Remember, Today is International Grover Appreciation Day

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1. Jack says:
   February 15, 2011 at 8:41 am

   I was always more partial to the Cookie Monster myself.

   COOKIE!!!!!!!!!!
2. Sihaya says:
   February 15, 2011 at 8:46 am

   I will celebrate with a reading of “The Monster at the End of This Book.”
3. Ryan L. Bell says:
   February 15, 2011 at 8:50 am

   That clip with Madeline Kahn is my favorite Sesame Street clip ever.
4. Kelly says:
   February 15, 2011 at 9:17 am

   My _FAVORITE_ Grover clip. Or Sesame Street clip in general.
5. Lexie says:
   February 15, 2011 at 9:25 am

   I will have to bust out my Super Grover pocket watch for the occasion.
6. Matthew Rush says:
   February 15, 2011 at 9:27 am

   I can’t even remember how I ended up here, but this is awesome!
7. Bearpaw says:
   February 15, 2011 at 9:36 am

   What does it say about me that I’m forty-mumble years old and some of my favorite entertainers are made out of foam, fur, and cloth and are brought to life with a hand up their … um, never mind.

   Anyway, Muppets and Madeline Kahn FTW.
8. ben says:
   February 15, 2011 at 9:39 am

   Grover is fine, but for my money the Yip-yips are where it’s at.
   And don’t even get me started on Two Headed Monster.
9. AliceB says:
   February 15, 2011 at 9:40 am

   Thank you for reminding us! :-)
10. Annalee says:
    February 15, 2011 at 9:50 am

    You did not ever just suggest that Beaker is inferior to Grover.

    I love Grover, but you FAIL, sir.
11. Kat W says:
    February 15, 2011 at 9:52 am

    For truly I say unto thee, this is NEAR *clop clop clop clop clop*, and this is FAAAAAAAR! :)
12. htom says:
    February 15, 2011 at 9:57 am

    Animal. Cookie Monster. Swedish Chef. Dr. Honeydew.The Critics. Grover’s OK, too.
13. Eternal Density says:
    February 15, 2011 at 9:59 am

    Swedish Chef.
    Pöpcørn.
    Sorry Grover.
14. GlennS says:
    February 15, 2011 at 10:01 am

    Oh, dude, you did not just say that. Who got not one but two songs commemorating him? You can’t have Sesame Street without Kermit The Frog.
15. Blaine says:
    February 15, 2011 at 10:02 am

    I have The Monster at the End of This Book in original large format hard cover AND the iPad app. My children have been properly indoctrinated. Err, I mean educated. Or something.
16. Annalee says:
    February 15, 2011 at 10:04 am

    Perhaps we should all just agree that muppets, like children, are all beautiful and fabulous in the eyes of those that love them, and that comparisons between them are in poor taste.

    (Except for Zoe. I appreciate the attempt to balance out the genders a bit, but seriously what’s up with her?).
17. blainesgirl says:
    February 15, 2011 at 10:16 am

    I can honestly say yes. We just got our first iPad and iPhone. the first thing we downloaded was Grover in “The Monster at the End of This Book”. So, today will be an appreciation of Grover keeping the younger kids busy while I shampoo our carpets in preparation to move.
18. Dragon says:
    February 15, 2011 at 10:21 am

    Grover Rocks!

    But I never want him as a waiter. Never. Never. Never.
19. loximuthal says:
    February 15, 2011 at 10:34 am

    Ah, Grover and Madeline Kahn. Two of my all time favorite entertainers!
20. samiratou says:
    February 15, 2011 at 10:45 am

    Grover rulz. Especially according to my 2-year-old, who is obsessed with “The Monster at the End of the Book”. Though not, alas, on an iPad. Just the good ol’ dead tree version.
21. Greg says:
    February 15, 2011 at 10:52 am

    As far as muppet skits go, I’m partial to the “mah nah ma na. Na NAAAH nah na na” one. Don’t know which muppet was in it.

    Grover is pretty cool though.
22. John H says:
    February 15, 2011 at 11:03 am

    And a Happy IGAD to you, too!
23. dtrasler says:
    February 15, 2011 at 11:03 am

    My kids were shocked to see pictures of Elton John recently, as up til now they’ve only seen him on the Muppet episode from the seventies. They, too, have been properly indoctrinated.
24. GL2814 says:
    February 15, 2011 at 11:05 am

    I am either honored to share my Birthday with Grover or jealous that he is stealing my thunder. I have not decided which yet.
25. A.J. says:
    February 15, 2011 at 11:07 am

