The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

 The   Adventure s   of   Elmo   in   GROUCH land  is the second  SESAME STREET   feature film , release d in  1 999.

Synopsis
In the 2| 2 n d  SESAME STREET  theatrical film,  1 4  y ear s after  Follow That  BIRD  ,  Elmo  spend s time with  his  favorite  blanket. When  Zoe  wants to play with it ,  Elmo  does n ’ t want to share  it  result in g in a tug - of - war leading t o  Telly Monster  accidentally taking  it  away while roller skating uncontrollably.  OSCAR THE GROUCH  ends up catch in g it , sneeze s on  it  & throw s  it  in to  his   TRASH CAN . Since  OSCAR  was n ’ t in his   TRASH CAN  when  Elmo  find s out,  he  goes in t o the  TRASH CAN  , w her e  he  fin d s  his   blanket  , b ut  Elmo  &  his   blanket  soon f a ll through a tunnel , which  OSCAR  end s up witness i n g & o n l y say s , " Have a n i c e t r ip ! H e h h e h ! ".

 Elmo  winds up in  GROUCH  land U S A, a world filed with  GROUCHES . The evil, greed y Huxley  then arrive s to take the various belong in g s , & takes  Elmo  ’ s  blanket  a s well. & since  GROUCHES  c a n ’ t s t and cooperation, they  never do any thin g to at least try to stop  Huxley  ’ s evil.  Elmo  then meet s a  GROUCH  girl name d  GRIZZY , who then show s  Elmo  where Huxley  ’ s castle is , to thank  Elmo  f or previously saving  her  from  Huxley  , &  Elmo  set s off to get  his   blanket  back.

Mean while,  OSCAR  tell s the gang that  Elmo  went into  GROUCH  land , & they all go in search of  Elmo . Once in  GROUCH  land, however , they get arrested & thrown in  jail  since it ’ s against the law to ask  for  help in  GROUCH  land.

Huxley is aware that  Elmo  i s in search o f  his   blanket , & has  his  hench men ,  Bug  & the  Pesties  , stop  Elmo  f r om getting  his   blanket. They trick  Elmo  into going into a shortcut, which leads to the palace  of the  Queen  of  TRASH . There, when she  learns that  he  ' s going t o  Huxley  ’ s castle & is believe d to be  1  o f  Huxley  ' s spies ,  she  has  Elmo  take the ultimate challenge : blow  her  100 raspberries i n 3 0 second s , which  Elmo  succeeds with help from the audience.

W hen  Elmo  get s c lose r, Huxley  get s a  giant chicken  to stop  Elmo. The chicken  think s that  Elmo  i s a  WORM , but  Elmo  convince s the  chicken  other wise. How e ver, once convince d , the chicken  tosses  Elmo  a way.  Elmo  is about to give up until a  CATER PILLAR  encourage s him  t o keep try in g.

Back at t he jail ,  GRIZZY  sneaks in to tell  Elmo  ’ s friend s that  Elmo  is on  his  way t o  Huxley  ’ s castle.  OSCAR , admit tin g  Elmo  is h is  friend , decides to yell out to the  GROUCHES  outside that , a l though  GROUCHES   HATE  work i n g  together ,  they  simply have to take a stand  just   t h is   once . T h e other  GROUCHES  agree, & they get let out of jail  to team up & go to stop  Huxley  from taking any more of  their  precious  TRASH  a way. Elmo & the others soon show up & confront  Huxley , but  Huxley  decide s to take  Elmo  ’ s  blanket.  BUG  soon get s a hold o f t he  blanket , & tell s Huxley  t hat  he  ’ s going to give it to  Elmo  , breaking off  his  friend ship with  Huxley.  OSCAR  leads the gang back to  SESAME STREET  via a short cut that he  knows. Back on  SESAME STREET ,  Elmo  decide s to l et  Zoe  h o l d his   blanket.

