Sesame Street
"Kindness is in the air."
Details
Oscar and Grundgetta are reading The Tale of Sleeping Grouchy" and Slimey, Telly and Elmo join them. The story begins, "Once upon a time, there was a very, very, very grouchy princess . . ." and it tells the tale of a princess that was so grouchy, she said things like, "Phooey!" "Ewwww!" and "Sounds horrible!" One day the grouchy princess was on a grouchy walk. She said, "Phooey!" so many times that it disturbed a wizard who was walking nearby and he cast a spell on the her, putting her to sleep for a hundred years! Princess Grouchy's parents were very upset. They loved their grouchy daughter dearly and wanted to find a way to break the sleeping spell. They offered a reward to any prince who could wake the princess up. Prince Elmo came and tried to tickle Princess Grouchy awake with a feather, but it didn't work. Prince Telly played his loud tuba with his back-up band, The Cat's Meow, but Princess Grouchy still did not wake up. Finally, Prince Slimey arrived.
- Genres: Kids, Comedy
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Cast:Kevin Clash , Caroll Spinney , Frank Oz , Sonia Manzano , Roscoe Orman , Martin P. Robinson , Richard Hunt , Fran Brill
- Creator: Joan Ganz Cooney, Lloyd Morrisett
- Producer: Luis Santeiro, Molly Boylan, Emily Kingsley, Lou Berger, David Korr, Ian Ellis James, Cathi Turow, Sara Compton
