Episode 2269

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Maria, Luis, and Susan are bothered by the strange smell and blaring smoke alarm coming from Oscar's trash can. Oscar explains that he's having a little backyard barbecue, but the others demand that he end it. Oscar feels insulted: "You know what's wrong with people around here? Nobody appreciates the finer things: noise, rotten smells... bad cooking!" Maria, Luis, and Susan make off-hand comments about sometimes wishing they didn't have a Grouch living on Sesame Street. Outraged by their insensitivity, Oscar gets his copy of the New York Pest and looks through the classifieds, finding a listing for an abandoned trash can on the sweetly-named Candy Cane Lane. He decides to move there that very day. "I'm going, and when I'm gone you'll realize what you've lost. And you'll miss me, too, but it'll be too late, because I'll be living somewhere else!!" he tells the now-concerned group.
 	Cartoon 	Gordon's Voiceover 'T/t': Two caterpillars form T and t.
 	Song 	Olivia sings "The Riddle."
 	Cartoon 	Snacks on Parade - The RaisinArtist: Bruce Cayard
 	Muppets 	Game Show: Say The Word
 	Cartoon 	Stop! (Moving Colored STOP signs in fast-motion)
 	SCENE 2 	As Oscar peeks from his can, Telly clutches a small suitcase and talks to Maria trying to decide whether or not to go to Candy Cane Lane with his best friend. ("It's not easy loving people," he moans.) Oscar fakes affection and tells him that he should stay behind for his own good, especially since Telly's company would annoy him. He lays in thick letting Telly know how bad the monster would feel if he were to annoy his best friend and is "only thinking of him": "Yeah, yeah, this is all just for you. That's the ticket, it's for you, Telly!" Telly is touched that Oscar's thinking of him, but Maria clearly sees through to his true motives.
 	Film 	Elephants (African percussion soundtrack)
 	Cartoon 	Q-quiet! (tree chopping)
 	Celebrity 	Helen Reddy sings "Wonder Child."
 	SCENE 3 	Maria and the Grouchketeers console a sobbing Telly. As Oscar starts up the Sloppy Jalopy to leave, Telly asks Oscar to do the old "cookie can trick" one last time. Oscar looks forward to playing the same trick on the people of Candy Cane Lane, knowing the new crowd will get angry at his tricks. Elmo tries a last ditch effort to stop him from leaving by using his own STOP sign and passionately begging Oscar not to go. Oscar is untouched and casually brushes him off, while Elmo quickly recovers and moves on. Oscar drives off to his new home as Fluffy waves from the backseat. Once they have left, Maria is confused as to why she feels so sad. Telly confirms it's because he just lost his best friend, and gives her a hug.
 	Cartoon 	A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that “Q” starts the word “quarter.”
 	Muppets 	Ernie doesn't want to play with Bert, who sings "I Wish I Had a Friend to Play With Me".
 	Film 	Old Time Movies: Anne Meara observes wondering if the dashing hero will go over or under.
 	Cast 	Maria as Chaplin falls in love with a painting (Linda) at the art museum.
 	Cartoon 	Man counts all forty stars at night.
 	SCENE 4 	Maria, Luis, and Susan visit Oscar's old can, disappointed to see how empty and deserted it is. Telly, who plans to bring Oscar his mail, asks for their help finding Oscar's new address, and the group decides to see how he's doing at his new place.
 	SCENE 4, cont'd	Oscar is situated at Candy Cane Lane. His new trash can is much nicer than the previous one, but he looks forward to upsetting his new neighbors. He tries to pull some of his tricks on passersby, but they don't pay any attention. A well-dressed couple meet him, but when he tries his cookie can trick and having his pet whale Moby Jane squirt water at them, they keep a straight face and remain unfazed, aware of what a Grouch can do.
 	Cartoon 	Actor demonstrates anger towards casting director - literally!
 	Film 	Stop! (kids dancing)Music: Joe Raposo
 	Muppets 	"The Question Song"
 	Cartoon 	Ants Carry the Letter Q Up Hill
 	Muppets 	A family of Anything Muppets arranges themselves in different ways.
 	Cartoon 	Drawing of man playing guitar
 	SCENE 5 	Everyone passing by on Candy Cane Lane pay no attention to Oscar, and he begins to miss everyone on Sesame Street. He briefly tries to pretend he's back there, and imagines playing the cookie trick on Susan. He realizes just how lonely he feels when Maria, Luis, and Susan visit to give him some trash, seeing he's clearly ashamed to admit to his mistake. Oscar confides in Maria his dilemma when Telly arrives and tearfully begs Oscar to return to Sesame Street, saying how much he and everyone else misses him. Oscar finds his opportunity and decides to move back to Sesame Street, claiming it's just for Telly's sake. For a grand exit, he gets his whale to squirt Maria in the face, and basks in his old friends chewing him out, saying, "Heaven! It's Sesame Street again!"
 	Cartoon 	The Typewriter has an electric train.
 	Film 	Kids go roller-skating in a playground as ragtime music plays.
 	Muppets 	The Count's bats are upset; he always gets to count, but the bats don't. The Count decides to let the bats count all of the Counts, while the Count counts all the bats... but there's only one Count.
 	Cartoon 	A beaver does his exercises, while his friends make fun of him. He then uses his strength to save his friends when the dam breaks.Artist: Irra Verbitsky
 	Muppets 	Kids narrate as Snuffy takes a walk in the park and Barkley follows him.
 	Cartoon 	Jazz Alphabet: male vocalists shout each letter.
 	Muppets 	Kermit & Two-Headed Monster on listening
 	Cartoon 	How many legs does a horse have?
 	Film 	Marching Band #4
 	SCENE 6 	Back on Sesame Street, Oscar conducts a music lesson with Telly, the other Grouchketeers, and Fluffy. He puts on an album of Fats Alpert and the Tijuana Tom-Toms for them to play along to, and soon all the neighbors are complaining about the noise as usual. Oscar is satisfied: "I've searched the whole world over, and found grouchiness here in my own backyard!" Luis announces the sponsors.
==Guest cast==
*Anita Gillette as Well Dressed Woman
*Thomas Barbour as Well Dressed Man
*Alvin Alexis as Candy Cane Lane Passerby
*Candy Cane Lane Extras: Bryant Young and Michael Elizabeth Huston
*Grouchketeers/The Kids: Laura Kelmanovich, Joseph Kelmanovich, Tala Nazareno, J. D. St. Bernard
*Other Kids: Daniel Kelmanovich, Renaldo Smith
==Notes==
*Oscar's new street of residence is called Easy Street in the script.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 18