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Maria
Sonia Manzano · 5 quotes
Oscar the Grouch
Caroll Spinney · 5 quotes
Big Bird
Caroll Spinney · 3 quotes
Count von Count
Jerry Nelson · 2 quotes
Most scenes together: Maria & Oscar the Grouch (3)
Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird quotes
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Luis [To Susan]
Well, I hope there nothing seriously wrong with your car.
Susan Oh, I hope not, either, but you know I can fix it.
Susan [A clanking sound is heard and Barkley barks in fright and backs away. It was the 1949 Volkswagen Beetle pushed by Gordon, Olivia and Linda, while Grover is driving it and Cookie Monster is in the hood eating the remaining hood]
Oh, Gordon!
Bob [Susan, Maria, Bob and Luis rushes to them and help them push it]
Oh, Gordon, what is this?
Susan Gordon, what-what's going on?
What happened to the car?
Susan Gordon! What happened to the car?
Gordon Don't ask me. [points at Cookie Monster] Ask him.
Cookie Monster Hi [Belches] Excuse me.
Susan Our insurance man is never gonna believe this.
[Oscar the Grouch is been carried along with his thrash can by Bruno]
Once more around the block, Bruno.
Bruno The Trashman Sure. boss.
Yeah. I gotta walk off some of this happy stuff. [Bruno stops to look at the consume 1949 Volkswagen Beetle] Bruno, come on. [Bruno then walks off]
Sam Sleaze [Big Bird is rescued by Gordon and Olivia, a police sidecar driven by a State trooper with a kid is shown parked beside the road, The Sleaze Brothers passed them and drives after them turning the police siren on]
Hey, what's that noise? [looks behind the truck seeing the state trooper swinging his arm at him signaling him to pull over] It's the cops!
Sid Sleaze [Sid Sleaze looks at the cage seeing Big Bird is already gone and rescued as Sam pulls over]
Sam! The bird's gone! [points at the cage and Sam looks at it] The bird's gone! [sobs] The bird's gone.
Sam Sleaze Get a grip on yourself. will you? Just try to relax. [stops the truck] I will take care of everything. Whatever you do, don't cry.
State Trooper [The state trooper stops his police sidecar, turning the siren off and gets off, helping the the boy with him climb out, as Sam and Sid begin whistling and the state trooper and the boy approach them by the window] [to the boy]
Are these the two men?
Sam Sleaze [The kid nods his head]
What's seems to be the problem, officer? What's the charge?
State Trooper [looks through his notebook]
What about counterfeiting, extortion, fraud, impersonating a dentist, stealing an apple from a kid?
Sam Sleaze Oh, that apple, officer, I can explain that. We was just holding it for a friend.
Sid Sleaze Yeah, for a friend.
State Trooper You could tell that to the judge.
Sid Sleaze [sobbing]
The judge!
State Trooper [annoyed]
Be a man.
Sid Sleaze I don't want to be a man. Sam!
Sam Sleaze Shut up, Sid! Shut up!
Sid Sleaze [Sobbing]
Judge, Sam! Jail!
Announcer
[First lines]
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, would you please rise for the Grouch Anthem.
No, no, no! With the Grouch Anthem, you stay sitting down! Down in front there! Now brace yourself, I'm gonna sing: Grouches of the world unite! Stand up for your grouchly rights! Don't let the sunshine spoil the rain just stand up and complain. Let this be the grouches' cause: Point out everybody's flaws! Something is wrong with everything Except the way I sing!
[Cue Grouch Choir humming in the background]
You know what's right with this world? Nutting! You know what gets me hot under the collar? You name it! And the next time some goody-two-shoes smiles and tells you to have a nice day, just remember:
Don't let the sunshine spoil the rain, just stand up and complain! Just stand up and complain!
Well, anyway you've seen the best part of this movie, So sit back, relax, and have a rotten time. Heh Heh Heh.
Bert Whattaya see, Ernie?
Ernie [points his binoculars at Bert's nose]
Your nose, Bert.
Bert [Ernie laughs]
Ernie! Get serious, will ya? We're supposed to be looking for Big Bird.
