Episode 3411

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Gordon and Susan are in a hurry to catch the train when Gordon stops at the newsstand to pick up a newspaper, only to find that all the newspapers have smelly fish in them. Oscar is the culprit, and reveals that he bought the newsstand so he can yell at subway riders coming from the station and make others late for their trains. Susan believes that since a Grouch now owns the newsstand, all the papers will have fish. Oscar points Gordon to the stack of newspapers that don't have fish... but have plenty of mud.
 	Cartoon 	Blue and pink characters fight for a spot on the subway, until Pink spots an open seat.
 	Muppets 	Count von Count sings "Lambaba" as he counts sheep and other animals that pop into the room.
 	Film / Animation	Lake (time-lapse)
 	Cartoon 	An actor demonstrates anger towards a casting director - literally!
 	Muppets 	"African Alphabet Song"
 	Cartoon 	A man demonstrates what newspapers are made of, and finds an ad for "One slightly used monster."
 	SCENE 2 	Ruthie witnesses Oscar yelling at a customer (Jon Stone in an onscreen cameo), telling him to buy it or beat it. Ruthie tells Oscar that the newsstand isn't like his trash can and shows him how to treat customers properly when one lady (Julianne Buescher) arrives to buy a newspaper. Oscar doesn't care for manners or doing it for the money - he's in it for the grouchy clientele and being true to his grumpy self.
 	Song 	"The First Time" - Children try various activities (riding tricycles, tying shoes, etc.) and progressively improve.
 	Animation 	J / j Gregorian chant
 	Muppets 	
 	Film 	Girls jump rope and sing playground rhymes.
 	Cartoon 	A dog chases a cat around, through, over, and under a doghouse.
 	Song 	"Reach Your Hand Up High"
 	Animation 	Counting 20 shells
 	SCENE 3 	Maria stops by the newsstand and asks for a copy of Fixit Woman Gazette. He gives Maria the special treatment by having his goat Lassie chew the magazine and his muddy pig Spot roll in it. She says she wants a clean magazine, so Oscar has Fluffy spray it with water, getting Maria wet as well.
 	Song 	Sesame Street Creature Feature: Joe Raposo sings "Goats."
 	Animation 	Characters on a quilt form the letter W.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Muppets 	Bert sings the club song for The National Association of W Lovers.
 	Cartoon 	W for witch (new music added)Artist: Jeff Hale
 	Film 	How paper is recycled
 	Cartoon 	A little boy describes a time when he got angry after his toy truck was destroyed by a big kid.Artist: ArtistMike
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar tells some nearby customers that there's no service on the A, B, C, D, E, or F trains when his mom comes flying out of the subway ("Now that's what I call an express!"). Oscar asks her what she's doing there, and she says she had to see personally that Oscar opened the newsstand. After confirming he's doing it to make people angry (for which she says she is very proud of him), Oscar shows her the "closed" sign he made which he then uses to fool a customer (Fran Brill in an onscreen cameo). His scheme backfires when the customer not only buys a newspaper anyway, but takes the sign as well. Oscar feels like a failure, but his mom cheers him up by reading a Grouch story from one of his magazines.
 	Film 	The sign CLOSED spins around.
 	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.
 	Song 	En Vogue sings "Adventure."
 	Cartoon 	Knights use different words for "big."Aritst: Fred Garbers
 	Muppets 	A harried bird visits a tree, who has some open nests available. She doesn't want the big or bigger nests and plants herself in his biggest nest so she can lay her many eggs.
 	Animation 	Number creatures #19
 	Film 	Growing Numbers #19
 	Animation 	Rap #19
 	Film 	Kids practice circus acts and give a performance in a gymnasium.
 	Cartoon 	A man talks about how much he loves his bones.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Celebrity 	Gloria Estefan sings a special version of "1-2-3" to Big Bird and the Birdketeers.
 	Animation 	Ten masked dancers are counted in Spanish.Artist: Karen Aqua
 	Film 	How to say "turtle" in sign language
 	Cartoon 	A bird displays the front and back of a turtle. (new sound effects added)
 	Muppets 	Zoe demonstrates front and back using Wolfgang and a fish.
 	Cartoon 	"Felines"
 	Film 	Alphaquest: W
 	Muppets 	Kermit asks Debo if he knows what a W is.
 	Cartoon 	A family goes over their camping checklist before they leave for the woods.
 	SCENE 5 	Maria warns Luis against shopping at Oscar's newsstand. Luis is surprised to pick up a clean newspaper, but annoyed when he sees it's from yesterday. Oscar's mother then congratulates him on making a customer really angry before leaving. Luis then remembers that he didn't read the paper yesterday and thanks Oscar, who's glad that his mom didn't see that. Gordon announces the sponsors.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming soon on Sesame Street: Baby Bear and Telly wonder how they can be friends if only one of them loves porridge.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27