Episode 2223

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	SCENE 1 	Amelia Adams (Teri Garr) applies to attend Oscar's New School for Grouch Research. Two Anything Muppets called Luther O'Possum and Essie Silverman arrive late, but Oscar says it's just perfect for his grouch school. Amelia's first lesson is that a grouch never says "goody".
 	Cartoon 	Violin and piano music plays over two inchworms who form an uppercase and lower case letter T.
 	Muppets 	Grover, Kimberly, and Kermit demonstrate first and last.
 	Song 	Joe Raposo sings "Everybody Sleeps."
 	Cartoon 	A poem about changing seasons.
 	Muppets 	A series of trailers for school-related dramas are shown on WCTW's "School in the Afternoon" block.
 	Cartoon 	A flea sets up camp on a dog.Artist: Bruce Cayard
 	SCENE 2 	Oscar asks his students what a grouch would say if a neighbor stopped by their trash can. None of them get it right, so Oscar demonstrates... you'd yell, "GET LOST!"
 	Muppets 	Grover climbs a tree and finds a bird's nest with some eggs in it. The eggs hatch, and the baby birds think Grover is their mommy. When the real mother bird arrives, she mistakes Grover for one of her babies. She gives them all a flying lesson, but Grover promptly falls to the ground.
 	Cartoon 	A little boy asks his big brother questions about what happens at school.Artist: John Korty
 	Film 	1-20 Ice SkatersMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Animation 	Draw a line from the dog to the bowl and underline the hen.
center 	Muppets 	On a boring day, Ernie suggests some ideas to Bert, but then Bert has an exciting idea of his own. He shows off his bottlecap collection to Ernie, who remembers that he found a Figgy Fizz bottle cap -- the very one that Bert needed to complete his collection.
 	Cartoon 	Footprints move over to the tune of "Here Are Some Things".
 	SCENE 3 	Oscar shows his class how to make broccoli with sardines and hot fudge.
 	Cartoon 	A man finds and eats five apples, counting the number left after each one.
 	Song 	"School Song"
 	Muppets / Cast 	Professor David lectures his class on trees. He says they are only good for looking at and leaning against, but they mention other uses for them.
 	Cartoon 	T is for Trash and TicketArtist: Cliff Roberts
center 	Muppets 	Guy Smiley hosts "Beat the Time". In order to win a cookie, Cookie Monster has to bring in three things that rhyme with the word "rain" before the hand goes around the clock. They turn out to be an old man's "cane", a "chain" (to which Frazzle is attached), and finally a "train" which destroys the set.
 	Animation 	First leaf, last leaf
 	SCENE 4 	Oscar teaches the students how to say "Blecch." Amelia has trouble, however.
 	Cartoon 	A little girl sings "There Is Only One Me."
 	Muppets 	"Daddy Helps with the Dishes" - three families sing about how they help each other doing chores, cooking and homework.
 	Cartoon 	Three turtles present the letter T.
 	Film / Animation	Oranges are peeled and sliced in stop-motion, and some kids eat them.
 	Muppets 	Kermit the Frog counts six happy little Twiddlebugs, and when he is finished, the Twiddlebugs have a party.
 	Cartoon 	Vaudeville duo Herman Happy and Stanley Sad sing a song about how they live up to their names.
 	SCENE 5 	Oscar teaches the New School for Grouch Research students how to throw a Grouch party. Amelia prepares a meal, but Oscar instructs the students that the operative word is "throw."
 	Cartoon 	M for Mail
 	Muppets 	A group of female Anything Muppets sing about the many things "Women Can Be."
 	Film 	PeacockMusic: Joe Raposo
 	Insert 	The Alphabet Dancers form the letter T.
 	Cartoon 	A boy has fun with his wood plank.
 	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 	Olivia sings "The Riddle."
 	Cartoon 	When a bird pops a balloon, the balls represent Sad and Happy.
 	SCENE 6 	Oscar presides over graduation at the New School for Grouch Research. Amelia does not make the cut but when Oscar calls her the worst student he's ever had, she defiantly explains how proud she is for having tried hard. She even declares herself Oscar's best student, to Luther and Essie's cheers.
She then says she's leaving to start her own "alternative" school: Amelia's New School for How to Try Hard. She takes Luther, Essie and the Grouchketeers with her, leaving Oscar dumbfounded. Amelia announces the sponsors, throwing in an extra "Goody!" at Oscar.
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