Ernie Right!
And then suddenly, I looked up and I saw... [Miss Finch suddenly arrives] MISS FINCH!
Miss Finch
Hello, Big. Perhaps the Dodos weren't perfect for you, but I have managed to find you another lovely bird family.
But he doesn't need another family.
Gordon Bye bye! Cookie, will you stop eating the hubcaps?
Cookie Monster [eating hubcaps] : Oh, me thing they do delicious, me so hungry!
Olivia But Cook, we haven't even started on our trip yet.
Cookie Monster That's okay. Me eat three other hubcaps later.
Gordon Cookie!
Grouch patron #1
Hey, waitress! There's no fly in my soup!
Don't Drop Inn waitress
It's comin'!
Grouch patron #2
Hey, I need a glass!
Don't Drop Inn waitress
Broken or dirty?
Grouch patron #3
Waitress!
Don't Drop Inn waitress
It's about time.
Don't Drop Inn chef
[holding out a disgusting cake]
This is my masterpiece.
Don't Drop Inn waitress
[taking it]
Beautiful! Just beautiful. Never looks any better than this.
Grouch patron #4
[The waitress takes a bottle of syrup from a nearby table]
Hey, gimme that syrup back!
Don't Drop Inn waitress
Get lost!
Madame Chairbird
Now, here today, we have a sad, sad case that needs our urgent attention. He's only six years old, and he lives all alone, with no other birds around.
Feathered Friends Turkey
He looks so sad.
Feathered Friends Owl That's funny. He looks happy to me.
Madame Chairbird
[surprised]
Of course he's not happy! How can you say that?
Miss Finch
[The board members begin arguing around the table]
Madame Chairbird!
Madame Chairbird
Miss Finch?
Miss Finch
[clearing throat]
We all know he can't be happy. He needs to be with his own kind, with a bird family.
Madame Chairbird
True, very true.
Miss Finch
And I know just the family. Where does he live?
Madame Chairbird
Sesame Street.
Miss Finch
Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
Good! I'll have the tossed salad.
Hey, better make that two.
Don't Drop Inn waitress
Two tossed salads!
Don't Drop Inn chef
[A bowlful of salad is launched directly at Maria]
Number two, comin' right up! [dumps another large spoonful of salad into his catapult. His assistant launches the salad again, but this time, it lands on the waitress]
Mr. Snuffleupagus
Oh, Bird, this is goodbye. You're leaving Sesame Street.
Well, I'm not really leaving. I'm just going away.
Mr. Snuffleupagus
Oh.
Besides, as soon as I get to Ocean View, you can come and visit.
Mr. Snuffleupagus
I can?
First thing, ol' pal. I wouldn't go if you couldn't come and visit.
[driving into a junkyard]
This is where I wanna be - grouch paradise! Just look it at. It's like a work of art.
Telly It is different, Maria.
Oscar, I want you to turn this car around right now and head for Toadstool!
Ah, an angry face in a beautiful place - heaven.
Announcer
[first lines]
Ladies and gentlemen, would you please rise for the Grouch Anthem.
No, no, no! With the Grouch Anthem, you stay sitting down! Down in front there!
[last line] [at the end of the closing credits]
That is 278 incredible, colossal credits! [laughs] I love motion pictures! Wonderful! [continues laughter as a thunderclap is heard]
Bob Yeah, we've located him.
Bob [Olivia and Linda approach her in response]
Yeah, he's right nearby, locked in a cage.
He's locked in a cage?!
Bob The kids phoned they saw him. He's blue.
He's blue!
Olivia He's blue!
He's blue?
Bob At some sort of a carnival, the kid said.
At a carnival?
Bob Right, Maria--
Olivia That funfair!
Olivia [Linda points at her watch]
We passed that hours ago!
Telly Mmm-hmm.
That's what she said.
Olivia Well, come on!
Bye, Bob!
Telly [she hangs up, and she and the others head for their cars]
How we gonna get him if he's locked in a cage?
Come on, Telly! [grabs Telly]