Episode
Sesame Street: Oscar's phone system / Elmo imitates his friends
Overview
Gordon exits 123 Sesame Street to find a beat-up phone booth just outside, complete with a couple of localized telephone poles and Ernestine the Telephone Operator seated at a switchboard. Sponsors: H, O, 12
Details
- Series
- Sesame Street
- Season
- Season 22
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 1990-12-04
Episode context
Oscar's phone system / Elmo imitates his friends is Episode 17 in Season 22 of Sesame Street. It aired on 1990-12-04.
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Episode 16: A rainy day on Sesame Street
It's a rainy day on Sesame Street and nobody appreciates it more than Oscar the Grouch. Elmo wants to see a rainbow and studies the ground below.
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Episode 18: Oscar leads the Grouchytowners on a tour of Sesame Street
Oscar tells the "Grouchketeers at home" that he's expecting Grouch visitors from Grouchytown, who have never been anywhere else before. The Grouchytowners arrive, and Oscar makes sure that they've planned for niceness.
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Episode 19: Jamie Lee Curtis visits
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Episode 14: Elmo's Rangers
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Episode 20: Snuffleupagus picnic in Central Park
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Episode 13: Episode 2758
Gina welcomes the viewer on a nice, warm day, perfect for reading outside. Elmo returns with Telly, both dressed as snowflakes and yelling, "Whoosh! Woosh!" Gina laughs, understanding now what Elmo meant, but reminds them two snowflakes doesn't make a storm.
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Episode 21: Elmo's dinosaur/Baby birds hatch
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Episode 12: A new plant at the library
A Grouch newsie hurls the morning paper into Oscar's trash can, right in the swimming pool. Oscar has a trick he's going to play on Bob and his band.
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Episode 22: The Wide World of Sesame Street covers Linda
Telly Monster hosts an edition of "The Wide World of Sesame Street" from inside Linda's apartment to watch her and Barkley.
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Episode 11: Oscar drives Gordon to the basketball game
Gordon misses his bus to Madison Square Garden to see the New York Knicks game. The Sloppy Jalopy returns to Sesame Street, where Gordon shows the Grouches his map of the greater Sesame Street area.
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Episode 23: Wigwamm-froo-SMOSSmee-Sreep!
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