Should Sesame Street use Super Grover to generate more fans ?

[mbmfrog]

I mean think about it, all kids sometimes complain about Superheroes once and a while, and SS has it own Superhero in .


So how about a mini-series Comic book series featuring Super Grover or at least more scenes of him on the show or at least a guest star on some other show just to incorperate him into generating more fans (old and new) for Sesame Street.


However what do you all think of the idea, especially with the height that Superheroes are in the Movies ?

 

[wiley207]

Well it seems to me that Super Grover seems more popular than regular loveable furry old Grover. After all, he's in the new opening and closing credits. So maybe more Super Grover exposure could work.

 

[Drtooth]

That's actually what they've been doing for a while. In fact, Super Grover was the figure that was supposed to launch the Palisades Sesame Street line. Alex Ross (or is it Roth) even painted a Super Grover lithograph to go with it. And let us not forget about the Super Grover Parade Balloon that appeared around the 35th SS anniversary.

Problem was, as soon as the Grover popularity resurgance started, they came out with Abby, so basically it was skewed towards her.

But then again, Super Grover appears in a reasy to Learn PSA.

 

[mikebennidict]

I mean think about it, all kids sometimes complain about Superheroes once and a while, and SS has it own Superhero in .


So how about a mini-series Comic book series featuring Super Grover or at least more scenes of him on the show or at least a guest star on some other show just to incorperate him into generating more fans (old and new) for Sesame Street.


However what do you all think of the idea, especially with the height that Superheroes are in the Movies ?

Why do they need to generate more fans for?

 

[CensoredAlso]

I do think Sesame Street is not as popular as it once was, I see more Dora and other show's merchandise than anything else. It's perfectly normal, Sesame Street used to be the only kid on the block, now it has competition. And it suffered from not having as many characters as it used to and having to rely on Elmo.

 

[mikebennidict]

I do think Sesame Street is not as popular as it once was, I see more Dora and other show's merchandise than anything else. It's perfectly normal, Sesame Street used to be the only kid on the block,

It was never the only kid on the block.

There's been children's TV ever since it began.

 

[frogboy4]

Abby was clearly created in response to Dora's merchandizing appeal (Rosita handles the Spanish lessons). I used to think Dora was a good idea, but man is that show irritating for adults after several minutes! Sesame Street has always found a balance lacking in other forms of children’s' entertainment. My niece who likes the program just passively watches the irritatingly formatted repetition and allows Dora to answer her own obvious questions instead of engaging as intended.

I do think Super Grover should be used to sell the show and as a brand of merchandize that can off-place Elmo and open up more character exposure. But I have a feeling they'd come up with a sidekick Elmo costume if that ever happened. Ugh!

 

[CensoredAlso]

It was never the only kid on the block.

There's been children's TV ever since it began.

Well there has always been children's TV, but most were not designed to be educational. Still, technically you're right in that there were attempts at educational children's TV programming in the '50s and '60s. But Sesame Street is regarded as the first fully realized and successful.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

It depends. is the show in need of more fans?

 

[Drtooth]

Sesame Street has always found a balance lacking in other forms of children’s' entertainment. My niece who likes the program just passively watches the irritatingly formatted repetition and allows Dora to answer her own obvious questions instead of engaging as intended.

Quoted for Truth. I never liked this idea of making kids TV interactive. I mean, SS always talked to its audience the same way Mr. Rogers did. They're the regular visitor, not just a viewer. They talk to you like you're there.

Dora and Blue talk to you like you're playing a computer game.

I'm feeling a lot of kids passively wait for Dora to answer her own question. but when a Muppet tells you to get up and dance, brother, you get up and dance!

Super Grover, while having a child like appeal, is more of an adult fan based thing. seems Grover was riding a resurgence of popularity, until the Abby Blitz (for reasons stated, to compete with Dora) took the stage. Super Grover was the star of the 35th anniversary DTV special, and Grover merchandise started popping back up in a field dominated (in this order) by Elmo, Ernie, Big Bird and Cookie. The Macy's plush stands to be one of the best SS plush I've ever seen.

And lest we forget, he had his own segment until just recently on the show.

At this point, all we really need is more SG merchandise. I dream of seeing a T-shirt with the SG logo on it (similar to Batman and Superman T's).