Episode 3034

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	In today's Grouchketeer meeting, Oscar will read the story of Grouchelot. As the story begins, King Oscar and his Grouch court hold a meeting. King Oscar is tired of their square table and insists on a round table instead. One knight, Sir Complain-a-lot, prefers the square table. They argue and pound on the tables until both tables collapse. Princess Grungeviere, the crabbiest princess of the kingdom, arrives and suggests they call themselves the Knights of the Broken Table instead; King Oscar is pleased with this. Back on the street, Oscar teases the next part of the story, then goes into his can while Telly and the kids beg him to finish the story.
 	Cartoon 	The letter F morphs into cartoon faces.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Doggy Paddle."
 	Cast 	Linda signs the word wind, and Gordon is blown away.
 	Cartoon 	Fruta Manzana sings about keeping the place clean by throwing away fruit peels and apple cores.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Song 	"Would You Like to Go Over?"
 	Cartoon 	Abstract count to 19
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar returns to tell the rest of the story: Sir Worry-a-lot (Telly) wishes to join the King's court, but first he must pass some tests. For the first test, he must show he can be grouchy for a long time. After being grouchy for two short times, he manages a long flash of grouchiness. King Oscar and the knights are pleased and announce the next test, administered by Princess Grungeviere. She states that while he may be ready to take the test, she's not ready to give it. Worry-a-lot begs her to reconsider, as we fade back to the street. Oscar puts the story on hold once more, needing to answer his phone.
 	Cartoon 	A hand draws a telephone booth.
 	Muppets 	Bip Bipadotta sings about "Air."
 	Cartoon 	An alien lands on Earth, looking for a Z to eat. He snatches one off a policeman's uniform, eats it, and rests.
 	Muppets 	Waiter Grover has a new method of remembering orders: He makes up a poem to remember what is ordered and who ordered it. Mr. Johnson orders a cheeseburger with a pickle and French fries, which Grover interprets as "Round and tasty on a bun, pickles, French fries, yum, yum, yum!" However, he brings Mr. Johnson a grapefruit on a bun.
 	Cartoon 	"The Stranger" - a song about a baseball team hesitantly allowing a newcomer to join them, who ends up helping them win the game.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	SCENE 3 	One child had to leave during Oscar's absence and he continues with the story. The princess, in lieu of making Worry-a-lot climb a cactus or skate down a volcano, has him sing a yucky song, but he must remember the words. Worry-a-lot sings "Princess Grungeviere's Test" along with her and passes the test. However, before he can become a knight, there's one more test - he must find the HOLEY PAIL! "It's a pail with a lot of holes in it," King Oscar notes. Before Oscar can continue, the phone rings again and he leaves to answer it.
 	Animation	"¡El juega hockey!"
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster goes on a picnic, with a basket full of cookies. A bug flies by, and tries to get into the basket, buzzing furiously. Cookie Monster tries to give the bug a little cookie if it'll go away. The bug refuses, buzzing even more strenuously. Cookie tries a big cookie, but it still refuses. Cookie offers an almond cookie, a raisin cookie, a pistachio nut cookie, and a crunchy granola cookie. He realizes that the little bug doesn't like cookies. All he has left is a letter Z. The bug is excited, and buzzes off with the Z.
 	Cartoon 	A poem about changing seasons.
 	Film 	A class makes a quilt of their faces.
 	Muppets 	Bruce Stringbean, Clarice and S Street Band perform "Born To Add."
 	Cartoon 	Nineteen kernels of popcorn pop.
 	Insert 	Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus have trouble taking a picture of themselves, until Gordon takes it for them.
 	Film 	Alphaquest: FA faucet finishes a fire, and flood of freaky fish.
 	Cartoon 	A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes.
 	Muppets 	"African Alphabet Song"
 	Cartoon 	Boy and the UP balloons
 	Insert 	Wanda the Word Fairy demonstrates the word TELEPHONE, but is unable to remove the word from the telephone booths. (ending edited)
 	Animation	Lollipop and feathers - what goes where?
 	SCENE 4 	Just for Telly, Oscar removes his phone line from the wall, preventing any further calls. As the story continues, Worry-a-lot sets out to find the Holey Pail. He returns instead with the Scrunched-Up Pail and the Missing Handle Pail, neither of which match King Oscar's picture. He ventures out once more and finds the Holey Pail! Instead of knighting him, King Oscar instead hides it for Worry-a-lot to find again. This happens several times over until Telly, fed-up with the repetitive story, leaves until something else happens.
 	Animation	Red and yellow dots play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
 	Film 	Fay Ray's head moves across the floor from left to right.
 	Cast 	Carnival barker Mike runs a ball-throwing booth. Maria and Travis decide to try winning a prize by knocking down all the bottles. She tries twice, and knocks some of them down, then she lets Travis try his luck. He not only knocks all the bottles down, but the stand as well! For a prize, he wants the ball, which he obtains by way of reverse footage.
 	Film 	Fay Ray's head moves across the floor from right to left.
 	SCENE 5 	The cycle ends and finally King Oscar inducts Worry-a-lot into the Knights of the Broken Table. The ceremony ends with the singing of the Grouchelot national anthem. With the story over, Oscar tells all the Grouchketeers to scram. He then (begrudgingly) announces the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 24