Episode 3950
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| Sesame Street | |
| Plot | Elmo joins Oscar's grouch band. |
| Air date | February 16, 2001 |
| Season | Season 32 (2001) |
| Sponsors | J, 0 |
| Syndication | PBS Sprout |
| DVD | |
Oscar hopes to bring his "alternative" Grouch band to Mudstock, the Grouch music festival. The drummer, Dusty, quits and Elmo volunteers to take his place. At first, his drumming is too cheerful, and they teach him to drum like a Grouch -- fast, and loud. Then, the group rejects him for being too cute and monster-y, so they dons Elmo some torn-up clothes and adopts a nasty attitude. Now a "true Grouch", the band performs a raucous version of "The Grouch Song".
Segments
- Cartoon: Jazzy alphabet around a city (EKA: Episode 3314)
- Cartoon: A coach gives a pep talk to the number zero. (EKA: Episode 3754)
- Cartoon: A female voiceover sings about the food that keeps being taken away to make 0. (EKA: Episode 3098)
- Cookie Monster plans to eat the number of cookies to correspond with the number of the day, and he's disappointed to find that the number for the day is zero. He ends up eating the numeral 0 instead.
- Film: Kids play "Twinkle Twinkle" on bucket, glass, and a broiler pan.
- Film: Wegman dogs as a orchestra
- Film: A rhythm is made of breaking eggs, door slams, cans dropping, ice, and feet stepping. (EKA: Episode 3854)
- Wish You Were Here: Big Bird conducts a children's mariachi band. (EKA: Episode 3012)
- Cartoon: A dog, a girl and a lizard dance to a bongo beat. (EKA: Episode 2795)
- Ernie sings "I Love My Room".
- Animation: J / j Gregorian chant (EKA: Episode 3712)
- Song: "J, How Jazzy Can You Get?" (EKA: Episode 3408)
- Film: A man in a J costume jumps at the beach. (EKA: Episode 3724)
- Cartoon: A girl's friend tries to guess how many elephants she saw at the zoo today; the answer is zero. (EKA: Episode 3754)
- Zoe and Wolfgang the Seal explain the concept of zero. (EKA: Episode 3480)
- Linda performs a duet with percussionist, Evelyn Glennie. Before Glennie begins, she instructs Linda to join the performance when she's signaled. Linda shows enthusiasm for her participation, but by the end of the piece she has nearly fallen asleep. Glennie alerts her with a tap of the shoulder and Linda closes with one strike of a cymbal. When Linda receives the most praise from the audience, including flowers from a little girl, Glennie leaves the stage in a huff. (First: Episode 3930)
- Cartoon: Different emotions are drawn on a face, until the character grabs the pencil. (EKA: Episode 3717)
- Grover introduces the next segment, which he says will feature a "four-sided whatsis" - when someone backstage tells him it's a square. (EKA: Episode 3928)
- Cartoon: "It's Hip to Be a Square" (EKA: Episode 2615)
- Elmo's World: Music (EKA: Episode 3826)
Notes
- Emily Squires directed this episode.
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