The Grouch Explorers

  Earliest Known Appearance : Episode 3 00 8  OSCAR THE GROUCH  & some of his  other  GROUCH  friend s sing  " The   GROUCH   Explore r s  "  right at  OSCAR  ' s  TRASH CAN , about the adventures they all like ( o r dis like ) going on together. 1  GROUCH  exclaims that his favorite was climbing Mt. Everest in his under wear.

Note s

 * For t his song, while  OSCAR THE GROUCH  was , obviously , performed  by  CAROLL SPINNEY  the other  GROUCHES  are  performed  b y  JOEY MAZZARINO  ,  MARTIN P . ROBINSON  &  Camille Bonora.
 * The photo s of their trip s shown during t he song would, sooner or later appear in the theme song for the show  ' s  True Blood   parody  call ed "  True  MUD  ".

Lyric s
Orange  GROUCH  :

 Gliding   through   a   smell y   swamp 

 Where   mosquitoes   come   to   romp 

 OSCAR  :

 The   fun   of   being   1 st   to   see 

 The   fungus   on a   ROTTEN   tr e e 

Gray - Green  GROUCH  :

 Steamy   Jungles 

Ora nge  GROUCH  :

 Ic y  '' Peak s ! ''

G ray Girl  GROUCH  :

 Not   a   decent   meal   in  '' week s ! ''

All :

 We   go   where   we   have   never   gone   be fore 

 T o   ex plore,   ex plore ,  '' explore ! ''

G ray Girl  GROUCH  :

 Soggy   night s   in   leak y   tent s 

Ora nge  GROUCH  :

 Attending   cultural   e vent s 

 OSCAR  :

 Riding   camels   through   the   heat 

Gray - Green  Grouch  :

 Feel ing   crank y,   feeling   b eat 

G ray Girl  GROUCH  :

 Broiling   in   t he   midday   sun 

All :

 I s   sweat y,   stick y ,   GROUCHY  '' fun ! ''

 We   go   where   we   have   never   gone   be fore 

 T o   ex plore,   ex plore ,  '' explore ! ''

 OSCAR  :

 Traveling   the   world   we   see   GROUCHES   who   live   differently 

Gray - Green  GROUCH  :

 But   every where   they   get   their   kick s 

G ray Girl  GROUCH  :

 From   all   t he   same   revolting  '' trick s ! ''

Orange  GROUCH  :

 In   Spain   or   France   or   Birmingham 

 They   all   have   way s   to   holler   - 

All :

'' SCRAM  ! ''

 We   go   where   we   have   never   gone   be fore 

 We   explore,   explore ,  '' ex plore ! ''

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