According to the Urban Dictionary Oscar the Grouch is "The poorest M-Fer on Sesame Street and ain't nobody helpin' him."  I think this is appropriate.  Everyone keeps trying to cheer Oscar up on the show, but no one addresses the fact that he is homeless and living in a trashcan.  No wonder he is always grouchy.  Honestly, instead of singing him a song or something lame like that why don't they give him $10 and a lift to the homeless shelter?  That would put a smile on his face, I bet.  

When you think about it, Sesame Street is comprised of a number of dysfunctional personalities.  You've got the homeless man (Oscar the Grouch), the eating disorder man(Cookie Monster), the obsessive compulsive vampire (the Count), the co-dependent couple (Bert and Ernie), the schizophrenic bird (Big Bird, who has conversations with his teddy bear), and the Narcissistic red whatever (Elmo, as in Everyone Loves Elmo).  I came up with this on my own, but through the magic of the internet I found with very little effort this article detailing the disorders on the show and what it could be doing to kids today.

Anyway, I think Oscar is my favorite character.  I found this great Oscar the Grouch for American Idol judge Facebook page and think it's brilliant.  I think he would finally bring the appropriate level of seriousness to that dumb karaoke contest (thank you Howard Stern).  Here is Oscar at his best singing "I Love Trash"

By the way, for some strange reason in 1969 and 1970 Oscar was orange rather than green.  Weird.