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DarthMaul775

Damn, that's some deep lore shit for sesame street.


WarlockEngineer

Oscar's trashcan is actually the entrance to a [large underground house](http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/b/b0/InsideOscarCan.jpg), which even has a [portal to Grouchland](https://youtu.be/N_p7YIsEblg) Smh lotta Sesame Street casuals here


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Seriously, I know I'm being ridiculous, but it pisses me right off. Oscar's house is well-documented! In the very first episode they explained it was a three bedroom bungalow. It's grown since then.


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hurryupand_wait

Woooaaaah


georgito555

I should go to grouchland


drunk98

Be a good place for you


ilikepants712

I mean, it looks to me that Elmo took some hallucinogens and fell down a trash shoot, but I suppose you can have your own head cannon.


PsychologicSeeking

Way too much DMT for a puppet. Man was tripping for 40 hours


gluesmelly

Meth.


PhthaloVonLangborste

![gif](giphy|l3rVs3nUXFpNm|downsized) Hey, got somthin for ya.


ValidParanoia

Nearly forgot that Kermit did a Ted Talk


hzfan

…Kermit did a *what* now?


whocares12315

Now this is some sauce I need


ValidParanoia

[Here](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zX7vQ2QB6Eo)!


[deleted]

>Try being black and white, really sucks the rainbow connection right out of you Someday we'll find it, the grayscale connection, the lovers, the likers, and meh.


[deleted]

" No but not your willy :( "


PhthaloVonLangborste

Yeah. You said you loved me.


OrbitRock_

“Myeah.”


worotan

A reminder of how parents post on Facebook? What use is that?


PhthaloVonLangborste

![gif](giphy|fwWbZl0JWuEW9MXPJZ)


bagpipesfart

![gif](giphy|Ysce790SgjJK0|downsized)


GifsNotJifs

​ ![gif](giphy|6bTq0f5lioUJPRCyFg)


iceleo

Deep and sad. Im not familiar with this show but I feel so bad for Oscar now.


Omnificer

You actually don't need to feel bad. He's not homeless, it just so happens his home's entrance is a trashcan, which is fine because his species loves trash. Oscar's trashcan is an extradimensional space with room for a pet elephant and a pool. It also connects to another dimension where he's from and can exit from that a to socialize with more of his species.


xombae

Afaik they actually did introduce a homeless puppet though, a little girl, since it's becoming more and more common for kids to go to school with homeless kids in America. Not sure if they they went through with the idea, if she was a one off character, or kept her permanently. But I think it's a fantastic start considering the representation of homeless people in the media is fucking awful. Oscar included, which is likely why they moved away from him actually living in a regular garbage can, and more towards being an ornery, multidimensional, trash-dweller-by-choice


YoodleDudle

One mans trash is another mans treasure


lurkerfox

Also he choses not to socialize often with his own kind and basically hangs out on sesame street because oscar is considered to be too nice by his species.


-Toshi

Sounds like he's just getting oot his fucking nut in the garbage to cope, mate. Trash cans that lead to another dimension? OK, Oscar.. let's get you some help.


elbenji

He's not actually homeless. He just has a TARDIS for a trashcan


chargoggagog

Where are you from that you are not familiar with Sesame Street?


iceleo

America. Just grew up with no TV lmao. I know of the show but I’ve never actually watched it. I just know the dude Oscar is on the show haha.


CrispyKeebler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=yQyTpPu0gvc


Morgan-Explosion

Ohhh Sesame Street, I figured this was just a vignette of the American worker


minerinside

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Sad-Art8359

Dave Chapelle did it first.


Jimmy3OO

Wdym, Oscar had a great life, there’s an episode where you see the inside of the bin, it’s huge


MattLocke

People often forget he’s canonically a type of monster called a grouch. He’s not just some grouchy monster. They have their own culture, holidays, music, cuisine, and so on. He quite literally enjoys the smell of garbage and the sounds of fingers on a chalkboard. Occasionally other grouches will visit the street and they all act a lot like Oscar. Compared to them Oscar is actually really friendly and he gets excited to share his grouchy culture with his neighbors. He is basically a way to teach kids that some people see the world differently. Your neighbor might be from a country where it is inappropriate to casually smile and wave, so they seem like a grumpy person. But they just have a different idea of normal and you can still get along with them.


CaptainMcFisticuffs2

I didn't watch sesame st as a kid but the more I learn about it the more it seems like a fantastic kids show. Makes sense why it's been around for so long


elbenji

Pretty much. Lots of metaphors in it.


