Episode 1990

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria greets the viewer, taking in her surroundings on Sesame Street, until she notices Jordan with a bag on his feet. Jordan claims that he's waiting to reveal the latest invention from Dr. Nobel Price, who enters clumsily, then reveals his invention: walk stoppers, which look an awful lot like shoelaces. The only difference is that the walk stoppers are tied together, preventing the person wearing them from walking properly.
 	Cartoon 	Today's Secret Drawing: the letter M
 	Film 	SCHOOL: the sign spins around.
 	Muppets 	Professor Grover teaches his students what "school" is, but he instead gets the lesson.
 	Animation 	Slide puzzle - elephant
 	Muppets / Cast	Bob sings "Anybody Can Sing" with the Anything Muppets.
 	Cartoon 	A kid tries to push his toy house through the front door without the door closing.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	The dark-bearded half of the Two-Headed Monster wakes up to argue with itself over whether to go to the zoo or the playground. The two both end up taking naps instead.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Frog Struggle Song."
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster presents 9 elephants.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	SCENE 2 	Maria witnesses Oscar leading the Grouchketeers (and the viewer) in practicing rhythms on their instruments. Oscar deliberately makes Telly play last, and gives him hard rhythms to repeat, but he eventually succeeds.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "What Babies Are Called"
 	Cartoon 	Melvin the Moving Man
 	Muppets 	Herbert Birdsfoot explains what the letters M and W look like with a very uncooperative letter that keeps switching itself. The letter eventually stops switching, and Herb solves the problem by rotating the camera angle, turning the letter upside down.
 	Film 	George the Farmer demonstrates up/down with two ladders.
 	Cast 	Sleeper tries to wake up in the morning. (David as "Sleeper").
 	Cartoon 	Boy and the UP balloons.
 	SCENE 3 	Next, Maria witnesses Oscar lead Telly and the Grouchketeers in another game, which has a poster with different amounts of onions and different numbers. The objective is to draw a line from one group of onions to the correct number in the group. Telly is nervous when Oscar calls on him, but he gets the answers right. Oscar tells the Grouchketeers to never give up as he closes the meeting, and Maria remarks to the viewer, "Even Oscar knows that sometimes Telly needs a little push."
 	Cartoon 	Nine penguins slide down a hill.Artist: Owe Gustafson
 	Film 	"Nine Song (Song of Nine)."
 	Muppets 	Marshal Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse spot a kitty stuck in a tree. Grover tries to find ways to get the kitty down such as shaking the tree trunk. He finally came to the conclusion that to get the kitty down, he would climb up the tree to bring it down. However, Fred has another idea to bring the kitty down by calling the kitty by saying "Kitty" and the kitty comes down. Now that the kitty is down, they now have another problem - how is Grover going to get down?
 	Cartoon 	Before dinnertime, a boy discovers a worm under a rock and some baby birds in their nest.
 	Song 	"Hello, Scale," a film about measuring weight.
 	SCENE 4 	At night, Maria notices Gordon sitting on the steps, dressed up, looking sad. Big Bird comes by and correctly guesses what's going on: Gordon and Susan were going to go dancing tonight, but they're having car trouble. When Susan tries to fix the car, Gordon hands her a greasy wrench and accidentally wipes his shirt and his face with his dirty hand. Just then, Oscar and Grundgetta pass by in the Sloppy Jalopy, on their way to the Grouch Tarnished Silver Ball. Noticing Gordon and Susan's dirty appearance, the Grouches invite them to come along.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: M for magic
 	Muppets 	The Count sings about the ten things most important to him.
 	Film 	A girl catches a lobster.
 	Cartoon 	Me and My MArtist: Bruce Cayard
center 	SCENE 5 	At the Grouchland Ballroom, Gordon and Susan win a T-shaped award for their performance of the "Trashcan Tango."
 	Cartoon 	T for treasure (Jim Thurman VO)
 	Song 	"Water, Wind, and Sun"
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	Car stuck on tar
 	SCENE 6 	Gordon and Susan come home, and invite the Grouches upstairs for a cup of coffee with anchovy paste. Maria watches from her apartment and announces the sponsors. The credits follow.
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 1990
 1990
Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 16