Episode 1152

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Oscar has applied a new sign to his trash can reading: "Grouch Area - No Singing, Laughing, Playing, Dancing or Fun Allowed." After showing it to the viewer, he goes back inside to retrieve his bullhorn so he can call everyone over to see his new rule. In the process, he slams his can shut which causes the "NO" to fall off the sign. When he comes back out, he calls David, Bob, Linda, Timi, and the kids over so they can read the sign and goes back into his can. The others immediately obey the sign and start doing all the things the sign was supposed to forbid in the yard.
 	SCENE 1 cont'd	Bob comes across the loose “NO” on the ground when Oscar comes back out having heard all the noise. He asks if they’re all going to stop everything, and Bob responds by simply giving him back the “NO.”
 	Cartoon 	A trainer announces that his talking dog will say YES, but he says NO instead.Artist: Derek Lamb
 	Film 	A gorilla chases a woman, who registers her protest by shouting "No." She triumphantly drags the gorilla off.
 	Cartoon 	A man displays the capital and lowercase A, and explains what an alligator is.
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 1Grover and a group of monsters, including Herry Monster, Fenwick and Billy, get into a rowboat. The monsters all gather at one end, causing the boat to tip over and sink.
 	Cartoon 	A girl draws an A, for apple.
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 2The monsters gather on the other end of the boat, and it sinks again.
 	Cartoon 	An orchestra conductor asks "May I have an A, please?" at which point a giant letter A falls from the sky.
 	Muppets 	Grover's rowboat - part 3The monsters finally spread out over the boat evenly, and row away.
 	Film 	A dirty car gets cleaned at the car wash.
 	Cartoon 	Speech Balloon: A for Ape
 	SCENE 2 	Linda and Timi are having dinner together tonight. Timi agrees to go get the chicken while Linda heads to Hooper's Store for two boxes of lemon Jell-O for dessert. Linda has trouble communicating this to David, but he eventually gets it. He asks her to teach him the sign so this situation won't happen again before she leaves.
 	SCENE 2 cont'd	As David practices the sign for lemon Jell-O, Bob enters the store and becomes perplexed when David tells him how important the sign he just learned is, joking that it could save his life.
 	Film 	Shopping for soup ingredients.
 	Cartoon 	A flea sets up camp on a dog.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	Celebrity 	The Fonz has a message - "A."(This initial airing does not have a letter A graphic, so the Fonz ends up pointing at nothing as he says his trademark phrase.)
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 	Cartoon 	Can a cat bark?
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar has devised a "Grouch Test" to scout some local Grouch talent. He ropes Linda and Timi into taking it, and asks Linda a series of questions about things Grouches like, all to which Linda responds "no." Oscar deems her an honorary Grouch - not because she likes grouchy things, but because of how often she said "no." Linda responds by grabbing and shaking Oscar, who claims she's beautiful when she's angry... which results in Linda shoving him back into his can.
 	Cartoon 	R is for Rooster, Robber, and Rake... Artist: Fred Calvert
 	Song 	Joe Raposo asks the musical question, "Which Comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?"
 	Animation 	New Ball in Town: Three striped balls encounter a polka-dotted ball.
 	Film 	Nine Song (Song of Nine)
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 	Cartoon 	A woman fixes her car by putting a letter r under the hood, and it goes "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
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 	Cartoon 	The story of an old woman who lived in a nine.Artist: Bud Luckey
 	Insert 	Luis sings "Fun to Wonder."
 	Cartoon 	Three frogs show first, middle and last while hopping over each other.
 	Film 	Footage of a rattlesnake
 	Cartoon 	Rumba pencils (first, last, Crazy Melvin)
 	Muppets 	Grover the Assistant: Grover volunteers to assist the Amazing Mumford in his suspension act. Grover will get on top of a platform, and Mumford will pull the pillar off from underneath, and the platform will not fall. The trick works, so Grover decides to try it himself, with Herry Monster as his assistant. Grover can't pull it off, and Herry falls.
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar offers a challenge to David, Linda and Bob - if they can repeat a simple sentence, he'll go back into his can for the rest of the day and not bother them. If not, they have to stay away from him for the rest of the day. The one catch is that they must repeat the sentence, a Grouch tongue twister, with a mouthful of three soda crackers. Everyone (literally) blows it except for Linda, who signs the sentence.
 	Muppets 	Cookie Monster goes to the bakery for a special birthday cookie. The baker lists all the ingredients of the cookie, as Cookie visualizes it. The visualized image looks so delicious that he eats it.
 	Cartoon 	"Four Seasons"
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 	SCENE 5 	Linda and Timi teach Bob, the kids, and the viewer the signs for "walk," "hop," and "fly." They then name some animals, and the kids have to use the signs to describe how they typically move. As they continue signing, David announces the sponsors.
 	CLOSING SIGNS 	Susan holds the Sesame Street sign, while Gordon holds the CTW sign.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 9