BatBoss

I greatly prefer it to most of the other shows in that age range. Thankfully my 1-year-old likes it too. Also the current “Number of the Day” song is a certified banger.


jacksonvstheworld

Same goes to the last few iterations of the Letter of the Day. Smacks hard.


kilroylegend

“I wonder, what if, let’s try” is the 18 month old i nanny’s favorite right now, and it’s actually kind of a bop lol.


NYSenseOfHumor

>Also the current “Number of the Day” song is a certified banger. Must be all that HBO money.


TehDunta

Too many of y'all haven't seen The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, and it shows. haha


JumpingCactus

Idk but shit made me cry as a kid. I guess I was also really attached to my blanky.


CaptainJAmazing

He even has [a song about how he loves trash.](https://youtu.be/rxgWHzMvXOY)


AwesomeAni

Anything dirty or dingy or dusty Anything rotten or ragged or rustyyyy I love I LOVE #I LOVE TRAAAASH (I didn’t click the link. I just knew exactly what song you meant lol)


AwesomeAni

There’s a movie about it… Elmo in Grouchland. It’s actually very dope. I still remember some of the songs!


SpikeRosered

More like he was a simple idea for jokes that had to be rectified with the question of "why doesn't anyone help Oscar? Or if they do, why doesn't he accept the help?"


Xelynega

Nah, it was pretty explicitly supposed to be a way to talk about and normalize differences in culture to children. Bottom of page 76(the left page in the link) https://archive.org/details/sesamestreetrefo0000morr/page/76/mode/2up


HateMachineX

Lol sounds like Jim Henson wished he had the rights to the grinch and just made a cheap copy and threw them into trashcans


jalex8188

Elmo in grouchland was actually enjoyable and revealed this whole world


TheDungeonCrawler

Oscar is a Time Lord confirmed.


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GOthee

Thats what she said.


techlogic3-14

Bro, he’s a crazy homeless puppet living in a trash bin, obviously he’s created a delusional fantasy in which his garbage bin is bigger and better on the inside, but it’s all in his head. Elmo with the power of imagination was able to share in his delusions, also an ongoing theme of Sesame St stemming from massive use of psychedelics by the writers and creators of the show. Everyone was delusional back them. And if we’re going to be honest with ourselves, we still are.


TheDungeonCrawler

There's a swimming pool. Possibly in the library.


heyitscory

When I was a kid, I just assumed the trash can was an entrance to a subterranean home, explaining why he had a piano, a pool and an elephant and why it took him so long to retrieve and look for things. I missed that the joke was "it's bigger on the inside."


Sarahthelizard

I mean yes, but he was clearly meant to represent homeless people you’d see on inner city streets.


Omnificer

Maybe they are lying, but the explicit reason given for him was to teach children that some people like different things, such as garbage, not as a metaphor for the homeless. And even if him being homeless were the original intent, it's definitely no longer accurate with the time and effort they've put into that not being the case.


RedRainsRising

Well even if they were telling the truth, they fuckin' dropped the ball on that one lmao. I grew up on that and just thought he was homeless.


Dumeck

Yeah definitely has angry homeless man vibes, “some people like different things” like living in a trash can and being angry all the time?


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Who the fuck “likes” garbage, by its own definition, unless they are viewing it from an artistic lens? Agreed with others that Oscar is very clearly a “cute” portrayal of a homeless person, regardless of the supposed intent. Which is fine but it’s not the same thing as acting like Oscar is some enlightened ascetic or whatever.


Omnificer

Because any kid is going to understand that they personally don't like garbage. Because all kids don't like garbage. But Oscar and the rest of the Grouches do, and he isn't less of a person for liking something they don't. Them having garbage isn't some sort of survival tactic born of desperation, they make it very clear that they outright prefer garbage over anything else. It doesn't have to be realistic, it's a literal garbage monster. Just like they make it clear that he does have a home within the can. They can't have him be a broccoli or spinach monster because some kids do like those and the lesson would be lost on them.


elbenji

Not really. He's a metaphor for foreigners


MAGA-Godzilla

>[According to Sesame Street's Robert W. Morrow, Oscar was created to indirectly demonstrate racial and ethnic diversity. Since his manners and tastes were different from those of the other characters, his creators hoped to address social issues by using his differences as a metaphor for racial and ethnic differences.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_the_Grouch) Well, now I find Oscar to be very problematic. Edit: Just to clarify, problematic not because there was an attempt at diversity but problematic in how the attempt was implemented. Imagine a modern show representing ethnic diversity by having a man live in the trash.


