![]() “Awkward Black Girl” was adapted into an HBO comedy-drama called “Insecure”, in which Issa Rae stars. Rae also plays the title role in the series, a young lady named “J”. Issa Rae is a Stanford University graduate who created a YouTube web series called “The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl”. The voice was modeled on a grumpy New York cab driver encountered one day by Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who brings Oscar to life. Oscar’s personality was inspired by an angry waiter that once served Jim Henson (father of the Muppets). ![]() ![]() He is named after Oscar Brand who was one of the board members of the Children’s Television Workshop, the backers for “Sesame Street” as the Muppets were being developed in the sixties. Oscar’s persona comes from various sources. Oscar the Grouch is the Muppet who lives in a garbage can. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossĥ Children’s character who sings “I Love Trash” : OSCAR
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