Ronald Grump

  Muppeteer :   MARTIN P . ROBINSON 

 Earliest Known Appearance:  EPISODE 2399   DONALD   GRUMP  is a  VERY  famous  GROUCH  building tycoon & a parody  of the famous Donald Trump.  DONALD   GRUMP  appeared in  SESAME STREET   EPISODE 23 99 .

As the episode  begin s,  RONALD GRUMP  , a famous  GROUCH  building tycoon , approaches  OSCAR  with a n ew idea - a 2 - story -  CAN  - dominimum call ed "  GRUMP   TOWER  ". In exchange for  OSCAR  giving up his   property  to build the  TOWER ,  GRUMP  give s  him  a spot in the  TOWER  , as well as 3  TRASH  bag s. Maria think s it ' s a  ROTTEN  deal. which, naturally , only encourage s  OSCAR  further.

Maria bring s Luis to the new ly - constructed  GRUMP   TOWER .  OSCAR  love s t he up grade & introduce s his  neighbor s -  RONALD  live s ne xt lid, & the 3 r d set of  TRASH CANS  belongs to the Gruffy family.  OSCAR  even use s his  2 n d - floor  TRASH CAN  as a space for  FLUFFY  &  SLIMEY  to live, until  RONALD  point s out a clause i n his c on tract -  no  pet s !  OSCAR  can ' t bare to part with th  em  & w ant s t h e  TOWER  t o r n down.  RONALD  consider s t h i s option. . . for 40 bag s of  TRASH  !

 RONALD  w ant s his  TRASH , but  OSCAR  can ' t give up his   TRASH  ; it ' s all  he  has. Suddenly, the rest of the adu lts come by with 20 b ag s of  TRASH . . . & there ' s mo re  TRASH  w here  that  came fr o m, " Maria tell s  RONALD .

The t h & ki ds count the rest of the  TRASH  bag s as t he y walk down SESAME STREET. However, when t he y reach  GRUMP   TOWER  , t he y find t he y only have 39. Maria take s  RONALD  ' s con tract, crumple s it up & throw s it in to a paper bag , making 40 bag s of  TRASH  ! A defeated  RONALD   sink s into his  TRASH CAN .

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 *  SE SAME STREET  ( 1 969 - present )


 *  EPISODE 2 3 99  ( 1988 )