Episode 2343

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar introduces David to Slimey's new pet stick, Sticky. David believes a stick can't be a pet as it's not even alive. Oscar counters that Slimey likes Sticky, and that's what's important. He claims he can even play fetch. Oscar tosses Sticky away and Barkley comes back with it in his mouth; Oscar claims Sticky "fetched" Barkley.
 	Song 	"Beet Beet, Sugar Beet."
 	Cartoon 	E for Eel
 	Muppets 	The Twiddlebugs get a smoke detector installed in their home by the Twiddlebug Superintendent, but at first don't know what it is, but are pleased that it is working when it is tested. After Tessa figures out what it is and what it's for, smoke comes out of their oven (due to Tessie's stuffed bean being left unattended), and Ernie pours water over it to put out the smoke.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: E for eggA cow hatches a chick, which says "Moo."
 	Film 	A variety of cat-shaped objects walk in front of the screen.
 	Cartoon 	Eleven gumballs minus 4 equals 7.
 	SCENE 2 	At today's Grouchketeer meeting, Oscar tells the club that they will be sorting his trash today into three groups - metal, torn-paper, and sticky/gooey stuff. Telly tries to chime in with something, but Oscar keeps telling him to keep quiet. They sort through Oscar's pile of trash and eventually find a metal paint can with a paper label that's covered in goo. Oscar says it doesn't matter whether it's sorted as metal, paper, or gooey. Oscar realizes now that his trash is now neatly put away, which is what Telly was trying to tell him. Oscar orders the kids to dump all the trash back in his can, forming a proper mess.
 	Cartoon 	A man saws a letter E through the wall.
 	Film 	Two kids watch as a veterinarian fixes a baby robin's wing, then lets it go.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	Simple Simon meets some strange-looking animals, all of whom have their parts switched around.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Elmo enjoys being Super Grover's friend and thinks they're the same. Grover tries to prove they're different.
 	Film 	D is a very useful letter -- there are animals, jobs, and hobbies that begin with D.
 	Film 	With their teacher, kids play clapping and dancing games about the rhythm in their names.
 	Cartoon 	A bird transforms into a plane, a car, a cat, a fish, a submarine, Submarine Man, and back to a bird.
 	Cast 	Olivia sings "Listen to the Wind."
 	Cartoon 	"Five Baby Oysters"
 	Muppets 	The School Game, hosted by Guy Smiley. Three students have to guess what their teacher does and doesn't do for a living.
 	Film 	A film shows parts of a flower.Music: Vivaldi's Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D Major II - Largo
 	Cartoon 	A black cat chases after a white one, until a white lion steps in.Artists: The Hubleys
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Vincent Van Grouch (Danny DeVito), curator of the Museum of Trash, has a look at Oscar the Grouch's pieces of Grouch art, and is always finding reasons why they are not grouchy or rotten enough for the museum.
 	Cartoon 	W for witchArtist: Jeff Hale
center 	Muppets 	Bert wants to sort his paper clips, but he can't concentrate because Ernie is counting fruit. Bert decides to wait until Ernie is done. This proves to be a bad idea: after counting all of the fruit in the bowl, Ernie begins to count all the fruits of which he has zero.
 	Film 	The Mad Painter #6
 	Cast 	"A word from your local chicken" - A nerdy Gordon interprets a chicken's words.
 	Animation 	Three rocks use different methods to get across a lake.Artist: Al Jarnow
center 	Muppets 	A cowboy hears his echo in Spanish for the numbers one to ten.
 	Cartoon 	Big, bigger and biggest elephants (first half only)
 	Film 	Slide puzzle - truck
 	SCENE 3 	Telly paces in a fret. He tells Maria that he's been hanging out with Forgetful Jones and worries he'll soon start becoming so forgetful too that he'll forget how to say the alphabet. He manages to recite it anyhow while trying to describe how he might forget it. Maria points out his success, but he now worries that he won't be able to say it a second time. David announces the sponsors.
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