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[[Image:Groversmom.jpg|thumb|300px|Grover's Mommy, in poser form, with adorable Grover and equally adorable kitten]]
 
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[[Image:Grovers mom bedroom.jpg|thumb|300px]]
 
[[Image:Book.groversmommy.jpg|thumb|300px]]
  
[[Image:Book.groversmommy.jpg|thumb|300px]]
 
[[Image:Sgmom-symbol.jpg|thumb|300px]]
  
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[[Image:4618-ColdOpen.png|thumb|300px|Grover's Mommy in 2016.]]
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'''Grover's Mommy''' plays an integral but often unrecognized role on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. She has been seen almost exclusively [[:Category:Illustrated Characters|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 [[The Sesame Street Treasury Volume 4|Volume 4]] of ''[[The Sesame Street Treasury]]''. Over the course of time, her appearance has fluctuated greatly.
  
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[[Image:1992 sesame trading cards 24.jpg|thumb|300px]]
   
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'''Grover's Mommy''' plays an integral but often unrecognized role on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. She has been seen almost exclusively [[:Category:Illustrated Characters|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 ''[[The Sesame Street Treasury]]'' [[The Sesame Street Treasury Volume 4|Volume 4]]. Over the course of time, her appearance has fluctuated greatly.
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Her earliest known appearance as a [[The Muppets|Muppet]] is [[Grover Sketches: Miscellaneous#afraidofdark|a 1974 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. [[Professor Grover#bathtips|Another early appearance]] (circa 1981) involves his mother ([[Kathryn 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.
  
   
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In her first appearance in puppet form, she was gray-green in color (similar to [[Proto-Grover|the first Grover puppet]]). In later appearances, she has blue fur like her son.
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She has recently appeared (performed by [[Stephanie D'Abruzzo]]) in a brief [[Elmo's World]] sequence (from the "[[Elmo's World: Families|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. (Super Grover also refers to his mother -- "Her name is Super Mommy!" -- in [[Super_Grover#apple|a sketch]] with two boys fighting over an apple.)
  
   
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==Performances==
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In ''[[A Celebration of Me, Grover]]'' (performed by [[Eric Jacobson]]), Mrs. Monster<ref>[[:Image:Groversmom41.jpg|"Whose sock did Mrs. Monster find?"]] ''[[Big Bird Beep Books|Let's Get Dressed!]]'', 1989</ref> attends a benefit dinner in her son's honor.
  
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* Her earliest known appearance as a Muppet is [[Grover Sketches: Miscellaneous#afraidofdark|a 1971 sketch]] in which Grover speaks to the viewer about being afraid of the dark. At the end of the sketch, his mom ([[Frank Oz]]) enters his room to kiss him good night.
   
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* [[Professor Grover#bathtips|Another early appearance]] (in 1984) involves his mother ([[Kathryn Mullen]]) coming into the bathroom while Grover is telling the audience about how to take a bath.
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In her first appearance in puppet form, she was gray-green in color (As she was originally based from [[Fuzzyface|the first Grover puppet]]). In later appearances, she has blue fur like her son.
  
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* She appears in the home video ''[[Five Sesame Street Stories]]'', animated in illustrations from ''[[The Exciting Adventures of Super Grover]]'', with an unknown voice actor.
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* An animated version appears in the computer game ''[[Grover's Travels]]'' (voiced by [[Alice Dinnean]]).
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* In [[Elmo's World]], she appeared (performed by [[Stephanie D'Abruzzo]]) in the "[[Elmo's World: Families|Families]]" episode with [[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. (Super Grover also refers to his mother — "Her name is Super Mommy!" — in [[Super Grover#apple|a sketch]] with two boys fighting over an apple.)
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* In ''[[A Celebration of Me, Grover]]'' (performed by [[Eric Jacobson]]), she attends a benefit dinner in her son's honor.
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* She appears in the cold open of [[Episode 4618]] (again performed by D'Abruzzo).
   
 
==Book appearances==
  
==Book appearances==
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* ''[[The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook]]'' (1978)
  
* ''[[The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook]]'' (1978)
 
* ''[[The Sesame Street Dictionary]]'' (1980)
  
* ''[[The Sesame Street Dictionary]]'' (1980)
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* ''[[Grover's New Kitten]]'' (1981)
 
* ''[[Prairie Dawn's Upside-Down Poem]]'' (1981)
  
* ''[[Prairie Dawn's Upside-Down Poem]]'' (1981)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|City]]'' (1982)
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* ''[[:File:Citycoloringbook.jpg|City]]'' (1982)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|A Day at School]]'' (1982)
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* ''[[:File:Stickerfun-adayatschool.jpg|A Day at School]]'' (1982)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|First Day of School]]'' (1982)
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* ''[[:File:Firstdayofschool.jpg|First Day of School]]'' (1982)
 
