#oofnik

[girlactionfigure]

jewishmemesonly

[homogremlin]

Kippi makes me happy.

Oofnik is good too I guess

The Hebrew/israeli version of sesame street, rechov sumsum (and the crossover episodes shalom sesame) , doesnt have a version of big bird. Instead they have a hedgehog...named...kippi son of hedgehog.

(Also the original design was Not very muppet-y but that redesign is kinda awful imo...)

Oh also they have oscar the grouch's cousin(?) Oofnik the grouch (whose first name is Hebrew for grouch lol)

[3dnygma]

it’s Grouch time baby!!

So, people on twitter have been talking about international productions of Sesame Street - and I am all here for it! Big Bird even shared a thread on his “bird cousins” that has received many likes and retweets since.

However, Big Bird isn’t the only one with relatives all around so world!! So let’s take a proper look at some of Oscar’s Grouch relatives!!

(Sidenote: I grew up with the German production of Sesame Street, so we’re going to start with the German Grouches. My main source is the English Muppets Wiki!)

1. Rumpel! My favourite Grouch of all time. His Sesamstraße (ger. Sesame Street) debut was in 1989. In order to appease German parents, it was decided that he would be living in a rain barrel instead of a trash can. He also became progressively nicer over time, which I think works quite well with his cute character design. His pet caterpillar is called Gustav!

(more Grouches can be found under the cut)

2. Super-Grautsch! A rare visitor of Sesamstraße with only a handful of appearances. Some neighbourhoods have Super Grovers, some have Super “Grautsches”...to be honest, I don’t know which one’s better. Another German Grouch with little appearances is Grouchella. And Wolf may not be a Grouch, but he very much has the personality of one.

3. Moishe Oofnik (”Oofnik” = hebrew for Grouch)! This fella resides on Rechov Sumsum (Israeli Sesame Street) and has been around ever since 1982. While other Israeli Muppets have been retired over time, this Grouch is sure to stay around, thus making him the oldest Israeli Muppet to endure ever since his creation. I absolutely admire the little details of his fur!! His home is, in fact, not a trashcan but a recycling bin. Before that, he used to live in a broken car.

4. Uncle Yuska! Not much is known about this Grouch, since he only appeared in one episode of the Israeli co-production. However, we do know that he is Oofnik’s unlce. AND that I love his design with all of my heart.

5. Mordicus! This musical legend and his saxophone used to reside in a trashcan on 1, Rue Sésame (French Sesame Street) from 1978 until 1982.  Another production called 5, Rue Sésame aired from 2005 until 2007 - but it did not feature Mordicus.

6. Khepu! This handsome fella lives in a claypot and has been featured on Sisimpur (Bangladeshi Sesame Street) for about a decade. He was recycled from a purple Grouch Muppet that was previously used in the US production.

7. Gugu! His debut was on Vila Sésamo (Brazilian Sesame Street) in 1972. One very notable feature of the (now cancelled) Vila Sésamo is that all of its puppets were built by Brazilian puppet builder Naum Alves de Sousa and not the Sesame Street Workshop, thus resulting in their unique appearance. Nevertheless, Gugu is labelled as a Grouch and Oscar has been renamed to “Gugu” in contemporary Brazilian dubs of the US-American version of Sesame Street.

8. Bodoque! This Mexican Grouch used to live on a pile of boxes in Plaza Sésamo, starting with the show’s creation and ending with his personal retirement in 1995. The show has since featured other, newer characters. 

9. Ferrão! Although similar in appearance, this Grouch is not to be confused with Bodoque. Ferrão resides in a crate of wood on Rua Sésamo (Portugese Sesame Street) and, despite being quite a know-it-all, can also be very pleasant to be around with.

10. Khadoosa! I almost forgot about this fella, since his design didn’t seem particularly interesting to me at first. HOWEVER, what does set him apart from most Grouches is his personality! He actually hates getting dirty and would much rather be surrounded by pretty flowers. Khadoosa can be seen on Galli Galli Sim Sim (Indian Sesame Street).

These are, in my opinion, the most notable Grouches around the world. However, you are welcome to check out some more international Grouches here or add more comments/trivia under this post. Thx for giving this post a read!

[fairyprince7]

Night everyone

[themisterbenjy]

Moishe Oofnik offers advice for Passover.

[koheletgirl]

fkm - omer adam, noa kirel, moishe oofnik

okokok so. who's moishe oofnik. oh ok i googled him. it's been years im so sorry for not remembering him

look omer adam should die. i'd marry a puppet if it means he dies. and obviously i'd fuck noa kirel i mean who wouldn't

ask game

[poetical-irony]

we not gonna talk about israels oscar (actually his canonical cousin)? moishe oofnik, where oofnik roughly translates to "buzzkill"

Making friends with people from other countries is so crazy. I sent my group chat a Big Bird gif.

And this one girl says, “why isn’t he blue?”

I’m like, the fuck you mean??

So today I learned that in the Dutch version of Sesame Street, they do, in fact, have a blue Big Bird.

I was baffled by this so I went on Muppets Wiki and guess what.

In Mexico, Big Bird is green and his name is Abelardo.

Turkish Big Bird (aka Minik Kus) is apparently fucking orange.

