| Sesame Street | |||||||
| Oscar meets Prunella | |||||||
| Air date | April 15, 1993 | ||||||
| Season | Season 24 (1992-1993) | ||||||
| Written by | Judy Freudberg | ||||||
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| Picture | Segment | Description |
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COLD OPEN | Oscar emerges from his trash can, disgusted at how it appears to be another nice day on Sesame Street. After Merry Monster pops by playing "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" on the ukulele to exemplify two of today's sponsors (the letters M and U), Oscar is surprised to see a big loud truck that breaks down in front of his can, driven by a Grouch girl who looks particularly appealing to him... |
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SCENE 1 | Gordon comes by and asks Oscar who the new Grouch is and where she's from. Oscar makes it clear that he doesn't want to know, but the Grouch introduces herself anyway: she's Prunella, who hails from England. The truck she's driving is shaped like a large trash can, and happens to be her mobile home which she's used to travel the world. Oscar asks her when she's leaving, and she answers that she's staying to purposely annoy Oscar. As the Grouches continue feuding, Gordon comments, "Sounds like this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." |
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Cartoon | "Next To Song" Artist: Jane Aaron (First: Episode 2851) |
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Cast / Celebrity | Wanda the Word Fairy introduces the viewer to her parents. (First: Episode 2678) |
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Film | A girl dances her way into her family portrait. |
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Muppets | The Sublime Miss M performs "The Sublime Ms. M." (First: Episode 2837) |
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Animation | M / m (Gordon voiceover) (First: Episode 2232) |
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Cast | Gina plays and sings "Follow the Leader" with the kids. (First: Episode 2604) |
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Film | Orangutans playing (piano music) (First: Episode 2486) |
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Muppets | Elmo sings "In Your Imagination." |
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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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Animation | Counting 10 shells (First: Episode 3005) |
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Muppets | "Let's All Exercise" (First: Episode 1961) |
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Cartoon | Speech Balloon: Two men demonstrate "up" on a teeter totter; one man ends up crashing through the ceiling. (First: Episode 0650) |
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SCENE 2 | Snuffy invites Big Bird to meet Prunella with him, but Big Bird wants to find a broken toy to welcome her with, knowing that Grouches like broken things. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
Meanwhile, Telly is the only one who could show up for today's Grouchketeer meeting. He asks about the new Grouch, and Oscar acts like he doesn't care about her. Regardless, Prunella talks about the last country she visited: Italy, showing a map of the country (which she finds appealing as it looks like an old boot). She then shows a picture of her favorite piece of garbage there - the ruins of the Roman coliseum. Gordon disagrees in thinking it's garbage, pointing out that people from all over the world come to visit the historic landmark. |
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SCENE 2 cont'd |
While Oscar and Prunella continue exchanging banter, Big Bird and Snuffy continue their search for a broken toy. |
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Song | "Hot in the City" (First: Episode 2751) |
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Cartoon | A cat desperately tries to open a can of cat food by himself while his mistress is on the phone. Artist: Dan Haskett (First: Episode 2151) |
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Muppets | Ernie and Bert: Dressing a Snowman — Bert tries to assure Ernie that their snowman won't feel the cold. (First: Episode 1824) |
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Film | Three taxi chairs |
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SCENE 3 | Telly has written a nice letter to Prunella, asking her to tell him more about the places she's visited. He reads the letter to Oscar and he likes it, knowing that Prunella will react negatively to such a nicely written letter. Telly slips the letter into Prunella's mobile can and she finds and reads it (avoiding the word "please" repeatedly by calling it the "P-word"). She then writes Telly a letter in return to grouchily deny his request. Oscar admires Prunella's work, while Telly gets the idea that he secretly likes her. |
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Film | Amelia pretends she's an astronaut. (First: Episode 2918) |
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Muppets | Cookie Monster introduces the word "AMOR". (First: Episode 0601) |
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Cartoon | AMOR, amor, amor ... amoramor ... amoramor ... (First: Episode 2116) |
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Muppets | "I'm in Love with U" (First: Episode 1701) |
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Cartoon | A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP. (First: Episode 0416) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Prairie Dawn is sad because of how small she is; Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers cheer her up by singing "Small People". They are joined by Big Bird, Snuffy, the Birdketeers, Natasha, Merry Monster, and Billy. (First: Episode 2945) |
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Animation | Rubber Stamp #10 (First: Episode 2880) |
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Muppets | Elmo explains the importance of sleep, but the audience won't stop applauding and let him sleep afterwards. (First: Episode 2985) |
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Cartoon | Jerry Nelson sings "Moonshine." (First: Episode 2775) |
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Film | Shapes vibrate as girls beat on their drums. (First: Episode 2845) |
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SCENE 4 | Big Bird and Snuffy are still having trouble finding a broken toy for Prunella. Big Bird finds a broken crayon, but realizes it's his only crimson one, so they keep looking. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
Meanwhile, Oscar continues to tell Prunella to leave but she insists that she's staying. She admits that there is one place she'd like to be - the grouchiest place in the world, which doesn't exist. She fantasizes about it by singing "Wouldn't It Be Yucky?" and pictures herself and Oscar enjoying the dreary sites. |
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SCENE 4 cont'd |
Back at Big Bird's nest, the contents of Big Bird's toybox are now all over the ground - and nothing is broken. |
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Cartoon | A kid tries to push his toy house through the front door without the door closing. Artist: Paul Fierlinger (First: Episode 0914) |
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Muppets | "African Alphabet Song" (First: Episode 2360) |
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Cast | (Same and Different) Maria and Linda dress the same, then Linda dresses differently. (First: Episode 1819) |
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Song | Jerry Nelson sings "Salt, My Salt." (First: Episode 2909) |
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SCENE 5 | Big Bird is disappointed that he hasn't found anything broken to give to Prunella. He then remembers that Grouches also like big messes, so he decides to take a picture of the mess to give to her! |
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SCENE 5 cont'd |
Meanwhile, Prunella is preparing to leave, simply because she loves saying goodbye and scramming. She finally gets her car to start and drives off, and Gordon sees that Oscar is heartbroken, even though he denies it before hiding away in his trash can. Big Bird and Snuffy come outside looking for Prunella, and Gordon tells them that she just left. He thinks maybe Oscar would like the picture of the mess, and tosses the photo into Oscar's can. Prunella announces the sponsors as Oscar takes another peek outside, letting out a heavy sigh. |
Notes
- This episode was later repeated in Season 26 as Episode 3297.
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