* ''[[Grover Goes to School]]'' (1982)
  
* ''[[Grover Goes to School]]'' (1982)
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* ''[[Sesame Street Finding Out Encyclopedia 8: The M Book]]'' (1982)
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* ''[[Sesame Street Finding Out Encyclopedia 11: The R Book]]'' (1982)
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* ''[[Sesame Street Finding Out Encyclopedia 13: The T Book]]'' (1982)
 
* ''[[A Sesame Street Christmas (book)|A Sesame Street Christmas]]'' (1982)
  
* ''[[A Sesame Street Christmas (book)|A Sesame Street Christmas]]'' (1982)
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* ''The Sesame Street Treasury'' volumes [[The Sesame Street Treasury Volume 4|4]] and [[The Sesame Street Treasury Volume 8|8]] (1983)
 
* ''[[I Can Dress Myself]]'' (1983)
  
* ''[[I Can Dress Myself]]'' (1983)
 
* ''[[The Adventures of Grover in Outer Space]]'' (1984)
  
* ''[[The Adventures of Grover in Outer Space]]'' (1984)
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* ''[[Two Wheels for Grover]]'' (1984)
  
* ''[[Two Wheels for Grover]]'' (1984)
 
* ''[[Big Bird Says... A Game to Read and Play]]'' (1985)
  
* ''[[Big Bird Says... A Game to Read and Play]]'' (1985)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Ernie's Finish the Picture]]'' (1985)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books (Western Publishing)|Christmas Is Coming]]'' (1985)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Grover's Book of Colors]]'' (1985)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books (Western Publishing)|Ernie's Finish the Picture]]'' (1985)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books (Western Publishing)|Grover's Book of Colors]]'' (1985)
 
* ''[[Sign Language ABC]]'' (1985)
  
* ''[[Sign Language ABC]]'' (1985)
 
* ''[[A Visit to the Sesame Street Hospital]]'' (1985)
  
* ''[[A Visit to the Sesame Street Hospital]]'' (1985)
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* ''[[ABC (book)|ABC]]'' (1986)
  
* ''[[ABC (book)|ABC]]'' (1986)
 
* ''[[Count to Ten]]'' (1986)
  
* ''[[Count to Ten]]'' (1986)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Find the Shapes]]'' (1986)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books (Western Publishing)|Find the Shapes]]'' (1986)
 
* ''[[Grover's Bad, Awful Day]]'' (1986)
  
* ''[[Grover's Bad, Awful Day]]'' (1986)
 
* ''[[Sesame Street ABC]]'' (1986)
  
* ''[[Sesame Street ABC]]'' (1986)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Through the Year]]'' (1986)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books (Western Publishing)|Through the Year]]'' (1986)
 
* ''[[Why Are You So Mean to Me?]]'' (1986)
  
* ''[[Why Are You So Mean to Me?]]'' (1986)
 
* ''[[Are We Almost There?]]'' (1987)
  
* ''[[Are We Almost There?]]'' (1987)
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* ''[[Good Night, Little Grover!]]'' (1987)
  
* ''[[Good Night, Little Grover!]]'' (1987)
 
* ''[[Grover Takes Care of Baby]]'' (1987)
  
* ''[[Grover Takes Care of Baby]]'' (1987)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|A New Baby on Sesame Street]]'' (1987)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books (Western Publishing)|A New Baby on Sesame Street]]'' (1987)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|A Rainy Day on Sesame Street]]'' (1987)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books (Western Publishing)|A Rainy Day on Sesame Street]]'' (1987)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Shape Up!]]'' (1987)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books (Western Publishing)|Shape Up!]]'' (1987)
 
* ''[[The Sesame Street ABC Book of Words]]'' (1988}
  
* ''[[The Sesame Street ABC Book of Words]]'' (1988}
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Come As You Are]]'' (1989)
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* ''[[Big Bird Beep Books|Let's Get Dressed!]]'' (1989)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Great Monsterpieces]]'' (1989)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books (Western Publishing)|Come As You Are]]'' (1989)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books (Western Publishing)|Great Monsterpieces]]'' (1989)
 
* ''[[Happy Mother's Day!]]'' (1989)
  
* ''[[Happy Mother's Day!]]'' (1989)
 
* ''[[Splish-Splashy Day]]'' (1989)
  
* ''[[Splish-Splashy Day]]'' (1989)
 
* ''[[Big Bird Flies Alone]]'' (1989)
  
* ''[[Big Bird Flies Alone]]'' (1989)
 
* ''[[Grover's Lucky Jacket]]'' (1989)
  
* ''[[Grover's Lucky Jacket]]'' (1989)
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* ''[[Herry's New Shoes]]'' - "One Wet Monster" (1989)
 
* ''[[Cookie Soup and Other Good-Night Stories]]'' (1990)
  
