Oscar appoints himself civil engineer ('Sesame Street' Wednesday)

Oscar the Grouch is one happenin' dude!

But he wouldn't make a very good Roads Scholar - let alone civil engineer.

That's because he appears to be completely ignorant of the standards for stop signs.

Stop signs are supposed to be octagonal and red - except the yellow ones erected before 1954. But in this 1970 clip (which also includes the original 'Sesame Street' opening theme), the ol' Osk has little use for standards and rules:



That clip is so old that Gordon was played by the late Matt Robinson - rather than Roscoe Orman, who has played Gordon for decades.

Of course, in the madcap world of 'Sesame Street', ignorance is all relative. Oscar may look uneducated for not following standards for stop signs. But everyone else just looks downright foolish. Did Bob really think Gordon put up a bunch of stop signs?

Did Gordon really think Mr. Hooper put them up?

You can excuse them for thinking Big Bird put them up, because making his own fantasy world out of a public street is the sort of wacky thing Big Bird would do.

'Sesame Street'. It's where the stop signs are square!