Favorite Grover-Waiter skit?
HOOP...@prodigy.net
the man's alphabet soup didn't have the entire alphabet in it! "I will NOT
eat this soup without a J!"
Hooperfan
Drummer635 wrote in message
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>>There's another one I liked about Grover waiting at the airport
>>restaurant. When he found out Mr Johnson was going to South America,
>
>Oh yeah..the "SOUTH america..." one right?
>
> Dave
>From the Moment I Reached out to Hold I Felt a Sound....
Drummer635
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set in the restaurant scene, but Grover was delivering a singing telegram to
Mr. Johnson and he couldn't remember who it was from. His little tunes were
hysterical--"Twinkle twinkle Mrs. Starr, would you like to buy my car?" "Mr.
Johnson ho ho ho, I met you back in Buffalo, I found your hat the other day, so
come and get it--" (insert cute little tap dance) "--right away!'' Anyone
else remember this one?
Kristin
JonLentz69
The fly in the soup one where Grover looks everywhere but "in" the soup. Then
finally get's the guy another bowl of soup, but it was "cream of mosquito".
He asks for a bowl of soup, but Grover forgets to bring out a spoon, finally
get's one then tells the guy to "ask for one" next time.
They only had "some" of the things on the menu one time, but it turned into one
thing; milk, and Grover couldn't even bring him a glass of it because along
with all of the other food items, they were out of glasses. He offered to
bring him a saucer or a bucket of milk, and the guy leaves in disgust.
One of my personal favorites was the little and big hamburger, where he asks to
see the little hamburger, which was about the size of 2 White Castles, so he
asks for the big one, but Grover doesn't want to bring it out, and for good
reason. After the guy screams for him to bring it out we find out that it's
big enough to feed the 82nd Airborne. It did freak me how Grover literally
busted through the door with the hamburger causing the guy to have to dive
under the table.
How about 'first the soup, then the roast beef, and last the peach pie'? He
brings him the pie first, then goes back to get the roast beef, then get
disallusioned and brings the pie back out, until the guy say "I want this last
after I had 'everything else'!" (obviously meaning the soup and roast beef),
but that's when Grover brings out one of EVERYTHING ELSE on the menu, then
collapses the table when he puts them down.
The soup and the sandwich skit where the guy couldn't make up his mind which
one he wants first, so Grover is running back and forth getting them, until he
get's annoyed &/or wises up and brings both of them out, but then the guy wants
a cup of coffee BEFORE the soup and the sandwich.
The chicken sandwich one where he makes the sound of what he wants, so Grover
brings out one type of sandwich (I don't remember which one it is, could
someone help me on this?), then a telephone sandwich, then a guitar sandwich,
before getting it right.
Any others?
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>I loved the Grover-Waiter skits. Which one is your favorite?
I haven't seen it in ages and I don't remember where (it may have even
been on a special)...Someone will help me, out, I'm sure..:)
The one where Grover dances for the blue man, something like "I'm
going to Sevilla, I'd love to come and see ya, Ole Ole Ole Ole" and he
gets so carried away with the Ole's and starts dancing and drops his
tray. Everytime I see it I laugh uncontrollably.
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>hysterical--"Twinkle twinkle Mrs. Starr, would you like to buy my car?" "Mr.
>Johnson ho ho ho, I met you back in Buffalo, I found your hat the other day, so
>come and get it--" (insert cute little tap dance) "--right away!'' Anyone
>else remember this one?
Oh yes, the singing telegrams were hilarious! I find Grover to be the
funniest muppet character on Sesame Street. Gawd, I love him!
Remember when Mr Johnson went to Grover's studio to have his picture
taken? Only Grover took pictures of every part of his body except his
face! Another time Grover tried to improve Mr Johnson's appearance by
putting all manner of ridiculous wigs on the poor man. :)
Sunny Days,
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>>There's another one I liked about Grover waiting at the airport
>>restaurant. When he found out Mr Johnson was going to South America,
>Oh yeah..the "SOUTH america..." one right?
Yeah!
Poor Mr Johnson. One time he wanted to go... oh I can't recall the
place for the life of me, help, somebody... somewhere and he got into
Grover's cab but Grover started suggesting other places. In the end,
it turned out Grover's cab had broken down and was getting towed to
the garage anyway... :)
T...@my-dejanews.com
Was the "chicken sandwich" one the first or second one?
Also wasn't there a very early one with Grover having pictures of different
plates...one may have shown potato chips or a pickle or something? I remember
for a while there were only one or two waiter skits but I can't remember...
Ter
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Drummer635
>the man's alphabet soup didn't have the entire alphabet in it! "I will NOT
>eat this soup without a J!"
>
>
It's funny how until you're a waiter in a restaurant, you don't realize there
are actually people like that too <G>
Drummer635
>exactly
>set in the restaurant scene, but Grover was delivering a singing telegram to
>Mr. Johnson and he couldn't remember who it was from
Yeah I remember this one. I think this was about the time the Sesame Street
skits started deteriorating though.
Drummer635
>
>
I liked the one where the blue-faced muppet, whatever his name was, was
complaining because his sandwich didn't look *exactly* like it did in the
picture on the table. Once again, unless you're a real waiter, I don't think
you realize how much things like this mirror real life <G>.
