The Grouch Queen

 Performers:  Grundgetta  • ( GROUCH )  Pam Arciero  • ( Muppeteer )

 Earliest Known Appearance: Episode 2630  The Grouch  Queen  is a  Grouch  portrayed in the Sesame Street fairy tale "  Snow Grouch &amp; the Seven Dwarfs  ", a  spoof  of the " Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs " story read by  OSCAR THE GROUCH  to his niece  Irvine  while  she  was fightin the  Grouch   Flu. The Grouch  Queen spoofs the Evil Queen, Snow White ' s evil stepmother.

The fairy tale tells the story of a Grouch  Queen ( who is played by  Grundgetta  ), who is the  Grouchiest   Grouch  in all the land. She knows this is so cause she asks her Magic Mirror  the same question every morning : "  Mirror ,  Mirror  , on the wall , who ' s the  grouchiest  of them all ? ". The Magic Mirror  ( voiced by  Richard Hunt  ) always responds with, " You are , Queen . You ' re the  Grouchiest   Grouch  in all the land ". The Grouch  Queen ' s daughter,  Snow Grouch  , with every single passing year , got  grouchier  &  grouchier. The morning after Snow Grouch  ' s 18 th birthday, the  Grouch  Queen asks the usual question , but this time the  Mirror  responded with , " The  Grouchiest  1 in all the land is  Snow Grouch  ".

Jealous, the Queen banishes Snow Grouch  from the Kingdom - - or as  Oscar  puts it , "  She  told  Snow Grouch  to get lost ! "  Snow Grouch  goes to live with the Seven Dwarfs , in their cottage in the wo ods.

The next morning, the Queen asks the Mirror  her usual question , sure that since  Snow Grouch  was gone , she was once again the  grouchiest  in the land. But Snow Grouch  is still the  grouchiest  of them all ;  she  ' s making the Dwarfs ' cottage messier every day & throwing the Dwarfs out of their own cottage cause  she  wants them to get lost, & so she could take  her  daily mud bath in peace.

The furious Queen tricks Snow Grouch  into eating a bite of a magic sour lemon, which will turn  her  into a nice  Grouch. After she bites the sour lemon, Snow Grouch  starts cleanin the cottage , which made the  Grouch  Queen the  Grouchiest   Grouch  in all the land once more. But then, as luck would have it , a Grouch   Prince  ( played by  Oscar  ) , who rode in on his dusty white horse , witnesses  Snow Grouch  cleanin the cottage , enters & yells - - " Hey  you  ! Snap out of it ! ".

With these words, the magic spell is broken , & Snow Grouch  is a true  Grouch  once more. So the Grouch   Prince  &  Snow Grouch  decided to get lost together, & lived  grouchily  ever after. Whether or not the Grouch  Queen figured out the breaking of her  daughter  ' s spell or not is never revealed.

TV / Movies / Specials

 * Sesame Street ( 1969 - present )


 * Episode 2630 ( 1989 ) ( "  Snow Grouch &amp; the Seven Dwarfs  " )


 * Sesamstrasse ( 1973 - present )


 * Episode 2331 ( 2006 ) ( " Snow Grouch &amp; the Seven Dwarfs  " )