Grover

==Origins==

==Origins==

A prototype version of Grover appeared on ”[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]” on [[Christmas Eve]] in 1967. This puppet had greenish-brown fur and a red nose. He also had a raspier voice – somewhat like Cookie Monster’s – and was played a bit more unkempt than Grover would later behave. The monster was referred to as “Gleep”, a monster in [[Santa’s workshop]]. He later made a cameo appearance in ”[[The Muppets on Puppets]]” in 1968 with the Rock and Roll Monster. In 1969, clad in a necktie, he appeared in the ”Sesame Street Pitch Reel” in the board-room sequences. During the first season of ”[[Sesame Street]]”, the character was nicknamed “Fuzzyface” or “The Hairy One”, though neither would be used for his actual name. The muppet was not yet the “cute” character he would become, and he was not all that different in personality from the other monsters with whom he interacted.

A prototype version of Grover appeared on ”[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]” on [[Christmas Eve]] in 1967. This puppet had greenish-brown fur and a red nose. He also had a raspier voice – somewhat like Cookie Monster’s – and was played a bit more unkempt than Grover would later behave. The monster was referred to as “Gleep”, a monster in [[Santa’s workshop]]. He later made a cameo appearance in ”[[The Muppets on Puppets]]” in 1968 with the Rock and Roll Monster. In 1969, clad in a necktie, he appeared in the ”Sesame Street Pitch Reel” in the board-room sequences. During the first season of ”[[Sesame Street]]”, the character was nicknamed “Fuzzyface” or “The Hairy One”, though neither would be used for his actual name. The muppet was not yet the “cute” character he would become, and he was not all that different in personality from the other monsters with whom he interacted. His catchphrases are “wubba, wubba, wubba” and “taxi!”.

In his book ”The Tipping Point”, author [[Malcolm Gladwell]] notes that the character “was used in promotional films for [[IBM]]”. The puppet first received the name “Grover” on May 1, 1970.

In his book ”The Tipping Point”, author [[Malcolm Gladwell]] notes that the character “was used in promotional films for [[IBM]]”. The puppet first received the name “Grover” on May 1, 1970.