Changes: Oscarina Grouch

PERFORMER	Martin P. Robinson
DEBUT	1976 (How to Be a Grouch)

Latest revision as of 18:35, 28 April 2022

Oscar'sMom — Mrs. Grouch's appearance in Episode 4237.

Oscarina Grouch is Oscar's mother. She has visited Sesame Street various times over the years, usually to make sure that her son is still grouchy and hasn't been turned nice by the other residents.

Her first name was mentioned on Sesame Street in Episode 0072 when Gordon scoffs at it on a letter that Oscar has asked him to drop in the mailbox, "Well, of course, she's my mother!" A caption on her photo in the November 1995 issue of Sesame Street Magazine identifies her simply as Mrs. Grouch.

Oscar remembers his mother's gift of a tattered sneaker (given to him on the day he was born) fondly enough to sing about it in his signature song, "I Love Trash". He also kept her recipe for pepper-butterscotch-sardine snaps in Episode 0260 and fondly remembers the pepper sandwiches she used to make for he and his siblings when they were little.

According to Sesame Street Stays Up Late, Mrs. Grouch lives in Illinois. According to a talk show appearance on Canadian radio, Oscar's father is from St. David's Ridge, New Brunswick and his mother grew up in Nova Scotia (in reference to Caroll Spinney's parents).

A running gag between Mrs. Grouch and Oscar seen in Episode 3054 is that whenever Oscar would say "please," she would wash his mouth out with an ice cream cone, a Grouch reversal of a traditional punishment where one's mouth would be washed with soap when they say a bad word.

Martin P. Robinson performed Mrs. Grouch for her appearances in the 1990s, though in Episode 4237 (2010), she was performed by Leslie Carrara-Rudolph.

Appearances

Illustrated appearances

How to Be a Grouch (1976)

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-[[Image:Oscar'sMom.jpg|thumb|300px|Mrs. Grouch's appearance in [[Episode 4237]].]]
+[[File:Mrsgrouch.jpg|thumb|300px]]
+[[File:Oscar'sMom.jpg|thumb|300px|Mrs. Grouch's appearance in [[Episode 4237]].]]
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+[[File:2181 Oscar's mom.jpg|thumb|300px|"[[My Grouch Family]]"]]
-'''Mrs. Grouch''' is [[Oscar the Grouch|Oscar]]'s [[mother]]. She has visited [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]] various times over the years, usually to make sure that her son is still grouchy and hasn't been turned nice by the other residents. In 1993, she also appeared in the special ''[[Sesame Street Stays Up Late]]'', communicating by phone with her son and other relatives.
+'''Oscarina Grouch''' is [[Oscar the Grouch|Oscar]]'s [[mother]]. She has visited [[Sesame Street (location)|Sesame Street]] various times over the years, usually to make sure that her son is still grouchy and hasn't been turned nice by the other residents.
+Her first name was mentioned on ''Sesame Street'' in [[Episode 0072]] when [[Gordon]] scoffs at it on a letter that Oscar has asked him to drop in the mailbox, "Well, of course, she's my mother!" A caption on her photo in the {{popup|Ssmag.199511.jpg|November 1995}} issue of ''[[Sesame Street Magazine]]'' identifies her simply as Mrs. Grouch.
-Mrs. Grouch lives in [[Illinois]]. Oscar remembers her gift of a tattered sneaker to him as a baby fondly enough to sing about it in his signature song, "[[I Love Trash]]". Her name is mentioned in ''[[Sesame Street Magazine]]'' [[:Image:Ssmag.199511.jpg|issue 249]] (November [[1995]]).
+Oscar remembers his mother's gift of a tattered sneaker (given to him on the day he was born) fondly enough to sing about it in his signature song, "[[I Love Trash]]". He also kept her recipe for pepper-butterscotch-sardine snaps in [[Episode 0260]] and fondly remembers the pepper sandwiches she used to make for he and his siblings when they were little.
-According to a talk show appearance [[Waste Reduction Week|on Canadian radio]], Oscar's father is from St. David's Ridge, New Brunswick and his mother grew up in Nova Scotia. St. David's is near Moores Mills, New Brunswick, a community also mentioned in the appearance. That is a reference to [[Caroll Spinney]]'s parents.
+According to ''[[Sesame Street Stays Up Late]]'', Mrs. Grouch lives in [[Illinois]]. According to a talk show appearance [[Waste Reduction Week|on Canadian radio]], Oscar's [[Oscar's Pop|father]] is from St. David's Ridge, New Brunswick and his mother grew up in Nova Scotia (in reference to [[Caroll Spinney]]'s parents).
-A running gag between Mrs. Grouch and Oscar seen in [[Episode 3054]], is that whenever Oscar would say "please," she would wash his mouth out with a vanilla ice cream cone; a Grouch reversal of a traditional punishment where one's mouth would be washed with soap when they say a bad word.
+A running gag between Mrs. Grouch and Oscar seen in [[Episode 3054]] is that whenever Oscar would say "please," she would wash his mouth out with an [[Ice cream|ice cream cone]], a Grouch reversal of a traditional punishment where one's mouth would be washed with soap when they say a bad word.
 [[Martin P. Robinson]] performed Mrs. Grouch for her appearances in the 1990s, though in [[Episode 4237]] (2010), she was performed by [[Leslie Carrara-Rudolph]].
+==Appearances==
-==Episodic appearances==
 * [[Episode 2797]]
 * [[Episode 2915]]
 * [[Episode 2982]]
 * [[Episode 3054]]
+* [[Episode 3065]]
 * [[Episode 3141]]
+* ''[[Sesame Street Stays Up Late]]''
 * [[Episode 3242]]
 * [[Episode 3609]]
+* [[Episode 3648]]
 * [[Episode 4237]]
+==Illustrated appearances==
+* ''[[How to Be a Grouch]]'' (1976)
 ==See also==