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Rumpelco
PERFORMER Joachim Hall
DEBUT 1989
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Rumpel joins Sesamstrasse in 1989.

Rumpel is the Grouch from Sesamstrasse, the German co-production of Sesame Street.

Appearance[]

Rumpel is a green Grouch (originally "Griesgram" in German, lately "Grautsch") with big energetic eyes. He lives in a barrel with his pet caterpillar Gustav.

Personality[]

Rumpel hates rain when others love it, but he loves rain when others complain about it. He can be mischievous, but can't help but show his good heart from time to time.

History[]

Rumpel was added to Sesamstrasse in 1989 alongside Buh and Simson. The German grouch was to replace previously featured characters with more negative personalities such as Uli von Bödefeld and Oscar; quite a few critics weren't fond of the American Sesame Street set. German kids did not grow up in a suburb full of trash cans. After a few years of absence, the insert scenes of Oscar returned.

During his early years, Rumpel was even more unfriendly, but starting in 1995, he began occasionally showing his nicer side, including offering his rain barrel to other characters.

Trivia[]

  • Rumpel started out with a dark green nose. Starting in 1995, it became a dark, rusty orange, which became a much brighter orange in 1999.
  • Rumpel, along with other international Sesame Street characters, appeared on the cover of Sesame Street Magazine in October 2004.

See also[]

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