MUPPETS MAIN MENU<\/a> | KERMIT<\/a> | ANIMAL<\/a> | GONZO<\/a> | MAHNA MAHNA<\/a> | ROWLF<\/a> | OSCAR<\/a> | ROBIN<\/a>
BEAUTIFUL DAY<\/a> | GLEEP<\/a> | PRAIRIE DAWN<\/a> | BABY JAVA<\/a> | COOKIE MONSTER<\/a> | ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN<\/a>
GROVER<\/a> | SUPER GROVER<\/a> | THE COUNT<\/a> | NATE ATEZ<\/a> | BACKSTAGE BONUS<\/a> | MUPPETS IN ACTION!<\/a>\r\n<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.wallyontheweb.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/mrr_oscar_01-400x606.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Character: Oscar the Grouch<\/p>\n
Hand type: Live hands<\/p>\n
Builder credits:<\/p>\n
Pattern \u2013 Wally Wingert, Alex McGee, and Shelley Johnson
\nPlastic eye piece fabrication \u2013 Kyle Killips; Plastic Depot
\nFoam head and tongue sculpture \u2013 Wally Wingert
\nMouth plate fabrication \u2013 Wally Wingert
\nFrown mechanism \u2013 Wally Wingert
\nHead and neck seamstress \u2013 Alex McGee; Alex in Wonderland
\nBody seamstress \u2013 Shelley Johnson
\nFur trimming and styling \u2013 Sergio Lopez
\nSpecial thanks \u2013 Jim Ojala; Ojala FX<\/p>\n
Height: 37\u201d<\/p>\n
Notes: A center ring between the eyeballs inside the puppet\u2019s head allows the puppeteer\u2019s middle finger to manipulate the eyebrow with simple \u201ccounterbalance.\u201d When the middle finger is down Oscar is wide-eyed. When the middle finger goes up, Oscar frowns. This is why Carroll Spinner was once quoted as saying, \u201cWhen Oscar frowned, I was flipping off the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i><\/div><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>Building an Oscar replica had been on my radar since December of 2016. I had won an auction which allowed a guest and I to tour the Henson Creature Shop in Burbank, CA. My friend Paul Dini and I enjoyed seeing touring the facility immensely, but the payoff came at the end when we were ushered into the conference room. There in the corner was a retired, screen-used Oscar puppet on display in his trash can. Paul and I both became 9 years old again! Creating a display similar to this would be on my to-do list for over 3 years.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>This is the retired Oscar that sits in the meeting room of the Henson Creature Shop.<\/p><\/div>\n
By Christmas Eve of 2019 I had now begun the tradition of a \u201cCreative Christmas;\u201d involving myself in some creative project while staying up all night listening to my favorite Christmas radio show and ushering in Christmas morning.<\/p>\n
After two frustrating attempts at building a suitable head structure and frown mechanism, I went back to the basics. I realized I was overthinking the mechanism\u2019s construction. I had intended to use a spring-loaded mechanism (like the one in Animal\u2019s head) to replicate Oscar\u2019s famous frown. Until I realized something.<\/p>\n
What would Oscar\u2019s builders have done back in 1969, the year \u201cSesame Street\u201d came on the air? Would they have used high-tech gizmos, or would they have used the most simplistic solution available? Once I wrapped my head around that, the answer was clear. (For more information about this build visit the page on my site dedicated to creating my Oscar the Grouch replica<\/a>.)<\/p>\nOscar\u2019s look has changed VERY dramatically over the years (he was even orange and had eyes that moved from side to side in his infancy) but I set my sights on how Oscar looked in the early 70\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Not the cheery, clean lime-green color he is today, in the 70\u2019s he was mossy green, ratty, matted and filthy. That\u2019s MY Oscar! My effects guy Jim Ojala even created a wonderful trash can home for Oscar to be displayed in. Oscar leers at visitors to Planet Wallywood from a corner of the living room.<\/p>\n
I made an Oscar when I was 19 with accompanying bottomless trash can within which I could operate him. Unfortunately I no longer have my first Oscar or his bottomless can.<\/p>\n
Character: Oscar the Grouch<\/p>\n Hand type: Live hands<\/p>\n Builder credits:<\/p>\n Pattern \u2013 Wally Wingert, Alex McGee, and Shelley Johnson Height: 37\u201d<\/p>\n Notes: A center ring between the eyeballs inside the puppet\u2019s head allows the puppeteer\u2019s middle finger to manipulate the eyebrow with simple \u201ccounterbalance.\u201d When the middle finger is down Oscar is wide-eyed. When the middle finger goes up, Oscar frowns. This is why Carroll Spinner was once quoted as saying, \u201cWhen Oscar frowned, I was flipping off the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Building an Oscar replica had been on my radar since December of 2016. I had won an auction which allowed a guest and I to tour the Henson Creature Shop in Burbank, CA. My friend Paul Dini and I enjoyed seeing touring the facility immensely, but the payoff came at the end when we were ushered into the conference room. There in the corner was a retired, screen-used Oscar puppet on display in his trash can. Paul and I both became 9 years old again! Creating a display similar to this would be on my to-do list for over 3 years.<\/p>\n This is the retired Oscar that sits in the meeting room of the Henson Creature Shop.<\/p><\/div>\n By Christmas Eve of 2019 I had now begun the tradition of a \u201cCreative Christmas;\u201d involving myself in some creative project while staying up all night listening to my favorite Christmas radio show and ushering in Christmas morning.<\/p>\n After two frustrating attempts at building a suitable head structure and frown mechanism, I went back to the basics. I realized I was overthinking the mechanism\u2019s construction. I had intended to use a spring-loaded mechanism (like the one in Animal\u2019s head) to replicate Oscar\u2019s famous frown. Until I realized something.<\/p>\n What would Oscar\u2019s builders have done back in 1969, the year \u201cSesame Street\u201d came on the air? Would they have used high-tech gizmos, or would they have used the most simplistic solution available? Once I wrapped my head around that, the answer was clear. (For more information about this build visit the page on my site dedicated to creating my Oscar the Grouch replica<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Oscar\u2019s look has changed VERY dramatically over the years (he was even orange and had eyes that moved from side to side in his infancy) but I set my sights on how Oscar looked in the early 70\u2019s.<\/p>\n Not the cheery, clean lime-green color he is today, in the 70\u2019s he was mossy green, ratty, matted and filthy. That\u2019s MY Oscar! My effects guy Jim Ojala even created a wonderful trash can home for Oscar to be displayed in. Oscar leers at visitors to Planet Wallywood from a corner of the living room.<\/p>\n I made an Oscar when I was 19 with accompanying bottomless trash can within which I could operate him. Unfortunately I no longer have my first Oscar or his bottomless can.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nPlastic eye piece fabrication \u2013 Kyle Killips; Plastic Depot
\nFoam head and tongue sculpture \u2013 Wally Wingert
\nMouth plate fabrication \u2013 Wally Wingert
\nFrown mechanism \u2013 Wally Wingert
\nHead and neck seamstress \u2013 Alex McGee; Alex in Wonderland
\nBody seamstress \u2013 Shelley Johnson
\nFur trimming and styling \u2013 Sergio Lopez
\nSpecial thanks \u2013 Jim Ojala; Ojala FX<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>