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| Oscar moves to Candy Cane Lane | |||||||
| Air date | January 15, 1987 | ||||||
| Season | Season 18 (1986-1987) | ||||||
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SCENE 1 | The smell from Oscar's barbecue grill and the sound from his smoke alarm bother Maria, Luis, and Susan, and wake up Miles. Oscar, claiming they don't appreciate him, finds a classified ad for a trash can on a new street, Candy Cane Lane, and decides to move there that very day. "And you'll miss me, too! But it'll be too late." |
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Cartoon | Gordon's Voiceover 'T/t': Two caterpillars form T and t. |
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Song | Olivia sings "The Riddle." (EKA: Episode 2223) This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Cartoon | Snacks on Parade - The Raisin Bruce Cayard |
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Muppets | Game Show: Say The Word (EKA: Episode 1836) |
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Cartoon | Stop! (Moving Colored STOP signs in fast-motion) (EKA: Episode 1257) |
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SCENE 2 | As Oscar watches, Telly talks to Maria, trying to decide whether to go to Candy Cane Lane with Oscar. Oscar tells him that he should stay behind—for his own good, since Telly's company would annoy him, and he knows how bad Telly would feel if he annoyed his best friend. Telly is touched that Oscar's thinking of him. |
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Film | Elephants (African percussion soundtrack) (EKA: Episode 0185) |
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Cartoon | Q-quiet! (tree chopping) (EKA: Episode 0871) |
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Celebrity | Helen Reddy sings "Wonder Child." (EKA: Episode 1065) |
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SCENE 3 | Telly and the Grouchketeers are sad that Oscar is leaving. As Oscar starts up the Sloppy Jalopy, Telly asks Oscar to do the "cookie can trick" one last time. Elmo tries to stop him from leaving by using his own STOP sign, but Oscar drives off. |
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Cartoon | A blue man (voiced by Casey Kasem) explains that “Q” starts the word “quarter.” (First: Episode 0054) |
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Muppets | Bert sings "I Wish I Had a Friend to Play with Me" (EKA: Episode 2122) |
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Film | Over (silent film) (EKA: Episode 1451) This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Cast | Charlie Chaplin (Maria) falls in love with a painting at the art museum. |
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Cartoon | Man counts all forty stars at night. |
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SCENE 4 | Maria, Luis, and Susan miss Oscar. Telly, who plans to bring Oscar his mail, asks for their help finding Oscar's new addresss. |
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SCENE 4, cont'd | Oscar is at Candy Cane Lane. He pulls some of his tricks on passersby, but they refuse to act annoyed. |
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Cartoon | Actor demonstrates anger towards casting director - literally! (EKA: Episode 2061) This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Film | Raposo: Stop! (kids dancing) (EKA: Episode 1031) |
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Muppets | "The Question Song" (EKA: Episode 0404) |
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Cartoon | Ants Carry the Letter Q Up Hill (EKA: Episode 0851) |
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Muppets | A family of Anything Muppets arranges themselves in different ways. (EKA: Episode 0293) |
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Cartoon | Drawing of man playing guitar (EKA: Episode 0822) |
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SCENE 5 | Nobody pays attention to Oscar, and he begins to miss everyone on Sesame Street. Maria, Luis, Susan, and Telly visit to give him letters and trash, and they see he's clearly ashamed to admit to his mistake. Telly tearfully begs Oscar to return to Sesame Street, saying how much he and everyone else misses him. Oscar decides to move back to Sesame Street—just for Telly's sake. |
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Cartoon | Typewriter Guy - T, train (EKA: Episode 1046) This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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Film | Kids go roller-skating in a playground as ragtime music plays. This segment was cut from the Noggin version. |
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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. (EKA: Episode 0745) |
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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 |
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Muppets | Kids narrate as Snuffy takes a walk in the park and Barkley follows him. |
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Cartoon | Jazz Alphabet (EKA: Episode 0666) |
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Muppets | Kermit & Two-Headed Monster on listening (EKA: Episode 1933) |
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Cartoon | How many legs does a horse have? |
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Film | Marching Band #4 (EKA: Episode 2244) |
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SCENE 6 | Oscar is back on Sesame Street, and with the Grouchketeers' help, is as noisy as ever. Luis announces the sponsors. |
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