Episode 2937

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar convinces Gordon to let Miles go on a special field trip to the local Grouch grocery store. Gordon can't deny that Miles should experience new places and ways of living, but only allows him to leave if he goes too. Oscar checks his list and rolls out with his cart and bags of trash (which is the accepted currency).
 	Cartoon 	Edgar Turtle sings "Hey Diddle Diddle."Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under.
 	Cast 	Maria and Linda sew quilts with a Q on them.
 	Cartoon 	A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that “Q” starts the word “quarter.”
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog sings "Do-Op Hop".
 	Cartoon 	A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes.
 	SCENE 2 	The trio arrive at a row of trash cans; inside one of them is the Slop and Shop. They lift the lids and instead find the Groucherama bowling alley and Grouch Central Station. They finally find the can with the Slop and Shop, as a customer is shot out from within with his groceries.
 	Animation	Cecille sings "The Game of Make Believe."
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 1Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink.
 	Cartoon 	E for Elephant & Elk, the nominees for best E animal.
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 2The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again.
 	Film 	Children dance to different rhythms from around the world.
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 3The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away.
 	Cartoon 	Jerry Nelson sings "Moonshine."
 	Film 	Kids narrate a film about how Yufka, a Turkish flat-bread, is made.
 	Cartoon 	An alien asks a boy for directions to the baseball diamond.Artist: Bill Davis
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar points out the owners of the store - Mr. and Mrs. Slop (it's a mom-and-pop Slop and Shop). While he and Miles go get some pickle milk, Oscar asks Gordon to get some flyin' fish heads. Gordon approaches the counter, where Mr. Slop tells him to take a number; Gordon receives a 19. Despite nobody else being present, Mr. Slop calls out every number until he reaches 19. When he finally does call Gordon's number, other Grouches appear with the same ticket, which allows them to argue over whose turn it is. Mr. Slop proceeds to toss the fish heads at everyone, clarifying why they're called flying fish heads.
 	Cartoon 	Nineteen kernels of popcorn pop.
center 	Muppets 	A heartbroken groom sings "Don't Walk."
 	Cartoon 	Look both ways before you cross the streetArtist: Ray Favata
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar now needs a box of his favorite cereal, Sardine Crispies ("They go snap, crackle, blech!"). Gordon reaches for the box at the top of the pile, when Mr. Slop objects, as Grouches always pull the bottom of the pile. Gordon reluctantly takes a box from the bottom and the stack remains standing. Mr. Slop knocks them over himself, then starts yelling at Gordon over the mess he's caused and demand he help restack the boxes.
 	Cartoon 	A fat man and a small man demonstrate top and bottom.
 	Muppets 	Jimmy is upset about moving to a new house, but Hoots the Owl shows up and sings "Things Are Always Changin'."
 	Film 	Growing Numbers #19
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster has Tara help him explain the word information by giving him cookies to eat.
 	Cartoon 	Ants carry a huge letter 'Q' uphill.
 	SCENE 5 	Ready to check out, Oscar happily takes his place as last in line, which allows him to wait more and yell at the customers ahead. Another Grouch wants to be last and the two argue. Gordon tries to fix the problem by going ahead of them, so they'll still be last, but then they chew him out for cutting the line.
 	Cartoon 	Beetle Bailey wants to be first in the chow line, but he ends up last.
 	Song 	David sings "I'm Pretty" over a film of fish and other sea creatures.Re-filmed version
 	Muppets 	Here Is Your Life: Carton of Eggs
 	Song 	Ornate E's go easing by to a song.
 	SCENE 6 	Gordon notices that Mr. and Mrs. Slop are cooperating to ring him up and bag the groceries. "Yeah, well, sometimes it's important for Grouches to cooperate... for a higher cause," Oscar replies. The total comes to one and a half bags of trash. Gordon gives them the two bags and they pelt him with crumpled paper (his change). They leave the groceries behind, since they deliver.
 	Cartoon 	Fruta Manzana sings about keeping the place clean by throwing away fruit peels and apple cores.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
center 	Muppets 	The Rhymies go camping, but a bear disrupts their campsite.
 	Cartoon 	The Great Inventors Series: Willy Pinkham, intern at the rubber glove factory, invents the balloon.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Celebrity	Whoopi Goldberg introduces the sound "WH" and then yells, "Whoopi!"
 	Animation	WH words (wheel, which, whiz, where, white, whale)
 	Film 	Fireworks Alphabet
 	SCENE 7 	The Slop and Shop delivery truck zooms in and tosses Oscar's groceries into his can; they land all over the furniture. Oscar is angry - they're supposed to land on the sidewalk! Gordon takes Miles away from any more of Oscar's grocery business as Mr. Slop announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
*Additional performers include Pam Arciero and David Rudman as Grouch customers.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 23