* ''[[Cookie Soup and Other Good-Night Stories]]'' (1990)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Halloween Party]]'' (1991)
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* ''[[Grover's Book of Cute Things to Touch]]'' (1990)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books (Western Publishing)|Halloween Party]]'' (1991)
 
* ''[[I Want to Be a Fire Fighter]]'' (1991)
  
* ''[[I Want to Be a Fire Fighter]]'' (1991)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Friends &amp; Family Lace-Ups]]'' (1992)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books (Western Publishing)|Friends & Family Lace-Ups]]'' (1992)
 
* ''[[Happy and Sad, Grouchy and Glad]]'' (1992)
  
* ''[[Happy and Sad, Grouchy and Glad]]'' (1992)
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* ''[[The Sesame Street Book of Poetry]]'' (1992)
 
* ''[[Imagine... A Wish for Grover]]'' (1994)
  
* ''[[Imagine... A Wish for Grover]]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[Me Cookie!]]'' (1994)
  
* ''[[Me Cookie!]]'' (1994)
 
* ''[[Grover's Mommy (book)|Grover's Mommy]]'' (1994)
  
* ''[[Grover's Mommy (book)|Grover's Mommy]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Ready, Set, Go! A Counting Book]]'' (1995)
 
* ''[[Grover's Farm]]'' (2001)
  
* ''[[Grover's Farm]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Spooky Sleep-out]]'' (2001)
 
* ''[[Listen to Your Fish]]'' (2003)
  
* ''[[Listen to Your Fish]]'' (2003)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Fun with Friends]]'' (2004)
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* ''[[:File:Funwithfriends.jpg|Fun with Friends]]'' (2004)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Fly Away with Big Bird]]'' (2006)
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* ''[[Grover Stays Up Very Very Late]]'' (2004)
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* ''[[My First Manners|Be a Friend]]'' (2006)
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* ''[[:File:Flyawaycbook.jpg|Fly Away with Big Bird]]'' (2006)
 
* ''[[Rosita's Easter on Sesame Street]]'' (2007)
  
* ''[[Rosita's Easter on Sesame Street]]'' (2007)
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* ''[[My Big Book of Firsts]]'' (2009)
 
* ''[[Murray's First Book of Words]]'' (2010)
  
* ''[[Murray's First Book of Words]]'' (2010)
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* ''[[Elmo's Christmas Picture Puzzles & Songs]]'' (2011)
 
* ''[[Elmo Doodle Dandy]]'' (2011)
  
* ''[[Elmo Doodle Dandy]]'' (2011)
   
 
==See also==
  
==See also==
 
* [[Grover's Daddy]]
  
* [[Grover's Daddy]]
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* [[Sesame Street Monsters]]
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* [[Sesame Street monsters]]
   
 
==External links==
  
==External links==
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* [[Tough Pigs]]: GroversMom.com — [http://www.toughpigs.com/journalscavenger03b.htm 1] [http://www.toughpigs.com/journalscavenger03c.htm 2] [http://www.toughpigs.com/journalscavenger03d.htm 3]
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* [http://www.toughpigs.com/myweekgroversmom01.htm Tough Pigs: My Week with Grover's Mom]
  
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* Tough Pigs: My Week with Grover's Mom — [http://www.toughpigs.com/myweekgroversmom01.htm 1] [http://www.toughpigs.com/myweekgroversmom02.htm 2] [http://www.toughpigs.com/myweekgroversmom03.htm 3] [http://www.toughpigs.com/myweekgroversmom04.htm 4] [http://www.toughpigs.com/myweekgroversmom05.htm 5] [http://www.toughpigs.com/myweekgroversmom06.htm 6]
   
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==Sources==
  
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[[Category:Sesame Street Characters]]
  
[[Category:Sesame Street Characters]]
 
[[Category:Muppet Characters]]
  
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Revision as of 20:31, 20 March 2020

Groversmom
PERFORMER various
DEBUT 1971
Grovers mom bedroom
Book
Sgmom-symbol
4618-ColdOpen

Grover's Mommy in 2016.

1992 sesame trading cards 24

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 The Sesame Street Treasury Volume 4. Over the course of time, her appearance has fluctuated greatly.

In her first appearance in puppet form, she was gray-green in color (similar to the first Grover puppet). In later appearances, she has blue fur like her son.

Performances

  • Her earliest known appearance as a Muppet is a 1971 sketch in which Grover speaks to the viewer about being afraid of the dark. At the end of the sketch, his mom (Frank Oz) enters his room to kiss him good night.
  • In Elmo's World, she appeared (performed by Stephanie D'Abruzzo) in the "Families" episode with 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. (Super Grover also refers to his mother — "Her name is Super Mommy!" — in a sketch with two boys fighting over an apple.)
  • She appears in the cold open of Episode 4618 (again performed by D'Abruzzo).

Book appearances

See also

External links

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