Oh, Brother!

 Oh,  ' Brother !  is a 1987  SESAME STREET  story book published b y Idea l Toy s  f o r t h e " BIG BIRD' Story Magic " toy s et.

" U n usual Son g " & " Don ' t Eve r Trust a  GROUCH  " are sung o n the t ape, both by Dave Conner.  CAROLL SPINNEY  record ed the voice s of BIG BIRD &  OSCAR THE GROUCH , &  FRANK OZ  the voice of Cookie Monster , for the accompanying cassette tape.

 OSCAR THE GROUCH , In the story , is unusually cheerful , water ing flowers & singing the alphabet song correctly. BIG BIRD wonders what ' s up, & eventually finds out that  OSCAR  ' s brother ,  ERNEST  is coming to town.  OSCAR  can ' t stand him , & want s to make  him  feel out of  his  element. So he  fixes  his  door bell &  his  television, & set s out lot s o f sweet treat s , courtesy of Cookie Monster. But then,  ERNEST  call s to say t hat he  won ' t b e coming , &  OSCAR  despair s t hat all of  his  work is f or naught. Just after Cookie Monster gobble s down t he last of t h e treat s, &  OSCAR  finish e s breaking every thing again ,  ERNEST  change s his  min d , & decide s to come again !