Oscar the Grouch Memes Suddenly Popular on the Right, But They’re Forgetting “Ronald Grump” Sesame Street Parody – IOTW Report

Oscar the Grouch Memes Suddenly Popular on the Right, But They’re Forgetting “Ronald Grump” Sesame Street Parody

The Wrap from March 2017

Years before he became president, Donald Trump was mercilessly and gleefully mocked by “Sesame Street.”

The iconic children’s show has never been big on politics. But in the last few decades its writers featured the real-estate tycoon as Ronald Grump, a heartless and unsympathetic character looking to trick residents out of their homes so he could built his lavish “Grump Tower” project.

Now, the episodes featuring Grump are being resurfaced just as the man who inspired them is threatening to defund PBS, the network which airs the show (it also airs now on HBO.) More

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