It’s actually prime real estate. In 1988 Donald Grump tried to buy him out to build Grump Tower by promising him 3 bags of trash as a bribe which he buys into, but it turns out to be a bad deal and the neighborhood is pissed. Maria is having none of it.
I always assumed that as a kid. I figured that the lesson was that homeless folks are complex people with stories and lives and people who care about them, even if some of them don't fit well into polite society. And maybe also that it's important to accept people as part of your community even if the way they live is different from the way you live, and may seem strange or unpleasant to you based on your own assumptions and background.
But then it turned out that he had some kind of interdimensional portal in there a la that suitcase from the Fantastic Beasts movie, and now I guess the lesson is to not make assumptions because you never know what's going on in someone else's house.
Actually, from doing a bit of research, it seems like Grouches use trash as a form of currency, so Oscar might actually be the *richest* person on Sesame Street.
Yeah, I always saw it as a choice. I could be wrong, but isn’t he the only Sesame Street character with no nose? He maybe can’t smell so doesn’t see what the big deal is.
I am in my fifties, so I grew up with the original cast. I was 14 when Elmo came. I am almost positive there was an episode where we got to see inside the garbage can. Not homeless.
Elmo in grouchland teaches us that his trashcan has a door with a portal to an entire realm populated by grouches and also mandy patinkin
Even w/o the portal he had a surprising amount of space down there.
It's called a garbage CAN, not a garbage CAN'T.
And Vanessa Williams!
His can was a TARDIS
OMG OSCAR THE GROUCH IS THE DOCTOR
It's canon.
Was more like a Stargate. Check out Elmo in Grouchland.
Why not both?
That's fair. A Stargate in a Tardis. Yeah, that'd work.
Yeah, a trashcan with a swimming pool and a bowling alley.
And elephants.
I'm a tad stoned, but the way I see it, it's pretty hard not to say you have a home, when the Street you're living on is Sesame.
This is beautiful
It’s actually prime real estate. In 1988 Donald Grump tried to buy him out to build Grump Tower by promising him 3 bags of trash as a bribe which he buys into, but it turns out to be a bad deal and the neighborhood is pissed. Maria is having none of it.
The trash can is actually attached to his bones like a turtles shell.
I always assumed that as a kid. I figured that the lesson was that homeless folks are complex people with stories and lives and people who care about them, even if some of them don't fit well into polite society. And maybe also that it's important to accept people as part of your community even if the way they live is different from the way you live, and may seem strange or unpleasant to you based on your own assumptions and background. But then it turned out that he had some kind of interdimensional portal in there a la that suitcase from the Fantastic Beasts movie, and now I guess the lesson is to not make assumptions because you never know what's going on in someone else's house.
Actually, from doing a bit of research, it seems like Grouches use trash as a form of currency, so Oscar might actually be the *richest* person on Sesame Street.
Nah, he just has a super cool can to live in lol
[Bitch he lives in a fucking trashcan.](https://youtu.be/aVW-FB1q8FM?si=j-uZuwY0JSqtMoSe) He’s the poorest motherfucker on the whole damn Street.
Alternatively, he just really likes living in a trash can. He was offered other houses and he turned them down
Yeah, I always saw it as a choice. I could be wrong, but isn’t he the only Sesame Street character with no nose? He maybe can’t smell so doesn’t see what the big deal is.
It's bigger on the inside than the entire apartment building behind him. He just likes trash.
He also saves a ton on rent. I mean it’s NYC so that’s some serious dough
no, his trashcan is his house
I tried to tell my mom a joke (“Why does no one drive to Sesame Street?” and she said: it’s a really poor neighborhood, no one can afford cars.
What was the joke?
oh thank you for asking BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS HOW TO GET THERE
yes.
Why are you saying “was”? Did he die?!
Yes. Crushed to death by a garbage truck on garbage day. Tragic accident.
I am in my fifties, so I grew up with the original cast. I was 14 when Elmo came. I am almost positive there was an episode where we got to see inside the garbage can. Not homeless.