Grover's First Sketch

[CBPuppets]

I know Grover Had been with the show since it's Second Season but can you tell me what first sketch Grover Actually Appeared in?

 

[minor muppetz]

Actually, Grover first appeared in the first season, but he was gray green back then, and apparantly he was just a random, nameless monster. However, while I believe that I've read that he didn't seem to have much of a personality in the first season, I do know of three sketches where he his personality was close to how it is today (and two of those three skecthes were later remade with the blue Grover). If you only count the blue Grover regarding Grover appearances, then his first sketch was I Whistle a Happy Tune, from the second season premier.

 

[BradFraggle]

Grover first appeared in the first season, but he was gray green back then, and apparantly he was just a random, nameless monster. However, while I believe that I've read that he didn't seem to have much of a personality in the first season.

The first season Grover was named Fuzzyface. He had a much more rough voice and bit more of an abrasive personality... oh, and he had dark green fur. I know of three season 1 sketches with Grover. One was a Kermit lecture about "In" (Kermit tries to get him to go in a box but he can't because a monster is in there). Another is, "First and Last", where the monsters (led by a hippie-ish version of Grump) play a game where they march in a line and then switch direction (this was remade in the 1980s with the modern Grover and other monsters). The third one is the classic "Near and Far" sketch (which Grover remade in the 1970s).

The blue Grover we know today first showed up in the season 2 premiere episode (0131) where he sang "I Whistle a Happy Tune".

You can read about Fuzzyface and early Grover sketches here and here.

 

[minor muppetz]

The first season Grover was named Fuzzyface. He had a much more rough voice and bit more of an abrasive personality... oh, and he had dark green fur. I know of three season 1 sketches with Grover. One was a Kermit lecture about "In" (Kermit tries to get him to go in a box but he can't because a monster is in there). Another is, "First and Last", where the monsters (led by a hippie-ish version of Grump) play a game where they march in a line and then switch direction (this was remade in the 1980s with the modern Grover and other monsters). The third one is the classic "Near and Far" sketch (which Grover remade in the 1970s).

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Those are the three sketches I was referring to. But I would like to know.... was he referred to as Fuzzyface in some skits? Was he referred to by that name more than once? Or are there any official Henson/ Sesame Workshop sources regarding the name?

 

[NantoSeiken]

Those are the three sketches I was referring to. But I would like to know.... was he referred to as Fuzzyface in some skits? Was he referred to by that name more than once? Or are there any official Henson/ Sesame Workshop sources regarding the name?

In Grover's first sketch Kermit does refer to him as "Fuzzyface". But Kermit also calls him "The Hairy One" in the very same sketch, and Herry calls Cookie Monster "Fuzzyface" in the Up and Down sketch. Calling the first season Grover "Fuzzyface" seems to be one of those things that's become established in Muppet fandom, without having any official source to back it up.

 

[CBPuppets]

Then in other words "Fuzzyface" must have been used in terms of an insult.

 

[NantoSeiken]

Then in other words "Fuzzyface" must have been used in terms of an insult.

Not really an insult, more like the monster equivalant of dude or homeboy.

 

[CBPuppets]

I saw some pictures on the second season premiere of SS. and I saw Susan and Grover playing "One of these Things." Could that count?

 

[mikebennidict]

What do yoy mean could that count?

 

[muppet maniac]

Did you know that now in the Japanese version of Sesame Street they have a new monster named Groly, who is actually an ORANGE Grover(!)

Maybe it's his cousin?