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| Telly learns the Grouchketeer Cheer | |||||||||
| Air date | September 6, 2005 | ||||||||
| Season | Season 36 (2005) | ||||||||
| Written by | John Weidman | ||||||||
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COLD OPEN | Healthy Moment: Bert gets "jiggy with it" and recites a rap about fruits. cut from the Max version |
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SCENE | Gordon welcomes the viewer as he practices golfing for a round he's playing with Alan today. Big Bird comes by (singing "Let's Go Driving" to himself) and reminds Gordon of the importance of practice. The beautiful sounds of the day are interrupted by nearby moaning. He finds Telly, moping over a situation that happened not long ago... |
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SCENE cont'd | In a flashback, Oscar tells the Grouchketeers (including Telly) that today's the Annual Grouch Picnic and Field Day. He adds that their chapter of the Fraternal Order of Grouchketeers has been appointed as the official cheerleaders of the event. Oscar demonstrates how their cheer works (banging their trash can lids and growling "GRRRR-OUCH!") and everyone gets the hang of it, except for Telly. |
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SCENE cont'd | Back in the present, Oscar and the kids continue practicing, when Gordon approaches him with Telly. He confirms with Oscar that if Telly can learn the cheer, he can go on the trip. But, they only have 10 minutes before the bus arrives. |
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SCENE cont'd | Gordon shows Telly how practice was able to improve his golf playing and the same can happen for Telly's cheer. Telly demonstrates the first two parts of the cheer, but can't perform them together and finds he's hopeless. Gordon tells him, "You know how to do it. You just don't know you know how to do it." Telly doesn't understand, until Big Bird helps him realize (by saying the exact same statement again). Telly gains some confidence and does the Grouch cheer perfectly! |
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SCENE cont'd | The bus pulls up to the street (as driven by Ralph Crammedon) and Oscar won't let it leave until Telly proves himself. Ralph demands they hurry up, but is frightened away by Telly's impressive cheer. Oscar lets him board the bus and fills Gordon in on some serendipitous information: the public golf course is right next to the location of the picnic, and the Grouchketeers will be cheering Gordon on for the entire game (to his dismay). |
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Animation | Clay animated cavemen try to whistle, causing flowers to grow around them when they succeed. (First: Episode 4061) |
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Muppets / Celebrity | Garth Brooks, Herry Monster and the daycare monsters sing "Together, We'll Make Music." (First: Episode 3814) |
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Muppets | A voice (Jim Martin) tells us that Oscar will be talking about the Letter of the Day, S. Oscar wants no part in it, but Slimey is eager to help. Oscar tries to get rid of the voice, but keeps using S words by accident. |
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Animation | "Wild West Letter S" (First: Episode 3649) |
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Film | S, for square. (First: Episode 3278) |
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Animation | Characters on a quilt form the letter S. Artist: Karen Aqua (First: Episode 3368) |
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Muppets | The Spanish Word of the Day Rosita takes a siesta (nap) in the sunlight. cut from the Max version |
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Cartoon | Noodles & Nedd make the bed. Artist: John R. Dilworth (First: Episode 3663) |
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Muppets | Journey to Ernie: Beach — Big Bird searches for Ernie at the beach. (First: Episode 4034) |
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Muppets | Devon shows Ernie his shell collection. (First: Episode 4044) |
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Song | "Happy Happiness," against footage of kids playing at a beach. (First: Episode 3320) |
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Cartoon | A girl builds a sand castle at the beach, but the ocean keeps washing it away, so she builds one away from the waves. (new sting added) Artist: Fred Garbers (First: Episode 1452) |
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Muppets | Global Grover Grover travels to Mongolia to watch the traditional Mongolian bowl dance. His friend Shali goes to a school to learn how to learn the difficult skill. Then, Grover performs his own version. (First: Episode 4039) |
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Muppets | The Number of the Day: The Count counts and sings up to 19, accompanied by the Countess and their band of musicians. |
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Cartoon | Rap #19 (First: Episode 2560) |
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Film | Kids paint a huge mural about the number 19. (First: Episode 3601) |
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Cartoon | Nineteen pigs! (First: Episode 4007) |
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Muppets | Elmo's World: Ears (First: Episode 4032) |
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Insert | The Adventures of Trash Gordon: Chapter 453 Planet Scram: Trash is confronted by a gang of Grouches shouting "SCRAM!" until he pulls the old snake-in-the-can trick on them. |
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