Robert Caulfield, President of Kidsafe Victoria, said, "A recent coroner's report in Victoria has reinforced the need for awareness on driveway run overs and pedestrian safety among children as a high priority." Minister Lovell said,"The innovative and unique campaign led by Grover, a Road Safety Ambassador as part of the UN's Decade of Action for Road Safety, and the lovable monster Elmo, not only relates to children but also to many parents who have grown up with Sesame Street over the past forty three years." The Victorian Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development, the Hon Wendy Lovell, with the help of Grover, Elmo and 20 children from the QV Early Learning Centre, will use the big screen at Federation Square this morning to launch the community service announcement and educational material. Supported by a Community Service Announcement on television and social networks, the aim of the project is to educate children, parents, and teachers on the importance of simple road safety practices by harnessing the power of the Sesame Street characters. The campaign, developed by partners Sesame Workshop (the nonprofit educational organisation behind Sesame Street), Kidsafe, the TAC, RACV and Holden, will initially be delivered to Family Day Care Services throughout Victoria, with a view to a national roll out. A further 14 children under six years of age were killed and 73 were seriously injured as a result of a driveway run over between January 2000 and September 2012. In the three year period from 2006-2008, there were 6 deaths and 430 seriously injured pedestrians aged 0-14 years in Victoria. Spearheaded by Sesame Street's Elmo and Grover, the campaign was launched this morning at Federation Square in Melbourne. As recently as a 2005 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Grover stated that his best friend on the Street is Kermit.Pedestrian and driveway incidents, major causes of serious injury and death in young children, will be targeted in a new major road safety campaign as part of the UN's Decade of Action for Road Safety. (Grover himself receives a tribute of his own in 2004's A Celebration of Me, Grover). In 1998, Grover hosted a tribute show for Kermit in The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street, presenting him with an award for Frog of the Year. Grover has also come to Kermit's home on many occasions, usually to provide a home service to Kermit (most frequently as a salesmonster). Grover often assisted Kermit in his lectures, often doing the more difficult demonstrations. The green-furred puppet would be used again as Grover's mother in a sketch in which Grover is afraid of the dark, and has trouble sleeping.įor many years, because of the consistency with which they would appear in skits together, Grover and Kermit the Frog had been considered to be close friends, despite the annoyance of "Froggy Baby" (as Grover would call him, followed by a slap on the back). By Season 2 of Sesame Street, Grover's voice and personality began to change to what we know today. A 1970 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show marked the first use of Grover's current design with blue fur and a pink nose. In Episode 0125, the character was named Grover. He also appeared in the Sesame Street Pitch Reel in the boardroom sequences, clad in a necktie.ĭuring the first season of Sesame Street, this darker-furred monster made several appearances, like many of the puppets recycled from earlier productions. He made early cameos in The Muppets On Puppets (1968) with the Rock and Roll Monster, and in Muppet Puppet Plays (1969). He appeared as Gleep, one of the monsters who plot to steal toys from Santa's workshop. He who would eventually become Grover was first seen on The Ed Sullivan Show in a Christmas Eve appearance in 1967. One such trait is tilting his head to the side at certain times. Oz has also stated that certain aspects of Grover were inspired by his dog, Fred. Grover, along with Elmo, is one of the more popular characters created during the show's run, partially for his silly manner of speaking, as well as his many imaginary adventures that children can easily identify with.Īt a Museum of Television and Radio seminar in 1992, Frank Oz described his personal affection for the character.Īlthough Grover typically speaks without using contractions, there are some exceptions, such as in certain song lyrics ("Accidents Happen" from the Elmo's Potty Time home video) and on Twitter. I worked on Cookie Monster, I worked on Bert. If there's apostrophes in the script I get, I make the separation, because he doesn't say 'can't'. But also he tries very hard to help people, and do things right, to the extent that he doesn't use contractions in his words.
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