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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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SCENE 1 | As Celina reads her newspaper on the stoop, Oscar and Irvine wait for Grundgetta to arrive. Once she does, they notice her hair is messier than usual, with fish and trash wrapped in it. She reveals she’s been attending the Vidal Spittoon Salon of Grouch Beauty, wanting to become a Grouch beautician and make other Grouches look as yucky as she does. She sings “I Feel Yucky” to celebrate how she feels, but before she can start her job, she must pass her test and get her license by practicing on someone. Celina quickly dashes off, and the two other Grouches look to Oscar... |
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Song | "Fixin' My Hair" (First: Episode 2734) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | Jazzy alphabet around a city (First: Episode 3267) |
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Film | An Indian boy narrates how Chapati bread is made. (First: Episode 3204) |
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Animation | Pencil box Y / y (First: Episode 3043) |
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Film | A big Y emerges, Jaws-like, in a swimming pool. (First: Episode 3323) |
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Animation | Planet Y / y (First: Episode 2859) |
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SCENE 2 | As Grundgetta begins to work, Oscar refuses to be her test dummy. Celina points out that he'll get to look more yucky, but Oscar claims that if he helps he’ll be cooperating, which is against his personality. Grundgetta doesn't like to cooperate either, but convinces him that it's for a good cause: if he helps, not only can she make other Grouches look worse, but other residents of Sesame Street as well. Oscar agrees to help, but makes sure to have Irvine cover her eyes so she doesn’t witness all the cooperating. |
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Cartoon | "Four Friends" - a reggae song about a group of animals who wash a car together. Artist: Michael Sporn (First: Episode 2242) |
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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) |
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Cartoon | A Zerkel named Jake demonstrates -ake words. Artist: Sally Cruikshank |
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Film | Wegman's dogs play "Jack Sprat" |
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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). However, she needs five screams to confirm that she's passed her test. Just then, Vidal Spittoon arrives to judge her work. He mistakes Celina as an example of her technique before looking over Oscar's new hairdo. He shrieks five times at the sight of it, and gives Grundgetta the official license! Now in business, all Grundgetta needs is a first customer. Celina hightails it again, and all who is left is Irvine, who’s never had a haircut before and begins to cry and scream. |
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Cartoon | Donnie Budd sings a two-step for pairs of animals. Artist: Bud Luckey (First: Episode 0342) |
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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) |
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Song | Holy cow, it's number 2! (First: Episode 3193) |
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Cartoon | A poem about dogs of different sizes, feelings and colors. Artist: Deanna Morse (First: Episode 2924) |
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Song | "Washin' the Dog" (First: Episode 3020) |
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Muppets | Monsterpiece Theater: Little Red Riding Cookie — Cookie Monster plays Little Red Riding Hood. (new music added) (First: Episode 3231) |
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Cartoon | A girl fantasizes what she could do without leaving her room if her nose, ears, legs, and arms got bigger. (First: Episode 3285) |
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Insert | Rosita leads Carlo, Tarah, Gabi, Zoe and the kids (including Aldis Hodge) in a performance of “Everybody Say Hola." (First: Episode 3293) |
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Animation | Counting to 10 (Latin rhythm) (Spanish version) (First: Episode 3045) |
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Film | Two boys walk though a city neighborhood to some funky break dancing music. (First: Episode 2679) |
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Cartoon | A ball goes up and down a musical staircase. (First: Episode 2151) |
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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. |
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Cartoon | "I Have a Purple Bucket" Artist: Lisa Crafts (First: Episode 3467) |
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SCENE 4 | Irvine reveals that she is afraid to have her hair cut, so Celina demonstrates it won't hurt by cutting a small bit of her own hair. Irvine is impressed, and to sweeten the deal Grundgetta also throws in a sardine lollipop. She starts to work on Irvine's matted hair when Oscar asks for a lollipop too, but is soundly denied. |
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Animation | Characters on a quilt form the letter Y. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3381) |
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Film | Y for yell, yellow, yodel (First: Episode 3456) |
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Animation | Y: Yuri, a yellow yak, eats yams and yogurt. (First: Episode 3381) |
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Muppets | The Twiddlebugs find a mulberry bush, and try to figure out if they should go under it, on it, or around it. |
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Cartoon | A snake is on, in, under and stuck in a tree branch. (First: Episode 2967) |
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Celebrity | Take 6 sings "Take 6," a song about themselves that counts to the number 6. (First: Episode 3001) |
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Animation | Arnold uses his imagination. Artist: Craig Bartlett (First: Episode 2754) |
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Film | Kids play rhythms on pots, pans, a barrel and a washboard. (First: Episode 3443) |
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SCENE 5 | Grundgetta finishes Irvine’s haircut and hands her a mirror; with a single glance the little Grouch gives five loud shrieks. Grundgetta tries to offer her services to Celina, who runs off again to avoid the likes of a "worm perm" or a "scuzz cut." Oscar announces the sponsors as Irvine lets out another blood-curdling shriek. |
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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.
- Grundgetta's song during scene 1 would later be used as a segment for international airings, including Sesamstraat. However, they crop out all shots with Celina.
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