Oscar the Grouch’s trash can

Description (Brief):

This trash can is home to Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street. This particular trash can has a lid that is connected to the back of the trash can with a hinge. There is a wire connected to the lid that the puppeteer could use to open the trash can lid when performing. There is also a large opening cut in to the back of the trash can which allowed the performer to control the Oscar puppet while it was in the trash can.

Description (Brief)

Sesame Street (1969-present) is the longest-running children’s television series in American history, and one of the most influential and impactful programs in the history of the medium. First developed by producer Joan Ganz Cooney to use all the entertaining tools of commercial television to teach preschool aged children, the series was also a notable effort to use public television to reach minority and low-income communities who otherwise lacked educational opportunities. The series combines live action sequences set in a Harlem-like neighborhood of urban brownstones and small businesses with animated segments, catchy modern music, popular culture parodies, and integrates Jim Henson’s Muppets, a memorable mélange of entertaining scenes that have made Sesame Street a favorite of children and parents alike. Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop (known before 2000 as the Children’s Television Workshop) and premiered on the National Educational Television (NET) network in 1969 before that early educational broadcaster transitioned to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in 1970. Since 2016, Sesame Street has aired new episodes on HBO although reruns still air on PBS.

Date Made: 1979Date Made: before 1979

Maker: Jim Henson Company

Location: Currently not on view

General Subject Association: TelevisionSubject: Sesame StreetChildren's television programsTelevision broadcastsChildren's television programs

Subject:

See more items in: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment, Popular Entertainment, Jim Henson

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Credit Line: Gift of Children's Television Workshop

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0952.03Catalog Number: 1979.0952.03Accession Number: 1979.0952

Object Name: Trash Can

Physical Description: steel (overall material)wood (overall material)paint (overall material)woven tape (overall material)Measurements: overall: 25 in x 21 1/2 in; 63.5 cm x 54.61 cmoverall: 25 1/2 in x 19 in; 64.77 cm x 48.26 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-4ab7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1322569

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