The Grouchketeers

" How c an you tell a  G R O U C H  k e tee r ? He ’ s t he one with t he thumb in his e ar ! "  The   G R O U C H k e tee r s , like the  BIRD  K E TEE R S  are a group of  real k i d s  dressed in costume s base d o n the i r leader , in t his case  OSCAR THE GROUCH .  OSCAR  depend s on them to help him  demonstrate thin g s to t he view er ( s u ch a s a game o f  3  o f The se Thing s  ) , help  him  make thin g s  TRASHY  or noisy , & sometimes even find  him  some more  TRASH  f or  his  collect ion.  Tell y Monster  was a long - time  G R O U C H  k e tee r.

1| 1 early appearance in  episode 1 9 5 2  feature d  GRUNDGETTA  leading a  G R O U C H  k e tee r meet in g & play in g " Cross it Out ".  GRUNDGETTA  call s the k i d s  up & ask s  t h e m  to cross out a different thin g on  her  card. David call s  her  o ut on some thin g ; the  k i d s  are good at crossing thing s out, but  she  ' s done nothing. She get s t he card & crosses t he whole thing out.

The group did a dance called " T he  NO  -  NO  -  NO  !  " i n 1| 1   episode  ;  Elmo  was a member at t he time. ( The song i s include d on t h e album,  Hot ! Hot ! H o t ! Dance Son g s  . )

In  EPISODE 3 9 6 3 ,  Rosita  had request ed to be a  G R O U C H  k e tee r also , & was  GROUCH Y  cause she  could n ’ t be one. She t hen be came so  ANGRY  at  OSCAR , that  he  was really impressed & made  Rosita  a  G R O U C H  k e tee r.

The club was last feature d during sea s on 3 8.

Appearance s
T V /  Movie s  /  Special s
 *  SESAME STREET  ( 1 9 6 9  - present )


 * Episode 1 9 5 2 (  1 9 8 4  )
 * Episode 2 0 4 0 (  1 9 8 5  )
 * Episode 2 0 5 8 (  1 9 8 5  )
 * Episode 2 1 0 3 (  1 9 8 5  )
 * Episode 222 3 (  1 9 8 6  )
 *  EPISODE 22 6 9  ( 1 9 8 7  )
 * Episode 2 4 2 4 (  1 9 88  )
 *  EPISODE 2 5 1 6  ( 1 9 88  )
 * Episode 2 6 2 3 (  1 9 8 9  )
 * Episode 2 6 7 3 (  1 99 1  )
 * Episode 2 7 6 0 (  1 99 1  )
 *  EPISODE 2 77 6  ( 1 99 1  )
 *  EPISODE 2 7 9 7  ( 1 99 1  )
 * Episode 2 9 77 (  1 99 2  )
 * Episode 3 0 3 9 (  1 99 2  )
 * Episode 3 0 7 5 (  1 99 3  )
 *  EPISODE 3 0 8 5  ( 1 99 3  )
 *  EPISODE 3 1 22  ( 1 99 3  )
 *  EPISODE 3 1 4 1  ( 1 99 3  )
 *  EPISODE 3 1 5 2  ( 1 99 3  )
 * Episode 3 1 7 0 (  1 99 4  )
 *  EPISODE 3 2 00  ( 1 99 4  )
 * Episode 3 2 0 3 (  1 99 4  )
 * Episode 3 2 1 4 (  1 99 4  )
 *  EPISODE 3 2 3 5  ( 1 99 4  )
 * Episode 3 2 8 5 (  1 99 4  )
 *  EPISODE 3 2 8 7  ( 1 99 4  )
 * Episode 33 1 5 (  1 99 5  )
 * Episode 33 4 0 (  1 99 5  )
 * Episode 33 4 7 (  1 99 5  )
 * Episode 33 6 3 (  1 99 5  )
 * Episode 33 7 5 (  1 99 5  )
 * Episode 33 8 1 (  1 99 5  )
 * Episode 3 4 3 9 (  1 99 6  )
 *  EPISODE 3 4 5 9  ( 1 99 6  )
 *  EPISODE 3 4 6 0  ( 1 99 6  )
 *  EPISODE 3 4 8 0  ( 1 99 6  )
 *  EPISODE 3 4 8 2  ( 1 99 6  )
 *  EPISODE 3 4 8 5  ( 1 99 6  )
 * Episode 3 5 0 7 (  1 99 6  )
 *  EPISODE 3 5 2 3  ( 1 99 6  )
 *  EPISODE 3 6 4 8  ( 1 99 7  )
 * Episode 3 6 5 6 (  1 99 7  )
 * Episode 3 6 9 0 (  1 99 8  )
 *  EPISODE 3 7 44  ( 1 99 8  )
 * Episode 3 77 9 (  1 99 8  )
 * Episode 3 7 9 7 (  1 99 8  )
 *  EPISODE 3 8 66  ( 2 000  )
 * Episode 3 9 0 9 (  2 000  )
 * Episode 3 9 1 7 (  2 00 1  )
 * Episode 3 9 4 3 (  2 00 1  )
 *  EPISODE 3 9 6 3  ( 2 00 1  )
 * Episode 4 00 4 (  2 00 2  )
 *  EPISODE 4 0 9 4  ( 2 00 5  )
 *  L e t ’ s Make Music  ( 2 000  )