| Sesame Street | |||||
| Oscar’s Clean Tuxedo | |||||
| Air date | January 14, 2015 | ||||
| Season | Season 45 (2014-2015) | ||||
| Written by | Michael J. Goldberg | ||||
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COLD OPEN | What's the Word on the Street?: Pattern |
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SCENE | Elmo helps Leela at the Laundromat, when Oscar enters, requesting his tuxedo. Grouches have their clothes dampened and grimed at laundromats, he claims. Leela returns with bad news: there was a mix-up and she has his tuxedo jacket completely cleaned. Oscar storms out, upset. |
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SCENE cont'd | Oscar mopes at Hooper's Store, where Leela and Elmo come to apologize. Oscar explains he had the three yuckiest stains of his life on that jacket and tells them (and Chris) how they got there... |
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SCENE cont'd | The first stain happened in high school. A young, nerdy Oscar dances with his date, Trashini, at the Enchantment Under the Sewers Dance. He requests some mud pie and the waiter slops it on his jacket, leaving a triangle-shaped stain. |
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SCENE cont'd | The second stain came from Oscar's days as a stand-up comic. At the "Yuckles" night club, Oscar's act is cut short when the audience hurls tomatoes and rotten eggs at him, leaving a pattern of the foods on his sleeve. |
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SCENE cont'd | The third and final stain came on his wedding day. Oscar and Grundgetta stand before the altar, with Grundgetta holding the anchovy sauce-covered onion rings. Grundgetta ditches him at the altar instead and plops the onion rings on his jacket, leaving a big, bigger and biggest stain. |
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SCENE cont'd | Oscar finishes his stories, then storms out of the store. Elmo thinks they can recreate the stains, since he's remembered all the ones Oscar described. The others agree, but they need someone to wear the jacket as they apply the stains. Unfortunately for her, Leela seems to be the only one it'll fit. |
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SCENE cont'd | First, they decide to apply the triangle stain. Chris has a mud pie, but it's square-shaped. He cuts it in half, forming two triangles. Chris plops it onto the jacket, leaving a perfect triangle stain. He's ready to make another mess. |
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SCENE cont'd | Next, Chris and Elmo prepare to pelt Leela with rotten eggs and tomatoes, but she points out there was a pattern to them. Elmo recites it as Chris throws the items at the jacket. |
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SCENE cont'd | Finally, Chris prepares some onion rings and stains the jacket with them. With the jacket complete, they head over to Oscar's. |
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SCENE cont'd | The gang presents Oscar with the re-stained jacket and he's amazed. Bert rides by on his bike, knocking the jacket down and adding a tire stain to it. This pleases Oscar even more and he quietly thanks them for helping. He tells them to scram as he adds his own stains to the jacket inside his can. |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Elmo and Craig Robinson show a fruit and vegetable pattern. One is missing, so Craig substitutes as a broccoli. |
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Cartoon | A girl goes to the store to buy a loaf of bread, container of milk and a stick of butter. (First: Episode 4303) |
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Muppets | "Cookie's Crumby Pictures" is next, but first, Murray plays a game of "Guess What's Next" using balls of different sizes. (First: Episode 4420) |
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Muppets | Cookie's Crumby Pictures: The Hungry Games: Catching Fur — "Cookie-ness Evereat" and her teammates Finicky, Wired, and Pita (a pita bread) must finish food patterns to complete the Hungry Games. (First: Episode 4414) |
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Animation | Two groups of creatures create a rhythm by lining up in a pattern on top of a keyboard. (First: Episode 4170) |
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Muppets | Elmo and the gang introduce the letter of the day, X, with a song and dance. |
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Cartoon | Cookie Monster sings about the X sound in the word "X-ray." (First: Episode 4206) |
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Song | "X Salute" - Kids look for words that have Xs in them. (First: Episode 4313) |
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Muppets | Murray plays another round of "Guess What's Next?" using some fruit. |
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Muppets / Animation | Abby's Flying Fairy School Abby, Gonnigan and Blögg put their items in their cubbies, when they suddenly vanish, along with Mrs. Sparklenose's wand. They see a Cubby Creature inside, but can't catch him. They call on Spot, who shows them some patterns. They see the creature pops out of each colored cubby in a pattern and follow it to get into his lair. Once there, they find they have to guess his name to win their stuff back. They play "The Name Game", asking for clues as to what his name is. They get it right and the Cubby Creature has such a fun time, he reforms his ways and gives everything back. (re-orchestrated theme song) (First: Episode 4214) |
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Song | OK Go sings about the "Three Primary Colors." (First: Episode 4281) |
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Muppets | Count von Count and friends sing and stomp to find the number of the day - 3. (First: Episode 4511) |
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Animation | Counting three neon balls, rings and pins (First: Episode 4511) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Elmo and the Harlem Globetrotters show the number 3. (First: Episode 4266) |
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Cartoon | Cowboy hat/ boot pattern Artist: LAIKA House (First: Episode 4183) |
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Muppets | Grover introduces his monster friends - Bill (who's tall), Phil (who's taller) and Sally (the tallest). He starts a game of "Where Did the Tallest Monster Go?," asking the viewer to find which monster is tallest based on the color hat they're wearing. |
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Muppets | "Elmo the Musical" is next, but first, Murray plays a round of "Guess What's Next?" He introduces a pattern of penguins and chickens. (First: Episode 4413) |
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Muppets | Elmo the Musical: Airplane the Musical — A penguin bride-to-be needs airplane-pilot Elmo to take her to the South Pole by 11 o'clock for her wedding, constantly making pit stops for things she needs for the wedding. (truncated theme song) (First: Episode 4307) |
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Muppets | Murray announces the sponsors. |
Alterations[]
| Picture | Segment | Description |
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Muppets / Animation | Abby's Flying Fairy School: Blogg's Schlubby This segment replaces the "Cubby Creature" segment in the HBO Kids version. |
Notes[]
- This is the first speaking appearance of Grundgetta since Season 40.
- In most PBS markets, this is the final episode to be aired in a 60-minute format. Beginning in November 2015, episodes were trimmed down to 30 minutes.
- Additional performers include David Rudman (Grouch dancer), Martin P. Robinson (Grouch waiter), and Tyler Bunch (Grouch minister).
- A different version of Oscar and Grundgetta's wedding was seen in Episode 3609 in 1997.
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