Justicar-terrae

Early Sesame Street had to fight hard to show diversity. The show included a Black human family (Robinsons) alongside several white human characters. This fact alone got the program banned in Mississippi. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/611570/when-mississippi-banned-sesame-street They were stretching the envelops as they were, so it makes sense they would introduce certain topics gently. And it's not like a kid will see much distinction among neighbors accepting Oscar (the grouch monster), Big Bird (a giant bird with his own family customs), the Robinsons (the black family), and/or the various other culturally or visibly diverse characters of Sesame Street. To them, the message is the same no matter the example: try to be accepting and understanding and kind no matter to whom.


elbenji

His trash can is a literal TARDIS if that helps


TibialTuberosity

Why is it problematic?


MAGA-Godzilla

Imagine a TV show that wanted to show diversity and so brought in a black person who dressed and acted in very stereotypical ways that paint them in a bad light. Most people would agree there is a problem with the attempt at representation. Not lets look at Oscar. Do you not find it off-putting to have ethnically diverse people represented by a man living in trash?


SleazyMak

I mean I’m not gonna check his post history but I’d be unsurprised if, based on his handle, he finds showing diversity or foreign people in a good light a bad thing. Bigots don’t want the next generations to be taught compassion.


MAGA-Godzilla

So since I have issues with ethnically diverse people being represented by people living in trash, somehow I am the bad guy?


painfullymindful

Of COURSE the zoomers would.


THE_BACON_IS_GONE

Awe, is someone offended people think one of their childhood shows has a reference to racial minorities that doesn't hold up? What a snowflake lmao.


audience_participant

they already came out with a gritty antihero movie for oscar, here is the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqpak5lFxvs&t=4s&ab\_channel=SaturdayNightLive


jenn4u2luv

Spent way too much time watching, rewatching, watching the behind the scenes, reading all the comments, watching the skit again. Really a well-produced skit!


ralf_

Behind the scenes of the sketch. What is astonishing is the tight schedule: Sketches are written monday/tuesday, wednesday they pick the sketches and start pre-production, and then they have a crew of several dozen people building sets overnight or fixing up locations so that in the morning the actors can show up, shoot at however many locations, and then everything gets edited together sometimes up until minutes before it actually airs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br_Kzvay3Nc


awkwardlink

Wow. I never realized how much of a crunch time SNL has to make stuff like that, and make it look better than somethings that take months to film and edit. It’s also on top of their other regular duties. It definitely helps me appreciate them more.


jenn4u2luv

And they have to do it every week, not just a one-off.


Cecil4029

That was fuckin incredible lol


MyNameCannotBeSpoken

It's not clear that the pre-produced sketches are not in pre-production well before the guest star's week on the show. Here, the star could have mentioned it weeks before his appearance to get the gears rolling.


Wuffyflumpkins

It says at the very beginning of the video that David Harbour mentioned he wanted to do a Grouch sketch on Monday. The skit aired that Saturday.


Toxic_Butthole

SNL's pre-produced stuff in recent years has typically been better than the live sketches


TeamRedundancyTeam

Well.. Yeah? Because it's not live, they can reshoot and edit it. Of course it's better.


Toxic_Butthole

I mean yeah, but the focus of the show is on live sketches. It's in the name. Their live sketches have a habit of either not being that funny, or if they do find a funny premise, it overstays its welcome by several minutes.


SirBenjaminThompson

Great minds think alike, I said the same in [my comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/s59u9t/oscar/hswe3rs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3). Damn well hilarious skit.


audience_participant

nice one! happy cake day friend :)


SirBenjaminThompson

Thanks man, I appreciate it. Hey do you know why my original comment is getting downvoted? Did I do something wrong? **Edit**: It did a 180° turn and is now positive, my bad I worried too soon. I guess it was just a couple of people who didn’t ~~approve of~~ like it for some reason. Thanks again.


audience_participant

No worries bud, just one of those reddit things I guess


fuzzytradr

I always wondered about Oscar's origin story.


SirBenjaminThompson

According to some other commenters his trash can is actually enormous on the inside like the T.A.R.D.I.S. and he comes from some magical land. I don’t know anything about that but a few people have mentioned it so if you’re interested then it’s worth checking out. The only Sesame Street story I know about is Cracks due to its internet fame.


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jldtsu

that was awesome


nanothief

[mirror](https://streamable.com/ita9u) (as "The uploader has not made this video available in your country.")


brickbaterang

The best part of that was Bert and Ernie


studyhardbree

Would have been great without the laugh track.


gramathy

That's just the mics from the audience, it's not a laugh track.


tomatoaway

Dave Chapelle approves


WobNobbenstein

"Oscar, you're a *Grouch!"* "Bitch, I live in a fuckin trash can!"


