Changes: Oscar the Grouch walk-arounds

Revision as of 17:52, 9 February 2020

Walk-around version of Oscar the Grouch created for public appearances, including Sesame Place and Sesame Street Live.

Despite being one of Sesame Street's major characters, Oscar would not get a walk-around of his own until 2012. Up until then, Oscar was portrayed as a puppet whose appearances were mostly limited to Sesame Street Live and Sesame Place. At the behest of Sesame Workshop, Oscar became a walk-around character, allowing him to fulfill his abilities as well as interact with park guests (a move similar to Disney changing the Mad Hatter at their theme parks from a costumed character to a human actor, for the same aforementioned purposes).

The standard design consists of Oscar wearing his trash can around his waist with his legs sticking out from the bottom of the can. Just as he does in many illustrated appearances and merchandise, he wears the lid on his head like a hat.

Outside of Sesame Place, Oscar also appears at SeaWorld parks (San Diego since 2014, San Antonio since 2015, Orlando since 2019), Busch Gardens Tampa (since 2016), Beaches Resorts (Ocho Rios since 2012, Turks & Caicos and Negril since 2013), Universal Studios Singapore, and Selva Mágica. Oscar also appeared at the now defunct La Feria de Chapultepec (in 2019).

Oscar is maintained by VStar Entertainment (née VEE Corporation) and Animax Designs.

Seasonal/special attire

Other

Pre-2012

Oscar previously appeared in walk-around form in the Sesame Street Live show Silly Dancing, when he emerges from his trash can to sing "Everything in the Wrong Place Ball" with Grundgetta. However, this was only a one-shot appearance.

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 Walk-around version of [[Oscar the Grouch]] created for public appearances, including [[Sesame Place]] and ''[[Sesame Street Live]]''.
-Despite being one of ''Sesame Street''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> major characters, Oscar would not get a walk-around of his own until 2012. Prior to 2012, Oscar was portrayed as a puppet whose appearances were mostly limited to ''Sesame Street Live'' and Sesame Place. At the behest of [[Sesame Workshop]], Oscar became a walk-around character, allowing him to fulfill his abilities as well as interact with parkgoers (a move similar to [[Disney]] changing the [[Alice in Wonderland|Mad Hatter]] at their theme parks from a costumed character to a live actor, for the same purpose).
+Despite being one of ''Sesame Street''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> major characters, Oscar would not get a walk-around of his own until 2012. Up until then, Oscar was portrayed as a puppet whose appearances were mostly limited to ''Sesame Street Live'' and Sesame Place. At the behest of [[Sesame Workshop]], Oscar became a walk-around character, allowing him to fulfill his abilities as well as interact with park guests (a move similar to [[Disney]] changing the [[Alice in Wonderland|Mad Hatter]] at their theme parks from a costumed character to a human actor, for the same aforementioned purposes).
 The standard design consists of Oscar wearing his trash can around his waist with his legs sticking out from the bottom of the can. Just as he does in many illustrated appearances and merchandise, he wears the lid on his head like a hat.
-Outside of Sesame Place, Oscar also appears at [[SeaWorld]] parks (since 2014), [[Busch Gardens Tampa]] (since 2016), [[Beaches Resorts]] (since 2012), [[Universal Studios Singapore]], and [[Selva Mágica]]. Oscar also appeared at the now defunct [[La Feria de Chapultepec]] (in 2019).
+Outside of Sesame Place, Oscar also appears at [[SeaWorld]] parks (San Diego since 2014, San Antonio since 2015, Orlando since 2019), [[Busch Gardens Tampa]] (since 2016), [[Beaches Resorts]] (Ocho Rios since 2012, Turks & Caicos and Negril since 2013), [[Universal Studios Singapore]], and [[Selva Mágica]]. Oscar also appeared at the now defunct [[La Feria de Chapultepec]] (in 2019).
 Oscar is maintained by [[VStar Entertainment Group|VStar Entertainment]] (née VEE Corporation) and [[Animax Designs]].
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 Image:Oscarthepiratebuschtampa.jpg|As a pirate at Busch Gardens Tampa
 orlandobanditoscar.jpg|As the Trash Bandit, Halloween at SeaWorld Orlando
+oscarxmashatorlando.jpg|Christmas hat at SeaWorld Orlando.
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 ===Pre-2012===
 [[Image:OscarGrundgettaSSLSillyDancing.jpg|thumb|250px]]
-Oscar previously appeared in walk-around form in the ''Sesame Street Live'' show ''[[Silly Dancing]]'', when he [[Oscar outside of his can|emerges from his trash can]] to sing "[[Everything in the Wrong Place Ball]]" with [[Grundgetta]]. However, this was only a one-shot appearance.
+Oscar previously appeared in walk-around form in the ''Sesame Street Live'' show ''[[Silly Dancing]]'', when he emerges from his trash can to sing "[[Everything in the Wrong Place Ball]]" with [[Grundgetta]]. However, this was only a one-shot appearance.
 ===See also===
 * [[Oscar the Grouch stage puppets]]