Sesame Streetis 45 years old today, and the warm-spirited puppeteers behind the show’s Twitter account did a fun thing. They shared45 facts about Sesame Street over the course of the day.

Oscar the Grouch. Elmo …” he reels them off ... Ceffalia and some of the many "Sesame Street" character puppets he's created by hand. Credit: Chris Ware Ceffalia says “Sesame Street ...

"Never applaud a grouch," Oscar the Grouch said as Spinney brought him out from behind the podium. Turning to his puppet master, Oscar said in his famously dismal voice, "I hate it when they applaud." ...

But now it’s time for two performers that I have worked with and respected — and actually hand-picked for ... as the curmudgeonly puppet in a trash can, Oscar the Grouch.

United Airlines is helping to educate consumers on fuel and sustainability, thanks to a new partnership with Oscar the Grouch ... puts the beloved grumpy puppet front and center in marketing ...

Happy birthday, Oscar the Grouch. The grouchiest resident of Sesame ... Oscar is purple in Jim Henson's original designs. The first Oscar puppet built was yellow. But Oscar was orange for the ...

Carroll Spinney, the puppeteer and artist who brought beloved Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch to life ... the artistic director at the Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline ...

But now it’s time for two performers that I have worked with and respected — and actually hand-picked for ... as the curmudgeonly puppet in a trash can, Oscar the Grouch.