Oscar the Grouch
A Grouchy Start
Open up on Sesame Street; Oscar comes out of his trash can; Ricky comes out of his recycle bin

[Ricky]

Well howdy, new friend. I'm Ricky Recycle-Bin.

[Oscar]

Recycle my asshole!

[Ricky]

If it would help save the planet, you bet I would.

A man drops an orange juice container into Ricky's bin

[Ricky]

Excuse me, sir. No bottle caps. Ah, no big deal. Recycling is good for the environment.

A couple puts a plastic container into Ricky's bin

[Ricky]

Hey thanks, guys! Oh-oh, but this is PVC plastic type 3. I accept types 1 and 2 only.

The couple looks at each other, then tips Ricky's bin over

Cut to a blackboard reading "TWO WEEKS LATER"

Cut to Ricky getting angry at a man trying to throw out a pizza box

[Ricky]

For the last time, no dirty pizza boxes or polyethylene-coated coffee cups!

[Man]

I'm trying all right! You don't have to be a dick about it!

[Ricky]

I'm being a dick about it for the children!

A girl and her mother try to throw out a cardboard box inside Ricky's bin

[Ricky]

Hey dipshit, what part of "cut up cardboard boxes into 2 foot by 2 foot squares, bundle them with twine and leave them out on the third Tuesday of every other month only" DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?!?!?

The mother and daughter run away

[Ricky]

Sheesh, now I understand why you're so grouchy.

[Oscar]

Do you?

Fade to flashback with Oscar and his older brother

[Oscar's Brother]

I love you, little brother, but now it's time for me to seek my fortune out in the world. Give mom a kiss for me, will ya?

A garbage man picks up Oscar's brother's can

[Oscar's Brother]

Hey, thanks for the ride. I'm gonna--Hey, whatcha doin'!

Garbage man throws Oscar's brother out of his can and into a garbage truck and he gets crushed

[Oscar]

NOOOOOOO!!!

Fade back to the present

[Oscar]

You don't know me at all, man. You don't know anything about me.