Oh, Brother!

' Oh, Brother !  is a 1987 SESAME STREET story book published by Idea l Toy s for the " BIG BIRD' Story Magic " toy set.

" Un usual Song " & " Don ' t Ever Trust a  GROUCH  " are sung on the tape, both by <span style="color:Dave Conner .  CAROLL SPINNEY  record ed the voices of BIG BIRD &  OSCAR THE GROUCH  , &  FRANK OZ  the voice of Cookie Monster , for the accompanying cassette tape.

 OSCAR THE GROUCH , In the story , is unusually cheerful , water ing flowers & singing the alphabet song correctly. BIG BIRD wonders what ' s up, & eventually finds out that  OSCAR  ' s brother ,  ERNEST  is coming to town.  OSCAR  can ' t stand him, & want s to make him  feel out of  his  element. So he  fixes  his  door bell &  his  television, & set s out lot s of sweet treat s , courtesy of Cookie Monster. But then,  ERNEST  call s to say t hat he  won ' t be coming , &  OSCAR  despair s t hat all of  his  work is f or naught. Just after Cookie Monster gobble s down t he last of the treat s, &  OSCAR  finishes breaking every thing again ,  ERNEST  change s his  mind , & decide s to come again !