A Muppet Family Christmas (1987 TV Movie)

Caroll Spinney: Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch

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Quotes 

• Emily 'Ma' Bear : Aren't they adorable?

  Oscar the Grouch : Hey, don't encourage them!

• Oscar the Grouch : Hey, everybody, quiet down! There's a bulletin on TV!

  The Newsman : And now, for this news flash: the worst blizzard in fifty years is approaching us at a great rate. The Weather Service reports that barometers are falling sharply.

  [a lot of wooden barometers crash on him] 

  The Newsman : Oh no! Whoa...

• Oscar the Grouch : I'll be nicely miserable in my trash can here.

  Rizzo the Rat : Hey, maybe I can bunk out here with you.

  Oscar the Grouch : Huh, I never had a rat in my trash can before, that might be nice.

• Kermit : [seeing the Sesame Street cast arrive as they sing "Here We Come a-Caroling"]  It's the Sesame Street gang!

  Big Bird : Merry Christmas from Sesame Street!

  Sesame Street Cast : Merry Christmas!

• Oscar the Grouch : I will *not* sing this song!