Waiter Grover

Waiter Grover is Grover's most frequent occupation. As a waiter, Grover usually works at Charlie's Restaurant, although he has also toiled at O'Brien's Fast Food Restaurant, an airport restaurant, and a few other locations.

Grover's most frequent customer is Mr. Johnson, a Fat Blue Anything Muppet, who has become increasingly frustrated over the years with the poor service that Grover provides. In the earlier skits, Mr. Johnson was a lot calmer, and Grover was usually the victim. However, the situation soon reversed. Simon Soundman and the Count have also been served by Waiter Grover. In many of the early sketches, Mr. Johnson always sits at the table in front of the main doors, but in later sketches he sits at a table closer to the wall.

The framing story of the video Let's Eat!: Funny Food Songs involves Grover working as a waiter at Planet Storybook. He was also a waiter at his own tribute in A Celebration of Me, Grover. Grover was also a waiter during the Muppets 30th anniversary celebration in The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years, and handed the bill to Jim Henson. He also appears as a waiter in Cookie Monster's restaurant in the CD-ROM game Elmo's Reading Basics and "Cosmo's" in Ernie's Adventures in Space. The Sesame Street iPhone application, "Grover's Number Special", features Waiter Grover counting the items he needs to make Mr. Johnson's food. Grover also works as a waiter at Shoanan's local coffee house in the 2010 revival of Shalom Sesame.

In 1993, a song titled "Oops!" was written, in which Grover sings while constantly spilling beans on Mr. Johnson, with Elmo, Telly Monster, and Zoe providing back-up vocals. The song was never used on the show.

Book appearances

 * The Sesame Street Neighborhood Coloring Book (1976)
 * The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
 * What Do You Do? (1981)
 * Elmo's Easy As ABC (2005)
 * Grover's Guide to Good Eating (2007)
 * What's the Word on the Street? (2008)

Video game appearances

 * Counting Café (1994)
 * Elmo's Reading Basics