Oscar-the-Grouch's Alphabet of Trash

 OSCAR - T HE - GROUCH ’ s   Alphabet   of   TRASH  is a  1 9 77   SESAME STREET  story book in which  OSCAR THE GROUCH  present s  his   GROUCHY  version of t he  alphabet. Some of the letter s provide glimpse s in to his  life style :

D| D  i s f o r " dust " &  OSCAR  dust s his  furniture - - by dumping dust  on  to  his  bed & night st and.

E| E  is for " egg shell s ", which  OSCAR  put s in to h is  bed a t night " t o get a crummy night ' s sleep ".

G| G  i s f or "  GARBAGE  ", & the  GARBAGE   GROUCH  arrive s w /  OSCAR  ’ s w eek l y supply.

N| N  i s for a "  NO  - good neck tie ", which helped  OSCAR  win the " Worst - Dress ed  GROUCH  of t h e Year " award.

P| P  i s f o r " patch e d - u p porcupine " : " Some peo ple sleep w / teddy bear s, but  I  prefer a porcupine because it ’ s s o prickly ".

V| V  i s f o r " violin " : "  I  love to play the  GROUCH  Sonata l ate a t night ", which he  does on  his  screechy old fiddle , resulting in peo ple tossing  GARBAGE  at  him  to stop t he  NOISE .

W| W  i s f or "  WORM  ", &  OSCAR  present s his   pet  ,  SLIMEY .

X| X  i s f or " X| X - rays ", which  OSCAR  h a s X| X  - rays o f  him s elf  ,  Cookie Monster  , a goat , &  Sam the Robot.