The Sloppy Jalopy

 THE   SLOPPY   JALOPY  is  OSCAR THE GROUCH  ’ s  junk  car feature d o n  SESAME STREET . T h e car h a s a sign painted o n t h e s i d e : "  OSCAR  ’ s Taxi Service : Ride At You r Own Risk ". The car was seen on the show  as early as  sea s on 1 2.

 THE   JALOPY  was the feature d element of the street story in  SESAME STREET   EPISODE 3 0 8 1 , as  OSCAR  reminisce s about his  time with the car.

In  The  SESAME   STREET  Special ,  OSCAR  use s a dilapidated taxi cab.

This car is also feature d in t he 1 99 7  video  Fiesta ! , where it was being use d a s a  carosa  ( float ) by  t he k i d s  to re place  Rosita  ’ s broke n float.  Elmo  thought a fairy godmother transformed his   pineapple  into this  SLOPPY   JALOPY  as the float for the  k i d s.

 OSCAR  take s Bob  to  GROUCH Y  town  in the car i n  SESAME STREET   EPISODE 2 6 4 8 .

Recently, the  JALOPY  was seen in  EPISODE 4 1 3 4  of  SESAME STREET  , i n which  OSCAR  &  GRUNDGETTA  drive the car i n a r ace.

I n the 2 00 9  story boo k,  L o v e ,  Elmo  ,  OSCAR  is fixing up the  SLOPPY   JALOPY  to use it as a taxicab. The car has a sign paint ed o n t h e s ide : "  OSCAR  ’ s Taxi Service : Ride A t Your Own R i sk ".

T V / Movie s  /  Special s

 *  SESAME STREET  ( 1 9 6 9  - present )


 *  EPISODE 1 8 5 9  ( 1 9 8 3  )
 *  EPISODE 2 1 0 7  ( 1 9 8 5  )
 *  EPISODE 22 6 9  ( 1 9 8 7  )
 * Episode 2 4 8 3 (  1 9 88  )
 * Episode 2 4 8 7 (  1 9 88  )
 * Episode 2 4 9 0 (  1 9 88  )
 *  EPISODE 2 6 4 8  ( 1 9 8 9  )
 *  EPISODE 2 7 5 6  ( 1 99 1  )
 *  EPISODE 2 8 99  ( 1 99 1  )
 *  EPISODE 3 0 8 1  ( 1 99 3  )
 * Episode 4 0 2 8 (  2 00 2  )
 *  EPISODE 4 0 3 0  ( 2 00 2  )
 *  EPISODE 4 1 3 4  ( 2 00 6  )
 *  EPISODE 4 2 3 7  ( 2 0 1 0  )
 *  Follow That  BIRD  ( 1 9 8 5  )
 *  T h e  SE SAME   STREET  Special  ( 1 9 8 7  )
 *  Fiesta !  ( 1 99 7  )

Book s

 *  L o v e,  Elmo  ( 2 00 9  )

Follow That BIRD
Another car was feature d in  Follow That  BIRD  with a different look & vehicle make. since his horn is broken,  OSCAR  has a Honker  in the back seat to fill that function. A ragged um b rella c o v e r s t he back a r ea & a "  BIG BIRD  o r Bus t ! " sign is hand painted i n a ragged scrawl. The license plate r e a d s, " S| S C| C R| R A| A M| M  ".