Episode 1984

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar shows the Grouchketeers a Grouch's favorite word: "No." He teaches them how to say "no" whenever someone asks any question. When Luis invites them to Hooper's Store for some ice cream and apple pie, they say "Yes!" instead and follow him, leaving Oscar behind. "Where did I go wrong?" Oscar frets.
 	Cartoon 	"Have you seen my NO?"
 	Song 	David sings "Who You Looking At, Tiger?"
 	Muppets 	Sesame Street pageants: Prairie Dawn directs the cast in a pageant about the face. Ernie talks about eyes, Cookie Monster talks about the mouth, Bert and Grover talk about ears, and Herry Monster talks about the nose. At the end of the pageant, they assemble a picture of a face.
 	Cartoon 	Sign Sounds: A man rearranges a LIMK sign to make the word "MILK."
 	Film 	Pizza is made.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter: D - Daisy
 	Insert 	Big Bird sings "I Say Banana" with R2-D2.
 	Cartoon 	8 cowsArtist: Owe Gustafson
 	Film 	Mad Painter #8
 	Muppets 	Grover's Health Minute: Kermit the Frog and Grover talk about teeth. Grover notices that Kermit does not have any teeth at all, so he puts a pair of teeth in Kermit's mouth. Grover says to see a "tooth checker," to eat crunchy things like bananas and to clean teeth with a "tooth comb."
 	Song 	"Summer Song" - A singer describes what happens in the summertime.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: F for Fly
 	Muppets 	Snow White accidentally visits the cottage of the six dwarves.
 	Film 	Joe Raposo: Wet & Dry (Falls in pool; kid VO's)
 	SCENE 2 	Gordon and Susan receive a card congratulating them on their 14th wedding anniversary. They explain to Big Bird what an anniversary means, and recall the day they got married...
 	SCENE 2 cont'd	In a flashback, we see Gordon and Susan's wedding held in the yard (Susan refers to it as "the arbor"). Among those present are Maria, Mr. Macintosh, Willy, Biff (who weeps through the ceremony), and Oscar (constantly heckling the proceedings), with Sully supplying organ music. Gordon and Susan exchange their vows and kiss, and everybody celebrates the happy occasion - except for Oscar. ("I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it!")
 	SCENE 2 cont'd	In the present, Big Bird asks if Gordon and Susan still need permission from a justice of the peace in order to kiss. The couple proves that's not the case.
 	Cartoon 	Crayon Animation Letter D
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper approaches a man and says, "Knock, knock!" The man asks, "Who's there?". Harvey says, "Dion." The man asks, "Dion who?" Then Harvey slaps a letter D on the man's chest and says, "D on you!"
 	Film 	A group of kids pick apples in an orchard, and take them into the cider mill to make apple cider.
 	Animation 	"The King of Eight"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	I am dry, he is wet. (dog washing)Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	Insert 	Buster and Fred, dressed as cows, approach Olivia, asking if she knows where Gladys the Cow is. They're helping with a song of hers and the lack of local cows forces them to play some. Gladys arrives and Olivia questions Gladys' loyalty to her species, due to the fact that she's always pretending to be other animals. Gladys is surprised and tells her she is proud, which is the subject of her song. The animals set up by some boxes and Gladys performs "I'm Proud to Be a Cow." Afterward, Olivia is speechless.
 	Cartoon 	The Sesame Street Vaudeville Theater presents "Near and Far," two performers, one of which is always near and the other is far. When the two switch places so "Far" can be more recognized, the act becomes "Wet and Dry" and "Far" gets doused with water.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Small b is a boy with a belly who walks a small d, a dog with a belly turned around.Paul Fierlinger
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar finds the shoes and cans he tied to the back of Gordon and Susan's car after their wedding. He starts thinking it's about time he and Grundgetta consider getting hitched. They debate as to whether they'd even want to, as Grundgetta begins to imagine what such a wedding would be like...
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	Grundgetta imagines their wedding taking place at the city dump, where their neighbors jeer from the crowd. Gordon this time fills the function Biff did, getting sentimental and sobbing throughout. The Grouch justice of the peace reminds them of what a Grouch marriage entails and has them secure their vows. Instead of kissing, the couple gets to argue as the crowd bombards them with trash.
 	SCENE 3 cont'd	Oscar thinks getting wed would be a good idea (especially because they'd get to keep the trash they're pelted with), and the two begin to argue about getting married again.
 	Cartoon 	Vaudeville duo Herman Happy and Stanley Sad sing a song about how they live up to their names.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Trying and Trying Again."
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster blows bubbles.
 	Cartoon 	Fleas have fun in fur!Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	A clown (Dennis Allen) takes off his make-up. Which face do you like better?
 	Cartoon 	Kids see animals in their alphabet soup.Artist: Michael Sporn
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "There's a Bird On Me."
 	SCENE 4 	Maria comes across the Grouches, still arguing about marriage. However, neither of them can state which one actually wants to go through with it. They argue some more as Susan announces the sponsors.
==Notes==
* This is the only episode where the number matches the year it aired in.
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 1984
 1984
Category:Marriage
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 16