Grover the Assistant

From his early appearances as a nameless monster in the first season to his emergence as a lovable, furry old pal, Grover has been an active and eager assistant in lectures and performances, notably those by Kermit the Frog, Herbert Birdsfoot, and The Amazing Mumford. As Children's Television Workshop researcher Gerald S. Lesser put it in Children and Television: Lessons from Sesame Street, Grover "seeks opportunities to be helpful even when this places great physical and mental burdens upon him; often ends up in total exhaustion as he amiably extends himself to the utmost to co-operate." For sketches featuring the character who would later evolve into Grover, see proto-Grover.
Picture	Theme / First Appearance 	Description
 	The ET FamilyEpisode 0138 	Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot discuss the ET family.
 	The OP FamilyEpisode 0148 	Herbert Birdsfoot displays the letters O and P, mentioning that they're the OP family. When he adds an M for "mop", he has Grover fetch a mop. When he adds a DR for "drop", he has Grover drop a heavy rock. When he adds an H for "hop", he has Grover hop repeatedly until he faints. Herbert then adds a FL for "flop" and a ST for "stop".
 	Hopping Poem Episode 0150 	Herbert Birdsfoot recites a poem with OP words, counting on Grover to hop whenever he says "hop" — repeatedly until Grover faints.
 	The AN FamilyEpisode 0160 	Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot discuss the AN family. Herbert demonstrates the words themselves, while Grover provides visual aids.
Part 1: The first word they talk about is RAN. While Herbert talks about how to make the word, Grover keeps running around the scene until he tires himself out.
Part 2: The next word they demonstrate is CAN. Grover brings out an armful of soup cans and stacks them all up. Then he clumsily knocks the tower over.
Part 3: The final word for today is FAN, which Grover says is one of his favorite words. He brings in an electric fan and turns it on full blast. Everything is blown away, including Herbert and Grover.
 	T-H-EEpisode 0166 	Grover assists Herbert Birdsfoot in a demonstration of the word "THE", by holding a sign with the word as Herbert tells a story and rings a bell whenever the sign is needed. As usual, Grover wears himself out.
 	AlphabetEpisode 0188 	Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot recite the alphabet.
 	Counting to 20Episode 0189 	Grover and Herbert Birdsfoot count to 20.
 	Counting blocksEpisode 0192 	Herbert Birdsfoot arranges three blocks for Grover to count. No matter how the blocks are arranged, they still add up to three. Herbert asks Grover to count some oranges as well. Grover confesses that he's good at counting blocks -- but he doesn't know how to count oranges!
 	Over and UnderEpisode 0198 	Herbert Birdsfoot demonstrates "over" and "under" by having Grover lie on a mattress. Then Grover lies under the mattress, and Herbert drives the point home by adding more objects over Grover.
 	The Letter MEpisode 0276 	Herbert Birdsfoot wants to demonstrate the letter M. Grover enters, making "Mmmmm" noises, so Herbert recites a poem full of M words, having Grover make the "Mmmmm" sound at intervals. When the poem is over, Herbert discovers that Grover's mouth is stuck together after eating peanut butter.
 	Long and Short LaddersEpisode 0276 	Kermit has Grover show the difference between short and long with ladders. He's amazed that Grover can carry the long ladder by himself, but then sees that Grover is on both ends.
 	Here and ThereEpisode 0277 	Kermit and Grover demonstrate "here" and "there".
 	Mumford's Pineapple Subtraction TrickEpisode 0280	The Amazing Mumford begins his magic subtraction trick with four pineapples, and makes them disappear one at a time. Grover then makes Mumford disappear.
 	BetweenEpisode 0283 	Kermit attempts to demonstrate between with two poles, which are actually mops held by Grover and Herry.
 	The Amazing Mumford's Suspension actEpisode 0292 	Grover volunteers to be the Amazing Mumford's assistant when he performs a magic trick. The trick involves Grover sitting on top of a platform held up by a pillar, which Mumford will yank from underneath the platform, and the platform will not fall. The trick works for Mumford ... but not for Grover when he tries the trick on Herry.
center 	NoEpisode 0297 	Kermit teaches Grover to read his sign with "NO" written on it. (transcript)
center 	YesEpisode 0322 	Kermit teaches Grover the word YES. (transcript)
 	Grover turns into a rabbitEpisode 0407 	Grover watches The Amazing Mumford as he practices a magic trick, to make a rabbit magically appear out of his hat. Though he fails to get a rabbit to come out of his hat, both are oblivious to the fact that Grover has turned into a rabbit.
 	Top and BottomEpisode 0434 	Kermit talks about "top" and "bottom" using a stack of boxes Grover carries.
 	Rhyming TrickEpisode 0455 	Grover volunteers to assist Mumford in his rhyming magic trick, making three things come out of his hat that rhyme with knee. Grover guesses the first one, but doesn't get the last two right.
 	5 BlocksEpisode 0475 	Grover helps Kermit show the number 5 using blocks, but Grover doesn't know how many to get (he can't count to 5). Kermit has him go back and forth bringing one until there is five.
 	Chin-upsEpisode 0547 	Grover assists Big Bird in demonstrating the number 2, by doing 2 chin-ups. Big Bird asks him to repeat the exercise twice to make sure that the audience really gets 2. Then Big Bird announces that Grover will now demonstrate the number 18; an exhausted Grover falls off the bar and lands in a heap.
 	FEpisode 0551 	In a "quickie" about the letter F, Grover cries out for "Froggy", slaps Kermit on the back, then declares him his "Friend".
 	Short and LongEpisode 0560 	Grover does things for a long time while Kermit does things for a short time. Grover gets worn out and asks to switch places, and then they demonstrate by tickling each other.
 	Horse and cartEpisode 0590 	Kermit, Farmer Grover and Fred the Wonder Horse show how a horse-and-cart works.
 	Up and DownEpisode 0693 	Kermit has Grover help him demonstrate up and down by having Grover climb UP a sky-high flight of stairs -- while Kermit takes the elevator to the top. Exhausted, Grover faints and rolls DOWN the staircase.
center 	Heavy and LightEpisode 0843 	Kermit and Grover demonstrate the difference between heavy and light. Grover carries heavy objects, and Kermit carries light objects. Grover gets tired, and asks Kermit if he can carry something light for a change. Kermit obliges. He carries a giant sandwich... while Grover picks up a helium balloon, which carries him away!
 	Near and Far on Ice SkatesEpisode 0904 	A full-body walk-around version of Grover demonstrates near and far by ice skating, with Kermit the Frog giving commands in voice-over.
 	Light and DarkEpisode 3784 	Kermit (Steve Whitmire) intends to talk about light and dark, so he turns his living room lamp off. Grover enters, leaving the door open so that the room doesn't stay dark. He tries to help by eliminating all light in the room so neither of them can see.
 	Short and Long 	Grover assists Zoe in demonstrating the difference between short and long, first by hopping and then hugging.
==See also==
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