Who was the original voice of Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street?
Oscar the Grouch
Oscar the Grouch is a character on the television program "Sesame Street". He has a green body, no visible nose, and lives in a trash can. His favorite thing is trash, as evidenced by the song "I Love Trash", with a running theme being his collection of seemingly useless items. Although the term "Grouch" aptly describes Oscar's misanthropic interaction with the other characters, it also refers to his species. His birthday, as noted by Sesame Workshop, is on June 1. The character is performed by Caroll Spinney, and has been performed by him since the show's first episode. Since 2015, Eric Jacobson has been the understudy for the character.
Oscar the Grouch
The initial puppet, built by staff builder John Lovelady, was yellow, but since there was already a very large yellow character named Big Bird (also puppeteered by Spinney), they decided to change Oscar to orange. Oscar remained orange only for the first season of "Sesame Street" and then changed to green, which became his permanent color. This was explained within the show by a visit to Swamp Mushy Muddy.