Ask Oscar

Ask Oscar is a recurring series of Sesame Street sketches from the 1980s. Each segment was introduced by Telly Monster, and they involved Oscar the Grouch answering mail from viewers, most of them Grouches.

This sketch as also revived as the main street story in episode 4118.

Segments

 * V Word
 * Oscar gets a letter from a viewer who wants Oscar to talk about a V word. Oscar talks about the V word "Vibrate". Telly doesn't know what "vibrate" means, so Oscar has Telly hit a steel V that Oscar has with a hammer, which gives them both a vibrating feeling.


 * Plan For a Vacation
 * Bob fills in for Telly, as Oscar shows how he would plan for a vacation. Oscar packs a suitcase, roughly exactly as Bob would, but when Bob lifts the suitcase, everything falls out though a torn side.


 * The Longest Grouch Word
 * Timi assists Oscar, translating Oscar's words in sign language. Oscar answers a letter from someone who wants to know what the longest Grouch word he knows is. Oscar states that the word is "supercalifragilistic-yucky-elodocious" (a reference to "Mary Poppins"), which is hard to sign, and which Oscar repeats many times.


 * Linda Substitutes
 * A grumpy Linda substitutes for Oscar.


 * The Count Substitutes
 * Telly is on vacation, so Count von Count fills in for him. Unfortunately, the Count (being the Count) has too much fun counting the questions mailed in by viewers; he doesn't give Oscar the chance to answer one before moving along to the next! When the Count gets up to six, an exasperated Oscar hollers at him, "Will you stop counting the questions!!?" The Count's reply: "Ah, that makes seven. Seven questions! Ha ha ha!!" As thunder and lightning flashes, Oscar sighs, "Can you believe this!?" That, of course, makes eight questions...


 * Do Grouches Like Discussions?
 * Telly gets a letter asking if Grouches like to have discussions. Howver, Oscar won't come out of his trash can, and refuses to discuss the question.