Mrs. Grouch

  Muppeteer :   MARTIN P . ROBINSON 

 Earliest Known Appearance: Episode 2982 ''' MRS.   GROUCH  is, of course , the legend ary  OSCAR THE GROUCH  ' s equally  GROUCHY ''' , unpleasant & extremely rotten mother. She is also t he mother o f  OSCAR  ' s brother s  ERNEST  &  OTTO  &  OSCAR  ' s sister  BUNNY . She visits SESAME STREET various times over the year s, including episode 3023  t o make sure that her  SON  i s still as  GROUCHY  as she knows  he  i s & hasn ' t actually been turn ed nice. In that same y ear, she also appeared in the special ''[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_Stays_Up_Late!  SESAME   STREET  Stay s U p L ate ! ]'', communicating by phone with her  SON  & other relative s. Although normally performed by Marty Robinson , in her  most recent visit  to SESAME STREET , she was played by  Leslie Carrara - Rudolph  in stead. Whether she is the daughter of  GRANDPA GROUCH  or  GRANNY GROUCH  is unknown.

''' Mrs.   Grouch ''' lives in Illinois.  OSCAR  remembers her gift of a tattered sneaker to him  as a baby fondly enough t o sing about it in "  I LOVE TRASH  ", or  his  signature , most famous  song  ever. Her name is also mention ed in  SESAME STREET  Magazine ( from November 1 995 ). Also, whether she is a widow or simply divorced from  OSCAR  ' s father  is un known.

According to a talk show appearance on Canadian radio,  OSCAR  ' s father  is f rom St. David ' s Ridge, New Brunswick & his   mother  grew u p in Nova Scotia. S t. David ' s is near Moores Mills, New Brunswick , a community also mentioned in the appearance. That is a reference to  Caroll Spinney  ' s real - life parents.

A running gag between ''' MRS.   GROUCH  &  OSCAR  is that whenever  OSCAR ''' would say " please ", she would wash his  mouth out with vanilla ice cream , which is almost like washing one ' s mouth out with soap when some one say s a bad word.

T V / Movie s / Special s

 *  SE SAME STREET  ( 1 969 - present )


 * Episode 2982 ( 1 992 )
 * Episode 30 23 ( 1 992 )
 * Episode 31 41 ( 1 993 )
 * Episode 38 66 ( 2 000 ) ( mentioned )
 * Episode 42 37 ( 20 10 )
 *  SESAME   STREET  Stays Up Late ! ( 1993 )

Books

 *  How t o Be a  GROUCH  ( 1 976 )
 *  SESAME   STREET  Stays U p L ate ( book ) ( 1 99 5 )