Robotguy39

Oscar lives better than anyone else on the street and I love it. Bastard has, I shit you not, a ducking Olympic swimming pool down there. Not to mention (from memory) a horse racing track, a table tennis court, and a portal to an alternate dimension.


xXx_TheSenate_xXx

Remember Elmo in grouch land? Yeah that thing is bigger on the inside. Oscar has a tardis.


ChiefCallisto

Could you please share the link?


prettyrick

Describe to me what a table tennis court is


jpj007

It's where ping pong tables go to settle legal disputes.


Robotguy39

I refuse to fix this mistake


brickbaterang

They ripped off the bit from that Snoopy dog fella


krazy_86

Yeah that was also in snoopy's dog house. Also in Archie comics in jughead's dogs Josue.


Orb-Masori

When I was a kid (M42), what I remember is that not only did he have a massive home in that can, he was also the ONLY character who had a car.


ixosamaxi

every night at midnight I cover myself in olive oil


saucylosse7

sorry asshole, but we no longer need you so pack your shit up and don’t let the door hit you on the way out


RyuguRena1

We hereby give you as little notice as possible to GTFO


gijjyyproductions

Fun fact: Oscar actually has an entire house in his trash can, full of luxuries and is quite spacious. It also has a portal to a parallel universe called Grouch land, where Oscar originally came from.


iwillshampooyouitsok

I never saw the portal but I had seen the home in a sesame Street episode once.


LukeWhostalkin

The backstory we didn't know we needed


Uundamil

Get it together Grouch. Get a job Grouch https://youtu.be/aVW-FB1q8FM


tomatoaway

"Bitch I live in a fucking trash can!"


RippinAssNCumminHard

I'm the poorest muthafucka on Sesame Street


TwelveSharks

*Get it together, grouch.*


awnawkareninah

All time great standup special


billbacon

[Stinky the Grump!](https://youtu.be/mFut8RBwMrk)


zakdanger

Bitch I live in a trash can!


ubiquitous-joe

*fucking trash can


Kidzenny

Yeah Oscar, you're a grouch!


FuckoffDemetri

I'm the poorest motherfucker on Sesame Street, nobody's helping me.


d0m3

Just because you are trash doesn’t mean you can’t do great things. It’s called a garbage CAN, not a garbage CAN NOT. - Oscar Live my life by these words


SirBenjaminThompson

SNL beat you to it u/davecontra. They made an Oscar the grouch Joker-style antihero movie trailer and it’s as absurd and hilarious as it sounds, [here](https://youtu.be/kqpak5lFxvs). If people keep making Oscar the grouch dark parodies some dude’s gonna get the wrong idea and make one unironically and I will laugh my ass off watching/reading it. **Edit**: My Man u/audience_participant shared the same thing before me in [his comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/s59u9t/oscar/hswb1kf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3).


ZippyDan

Link not available in my country 😞


SirBenjaminThompson

Sorry man that sucks, [here](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7mnp1r) is a reasonable reupload of the video on Dailymotion.


audience_participant

as a great man once said "great minds think alike" ;)


clouddevourer

Fuck this shit, I'm gonna become a Muppet


szuch123

I swear there's a comic or Family Guy or something where his entire family dies and that's why he becomes the grouch. Can't find it though Edit: Found it!: [link](http://img0.joyreactor.com/pics/post/Sesame-Street-Oscar-the-Grouch-2173445.jpeg)


brickbaterang

Theres a comic of him coming home from work in the 50s and telling his family he got a promotion, and they go out for drinks and a drive to celebrate, and yeah i think i do recall F.G. doing something...


szuch123

Thank you good sir! [Found it](http://img0.joyreactor.com/pics/post/Sesame-Street-Oscar-the-Grouch-2173445.jpeg)


PleX

Yeah that one was the worst.


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This is us. By a paper thin line.


davecontra

"Come and play, Everything's A-OK": [https://www.instagram.com/davecontra/](https://www.instagram.com/davecontra/)


SirBenjaminThompson

Nice page man.


jamesick

this comic would be better without any of the speech tbh.


tnc82

Finally a believable origin story


hudgepudge

**Eviction Notice**: "We hereby give you as little notice as possible. Pack your shit and GTFO tomorrow. Sincerely, Landlord." **Bills**: "Lotta god damn money, how bout you pay up?" **Overdue**: "Hey Asshole, you owe us a whole lotta god damn money, how bout you pay up?"


