I Love Trash

"I Love Trash" is Oscar the Grouch's signature song. It was first performed on Sesame Street in season 1, and has been retaped several times as the Oscar puppet evolved.
Oscar lists off several special items in his trash collection that he admires; including a tattered and worn sneaker that was given to him by his mother, a 13-month-old newspaper with smelly, cold fish wrapped inside, a defective clock, an old telephone, a broken umbrella, and a rusty trombone.
Earlier taped performances of the song have Oscar pulling the items he names out of his trash can. In a later remake, taped for Episode 2785, Oscar steps out of his trash can area and exhibits his trash spread across Sesame Street.
==Performances==
Image 	Year 	Description	
 	1970 	Sesame Street Episode 0095
Sung by Oscar the Grouch.	
 	1970 	The Sesame Street Book & Record
Sung by Oscar the Grouch, audio releases often retain the spoken introduction with Bob.	
 	1970 	Sesame Street Episode 0153
Retaped with the green Oscar, syncing to audio from The Sesame Street Book & Record, as do several subsequent remakes on the show.	
 	1970 	Children's Christmas at the White House
Sung by Oscar the Grouch, syncing to the album version.	
 	1971 	Sesame Street Episode 0291
Sung by Oscar the Grouch, syncing to the first season version.	
 	1972 	Sesame Street Episode 0379
Sung by Oscar the Grouch, syncing to the album version.	
 	1972 	Sesame Street Episode 0430
Sung by Oscar the Grouch, syncing to the album version.	
 	1973 	Sesame Street Episode 0510
Sung by Oscar the Grouch, syncing to the album version.	
 	1975 	Sesame Street Episode 0710
Oscar leads his Grouch School students in the song for their music lesson.	
 	1980 	Here Come the Puppets!
Sung by Oscar the Grouch, accompanied by Bruno the Trashman on rollerskates and other full-bodied Muppets.	
 	1980 	Eileen & Friends
Sung by Oscar the Grouch.	
 	1982 	Sesame Street Sing-Along!
Performed as part of a medley of Sesame Street songs, sung by Oscar and the cast.	
 	1988 	Sesame Street Episode 2432
Sung by Oscar the Grouch.	
 	1989 	The Jim Henson Hour Episode 109
Sung by K.d. lang	
 	1991 	Sesame Street Episode 2785
Sung by Oscar the Grouch. Originally part of a street story where the cast discusses love, the scene, minus the prologue, later aired as a stand-alone insert.	
 	1993 	Sesame Street Live: When I Grow Up
Sung by Oscar the Grouch, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grundgetta, and Telly Monster.	
 	1997 	Sesame Street Episode 3638
Oscar sings the song as "Grouches Love Trash" with Irvine	
 	1997 	Sesame Street Live: Elmo's Coloring Book
Sung by Oscar the Grouch.	
 	1998 	Elmopalooza
Oscar sings the song as part of the "Songs" medley.	
 	1998 	Elmopalooza (soundtrack)
Sung by Steven Tyler.	
 	1999 	Sesame Street Episode 3815
Sung by Oscar the Grouch, backed by Gabi and Three Grouches Named Moe.	
 	2000 	Evening at Pops
Sung by Oscar as a part of the closing medley	
 	2001 	Sesame Street Live: Everyone Makes Music
Sung by Oscar the Grouch.	
 	2002 	Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic
A chorus line of stinky socks sing a brief portion of the song during Oscar's imagination sequence, where Sesame Street is turned into a vast garbage dump.	
 	2008 	Sesame Street Live: Elmo's Green Thumb
Sung by Oscar the Grouch.	
 	2009 	A Capitol Fourth
Sung by Oscar the Grouch.	
 	2009 	The Bonnie Hunt Show
Oscar sings the first chorus, and adds that it'll cost 50 cents to hear more of the song.	
 	2009 	Plaza Sésamo Episodio 1033
A Multimonstruo, who loves trash, performed a rock version of this song.	
 	2012 	Jim Henson's Musical World
Performed as part of the "Sesame Street medley," sung by Elmo, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Gordon, Bob, Susan, Leela, Gina, Alan, and Maria.	
 	2013 	The Colbert Report
Stephen Colbert, Big Bird, and Oscar sing a portion of the song.	
 	2017 	Sesame Street Live: Let's Party!
Oscar performs a remixed version of the song.	
 	2018 	Sesame Street YouTube channel
An animated lyric video of the song features Oscar dropping into his trash can to show off his collection, and includes cameos from Oscar's mother, Grundgetta, Bruno the Trashman, Irvine, an orange Grouch, Oscar's sister, Bunny, Grandpa Grouch, as well as Cookie Monster, Grover, and Elmo.	
 	2018 	Caroll Spinney's retirement party
Sung by Oscar the Grouch, Sonia Manzano and Grundgetta.	
 	2019 	Sesame Street Episode 4929
The newest Grouch member, Jack (Antonoff) the Grouch, sings an introductory verse highlighting the small spot on his tie. Oscar interrupts, insisting that Grouches don't like tiny smudges, but really messy stuff. Oscar then sings the traditional song, joined by Grundgetta, Jack and the other Grouches.	
 	2019 	Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Sung by Oscar and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as part of a medley.	
 	2020 	The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo episode 111
Sung by Oscar and Josh Groban	
 	2024 	Say Hello
Oscar, Elmo, and Abby sing the song with a couple human cast members.	
Variations	Variations	Variations 	Variations
Image 	Year 	Description	
 	1970 	The Flip Wilson Show
Oscar and Flip Wilson sing a unique version of the song, with additional lyrics.	
 	1984 	Sesame Street Episode 1911
Oscar digs through a giant trashcan and sings about the large items in it, like an oversized "ratty old comb." A clip of this version appears in the special Stars and Street Forever.	
 	1997 	Sesame Street Episode 3612
Oscar sings an abridged version of the song in scene 1. In scene 6, Oscar sings a new version with lyrics about his pets (Slimey, Fluffy, Iago, Spot, and Lassie), as a plea for them to come home.	
 	1998 	The Three Grouchketeers
Grover, Telly and Zoe each sing a verse of the song, with changed lyrics to suit their interests.	
 	2000 	Sesame Street Episode 3891
When Oscar finds Felix the Grouch polishing some of his trash, Oscar sings "I Love Trash," while Felix sings about how he loves to clean.	
 	2018 	Puppets for Puppetry 
Bobby Moynihan and Oscar sing an altered version of the song in honor of Caroll Spinney.	
 	2022 	Sesame Street: The Musical
Oscar sings a new version of the song, describing his role as a theater critic. He's joined by a Muppet Tony Award, broken umbrella, and rusty trombone.	
==Publications==
*The Songs of Sesame Street in Poems and Pictures (1983)
*The Sesame Street Song Book (1971, 1992 and 2007 editions)
*Sesame Street Unpaved (1998, lyrics and pictures from 1991 version)
*The Reader's Digest Children's Songbook (1986)
*Sesame Street Songbook Vol. 1
*Songs of Sesame Street (1977)
*The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
==See also==
*Oscar the Grouch songs
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