Oscar the Grouch is annoyed when his friends decide to throw a party for Grouch Appreciation Day. However, after all his complaining, Bruno carries him to Big Bird's nest area, where Oscar hopes to see a party waiting for him, but no one is there. He is sad and disappointed, until his friends appear and surprise him and throw him a banquet party, where Simon Soundman, Two-Headed Monster and Preston Rabbit give speeches and they sing to him.

Segments

• Animation: Cecille sings "Up Down, In Out, Over and Under."
• Film: Fay Ray gets on and off a rug.
• Cartoon: A fan reveals the letter C.
• Cookie Monster and the Fly Girls sing "Healthy Food". (EKA: Episode 2404)
• Cartoon: The Bellhop must take ten terriers for a walk. (EKA: Episode 2624)
• 14 Karat Soul sings "Down Below the Street." (EKA: Episode 2691)
• Cartoon: C for Cat (EKA: Episode 1933)
• Elmo thinks that Whoopi Goldberg's skin is a very pretty brown. Whoopi likes Elmo's soft red fur. Elmo admires Whoopi's bouncy hair, too. Elmo suggests that they trade, but Whoopi says that they can't -- it doesn't come off. But even if she could trade, she wouldn't want to. She likes her skin and her hair, and she wants to keep them. Elmo says that he wants to keep his fur, too.
• Cartoon: Pinball Number Count #10 (EKA: Episode 2494)
• Song: "Somebody Come and Play" (re-filmed version) (EKA: Episode 2639)
• Ernie and Bert explore an Egyptian pyramid. (EKA: Episode 1706)
• Animation: Lillian, big sister
• Cartoon: Gordon's Voiceover 'T/t': Two caterpillars form T and t. (EKA: Episode 2269)
• Film: A blind class goes on a field trip to the park, using their other senses to experience their surroundings. The teacher sings "If You're Happy and You Know It."
• Cartoon: Dinah from South Carolina exchanges letters with her friend Ling Lu in China. (EKA: Episode 2727)
• Monsterpiece Theater: "Gone with the Wind". The household goods and livestock of Tara are being blown away by the wind. Kermit (as Green) and a female frog (Ms. Scarlett) demonstrate subtraction, and are blown away themselves. (EKA: Episode 2455)
• Song: "Elbows and Knees" (EKA: Episode 2641)
• Cartoon: Frank the fish calls Carl and tells him not to leave the water running while brushing his teeth, otherwise the lake will be dry.
• Film: A girl narrates a film of herself taking care of her horse, Strawberry. (EKA: Episode 2687)
• Cartoon: T for treasure (EKA: Episode 2493)