This looks like a fuckin alternate universe or smth. I can’t.

[starstuffandalotofcoffee]

Also this is for you shana tova enjoy the Shalom Sesame version of Oscar the Grouch

[atticus-witty-west]

Task 010: Rule and Recap

Official  Recap Of The 76th Annual Hunger Games 

Victor: Atticus West, District 9

Age of Victor: 16 years old

Arena:  Emergency Nuclear Fallout Bunker

Duration: 7 days

The Arena for the 76th Annual hunger games was an Emergency Nuclear Fallout Bunker, where the tributes we’re locked in an underground facility. The tributes would probably never see the light of day again, nothing but the cold cement under their feet. A few kids died in the bloodbath, however it was one of the uneventful bloodbaths in history with only five deaths in the first day. Many tributes suffered from radiation poisoning in some way or another, by drinking still water or having being trapped in certain rooms behind large metal doors. The game makers got bored with tributes locked in rooms, and killed them off by leaking radiation into rooms, flooding the small chambers, or in one case playing white noise and driving one tribute to suicide.

Atticus had decided to pair up with his older district partner Joelene in hopes to survive the horrors of the arena but also to improve their chances of fighting off the careers. The careers used the tunnels and the tight corners to their advantage, being able to corner many tributes for easy slaughter, they we’re also able to hold the cafeteria as their point of refuge. However, this year they had solid competition with district three, five and six had also banded together in hopes to take out as many tributes as they could, rigging many of the vault doors to shut behind people thus locking them inside.

Atticus and Joelene had to be cautious about traps left by what they dubbed the techies, but they also had to hurry in order to avoid the bloodthirsty careers. With nothing but a machete and a slingshot the two of them managed to last five days; by that time there was only two careers left alive and four techies. All was going rather well until Joelene got shot with a blowdart coated in a deadly poison; she tripped a wire after walking through a doorway which had released one of the traps. 

After Joelene died in Atticus’ arms he swore that he would avenge her death, his blood boiling he started to hunt the trap makers down. The young tribute then spent the next two days hunting each one of them down and slaughtered them out of anger. He didn’t have to worry too much about anyone else getting in the way of his mission because the traps killed off the careers.

After the last canon sounded, the young dirty blonde dropped his blood soaked machete. The metal clattering against the cement floors rung loudly through the now empty halls; Atticus was now the official victor of the 76th Hunger Games.

Scoreboard

2nd: Bolt Tesla - District 5 - Killed by Atticus West

3rd: Portia Oofnik - District 6 - Killed by Atticus West

4th: Lexus Xanthopoulos - District 1 - killed by traps set by techies

5th: Serena Irving - District 4 - killed by traps set by techies

6th: Razor Norton - District 3 - killed by Atticus West

7th: Zenon Kingston - District 3 - killed by Atticus West

8th: Joelene Collins - District 9 - killed by traps set by techies

9th: Hunter Jenkins- District 10 - killed by Bolt Tesla

10th: Sapphire Smith  - District 2 - killed by  traps set by techies

11th: Gadget Ford - District 5 -  killed by Serena Irving

12th: Rodrick Forester - District  7 - killed by Joelene Collins

13th: Fabian Creek - District 11 -  killed by drowning

14th: Troy Philips - District 4 - killed by Gadget Ford

15th:  Rusty Gears - District 6  - killed by Troy Philips

16th: Paris Diamond - District 1 - killed by traps set by techies

17th: Hazel Shepard - District  10- killed by Suicide

18th: Brutus Black - District 2 - killed by  Rodrick Forester

19th: William Coal-Harbor  - District 12 - killed by radiation poisoning

20th:  Burton Mitchell - District 8 - killed by  Brutus Black

21st:  Rowan Woods - District 7 - killed by  Brutus Black

22nd: Caritta Jacobs  - District 11 - killed by  Paris Diamond

23rd: Chanel Finkelstein  - District 8 - killed by Lexus Xanthopoulos

24th:  Dorothy Bell - District 12 - killed by Serena Irving

[jewsome]

A Seder for Grover by Joni Kibort Sussman

Illustrator: Tom Leigh

A Seder for Grover introduces very young readers to Passover traditions with friends from Sesame Street. Big Bird, Moishe Oofnik, and Avigail join their friend Grover to celebrate the spring holiday of Passover. Together they eat matzah, read from the Haggadah, and find the afikomen.

The post A Seder for Grover by Joni Kibort Sussman appeared first on Jewish Book World.

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[hilplusterrorss]

#I feel like everyone should know that Oscar the Grouch canonically has a Jewish cousin named Moishe Oofnik who lives in a broken down car then say it with your chest, coward

what is the point of oscar the grouch on sesame street?

[fairyprince7]

Israel's grouch because everyone needs to see him

[safe-wordman]

[aimmyarrowshigh]

@therebeccaw replied to your video post: “OK start at 3:06 because the “Moishe Oofnik’s Oofganiyot” sketch is...”:

SHALOM SESAME CHANUKAH IS THE BEST. I mean, let's be honest, Shalom Sesame as a whole is wonderful. I still remember watching them as a kid and, yes, I remember ALL THE SONGS.

I love Kippi so much. :( He's so cute and sweet.