The Grouchketeers

 Earliest Known Appearance: Episode 1952 " How can you tell a GROUCH keteer ? He ' s the one with the thumb in his e ar ! "  The  GROUCH keteer s , like the  BIRD  keteers are a group of real ki ds dressed in costumes based on their leader , in this case  OSCAR THE GROUCH .  OSCAR  depend s on them to help him  demonstrate thing s to t he viewer ( such as a game o f 3 o f These Thing s ) , help  him  make thin g s  TRASHY  or noisy , & sometimes even find  him  some more  TRASH  for his collection. Telly Monster was a lon g - time Grouch keteer.

The group did a dance called " The  NO  -  NO  -  NO  !  " in 1 epi sode ; Elmo was a member at the time. ( The song is included on t he album, Hot ! Hot ! H o t ! Dance Son g s . )

In episode 3963, Rosita had requested to be a Grouch keteer also , & was  GROUCH Y  cause she could n ' t be 1. She then became so angry at  OSCAR , that he  was really impressed & made Rosita a GROUCH keteer.

T V / Movie s / Special s

 *  SESAME STREET  ( 1 9 6 9 - present )


 * Episode 1 9 5 2 ( 1 9 8 4 ) ( 1 st appear a n c e )
 * Episode 2040 ( 1 985 )
 *  EPISODE 2269  ( 1 9 8 7 )
 *  EPISODE 2579  ( 1 9 8 9 )
 * Episode 2977 ( 1 99 2 )
 *  EPISODE 3141  ( 1 99 3 )
 *  EPISODE 3152  ( 1 99 3 )
 *  EPISODE 3866  ( 2 000 )
 * Episode 3797 ( 1 998 )
 * Episode 3963 ( 200 1 )
 * L e t ' s Make Music ( 2000 )