Sesame Street's resident grouch devises several ingenious and humorous schemes to escape from his persistent readers.

Oscar-the-Grouch recites the alphabet from a crumpled alphabet sheet to a zigzagged zipper.

Everyone on Sesame Street helps Oscar to have the rottenest birthday ever.

Oscar learns that it's always best to be yourself when you hope to make friends.

The Sesame Street characters introduce some new words, and we learn about the warm and caring Snuffle-upagus.