Episode 3459

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.
 	Animation 	A girl reads a book, a magazine, a newspaper, and a letter.
 	Muppets 	“ABC Disco”
 	Cartoon 	A monster named Doug has trouble getting to sleep at night, until the teeth in his dream remind him to brush his own.
 	Film 	A girl's grandmother teaches Spanish to her parrot Kuka.
 	Cartoon 	A baby bird falls from a tree. A boy puts him back, and in return, the mother bird saves the boy from embarrassment.
 	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" (new sound effects added)Artist: Sally Cruikshank
 	Film 	Kids in Jamaica play bongo drums.
 	Muppets / Celebrity	Tony Danza and Big Bird play tennis without a ball, and count twenty hits, while Kevin Clash announces.
 	Film 	A judo class does 20 jumping jacks.
 	Cartoon 	A mouth whistles Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
 	Cast 	Savion sings the “Rhyming Tap Rap."
 	Cartoon 	Name That Food (“Will You Eat It?”)
 	Film 	The sign flashes WALK and DON’T WALK as kids read the indications out loud, and people wait and cross the street in fast-motion.
 	Cartoon 	Animals walk.
 	Muppets 	Snuffy sings “Bubble on My Snuffle.”
 	Animation 	Amelia likes to pretend she can fly.
 	Cartoon 	Norris Walnut recites a poem about clouds. (new music and sound effects added)Artist: ArtistMike
 	Song 	Leon Redbone sings “Blueberry Mouth.”
 	Cartoon 	A spider refuses to give up spinning a web, no matter how badly injured he becomes.
 	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 	Mi kat iz ... gone
 	Muppets 	The Squirrelles sing “Nuts About Nuts.”
 	Film 	Wegman's dogs form the letter H.
 	Animation 	Planet H/h
 	Film 	The floating kids form H.
 	Cartoon 	Anansi the Spider tells a story of how he helped the monkey and the baboon reach a compromise. (new sound effects added)
 	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 mad scientist invents the capital letter H.
 	Muppets 	Alphabet Chat: H
 	Cartoon 	H is for horseshoe.
 	Song 	"I'm in Great Shape": Kids dance with triangles, circles and squares.
 	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.
 	Animation 	Counting 10 shells.
 	Muppets 	Kermit and Tracy count to 10.
 	Cartoon 	Pinball #10Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film / Animation 	Oranges are peeled and sliced in stop motion, and some kids eat them. (new audio)
 	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.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Bob promotes Oscar's newsstand with a song, attracting some Grouch customers.
==Notes==
*The episode was later re-aired in Season 29 as Episode 3751.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27