Smiling George

 Smiling George  is Oscar the Grouch 's friendly cousin (they can't all be perfect, as  Oscar  says). He is also the cousin of Ernest  &  Otto the Grouch  & their sister  Bunny. He appears in the 1976 book How to Be a Grouch sitting in a trash can  that has a smiling face on the back of the lid.

Books

 * How to Be a Grouch (1976)