Grover's Mommy



Grover's Mommy plays an integral but often unrecognized role on Sesame Street. She has been seen almost exclusively in print, including the many illustrated books starring her son Grover, in many different incarnations. She was also occasionally seen in photographs, as a photo puppet, such as on the cover of Volume 4 of The Sesame Street Treasury. Over the course of time, her appearance has fluctuated greatly.

Her earliest known appearance as a Muppet is a 1970s sketch in which Grover speaks to the audience about being afraid of the dark. At the end of the sketch, his mom (Frank Oz) enters his room to kiss him good night. Another early appearance (circa 1981) involves his mother (Kathy Mullen) coming into the bathroom while Grover is telling the audience about how to take a bath. She appears in illustrations as part of the video Five Sesame Street Stories, with an unknown voice actor.

She has recently appeared (performed by Stephanie D'Abruzzo) in a brief Elmo's World sequence (from the "Families" episode), with her son as his alter-ego Super Grover, as her own alter-ego, "Super-Mommy". Grover crashlands, screaming "Moooommy!" and his mom follows yelling "Soooonny!" crashing on top of him. They recover, acknowledge each other, and both faint.

In A Celebration of Me, Grover (performed by Eric Jacobson), Mrs. Monster attends a benefit dinner in her son's honor.

In her first appearance in puppet form, she was gray-green in color. In later appearances, she was blue.

Book appearances

 * Big Bird's Busy Book (1975)
 * The Exciting Adventures of Super Grover (1978)
 * The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook (1978)
 * The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
 * Prairie Dawn's Upside-Down Poem (1981)
 * City (1982)
 * Grover Goes to School (1982)
 * A Sesame Street Christmas (1982)
 * I Can Dress Myself (1983)
 * The Adventures of Grover in Outer Space (1984)
 * Grover Sleeps Over (1984)
 * Two Wheels for Grover (1984)
 * Big Bird Says... A Game to Read and Play (1985)
 * Ernie's Finish the Picture (1985)
 * A Visit to the Sesame Street Hospital (1985)
 * When Grover Moved to Sesame Street (1985)
 * Count to Ten (1986)
 * Grover's Bad, Awful Day (1986)
 * Sesame Street ABC (1986)
 * Why Are You So Mean to Me? (1986)
 * Good Night, Little Grover! (1987)
 * Don't Be Shy (1987)
 * Grover Takes Care of Baby (1987)
 * Happy Mother's Day! (1989)
 * Splish-Splashy Day (1989)
 * Big Bird Flies Alone (1989)
 * Grover's Lucky Jacket (1989)
 * Cookie Soup and Other Good-Night Stories (1990)
 * Happy and Sad, Grouchy and Glad (1992)
 * Me Cookie! (1994)
 * Grover's Mommy (1994)
 * Listen to Your Fish (2003)
 * Rosita's Easter on Sesame Street (2007)