Oscar the Grouch

English Proper noun Oscar the Grouch thumb|Oscar the Grouch and a Witch in 1976. A cranky, antisocial puppet character who lives in a garbage can, from the children's television show Sesame Street. en 1989 Linda Gray Sexton Points of Light Harper Mass Market Paperbacks, 0380706849 97 If I'd had a trash can I'd have looked a lot like Oscar the Grouch. en 1989 J. Steven Reznick Perspectives on Behavioral Inhibition University of Chicago Press, 0226710408 27 The room was equipped with a drum and drumsticks, two large balls, three large building blocks, a stuffed cloth horse, a train large enough to sit on, and a pop-up “Oscar the Grouch” toy. The procedure lasted ten minutes. en 1989 Joan J. Zilbach Children in Family Therapy: Treatment and Training Haworth Press, 0866567747 166 Meanwhile Brooke was sitting on Mother’s lap sucking on her pacifier while Terri build a low enclosed building with two sheep inside and Oscar-the-Grouch coming outside. en 2002 James Earl Hardy The Day Eazy-E Died 78 Alyson Publishing 1555837603 “You got a bank at home?”“Yes, my piggy bank.”“Ah. What kinda bank is it?”“Oscar the Grouch. Uncle D gave it to me for my birthday, remember?” en 2002 Jennifer Hanson The Real Freshman Handbook A Totally Honest Guide to Life on Campus Houghton Mifflin Books 41 You thought something was funny when Dad donned his Oscar the Grouch suit and hopped in the trash can after the evening news, rope in hand. 2004, Paul McCusker, The Mill House, Zondervan, 0310253543, page 105 Nicholas was hopeful that the pop culture displays would give them something to talk about. It didn't. Fran and Ron gave a cursory acknowledgement to Howdy Doody, Oscar the Grouch, and only a brief glace at Dorothy’s ruby-red slippers. en 2003 Laurie Faria Stolarz Blue Is for Nightmares Llewellyn Worldwide, 0738703915 82 I notice a pair of Oscar the Grouch flip-flops, standing in the last stall. en 2007 Tim Beyers, Quick Take: United Undone The Motley Fool Cranky employees harassed by justifiably cranky customers ... Oscar the Grouch would be thrilled. Investors, not so much. See also en Fictional characters Muppets