Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978 TV Movie)

Caroll Spinney: Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch

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Quotes 

• Oscar : [as Maria reaches into Oscar's trash can and angrily grabs him by the scruff of his neck]  Hey what's going on? What?, What?, What? Wait. Ahh.

  [Groans in pain] 

  Oscar : What are you doing, Maria?

  Maria : Oscar, I hope you're satisfied. You had to start all that stuff about Santa and tiny chimneys, and you've upset Big Bird so much, he's gone.

  Oscar : Well, uh, I didn't know he'd do anything dumb like that! I was only teasing him!

  Maria : Teasing him?

  Oscar : Yeah.

  Maria : Telling him that Santa's not gonna bring anybody any presents because he can't get down a tiny chimney? Now, you call that teasing?

  Oscar : Well, uh, he'll come back! He's part homing pigeon! Besides, what's the big deal? He lives outdoors all the time anyway!

  Maria : Now, look here, Oscar. Now, the nest is something different. That's his home. He's got an electric blanket there and he's got heating pads and he's around all the people that he loves, but here, it is Christmas Eve and he's out there somewhere in this big city, and it keeps snowing and it's getting colder and and he could be in serious trouble unless we find him! So what are you gonna do about it?

  Oscar : Well, I'm gonna find him and and bring him back! Get me off of here. Come on, hurry up. Get my feet on the ground here. Come on, hurry up, Skinny. OK. Hey Turkey, where are you? It's me, Old Oscar. Come back.

• Snuffy : [squeezed into a garbage can to prove Santa can fit in chimneys]  Bird?

  Big Bird : Yes, Snuffy?

  Snuffy : Now that we know how Santa gets into the chimney, how does he get out?

• Big Bird : Hey, I know Oscar. Uh, Santa Claus covers himself with butter so he can slip right down the chimney.

  Oscar : [pops out of the can]  Ding dong, you're wrong. And you know what else? I don't think there is a way he can get down the chimney. That's what else. And if he doesn't no you-know-whats tomorrow morning.

  [chuckles as he goes back into the can] 

• Cookie Monster : Let's play snap the whip! Here we go!

  The Count : Oh, one time around!

  Cookie Monster : Whoa!

  The Count : Ho ho, two times around!

  Cookie Monster : WHOA!

  The Count : Three times around, I love it! Ah ah.

  Ernie : I'm next, can I play?

  The Count : Oh yes.

  Cookie Monster : Yeah, yeah, yeah.

  Ernie : Oh-hoo.

  Cookie Monster : Aaah.

  Ernie : Everybody!

  The Count : Go!

  Bert : Here i come!

  Ernie : Come on, Bert.

  Bert : Oh! Oh! Ernie, not so fast!

  The Count : Whoa!

  Bert : Wha! Ah, ah. Ah. Ernie!

  Ernie : Look, there's Oscar. Hang on, Bert!

  Oscar : Hey, take your hands off the hardware! Whoa!

  The Count : Whoa!

  Oscar : Take it easy!

  Bert : Oh, Ernie!

  Oscar : We're going too fast!

  Bert : Uh oh.

  Oscar : Hey!

  Ernie : Whoa.

  Oscar : Whoa!

  Bert : What? Oh!

• Patty : Oscar, are you all right?

  Big Bird : Oh boy, Oscar! Golly, what a crash. Oh, let's get him on his feat here. Oscar, you okay? Oscar, you all right?

  Oscar : All right? Let's go back and do it again!

• Big Bird : Hey, look at everybody down there. They're all running around. Hmm. Someone must be lost.

• Big Bird : Hey Oscar, wait!

  Patty : Oscar, wait.

  Big Bird : Hey Oscar! I know how Santa gets down the chimney! All he does is take that big belt of his and tie it real tight around his waist, and it makes him so skinny he fits right down the chimney.

  Oscar : [pops out of his trash can]  You are, without a doubt, the stupidest...

  [his cursing at Big Bird is drowned out by the noise of a passing subway train] 

  Oscar : ... bird I've ever met.

  [goes back into his trash can]