Oscar the Grouch Stars in New Squarespace Ad [Video]

But thanks to Squarespace, the muppet now has a new claim to fame: art sensation. In the website builder’s latest ad, a Brooklynite stumbles upon Oscar’s heap of trash outside her doorstep and immediately proclaims it a work of art. She quickly creates a Squarespace website so he can show off what she believes are modern art installations, much to his chagrin.

“You want to put even more trash on the internet?” he quips.

By the time the website goes live, it’s all over for Oscar. It’s not long until his old pizza boxes, crumpled up newspapers, wet socks and banana peels are on display at galleries across New York. He’s even dubbed “this generation’s greatest artist,” a proclamation that induces nothing but eye rolls from him.

All of the attention is …