Five Sesame Street Stories (1985 Video)

Caroll Spinney: Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch

Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Big Bird : I don't need to wait for spring at all.

• Big Bird : I'm going to go get some flowers at Macintosh's store right now. I'll buy some flowers to put in my nest.

  Oscar the Grouch : Yeah! You could get some cactus flowers or a Venus Flytrap.

• Big Bird : Is Oscar still playing his violin, Grover?

  Super Grover : No. He has stopped.

  Big Bird : Then why are you still making that horrible face?

  Super Grover : My super-hearing tells me that Oscar has stopped practicing his violin. But my keenly developed sense of super-smell tells me that Oscar has just... cooked his dinner! It smells like old socks with sardine sauce. Yecch!

• Narrator : As soon as the Count's friendly bats saw the flowers, they started to count them.

  The Count's bats : One beautiful flower. We love counting flowers. Heh heh heh! Two. Three. Four. Five. Six beautiful flowers.

  Big Bird : Gee. I didn't buy the flowers to count them. I bought them to remind me of spring. Um, would you like to keep this pretty pink daisy?

  Narrator : The Count thanked Big Bird. Counting petals would be something wonderful to do.

  The Count's bats : One pretty pink flower petal. Two pretty pink flower petals. Three pretty pink flower petals. Four pretty pink flower petals.

• Big Bird : What's the matter, Super Grover? That's a horrible face you're making.

  Super Grover : Aha! It is Oscar. My super-hearing tells me that-oh, no-he has started practicing his violin. Oooow!

• Oscar the Grouch : I love this crummy weather. Gotta chill this hot chocolate down so it tastes good and yucky.

  Big Bird : Hi, Oscar.

  Oscar the Grouch : Hey, what's the matter, Big Bird? It's a great storm. You ought to be happy.

  Big Bird : I'm tired of this plain, white snow.

  Oscar the Grouch : Yeah. Me too. I wish somebody would put some dirt or soot on it, or something. We haven't had any good slush all winter.

  Big Bird : That's not what I meant, Oscar! I need the spring. I'm sad and slumpy. I need the spring. I'm all goosebumpy. The cold and slush and all that sneezing? I hate the snow!

  Oscar the Grouch : Who needs the sun? I like it freezing. Let that wind blow! Oh, that's heaven, gloomy and deary. I love a day that is chilly, wet, and bleary.

  Big Bird : I need the days with the warm and gentle sun. This long dark winter is just no fun.

  Oscar the Grouch : It warms my heart to feel the frost.

  Big Bird : I want the warmer days I've lost, of spring, spring, spring!

  Oscar the Grouch : Well, forget it, feather face!