    By total coincidence, today I’m wearing a t-shirt that says “The Muppets Band” and has Animal’s face on it. If you squint, he looks like bit like Grover with Neil Gaiman’s hair.
26. GL2814 says:
    February 15, 2011 at 11:10 am

    BTW I LOVE Madeline Kahn. That clip is is such a classic.
27. joelfinkle says:
    February 15, 2011 at 11:27 am

    “Around, around, around, around / Over, and Under and Through!”
    Great song.
28. Bryan says:
    February 15, 2011 at 11:32 am

    Grover is one of those Muppets that people may not say is their favorite, yet everyone always loves him and his antics. He’s still making me laugh even in his newer clips!
29. Bryan says:
    February 15, 2011 at 11:33 am

    Rats, somehow the URL got broken in that last comment. Here’s the proper link.
30. Chang with Doppler Radar 6,000,000 says:
    February 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    Grover is the mack.

    And that clip is just about my favorite one of his works. God Bless Madeline Kahn.

    Thank you!
31. Jenn Zuko says:
    February 15, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    @ Kat W:

    http://bonzuko.com/?p=3415
32. roneyii says:
    February 15, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    Super Grover is my favorite Muppet!
33. Simon S. says:
    February 15, 2011 at 1:01 pm

    Grover NOT best of all possible Muppets! COOKIE MONSTER!!@!!!
34. crayonbaby says:
    February 15, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    There’s an app of “The Monster at the End of This Book”? No one told me this. Now I know. Thanks for the tip.

    My daughter once threw her stuffed Grover into the Pacific Ocean. Luckily he did launder up very nicely. Super Grover is my favorite too. Much less spazzy than Elmo.
35. JEC says:
    February 15, 2011 at 1:30 pm

    That was great.
    For a little bit I was afraid she was going to break into “A Sweet Mystery of Life.”
36. Sean says:
    February 15, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    The hell with Grover, I’m a Cookie Monster man.

    C is for Cookie. Good enough for me.
37. Gregory says:
    February 15, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    No love for Miss Piggy?

    Grover is awesome, though.
38. John Scalzi says:
    February 15, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    Remember that although Grover is in fact the Best of All Possible Muppets, this does not imply that your favorite Muppet is anything less than awesome.
39. Greg says:
    February 15, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    In advertising, saying “Made with the best ingredients” is OK, but saying “Made with better ingredients” is not OK. Why?

    If you’re pizza is made with the best ingredients, you’re not saying anything about what the competition’s pizza is made out of. They might be made with the best ingredients too.

    If you say your pizza is made with *better* ingredients, you are saying your pizza is made with ingredients that are better than anyone else, and that generally gets the lawyers of “anyone else” calling your lawyers.

    So, in that respect, I loudly proclaim that Animal is the best Muppet. Buy my lawyer advises me against saying which muppet is better.
40. gigi says:
    February 15, 2011 at 3:28 pm

    One of my favourite Toastmasters speeches, that I gave, was on the many jobs of Grover. I am on my own third career change and hope one day to be as confident as Grover no matter what job I am doing.

    Muppets for the win!
41. laradunning says:
    February 15, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    I never knew Grover had an appreciation day! He was always my favorite character. I loved SuperGrover and the Fly in my Soup skits.Three cheers for Grover!
42. Doug from Tally says:
    February 15, 2011 at 4:06 pm

    Actually, I always liked the little silver Muppet that popped out of the guy’s chest with the little sharp teeth…oh, that was in “Alien”? It grew up and did terrible things to nice people? Would have turned Grover into a blue cloud of thread?

    Never mind?
43. Calven says:
    February 15, 2011 at 4:26 pm

    Right around 1975 or so, a Grover hand puppet was my constant companion.
44. Marc Moskowitz says:
    February 15, 2011 at 4:38 pm

    Greg @21, The later version of “Mahna Mahna” is officially performed by Mahna Mahna and the Snowths. I don’t think the more human-looking Muppets in the earlier version have names.
45. Adam Stovicek says:
    February 15, 2011 at 4:48 pm

    Hail Grover!
46. Rick York says:
    February 15, 2011 at 6:47 pm

    Bow down in gratitude for the great Grover!
47. Alex R. says:
    February 15, 2011 at 6:55 pm

    What about the puppeteer, his face up against Madeline Kahn’s posterior, leaning Grover’s head against Madeline’s love bosom… I’ll bet it took a ZILLION TAKES to get that right!
48. deCadmus says:
    February 15, 2011 at 11:22 pm

    Grover’s awesome… and yeah for him. But I await International Madeline Kahn Appreciation Day. What a gal.
49. Ted Seay says:
    February 16, 2011 at 4:58 am

    @Annalee — Beaker forever; but let us not forget the immortal genius of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew…

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