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Has anyone noticed how the Fat Blue/Grover waiter skits began with the premise in reverse? In the early skits, Fat Blue was an unreasonable customer who drove Grover crazy. There were even a couple of other customers who gave Grover a hard time such as Simon Soundman and The Count. However, at some point, they got the idea to turn the tables and Grover became the antagonist and Fat Blue the reactor.
The latter senario seems to be the most popular and well known, but I actually think the earlier premise may have been a little better. The original idea was more in keeping with Grover's character as an exhausted fallguy. Plus, an employee is much more likely to put up with an unreasonable customer than vice-versa.
Still, there are some later ones that I did enjoy such as the one with rhyming and the grapefuit between two buns. I think they may have gone a bit overboard with having Grover and Fat Blue in so many different situations later on such as planes, parks, etc. Yet, it is kind of funny when Fat Blue says, "Is there any place that you don't work!?"
It's all good, but I just think the early ones were a little better.
The latter senario seems to be the most popular and well known, but I actually think the earlier premise may have been a little better. The original idea was more in keeping with Grover's character as an exhausted fallguy. Plus, an employee is much more likely to put up with an unreasonable customer than vice-versa.
Still, there are some later ones that I did enjoy such as the one with rhyming and the grapefuit between two buns. I think they may have gone a bit overboard with having Grover and Fat Blue in so many different situations later on such as planes, parks, etc. Yet, it is kind of funny when Fat Blue says, "Is there any place that you don't work!?"
It's all good, but I just think the early ones were a little better.
