That's right, that grouchy little green thing in the trash can wasn't always green. Maybe the producers of Sesame Street felt that orange was too sunny of a color?
Most people can't say that their lives have been thoroughly defined by a character from Sesame Street. Then again, we're not most people. For us, Oscar has been a common green thread, linking the past to the present. Wondering how that Oscar-looking thing above got to be the way he is? You can read all about ithere.