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February 15, 2022 11:02 PM

Ted Lasso's Roy Kent Visits Oscar the Grouch. ... fuuuuuuuu ... dge. (SLTweet w/Video)
posted by MollyRealized (22 comments total)

BEST OF THE WEB
posted by DoctorFedora at 11:48 PM on February 15, 2022 [2 favorites]

Surprised Jaime Tartt isn’t there, as it is known he is a fucking Muppet.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 11:58 PM on February 15, 2022 [48 favorites]

"Like a bru-nette Oscar the Grouch!"
posted by kaibutsu at 1:25 AM on February 16, 2022 [3 favorites]

I hope he growls at someone, who finds it delightful!
posted by Pronoiac at 2:12 AM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]

TIL Oscar the Grouch has an AirBnB
posted by PlusDistance at 5:03 AM on February 16, 2022 [9 favorites]

Brett Goldstein is so great. Every couple of days I laugh just remembering the bit in the Christmas episode where he tells his niece and Kheely, "We're going out into my stupid posh neighborhood to knock on doors, and if we don't find a dentist in the first ten doors, I'll give you both a thousand pounds."

I don't even know WHY I find that so funny.
posted by Ipsifendus at 5:25 AM on February 16, 2022 [18 favorites]

I love so much about him, the more I see of him, but his love of the Muppets may be the thing I love the most.

This quote from an interview with him just sums life up so well I think I need to hang it on the wall:

The secret of the Muppets is they're not very good at what they do.
Kermit is not a great host, Fozzie is not a good comedian, Miss Piggy is not a great singer. None of them are actually good at it, but they fucking love it. And they're like a family, and they like putting on the show, and they have joy. And because they have joy, it doesn't matter that they're not good at it. And that's like what we should all be. Muppets.
posted by Mchelly at 6:43 AM on February 16, 2022 [24 favorites]

Delightful! I am many years removed from Sesame Street (Original Cast Album #1 represent!) but I am tickled that there is a recycling bin next to Oscar's trash can.

I am so happy that Ted Lasso introduced me to Brett Goldstein.
posted by kimberussell at 7:07 AM on February 16, 2022 [5 favorites]

The secret of the Muppets is they're not very good at what they do

Say what you want, Electric Mayhem fudg'n shred
posted by Reasonably Everything Happens at 8:41 AM on February 16, 2022 [11 favorites]

A groundbreaking re-imagining of Endgame
posted by Going To Maine at 8:45 AM on February 16, 2022 [3 favorites]

I'm 51 and haven't seen Sesame Street in many years. I'm kinda surprised that Oscar the Grouch still lives in one of those stamped-metal cans. I remember them from my youth, but I don't think I've even seen one in 30+ years. I guess it's fan service for the Olds.
posted by SoberHighland at 8:53 AM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]

I'm kinda surprised that Oscar the Grouch still lives in one of those stamped-metal cans.

Rent control.
posted by flabdablet at 9:14 AM on February 16, 2022 [30 favorites]

I'm 51 and haven't seen Sesame Street in many years. I'm kinda surprised that Oscar the Grouch still lives in one of those stamped-metal cans.

Donno what video you saw, but the one in FP I saw showed Oscar in a blue plastic recycling bin.
posted by pwnguin at 9:20 AM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]

... I have to say, I'm not vibing with Big Bird's new voice actor, sadly.
posted by tavella at 9:33 AM on February 16, 2022 [4 favorites]

I use one of the stamped metal trash cans to hold horse feed. Meeses can chew through plastic but cheap galvanized metal is still proof against meeses. I put it up on concrete blocks to prevent rust from ground moisture.
posted by which_chick at 10:00 AM on February 16, 2022 [6 favorites]

also bird feed

if you live in a winter climate, you feed those darn birds, darnit
posted by elkevelvet at 10:57 AM on February 16, 2022 [2 favorites]

Hayes Brown on Twitter:

He’s here
He’s there
He’s teaching how to share
ROY KENNNNNNNT
ROY KENNNNNNNT

posted by Pronoiac at 2:04 PM on February 16, 2022 [9 favorites]

We use stamped metal trash cans to hold our trash because rats chew through every kind of plastic. Oscar has the right idea.
posted by hydropsyche at 3:40 PM on February 16, 2022 [1 favorite]

For those who wondered, I looked it up. "And while Oscar the Grouch still makes a trash can his home, he now pops up through an underground tunnel...connecting recycling and compost bins." Evidently he let Brett have the best room. (That link goes to an interesting-looking recycling company page.)
posted by TreeRooster at 7:16 AM on February 17, 2022 [2 favorites]

IIRC, the trashcan is merely a portal to a vast underground lair that at one point included a swimming pool. Oscar probably has trashcans all over the nabe.
posted by tavella at 10:40 AM on February 17, 2022 [2 favorites]

This is just the best. My heart just grew a little bigger.
posted by theora55 at 12:33 PM on February 17, 2022

This was great, thanks!

All this talk of Oscar's trash can makes me consider it may work similarly to The Doctor's T.A.R.D.I.S. I think Jodie Whittaker or David Tennant would be great in an Oscar/Who crossover.
posted by Fiberoptic Zebroid and The Hypnagogic Jerks at 12:46 AM on February 19, 2022 [1 favorite]