Episode 1810

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Luis brings a bag of trash to Oscar's trash can, and is surprised to see Timi emerge from the can instead. She explains that she and Linda spent the night with Oscar while Linda researches her grouchy role for a play. Luis observes Timi's sour attitude has proven this an effective method.
 	Cartoon 	A kid tries to push his toy house through the front door without the door closing.Artist: Paul Fierlinger
 	Muppets 	Grover sings about his furry little shadow.
 	Cartoon 	Big Daniel Boone looks for a bear.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Film 	A bumble beeMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A young girl's favorite toy is a stick, which she uses for many things, including a magic wand, conductor's baton, and a baseball bat.
 	Muppets 	The Count extinguishes electric candles by counting them with his finger. As he heads up the stairs for bed, he steps on Fatatita. He also tells his wolf Yuba to run and play with his friends.
 	Cartoon 	Brush your teeth, up and down, side to side, round and round.
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar coaches Linda on frowning, then instructs her how to do the old "squirting flower" trick. Timi doesn't think anyone will fall for it when in comes Forgetful Jones. Although he seems like an easy mark, he sniffs the flower on Linda's outfit with no consequence. Timi inspects the flower to see what's wrong and Linda squirts her in the face instead! Oscar is thrilled to see how Linda's grouchiness has progressed.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: U for UP
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A boy needs a letter U to complete the word UP.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Eats."
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #10
 	Muppets 	The Two-Headed Monster shares a pair of headphones.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz #10 (Spanish version)
 	Film 	Building a log cabin
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar teaches the Grouchketeers about the word NO and has Linda teach them how to sign it. When he sees the Grouchketeers sneaking in some smiles, he instructs them to do some grouchy facial exercises.
 	Cartoon 	"Have you seen my NO?"
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara narrates a silent film about an automobile that can be either long or short.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	The long rattlesnake thinks he's better than the short one, until the short one outsmarts him by making him bite his own tail. "Wanna borrow my snakebite kit?"Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin gets their suspenders stuck on a wall while reaching for the door, demonstrating long, longer, and longest.
 	Cartoon 	Cat / fat / hat / sat / rat / bat / scat / splat / flat / patVoice: Daws Butler
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	A film of camels eating.Music: Joe Raposo
 	SCENE 4 	Timi polishes off a decent lunch at Hooper's Store, telling David all about Linda's studies. She claims Linda will even have to eat Grouch food. As she leaves, Linda sneaks by to get something normal to eat from Hooper's. However, David has prepared a Grouch stew for her mixed with such delights as anchovy paste and marshmallow.
 	Cartoon 	B for boats, bouquet, baby, bonnet, etc.
 	Muppets 	Grover asks Little Jerry and the Monotones (who are tired and don't seem to care about what they are doing) to hold up signs with letters that make up the word "walk". When Grover tells them what it spells, they walk over him.
 	Cartoon 	Cars WALK.
 	Muppets 	Grover walks past the letters that spell "walk" and tells the viewers what the word is. The letters then walk over Grover.
 	Cartoon 	A young bespectacled man with an accordion asks how much it costs to cross the bridge. The Bridgekeeper says admission is free, but requires that the young man show him three triangles. Two of them are found in the bridgework, and the man uses the bridgekeeper's staff to draw a third triangle in the dirt. Although the bridgekeeper has his order filled, he asks the man to play a tune on his accordion. This additional request takes the young man by surprise, but he is told to do so for the opportunity to cross the bridge.
 	Celebrity 	Rosey Grier sings "I Used to Be One of the Little Kids".
 	Cartoon 	A real Indian boy tells two boys who are playing Cowboy and Indian that Indians don't say "ugh". The other kids tell him that they heard the expression on TV.
 	SCENE 5 	Grouches and humans gather as Linda, dressed in a mortarboard and gown, graduates from Oscar's lesson. She thanks him with a can of chocolate lima beans, which contains spring-loaded snakes.
 	Cartoon 	The Ringmaster treats us to the balancing feet of ten brown bears.Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	Kids count ten buses as they drive by.Music: Joe Raposo
 	Cartoon 	A large bird munches on rectangle edges, forming the word "BIRD."
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog describes a black rotary dial telephone that is skinny in the middle, has a round base, and a big circle with a lot of little circles, and has cords at the back. Cookie Monster describes the same telephone and adds that it is delicious. He eats the receiver, and it rings inside him.
 	Cartoon 	Typewriter: U for Umbrella
 	Cast 	Olivia sings "Everything Grows."
 	Cartoon 	The letter "k" walks away from the word "walk."
 	Muppets 	Polly Darton sings "Counting One to Five."
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar excitedly watches as Luis and Linda rehearse a scene from her play, Down in the Dumps. David announces the sponsors, and the credits roll.
 	CLOSING SIGNS	Maria holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.
==Notes==
* Grouch performers include Richard Hunt (gray Grouch) and Martin P. Robinson (purple Grouch).
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 14