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| Grundgetta refuses to talk to Oscar | |||||||||
| Air date | May 1, 1991 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 22 (1990-1991) | ||||||||
| Written by | Norman Stiles | ||||||||
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SCENE 1 | Oscar is disgusted by the bouquet of flowers Mike has gotten for Gina. He claims if he ever gave those to Grundgetta, she'd never speak to him again. Gina is happy to receive them and invites herself on Mike's jog. They leave the flowers with Oscar while they run. Grundgetta comes over at that very moment and, upon seeing the flowers, bids a grouchy goodbye to Oscar. |
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Cartoon | The Four Squares sing "It's Hip to Be a Square." Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel (First: Episode 2615) |
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Cast | Maria and Linda sew quilts with a Q on them. (First: Episode 1508) |
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Film | A girl narrates a film of herself taking care of her horse, Strawberry. (First: Episode 2641) |
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Cartoon | Q for Quarter Artist: Jeff Hale (First: Episode 1176) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster and Ernie: Cookie and Carrot — Ernie has a plan to keep his cookies safe from Cookie Monster. (First: Episode 1232) |
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Animation | Number creatures #14 (First: Episode 2712) |
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SCENE 2 | Oscar has told Mike and Gina about what happened and they promise to find Grundgetta and explain the circumstances. Once they leave, an announcer (David Rudman) proclaims the arrival of Forgetful Jones, who rides over to the trash can (despite the fact he's forgotten his horse). He intends to help Oscar and the Grouch points out how he's done so - he was sad before, but Forgetful's presence has made him mad instead. |
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Cartoon | A boy narrates a poem about how he met Eleanor, the monster under his bed. Artist: ArtistMike (First: Episode 2773) |
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Film | Ducks swim and fly. Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2) (First: Episode 2510) |
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Muppets | Kermit and some Anything Muppets sing "I Wonder 'Bout the World Above." (First: Episode 2679) |
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Cartoon | Gloria Globe pulls a tiger out of her hat, which belongs in India. (First: Episode 2789) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Linda Ronstadt sings "La Charreada" with Elmo and Parker. (First: Episode 2540) |
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Cartoon | Maria (in voice-over) counts five oranges, which are then eaten by a snake. (First: Episode 2380) |
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SCENE 3 | Forgetful returns to further help Oscar. He reports that he ran into Grundgetta, who is sad and misses Oscar. He repeated a memory chant ("rhymes with ouch") to help him remember who to find. A large couch enters - it's Grundgetta the Couch, who is actually looking for Oscar the Couch. |
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Cartoon | "Sing a Song of Fourteen" (First: Episode 2670) |
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Film | Examples of people and animals going down. Music: Joe Raposo (First: Episode 0406) |
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Muppets | Bert sings "The Paperclip." (First: Episode 2578) |
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Cartoon | A lost man in the desert asks a stranger for directions to the city. He builds a pretend city out of sand to show what it looks like. As it turns out, the stranger is an alien. (First: Episode 0763) |
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Film | Alphaquest: F A faucet finishes a fire, and flood of freaky fish. (First: Episode 2759) |
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SCENE 4 | The Two-Headed Monster pretends to be Sherlock Holmes to help Oscar and Gina find Grundgetta. Oscar gives him a description of Grundgetta, but the monster instead returns with a large, green potted plant. Gina hands the plant to Oscar while she goes to look for more people to help search. In her absence, the Two-Headed Monster returns with Grundgetta, who sees Oscar with the beautiful plant and storms off once more. Mike and Gina spot her racing through the yard and chase after her, with Oscar following behind. |
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Cartoon | A detective decides to exercise on a slow day, as a crook attempts to get rid of him. (First: Episode 2607) |
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Film | "Visiting Iesha": Olivia sleeps over at Iesha's house, and spend the morning together. Olivia is white and Iesha and her family is black. Next time, Iesha wants to visit Olivia's family. (First: Episode 2756) |
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Cartoon | A flame burns through a capital letter F, ultimately revealing a lowercase letter f. (First: Episode 2288) |
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Muppets | "African Alphabet Song" (First: Episode 2360) |
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Cartoon | The Carrot (censored version) Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1132) |
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SCENE 5 | Everyone corners Grundgetta and explains to her what really happened involving the flowers. As everyone speaks their mind, visuals for what they remember appear above them. Grundgetta sees she was mistaken, but she still feels angry; she can't get the image of Oscar holding the beautiful flowers out of her head (literally). |
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Cartoon | The Bellhop is asked to carry a guest's two small (but heavy) bags to Room 14. (First: Episode 2571) |
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Muppets | On Vacation with Guy Smiley Guy Smiley and his tour guide have difficulty taking pictures of animals in the jungle because of Guy's uncontrollably loud voice. A tiger recognizes him and offers to take a picture of him and some other animals. "Say TREES!" (First: Episode 1949) |
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Cartoon | Different uses of a triangle (Spanish version) (First: Episode 1753) |
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Film | A beekeeper extracts honey from honeycomb. (First: Episode 1117) |
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Cartoon | David reminds a boy to wash his face and brush his teeth before going to bed. (First: Episode 1968) |
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Celebrity | Big Bird attempts to dance ballet with Raven-Symoné. When that doesn't work, she puts on some dance music. (First: Episode 2780) |
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Cartoon | A spring bounces under and over animals. (First: Episode 1236) |
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Muppets | "Body Rhythms" by Little Jerry and the Monotones. (First: Episode 1399) |
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Film | Kids watch a silent movie with a man resting on the train tracks with an oncoming trolley - DANGER! (First: Episode 0480) |
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Cartoon | Everything you need to know about cats. Artist: Bruce Cayard (First: Episode 1179) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar now presents Grundgetta with a bouquet of smelly fish, which she appreciates. The two Grouches decide to go for a jog and stick the teens with the fish, who toss it off to each other while Oscar and Grundgetta announce the sponsors. |
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