Oscar's Letter Party

Oscar's Letter Party is a 1988 Sesame Street interactive home video released for the View-Master Interactive Vision video game system. The system came with a simple controller which included a joystick and three colorful buttons. As the video plays, the characters address the player directly, and ask the player to make a choice by pressing one of the buttons. The video has a number of different soundtracks recorded, and the player's choices toggle back and forth between the soundtracks, giving the impression that the player has changed the course of the story.

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Oscar the Grouch is none too happy with the cheerful pixelated screen that surrounds his trash can. He asks the player to erase it by wiggling their joystick and passes the time by drumming away on his trash can lid. If the controller is left idle, Oscar uncovers the screen himself.
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover and Chris play the Tickle-Stop game. (First: Episode 1300) Pressing the blue button tickles Grover with a feather, while the red button makes a stop sign appear.
	SCENE 2	Oscar reveals that the player will be able to attend a grouch party. But first, Fluffy displays four random letters and wants the player to choose their favorite. Oscar then hears a car, alerting him that the party decorations have arrived. As he leaves, he tells the player to press the green button when their chosen letter appears during the next film to hear a special cheer from Fluffy.
	Cartoon	"Alphabet Imagination" (beginning and ending cut) (First: Episode 0345) The segment ends with showing the selected letter and a message from Oscar.
	SCENE 3	Oscar decides to conduct a grouch test to make sure the player is worthy enough to attend his grouch party. However, if the player proves they aren't grouchy, they'll get an invitation to Bob's party instead. Before the test, Bob appears, telling the player about the normal party he's planning. For the first test, Oscar has the player choose letters to make a word that he deems grouchy or not. Afterwards, Bob comes by the can to check if the player is coming to his party, naturally getting on Oscar’s nerves in the process.
	Muppets	An octopus sings "Octopus Blues." (First: Episode 2221) The player can press the green button when they hear the number 8 to make 8 animated fish appear.
	SCENE 4	Next, Oscar presents a grouch music test. He plays a song that can be sung two ways...
	Muppets	Big Bird sings "May I Be Your Friend?" to Samantha the Eel in his nest. (First: Episode 1593) The player can press the blue button to hear Oscar's grouchy lyrics, and the red button for Big Bird's nice lyrics.
	SCENE 5	Oscar writes the results on his scorecard and asks the player to remember the letter they chose for the next segment. Pressing the green button on cue will trigger another trumpet from Fluffy.
	Cartoon	The alphabet is presented in a chain reaction of events. (first part only) (First: Episode 1113) The segment ends with showing the selected letter and a message from Oscar.
	Muppets	Kermit sings "The Frogs in the Glen." (First: Episode 1786) The player can press the green button when they hear the word "frog" to make an animated frog appear.
	SCENE 6	While Bob blows up the balloons for his party, Oscar runs the "Grouch Two-Plex" at his can. Two films appear above him (one about butterflies and the other about pigs), which will give more proof as to how grouchy the player is. If the player chooses the butterfly film, Oscar gives it a bad rating of "four yucks." If the pig film is selected, Oscar praises it with "four oinks."
	Muppets	Muppet & Kid Moment — Grover asks Maya to help him follow an arrow. The arrow changes direction until Grover falls down, exhausted. (First: Episode 1641) The player can press the white button to make the arrow graphic match the one on-screen.
	SCENE 7	Now it's time for the "Party Quiz." Oscar gives choices for party games (musical chairs or slime ball tossing), decor (balloons and streamers or fish), music (records or Oscar's elephants), and presents (a neatly wrapped gift or a tattered box of mud). He plays a film while he tallies the score.
	Muppets	Kermit sings "Caribbean Amphibian." (First: Episode 2205) Pressing the green button makes an animated frog leap into a lilypad. The segment is re-edited to replace the island map animation with a repeated shot of the frog hopping in the water.
	SCENE 8	Oscar gives the final tally, which gets the player into either his or Bob's party. For the grouch party, Oscar dresses in a ratty tuxedo and is joined by his elephants and the Grouchketeers. Bob holds his party in the yard which is attended by several kids.