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| Oscar's Road Trip | |||||||||
| Air date | April 12, 2002 (season finale) | ||||||||
| Season | Season 33 (2002) | ||||||||
| Written by | John Weidman | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | In his nest area, Big Bird asks the viewer to guess what he's pretending to do; he's driving a car. As he continues pretending, he suddenly hears real car noises aligning with his actions. He wonders what's going on and goes outside... |
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SCENE 1 cont'd | ...where he finds the noises are coming from Oscar's Sloppy Jalopy. He's taking a road trip and has Gordon and Grouchketeers give the vehicle a proper tune-up (and dirtying). To Oscar's annoyance, Gordon is inspired to lead everyone in singing "Let's Go Driving." |
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Muppets / Celebrity | James Gandolfini helps Zoe, who's scared after hearing a loud noise. He talks about things that make him afraid: the dark, haircuts and giant talking vegetables. |
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Muppets | The Number of the Day: 18 A jumping number 18 arrives as the Number of the Day. (First: Episode 3993) |
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Cartoon | Suzie Kabloozie: Judge #18 (First: Episode 3877) |
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Cartoon | Eighteen pigs form various acrobatic pyramids. |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar has loaded up the Sloppy Jalopy with bags of lemons, sardines, and fudge sauce. He needs one more thing before heading off, and an unsuspecting Telly Monster happens by to fit the bill. Oscar informs Telly that he's about to take his annual trip to Poughkeepsie to surprise his friend Roscoe on his birthday. He also would like a "special pal" to share in the road trip and can think of no better person than Telly. Although Telly has plans to visit the new Triangle Museum exhibit, Oscar paints a vivid picture of their road trip and turns on the radio to sing "Let's Go Driving," further cementing the idea in Telly's brain. Telly finally agrees to join Oscar, and is immediately told to push the car, as the engine can't start without a pusher. Telly goes to the back and begins to push, which starts the car going. Telly hops in his seat, ready to hit the open road. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | However, Oscar stops the car just outside Hooper's Store, in need of more provisions. Telly points out that Oscar has plenty in the backseat, but Oscar says they can never have too many. Telly isn't keen on going shopping now, but Oscar puts more images of the road trip in his mind and turns on an R&B cover of "Let's Go Driving" to fully convince him. Once inside the store, Telly hands the shopping list to Alan. The Two-Headed Monster believes Telly is taking a road trip by horse, when the parts of the word "CAR" appear for them to sound out. Alan brings out the groceries and Telly heads off. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Telly is ready for the road trip to finally begin and resigns himself to the role of pushing, but becomes frustrated when he's told he has to push it backwards this time. Oscar puts on another version of "Let's Go Driving" on the radio to get Telly in the road trip mindset once again, and he reluctantly starts to push the car backwards. They pull up mere feet back up the block to pick up Slimey from Gina's clinic. Telly is then forced to go all the way over to get Slimey and buckle him up in his "worm seat." Telly agrees to push once more on the grounds they don't make any more stops at Hooper's or do any backtracking of any kind. Telly pushes the car enough to get the engine going and struggles to keep up as it goes down the block. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Oscar puts the car in park right outside the Mail It Shop, needing Telly to pick up his junk mail. Getting angry, Telly starts to catch on that Oscar never had any intention on taking him on a road trip; he just needed a patsy to push his car and do his errands. Oscar puts on a choral version of "Let's Go Driving" to soothe Telly and convince him to get his mail anyway. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd | Telly returns with a large sack of mail and resignedly begins to head to the rear to push, but Oscar points out that the engine is still going. When it seems like the road trip can finally begin, Roscoe surprises them from under the pile in the backseat. He states that he hates when Oscar surprises him every year, so he decided to turn the tables on him this year. As Telly opines about what a lousy day it's been, Roscoe volunteers to push the car now; hearing how much Telly hated it makes him want to feel miserable too. With a pusher in place, Oscar keeps his promise and agrees to take Telly wherever the open road will take them. The two start singing "Let's Go Driving" as Roscoe pushes the car down the block. |
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Muppets / Film | Big Bird introduces kids talking about things they've gotten while going on a trip. |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Big Bird sets off on a Journey To Ernie. First, Big Bird asks the dinosaur to help find Ernie's box. (First: Episode 3984) |
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Cartoon | Hop, Hop and Shake Your Head and Wriggle Like An Octopus. |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie Big Bird asks the Martian to help find Ernie's box. We found him! (First: Episode 3981) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Bernice Plays Checkers — Ernie is amazed that Bert's pigeon Bernice can play checkers. (First: Episode 1227) Come back tomorrow for another Journey to Ernie. |
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Muppets | Hero Guy Baby Bear and Hero Guy show how to dance the Bear Family Dance, the Bunny Hop, the Twist and the Swim. (First: Episode 3982) |
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Muppets | The Letter of the Day: O, pt. 1 Cookie Monster thinks he can avoid eating the Letter O Cookie by mailing it away in a box. (First: Episode 3983) |
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Film | Somebody Say O |
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Muppets | The Letter of the Day: O, pt. 2 Grover the mail carrier picks up the package, and delivers it right back to Cookie. Cookie eats the Letter O cookie. (First: Episode 3983) |
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Film | In a dreamlike sequence, a family discovers a huge letter O. |
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Muppets | The Spanish Word of the Day: agua Rosita shows the viewer what agua means. (First: Episode 3984) |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Exercise (First: Episode 3853) |
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SCENE 3 | Big Bird announces the sponsors, and the Sloppy Jalopy passes by. A full credit crawl follows. |
Notes[]
- Matt Vogel performs the horns-down head of the Two-Headed Monster in this episode.
- Stephanie D'Abruzzo is heard as one of the "Let's Go Driving" vocalists on the radio.
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