Lunch A La Sam
skit starring Sam the Super-Automated Robot (Jerry Nelson),
Maria (Sonia Manzano), and Oscar the Grouch (Carroll Spinney)
not complete yet
pic courtesy of The Sesame Street Enyclopedia
[Maria comes up to Mr. Hooper’s store, which, for some reason, is closed.]
Maria: Oh, it’s closed!
[Sam asks her what’s wrong, and Maria explains that she’d hoped to get some lunch at the store.
Sam offers to make lunch for her.]
Maria: I don’t know, Sam. I’ve never had my lunch made by a machine.
Sam: Trust me, Maria. What would you like for lunch?
Maria [after thinking a minute]: Well, let’s see. I think I’d like a bowl of chicken noodle soup, a tuna fish sandwich, and chocolate pudding.
Sam: A bowl of chicken noodle soup, a tuna fish sandwich, and chocolate pudding!
[Forgotten lines? A whirring sound comes from inside Sam, followed by a loud squish. A door in Sam pops open, revealing a tray containing chicken noodle soup, a tuna fish sandwich, and chocolate pudding — all in one bowl!]
Maria: Oh, Sam ...!
[Sam says something I don’t recall.]
Maria: You see, most people like to have their lunch separate. A bowl of chicken noodle soup, and then a tuna fish sandwich, and then chocolate pudding ... not all together!
[Oscar goes over to the store, wanting to have lunch there, but he finds it closed.
Sam offers to make lunch for him.]
Sam: I made a mistake with Maria’s lunch, but now I have been corrected. I will now make your lunch perfectly.
Oscar: Okay. Let’s see, I’d like a bowl of chicken noodle soup, a tuna fish sandwich, and chocolate pudding.
[Sam possibly says something, and we hear him whirring again.]
Oscar: Hey, you broken-down tin can, is this gonna take all day?
Maria: Oscar, he’s doing you a favor!
[Sam’s door pops open, revealing a tray containing a bowl of chicken noodle soup, another of chocolate pudding, and a tuna fish sandwich on a plate.]
[Forgotten lines.]
Oscar: I asked for chicken noodle soup, a tuna fish sandwich, and chocolate pudding.
But I didn’t want ‘em in separate dishes! I want ‘em together, all in one bowl!
Maria: Wait a minute, Oscar, I can fix this. [She hands him the first tray.]
Chicken noodle soup, a tuna fish sandwich, and chocolate pudding, all in one bowl.
That’s more to your liking, isn’t it?
Oscar: Oh, yeah!
Maria [picking up the other tray]: And I’m going to have this delicious lunch:
chicken noodle soup, a tuna fish sandwich, and chocolate pudding, all separate. Thanks, Sam!
[Oscar and Maria both leave.]
Sam: I do not understand this.
Transcribed by SilveryShoe@aol.com