Episode 3751

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Elmo and Rosita greet the viewer, and reveal that they're going to play with Oscar today. Oscar denies them the chance to do so, even when they offer to play a grouchy game with him. Gordon intervenes and tells them that Grouches usually like to be left alone. That's exactly what Oscar wants as he's trying to write a story for a contest held by True Grouch Magazine; the prize is a dump truck full of trash, and the judge will arrive to listen to his story. Knowing this, Elmo and Rosita decide to help Oscar and run off to think of a way to do so.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Somebody Come and Play."Snow leopards version
 	Cartoon 	A girl talks about her skin. Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	A Caucasian boy narrates a film of himself hanging out with his African American friend Jamal.
 	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
 	Muppets 	
 	Celebrity 	Ray Charles sings the Alphabet Song, and various celebrities join in, including Michael Jeter, Patrick Stewart, Tony Bennett, Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop, Harry Belafonte, Grover, David Robinson, and Ellen DeGeneres.
 	Cartoon 	A boy demonstrates why his dog's name is Happy.
 	SCENE 2 	Elmo and Rosita pitch an idea for the beginning of Oscar's story, which involves a happy princess. Oscar is sickened and reminds them he is a Grouch, so their story is no good. The monsters agree, and go off to think of another way to help him.
 	Cartoon 	"Beginning, Middle, End"Artist: Sally Cruikshank
 	Animation 	A girl reads a book, a magazine, a newspaper, and a letter.
 	Muppets 	Mr. Johnson wants something to read, so Flight Attendant Grover suggests reading the EXIT sign, the safety manual and the tag on the collar of his shirt. After he informs Mr. Johnson that the airplane is out of newspapers and magazines, he sets the fat blue man on his lap and tells him to read his lips as he recites a story.
 	Film 	Alphaquest: HHeading over the hills in a helicopter to a hippo's house.
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs form the letter H.
 	Cartoon 	A man thinks of H words while sitting on a horse.Artist: Cliff Roberts
 	SCENE 3 	Elmo and Rosita have recruited some Grouchketeers (including Telly and Lexine) to help him write a grouchy story. Lexine and the others suggest a story idea about some old sneakers that get muddy and run over. Oscar sort of likes it, but he wants to work on one himself so he says the only way to help him is to go away.
 	Cartoon 	Gordon narrates "The Maestro Plays," a story featuring adverbs.
 	Film 	Three girls clap rhythms while naming vegetables.
 	Cartoon 	A man makes a CASA for both him and his dog, who then makes a CASA for a bird.
 	Muppets 	Big Bird's Video PostcardsBig Bird visits a Puerto Rican casita in East Harlem. He tries to find out what people do there, but everyone is too busy raising chickens, planting tomatoes, cooking and planning music to answer.
 	Cartoon 	A pencil tries to write the word DANCE.
 	SCENE 4 	Elmo and Rosita haven't heard from Oscar for a while and ask him if he's sick, then ask him if he's almost finished. They soon learn that he hasn't even started writing because of all the interruptions that he's had today. Thus, they finally decide to leave.
 	SCENE 4cont'd	Once they're gone, Gordon and Susan come home from grocery shopping, and Gordon decides to check on Oscar's progress. When he asks Oscar if he's finished, Oscar has become so irritated that he (literally) blows off some steam.
 	Cartoon 	A man chases a runaway "no." (new music added)
 	Song 	Gina and Maria sing "The Word is "No"."
 	Cartoon 	Anansi the Spider tells a story of how he helped the monkey and the baboon reach a compromise.
 	Film 	A boy who lives in the Congo (in Africa) narrates a film of the kinds of games he and his peers play.
 	Animation 	Counting 10 shells
 	Cartoon 	"A Number 10 from Tennessee"Artist: Gene Barretta
 	Animation 	Clown Honking #10
 	SCENE 5 	The Count encounters Elmo and Rosita, waiting for Oscar to finish his story. The Count is intrigued and decides to find out how many pages Oscar has written so far. It's not one, not two, nor twenty pages, but still zero (Count: "That is a very short story."). The Count tells Oscar he should stop wasting his time and get back to writing.
 	Cartoon 	Are you the monster that ate the television?
 	Muppets 	Spaceship Surprise: The Next GenerationThe crew lands on Planet H. They are greeted by Hopalong Hamster, and see Happy Harry the Hopping Haystack and hula dancing hens.
 	Cartoon 	Soul H!
 	Animation 	The letter H appears in words on buildings.
 	Film 	What sound does a duck make?
 	Cartoon 	Sarah Wenkel reads a poem about a bug.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 6 	Elmo, Rosita, Susan, and Gordon witness as the judge from True Grouch Magazine (Jerry Nelson) arrives to hear Oscar's grouchy story. Oscar still doesn't have one yet, but after he pleads his case with all he's been through today, the judge decides that Oscar's explanation is grouchy enough to qualify for the magazine, so he wins the contest! The Count announces the sponsors, and Elmo and Rosita feel proud that they got to help Oscar anyway.
 	SCENE 6cont'd	"And Slimey's spaceship is still on its way back to Sesame Street!"
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Telly, hiding from Big Bird, hopes that the Fix-It Shop will be open again soon, because he accidentally broke Big Bird's toy car, and he doesn't want Big Bird to find out.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 29