Episode 2969
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| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Grouches protest the letter L |
| Air date | April 7, 1992 |
| Season | Season 23 (1991-1992) |
| Sponsors | L, Q, 6 |
| Syndication | |
| DVD | |
| This guide is for a 50-minute episode shown during a PBS pledge season. |
| Picture | Segment | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | | Telly and Lillian welcome the viewer to Sesame Street, but before they can talk about what begins with the letter of the day, Chicago devours the lettuce and the lima beans they have on the table. It doesn't dawn on them that L is also for lion. |
 | | L for lion |
 | | Joe Raposo sings "Take a Breath." Re-filmed version (EKA: Episode 2784) |
 | | Captain Elmo Cousteau searches for the treasure of the missing soap, with the help of a policeman fishy. |
 | Fireworks Alphabet (EKA: Episode 2293) | |
  | | Telly and Lillian are now prepared to give an L demonstration, when a group of grouches shows up chanting, "Hey hey! Ho ho! The letter L has got to go!" Oscar explains that the letter L starts all kind of yucky words such as lollipop, like and love. Telly and Lillian thank the grouches for doing them a favor, and Lillian points their attention to the upcoming L movie ... |
 | Song: "If You've Lost Your L, Look Around" Artist: Bruce Cayard (EKA: Episode 1845) | |
 | | Joe Raposo sings "Peanut Butter." (EKA: Episode 0720) |
 | | Ernie and Bert: At night, Ernie reads a book that becomes sad, funny, scary, and then surprising. The book elicits the same reactions from Bert. (EKA: Episode 2341) |
 | | Floral patterns are formed to Eastern European music. |
 | | Lillian asks the grouches to talk about the number 6, and Oscar ends up counting all the grouches who won't help them. Lillian thanks Oscar again for helping them, even though he didn't mean to. |
 | | Seis flores (EKA: Episode 1646) |
 | | The Count sings "The Batty Bat". (EKA: Episode 2096) |
 | | Q / q (balloons) |
 | | A baby messes around (literally) with a chocolate cookie, as Cookie Monster (in voice-over) wishes that it was for him. (EKA: Episode 2291) |
 | | A lizard sings about how she likes to be "Above it All" as well as below. Artist: Sally Cruikshank (EKA: Episode 2615) |
 | | Lillian stops at the Fix-it Shop to pick up her radio. She and Luis notice Barkley sleeping, and wonder what he's dreaming about. |
  | cont'd | In Barkley's dream sequence, he sleeps in a field, when he hears some kids calling for him to play frisbee with them. One of the kids throws it high up into the air, and in slow motion, Barkley chases it and catches it in mid-air. He feels so happy as the kids play with him in the grass. |
 | cont'd | Luis and Lillian wake Barkley up, and he feels disappointed that his good dream is over. |
 | | A boy chases a butterfly, and watches the clouds form into different objects. Artist: Irra Verbitsky |
 | | "Llama at Dentist Song" |
 | | Grover is the newest employee of a fast food franchise which serves such delicacies as O'Fish, O'Salad, O'Rye Bread and O'Milk. However, this is a different kind of "fast food" restaurant: the food zips by the customer on trays across the counter, and falls to the floor if it's not caught in time. Mr. Johnson is not ready for this, so he asks if there's any "slow food." There is, but it's served by a turtle who takes longer than Mr. Johnson wants to wait. (EKA: Episode 2822) |
 | | Gloria Estefan sings a special version of "1-2-3" to Big Bird and the Birdketeers. |
 | | Q -- that funny looking thing. (EKA: Episode 0131) |
 | | Maria is dressed for summer weather, while Linda is dressed for the snow. They switch clothes and scenarios. |
 | | "I'm six years old today!" (EKA: Episode 1095) |
 | | Animals fight. Music: Joe Raposo (EKA: Episode 2483) |
 | | Kermit talks about "same" by showing two identical rectangles. Cookie Monster eats one of them, making them different. (First: Episode 0018) |
 | | A hippo who lives in the country, and likes it quiet, is disturbed when a mouse, who likes it loud, moves in. Artist: Jeff Hale |
  | | Chicago sleeps on top of Oscar's trash can, and Oscar and Grungetta try to hide their fear of roaring lions while telling him to scram, but they are the ones who scram. Lillian announces the sponsors. |
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