His name is Oscar the Grouch, and even people who watched “Sesame Street” as kids might find him a bit confounding. Spinney was introduced to the characters when “Sesame Street” creator Jim Henson called him up in the early 1960s. “I used to question that in the early days of ‘Sesame Street.’ Why is Oscar on? Spinney admitted that Oscar “doesn’t think the way I think at all,” but that’s what made the character so special to him. “I’m dealing with a mental entity who isn’t me, even though I’m empowering him,” Spinney wrote.

Source: thestar October 19, 2018 12:26 UTC