Episode 2868

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar is disgusted by the bouquet of flowers Mike has gotten for Gina. He claims if he ever gave those to Grundgetta, she'd never speak to him again. Gina is happy to receive them and invites herself on Mike's jog. They leave the flowers with Oscar while they run. Grundgetta comes over at that very moment and, upon seeing the flowers, bids a grouchy goodbye to Oscar.
 	Cartoon 	The Four Squares sing "It's Hip to Be a Square."Artists: Vincent Cafarelli & Candy Kugel
 	Cast 	Maria and Linda sew quilts with a Q on them.
 	Film 	A girl narrates a film of herself taking care of her horse, Strawberry.
 	Cartoon 	Q for QuarterArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Muppets 	Ernie tries to keep his cookies safe from Cookie Monster by tricking him into eating a carrot instead.
 	Animation 	Number creatures #14
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar has told Mike and Gina about what happened and they promise to find Grundgetta and explain the circumstances. Once they leave, an announcer (David Rudman) proclaims the arrival of Forgetful Jones, who rides over to the trash can (despite the fact he's forgotten his horse). He intends to help Oscar and the Grouch points out how he's done so - he was sad before, but Forgetful's presence has made him mad instead.
 	Cartoon 	A boy narrates a poem about how he met Eleanor, the monster under his bed.Artist: ArtistMike
 	Film 	Ducks swim and fly.Music: Chopin's Valse Op. 64, no. 2)
 	Muppets 	Kermit and some Anything Muppets sing "I Wonder 'Bout the World Above."
 	Cartoon 	Gloria Globe pulls a tiger out of her hat, which belongs in India.
center 	Muppets / Celebrity	Linda Ronstadt sings "La Charreada" with Elmo and Parker.
 	Cartoon 	Maria (in voice-over) counts five oranges, which are then eaten by a snake.
 	SCENE 3 	Forgetful returns to further help Oscar. He reports that he ran into Grundgetta, who is sad and misses Oscar. He repeated a memory chant ("rhymes with ouch") to help him remember who to find. A large couch enters - it's Grundgetta the Couch, who is actually looking for Oscar the Couch.
 	Cartoon 	"Sing a Song of Fourteen"
 	Film 	Examples of people and animals going down.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	Bert sings "The Paperclip."
 	Cartoon 	A lost man in the desert asks a stranger for directions to the city. He builds a pretend city out of sand to show what it looks like. As it turns out, the stranger is an alien.
 	Film 	Alphaquest: FA faucet finishes a fire, and flood of freaky fish.
 	SCENE 4 	The Two-Headed Monster pretends to be Sherlock Holmes to help Oscar and Gina find Grundgetta. Oscar gives him a description of Grundgetta, but the monster instead returns with a large, green potted plant. Gina hands the plant to Oscar while she goes to look for more people to help search. In her absence, the Two-Headed Monster returns with Grundgetta, who sees Oscar with the beautiful plant and storms off once more. Mike and Gina spot her racing through the yard and chase after her, with Oscar following behind.
 	Cartoon 	A detective decides to exercise on a slow day, as a crook attempts to get rid of him.
 	Film 	"Visiting Iesha": Olivia sleeps over at Iesha's house, and spend the morning together. Olivia is white and Iesha and her family is black. Next time, Iesha wants to visit Olivia's family.
 	Cartoon 	A flame burns through a capital letter F, ultimately revealing a lowercase letter f.
 	Muppets 	"African Alphabet Song"
 	Cartoon 	The Carrot (censored version)Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 5 	Everyone corners Grundgetta and explains to her what really happened involving the flowers. As everyone speaks their mind, visuals for what they remember appear above them. Grundgetta sees she was mistaken, but she still feels angry; she can't get the image of Oscar holding the beautiful flowers out of her head (literally).
 	Cartoon 	The Bellhop is asked to carry a guest's two small (but heavy) bags to Room 14.
 	Muppets 	On Vacation with Guy SmileyGuy Smiley and his tour guide have difficulty taking pictures of animals in the jungle because of Guy's uncontrollably loud voice. A tiger recognizes him and offers to take a picture of him and some other animals. "Say TREES!"
 	Cartoon 	Different uses of a triangle (Spanish version)
 	Film 	A beekeeper extracts honey from honeycomb.
 	Cartoon 	David reminds a boy to wash his face and brush his teeth before going to bed.
 	Celebrity 	Big Bird attempts to dance ballet with Raven-Symoné. When that doesn't work, she puts on some dance music.
 	Cartoon 	A spring bounces under and over animals.
 	Muppets 	"Body Rhythms" by Little Jerry and the Monotones.
 	Film 	Kids watch a silent movie with a man resting on the train tracks with an oncoming trolley - DANGER!
 	Cartoon 	Everything you need to know about cats.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar now presents Grundgetta with a bouquet of smelly fish, which she appreciates. The two Grouches decide to go for a jog and stick the teens with the fish, who toss it off to each other while Oscar and Grundgetta announce the sponsors.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 22