make grouches look yucky. She sings “I Feel Yucky” to them and Celina (with back-up from two other grouches). However, before she can start her job, she must pass her test and get her license by practicing on someone. Celina dashes off and the two other grouches look to Oscar. |
 | Song | "Fixin' My Hair" (First: Episode 2734) |
 | Muppets | Grover attempts to sell Mr. Johnson a wig, but when he finally finds one that suits him, it turns out to be a guinea pig. (First: Episode 3407) |
 | Cartoon | Jazzy alphabet around a city (First: Episode 3267) |
 | Film | An Indian boy narrates how Chapati bread is made. (First: Episode 3204) |
 | Animation | Pencil box Y / y (First: Episode 3043) |
 | Film | A big Y emerges, Jaws-like, in a swimming pool. (First: Episode 3323) |
 | Animation | Planet Y / y (First: Episode 2859) |
 | SCENE 2 | As Grundgetta begins to work, Oscar refuses to be her test dummy. He claims that if he helps, he’ll be cooperating, which is against his personality. Grundgetta convinces him that if he helps, she can make him look him and others look yucky. Before she starts again, Oscar has Irvine cover her eyes so she doesn’t witness cooperation. |
 | Cartoon | "Cooperation" - a reggae song about a group of animals who wash a car together. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2139) |
 | Muppets | Pageant: How a flower grows Gladys the Cow stars as a seed. Ernie plays a rain cloud and Herry Monster is the sun, whose attentions cause the seed to bloom into a flower. (First: Episode 2420) |
 | Cartoon | A Zerkel named Jake demonstrates -ake words. Artist: Sally Cruikshank |
 | Film | Wegman's dogs play "Jack Sprat" |
  | SCENE 3 | Grundgetta finishes her work on Oscar and he screams at the sight of himself in the mirror (which means she did a good job), but she needs five screams to pass her test. Just then, Vidal Spittoon arrives and judges her work. He shrieks five times at Oscar’s new hairdo and gives her the official license. Now all she needs is a first customer, and no other grouch is left but Irvine, who’s never had a haircut before and begins to cry and scream. |
| Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342) |
 | Muppets | Mr. Johnson goes to Pizzeria Dos to get a piece of pizza, but comes to find that at this restaurant there is two of everything, including himself. (First: Episode 2842) |
 | Song | Holy cow, it's number 2! (First: Episode 3193) |
 | Cartoon | A poem about dogs of different sizes, feelings and colors. Artist: Deanna Morse (First: Episode 2924) |
 | Song | "Washin' the Dog" (First: Episode 3020) |
 | Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater Cookie Monster is the star of an adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood, in which he eats all the cookies before he gets to his grandma's house. (new music added) (First: Episode 3231) |
 | Cartoon | A girl fantasizes what she could do without leaving her room if her nose, ears, legs, and arms got bigger. (First: Episode 3285) |
 | Insert | Rosita leads Carlo, Tarah, Gabi, Zoe and the kids in a performance of “Everybody Say Hola." (First: Episode 3293) |
 | Animation | Counting to 10 (Latin rhythm) (First: Episode 3045) |
 | Film | Two boys walk though a city neighborhood to some funky break dancing music. (First: Episode 2679) |
 | Cartoon | A ball goes up and down a musical staircase. (First: Episode 2151) |
 | Muppets | Big Bird announces that Telly will now play the triangle, but Telly suddenly becomes scared of hurting the triangle when he hits it. Big Bird assures him that the triangle is not alive, which makes him feel better about playing it. |
 | Cartoon | "I Have a Purple Bucket" Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3467) |
 | SCENE 4 | Irvine is afraid to have her hair cut, until Celina demonstrates it wont’ hurt. To sweeten the deal, Grundgetta also throws in a sardine lollipop. Oscar asks for one too, but is denied. |
 | Animation | Characters on a quilt form the letter Y. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3381) |
 | Film | Y for yell, yellow, yodel (First: Episode 3456) |
 | Animation | Y: Yuri, a yellow yak, eats yams and yogurt. (First: Episode 3381) |
 | Muppets | The Twiddlebugs find a mulberry bush, and try to figure out if they should go under it, on it, or around it. |
 | Cartoon | A snake is on, in, under and stuck in a tree branch. (First: Episode 2967) |
 | Celebrity | Take 6 sings "Take 6," a song about themselves that counts to the number 6. (First: Episode 3001) |
 | Animation | Arnold uses his imagination. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2754) |
 | Film | Kids play rhythms on pots, pans, a barrel and a washboard. (First: Episode 3443) |
  | SCENE 5 | Grundgetta finishes Irvine’s haircut. Irvine looks in the mirror and gives five loud shrieks. Grundgetta offers her services to Celina, who runs off to teach a dance class. |
 | COMING SOON | Coming soon on Sesame Street: Everyone on Sesame Street sings to Sloppy to encourage her to wiggle. |
Notes
- The episode was later re-aired in Season 29 as Episode 3680.
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