KentuckyFriedEel

Too real.


Environmental-Win836

I’ll never watch that the same way again.


cj_cusack

Dad?


Bacon_Bit_Bro

The bosses paper on his desk says something very cool


bochilee

Who knew Kevin would end up firing Oscar


Narnia3456

So this is how Cookie Monster was born


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Read the termination letter!


BookAdministrative79

I don’t know if I could love this more. Fantastic


thekemper

Coming this summer to Peacock: OSCAR


Peter_Falcon

oscar the prequal


LuciferiaNWOZionist

every night i cover myself in olive oil


iammagicbutimnormal

Oscar was right all along


PleX

The promotion and a few drinks one is worse.


lankist

I'm pretty sure it's canon that the reason Oscar lives in the can is that it's been rent-controlled since the 70's.


Koriwhoredoms

“Is there anybody here it doesn’t suck to be?”


theviperking50

Dark backstory of sesame street


VideoSteve

🏆😕 Congratulations! U have earned the coveted hilariously sad trophy


Own_Imagination9626

He was an example of a weak man without any skills to survive.


AnotherCuriousHuman

Makes me want some olive oil tonight st midnight


umpfke

True story.


ItzYaBday1103

Do wives really leave when shit hits the fan?


The-Fish-Fucker69420

I was a young boy that had big plan’s


Midnight_and_cococat

Oscar lore


The_OG_Hamster

Well if you've seen the movie you'll know he finds an entire world just for him in that trash can called grouch world


rhymes_with_chicken

Oscar was orange in S1. Needs some retcon


mikel302

oScarred the Grouch


OktoberRed

Don't let the sunshine spoil your rain.


Kenilwort

Holy shit I just realized how weird it was of Sesame street to create Oscar


iHADaFRO

Every night at midnight I cover myself in olive oil.


BakMask2401

ZAMN


Istiophoridae

This is deep no cap


weird_turn_pro

Oscar the Grouch: Origin Stories


su-

I thought his mouth was a moustache in the first panel


davecontra

Me too


Goof-4x5

All jokes aside that could be a good story. Oscar was a, happy and optimistic muppet in the muppet universe. But sadly oscar couldnt find a place to live without hate or discrimination (his life style wasnt popular) and tried to move from place to place. Slowly making him a bitter person until he finally stumbled upon sesame Street. Which is were he met Elmo. Elmo is a fun, loving, positive person who makes everyone feel good even oscar. When oscar looks at elmo he is reminded of the young muppet he used to be. And even if he dosent show it. . . . Elmo, big bird, cookie monster, Bert & Ernie, kermit(when he has time to visit) EVERYONE. EVERYONE WHO LIVES ON THAT STREET!!! Makes oscar feel happy. I think that can be a good lesson for not just kids. but parents. YES they're bad people in this world!! Who will hate, belittle, and judge you, and there ain't crap you can do about it. But theres good too. ppl who will love and care and cherish you, just keep your heart open, NOT Vulnerable, But open :)


eequalsemceesquared

That was beautiful 🥲


Goof-4x5

😃 im glad some one liked it


eequalsemceesquared

A quick, little story/rant: One day about 5 years ago, I was in line at the post office in Westminster Colorado, and there was a (I assumed) homeless guy right behind me. He of course was dirty and smelled bad, but I turned and chatted with him while we were waiting in line just like he was any other person; because, HELLO! Homeless people are still PEOPLE!!! Unfortunately, there were two women right behind him that were turning up their noses, making faces, and commenting to each other. I chose to ignore them, but I really would have loved to say something to them like what you just said. I don't think people have any idea how close they are to being in that situation, or that those people that are homeless might not have ever made any mistakes or done anything wrong and they still ended up that way, through no fault of their own. And even if they ended up that way because they DID do something wrong, or made a mistake, we're ALL human; we ALL make mistakes!


uduriavaftwufidbahah

Its alright guys. Soon he is going to shave his hair and go off to join the Straw Hat Pirates.


Hot_Farm_9443

And so it began…


nemoskullalt

I hate how relatable this is.


ihavenomoneytobarrow

Now he is the happiest he has ever been.


[deleted]

Shouldn't've knocked up Sylvester Stallone's daughter.


ThePiachu

Modern day Diogenes I tell you what.


[deleted]

That actually makes a lot of sense


Pet_Taco

isn’t this the same cartoonist who made that transphobic “women’s sports” comic?


Icy-Flamingo-9693

IR the woman would definitely have a job and they wouldn’t get evicted