Muppet eer s

 * 1)  KEVIN CLASH  :  Elmo , Pest ie  ,  Grouch   Jailer  ,  Grouch   Cab Driver
 * 2)  FRAN BRILL  :  Prairie Dawn ,  Zoe  , Pestie
 * 3)  CAROLL SPINNEY  :  OSCAR THE GROUCH  &  BIG BIRD 
 * 4)  MARTY ROBIN SON  : Telly Monster ,  Pestie  ,  Laundromat Manager
 * 5)  DAVE GOELZ  : Humongous Chicken
 * 6)  STEVE WHITMIRE  :  Ernie , Football Stenchman  ,  Stuck weed  ,  Bad Humor Man  ,  SHARON GRAON 
 * 7)  FRANK OZ  :  Super Grover ,  Grover  ,  Cookie Monster  ,  Bert 
 * 8)  JERRY NELSON  : Mr . Johnson ,  Count von Count  ,  GROUCH   Cop  ,  GROUCH   Mayor
 * 9)  DAVID RUDMAN  :  Baby Bear , Colander Stench man  ,  Caterpillar  ,  Alarm Clock Bird 
 * 10)  JOE Y MAZZARINO  :  BUG 
 * 11)  MATT VOGEL  :  BIG BIRD  ( Performed the puppetry only in some scenes to a vocal track by  CAROLL SPINNEY , lettin the latter  perform  OSCAR THE GROUCH  . )
 * 12)  STEPHANIE D ' A BRUZZO  :  Grizzy , Pestie
 * 13)  Leslie Carrara - Rudolph 
 * 14) Bill Barretta
 * 15) Rowell Gormon
 * 16) Ed May
 * 17) And y Stone
 * 18) Jodi Eichelberger
 * 19) Lisa Sturz
 * 20) Annie Peterle
 * Carmen Osbahr
 * Bruce Lanoil
 * Kirk Thatcher
 * 1) Matt Y ate s
 * 2) Drew All i son
 * 3) John Boone
 * 4) R . Lee Bryan
 * 5) Lisa Consolo
 * 6) Mary Harrison
 * 7) Rob Killen
 * 8) Tim Parati
 * 9) Bob Lynch

Hum an s Ca st

 * Mandy Patinkin :  Huxley
 * Vanessa Williams as the  Queen  of  Trash 
 * Rut h Buzz i :  Ruthie
 * Bob Mc G rat h :  Bob
 * Sonia Manzano :  Maria
 * Emilio Delgado :  Luis
 * Loretta Long :  Susan
 * Roscoe Orman :  Gordon
 * Alison Bartlett O ' Reilly as  Gina

Muppet Characters

 *  Elmo ,  Zoe  ,  Baby Bear  ,  Telly Monster  ,  BIG BIRD  ,  OSCAR THE GROUCH  ,  GROUCH  Cop  ,  GROUCH   Mayor  ,  GROUCH   Ice Cream Customer  ,  GROUCH   Jail e r  ,  GROUCH   Cab Drive r  ,  Bad Humor Man  ,  SHARON GROAN  ,  GROUCH ES  ,  GRIZZY  ,  GROUCH  Parrot ,  Pesties  ,  Super Grover  ,  Grover  ,  Cookie Monster  ,  Bert  ,  Ernie  ,  Rosita  ,  Mr . John son  ,  Count von Count  ,  Prairie Dawn  ,  BUG  ,  Stuck weed  ,  Humongous Chicken  ,  Colander Stenchman  ,  Football Stenchman  ,  Caterpillar  ,  Blanket

Background Muppet s

 *  Grouch  An i ma l s,  GROUCH  Dog  ,  Old  Grouch  ,  Laundromat Manager  ,  Sock Quartet  ,  Any thin g Muppet s  ,  Ding er  ,  M r . Honk er  ,  Alarm Clock Bird  ,  Blanket  ,  Wood chuck  ,  Wolves  ,  Gnu  , Sing in g TRASH bag s

Not e s

 * In m an y scene s through out the movie,  MATT VOGEL  Muppet eer  ed the  BIG BIRD   PUPPET  by to a vocal track by  CAROLL SPINNEY  letting the  latter  perform  OSCAR THE GROUCH  , a protagonist in the film.
 * An animated logo for the C h i l dren ’ s Television Work shop   produced  by R . O . Belchmen & Tissa David was originally supposed to appear a t the film ’ s beginning.
 * T his film w as s hot over a 3 0 - day period ( start in g May 2 6, 1 99 8  ) at Screen Gem Studio s in Wilmington , North Carolina , along with  Muppet s from Space .

Additional Credit s

 * Executive Produce r  s :  Brian Henson , Stephanie Allain ,  Martin G . Baker
 * Pro duce r s :  Alex Rockwell , Marjorie Kalins
 * Co - produce r  s :  Kevin Clash , Timothy M . Bourne
 * Direct or of Photo graph y :  Alan Caso
 * Product i on Designer  :  Alan Cassie
 * Costume Design er  :  Polly Smith
 * Production Supervisor : Jane Gootnick
 * Costume Super visor : Stephen Rotondaro
 * Puppet Property Master : Brad Elliott