Episode 3963

	Sesame Street
	Rosita becomes a Grouchketeer.
Air date	March 7, 2001
Season	Season 32 (2001)
Sponsors	I, 12

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE 1	Rosita discovers a meeting of the Grouchketeers and gives Oscar a big hug. Rosita wants to join the Grouchketeers, but Oscar says that she can't join unless she proves that she's grouchy enough. He gives her a list of requirements, the first of which is "No Hugging."
	Cartoon	A shy girl wants to join a group bouncing a ball.
	Film	Kids talk about saying hello and making friends.
	Cartoon	Ladybugs' Picnic (EKA: Episode 0416)
File:3963d.jpg	Film	Computer #12
	Cartoon	The Bellhop has to make 12 wake-up calls. (EKA: Episode 3853)
	SCENE 2	Telly finds Rosita having great difficulty with Not Hugging. Sidney offers them cookies, and Gina comes along with her niece Hannah. Rosita struggles with not hugging, and realizes if she can not hug a baby, she can not hug anyone. Next she prepares to "Act Like A Grouch."
	Film	Frog Struggle Song (remake with kids) (EKA: Episode 3864)
File:3963g.jpg	Muppets	"The Thpfft Championship": Babies attempt to "thpfft" 20 times. Baby Natasha wins.
	Cartoon	Pencil box I/i
File:3963i.jpg	Film	In reversed film, I and i candles are unmelted.
	Cartoon	CGI sheep graze out I and i.
	SCENE 3	Rosita, dressed like a grouch, imagines the smell of trash to help her "Act Like A Grouch." Telly coaches her on her "SCRAM."
	Film	A karate team punches out the alphabet.
	Film	Kids talk about how fun it is to dance.
	Muppets	Zoe introduces a film of dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dancing to classical music with kids to show that everyone can dance. (EKA: Episode 3948)
File:Pinball12.jpg	Cartoon	Pinball Number Count #12 (EKA: Episode 1576)
	Film	Ornate 12s fly through the air. (EKA: Episode 3853)
	SCENE 4	Gina needs to help Hannah fall asleep. Bob, Maria and Gordon sing a lullaby, but get a little carried away.
	Cartoon	Babies and doggies pattern: What comes next? Animation by Keith Haring (EKA: Episode 3816)
File:3963n.jpg	Film	A song about flying I/i.
File:3963o.jpg	Cartoon	Chant I/i
	Film	The kids sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
	Cartoon	A man counts 40 stars at night. (EKA: Episode 2269)
	Film	Musical Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood and The Big Bad Wolf sing "One Fine Face". The two then leave to play bingo with Grandma. (EKA: Episode 3949)
File:3963q.jpg	Film	Maria helps assemble a face.
	SCENE 5	After a full day of work, Oscar still says that she isn't grouchy enough. She blows up at him, telling him off -- which impresses Oscar so much that he makes her a Grouchketeer.
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Bananas (EKA: Episode 3862)
	SCENE 6	The Grouchketeers meet, and Telly interrupts to read the sponsors. They tell him to scram.