Mrs. Grouch



 Earliest Known Appearance: Episode 2982 ''' MRS.   GROUCH  is, of course , the legend a r y  OSCAR THE GROUCH  ' s equal ly  GROUCHY ''' , unpleasant & extremely rotten mother. She is also t h e 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 at e ! ]'', 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 i n "  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 divorce d 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 i n 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 when ever  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

 *  SESAME STREET  ( 1 9 69 - present )


 * Episode 2 9 8 2 ( 1 99 2 )
 *  EPISODE 2 9 5 0  ( 1 99 2 )
 *  EPISODE 3 0 2 3  ( 1 99 2 )
 * Episode 3 0 5 4 ( 1 99 3 )
 *  EPISODE 3 1 4 1  ( 1 99 3 )
 *  EPISODE 3 2 5 2  ( 1 99 4 )
 *  EPISODE 3 6 0 9  ( 1 99 7 )
 *  EPISODE 3 8 66  ( 2 000 ) ( mentioned )
 *  EPISODE 4 2 3 7  ( 2 0 1 0 )
 *  SESAME   STREET  Stays Up Late ! ( 1 99 3 )

Book s

 *  How t o B e a  GROUCH  ( 1 9 7 6 )
 *  SESAME   STREET  Stay s U p Late ( book ) ( 1 99 5 )