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On the 25th anniversary episode of Sesame Street in 1994, Joe Pesci appeared as the character "Ronald Grump", who wanted to demolish Sesame Street to build "The Grump Tower".
In 1987, Sesame Street introduced a character could Ronald Grump, a developer who scammed Oscar into moving into the overpriced Grump Tower.
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Sesame Street had two characters named 'Ronald Grump.' One was a muppet who built 'Grump Tower' on Oscar the Grouch's property. The other, a human played by Joe Pesci, wanted to tear down Sesame Street to build 'Grump Tower.'
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A character in Sesame Street that wanted to demolish the street in order to build Grump Tower, named after himself, Ronald Grump.
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In 1994 Joe Pesci appeared on Sesame Street as Ronald Grump, a Trump caricature who wanted to demolish the titular street and replace it with Grump Tower.
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Sesame Street made an episode in the 1980s where Oscar the Grouch gets tricked into a contract giving his property to "Ronald Grump" to build "Grump Tower". It was also the first episode to feature the music video for "Do De Rubber Duck"!
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A likeness of Donald Trump, known as Ronald and Donald Grump, has been a recurring villain on Sesame Street since the 1990's where he constantly tries to con the muppets into constructing a "Grump Tower" over Sesame Street.