Drummer635
>going to Sevilla, I'd love to come and see ya, Ole Ole Ole Ole" and he
>gets so carried away with the Ole's and starts dancing and drops his
>tray. Everytime I see it I laugh uncontrollably.
>
>
Yeah this one was hysterical
D.W. McKim
een mentioned:
Big hamurger or little hamburger: "That's hardly big enough to feed a
flea!" "I do not know, Sir, we have never fed a flea here before - WAA
HEEHEE.....that's a waiter joke." "I'll wait for the laugh."
and the Mexican themed singing and tap dancing one .... "Uh, Sir - I'm
afraid your Numero Quatro is all over the....floor-o."
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Eve Cunning
:I haven't seen it in ages and I don't remember where (it may have even
:been on a special)...Someone will help me, out, I'm sure..:)
:
:The one where Grover dances for the blue man, something like "I'm
:going to Sevilla, I'd love to come and see ya, Ole Ole Ole Ole" and he
:gets so carried away with the Ole's and starts dancing and drops his
:tray. Everytime I see it I laugh uncontrollably.
Meeee TOOOOO! I don't know what it is about those tap-dancing
"Ole!"'s, but they KILL me!
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JonLentz69
>Was the "chicken sandwich" one the first or second one?
>Also wasn't there a very early one with Grover having pictures of different
>plates...one may have shown potato chips or a pickle or something? I
>remember
>for a while there were only one or two waiter skits but I can't remember...
>Ter
Yes he wanted it just like the pic, so Grover kept bringing out the dish with
one thing more added on, then finally gets it right when the guy leaves because
he has no time to eat it now. It was also one of only two skits where Grover
goes in the back and has a fit, and the way it sounds, today he would've gotten
fired and/or arrested.
(The other one was the one with 2 eggs and two pieces of bacon)
T...@my-dejanews.com
jonle...@aol.com (JonLentz69) wrote:
> >
> >Was the "chicken sandwich" one the first or second one?
> >Also wasn't there a very early one with Grover having pictures of different
> >plates...one may have shown potato chips or a pickle or something? I
> >remember
> >for a while there were only one or two waiter skits but I can't remember...
> >Ter
>
> Yes he wanted it just like the pic, so Grover kept bringing out the dish with
> one thing more added on, then finally gets it right when the guy leaves
because
> he has no time to eat it now. It was also one of only two skits where Grover
> goes in the back and has a fit, and the way it sounds, today he would've
gotten
> fired and/or arrested.
> (The other one was the one with 2 eggs and two pieces of bacon)
yeah...thanks. I remember watching the sandwich one and thinking how fake the
picture looked compared to the "real" thing. Me and my thought processes ;)
Ter
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> "People shouldn't be allowed to drive if they are old enough to remember when
> there weren't any cars." -- Dennis Miller 1988
>
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Drummer635
>afraid your Numero Quatro is all over the....floor-o."
>
>
I think I remember that one too - Mexican food anyone??
Dave
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telephone, but he keeps making noises for car and telephone and so on, and
Ernie can't understand him, right? Finally, at the end, the guy gets
frustrated and leaves, slamming the door behind him. And Ernie says,
"Well, he didn't have to [makes door slamming noise] behind him!" and
laughs, giving the impression he knew what the guy wanted all along. I
remember this skit as coming out even before the waiter sketches, but I
could be wrong.
Tim Brown
Isn't this the same blue guy who had the really ridiculous skit where he
keeps singing "BAWM BAWM BAWM, BA-BA-BAWM BAWM BAWM, BAWM BAWM BAWM...BAWM
BAWM BAWM" for about 10 minutes? In this skit, he is joined by another
Muppet who goes "PEET PEET PEET BA-DEET" and several other Muppets before
the other Muppets go away and leave the blue guy singing by himself again.
Was this skit real or just a figment of my imagination?
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JonLentz69
>telephone, but he keeps making noises for car and telephone and so on, and
>Ernie can't understand him, right? Finally, at the end, the guy gets
>frustrated and leaves, slamming the door behind him. And Ernie says,
>"Well, he didn't have to [makes door slamming noise] behind him!" and
>laughs, giving the impression he knew what the guy wanted all along. I
>remember this skit as coming out even before the waiter sketches, but I
>could be wrong.
>
>
No in fact, the guy comes in and gives his story real fast, then per Ernie
request, slows down and says it again, then Ernie says things along with him to
make sure he get's it, then finally tells him he could use his (makes phone
ringing sound) to call the garage to fix his car. Then the guy chastises Ernie
for making fun of him, then leaves.
Drummer635
>keeps singing "BAWM BAWM BAWM, BA-BA-BAWM BAWM BAWM, BAWM BAWM BAWM...BAWM
>BAWM BAWM" for about 10 minutes?
I think it is, but I think we were also expected to believe these same muppets
represented different people in different situations. Maybe I'm wrong.
D.W. McKim
Ernie/telephone sketch. The latter was a character named Simon
Soundman. The two are often confused because they designs are very
similar and both performed by Jerry Nelson (the best way to tell them
apart aside from the fact that Simon makes the noises - is that Simon's
hair is black and Grover's customer, Mr. Johnson's, is brown.)
In reference to the sketch you mentioned, if it's the one i'm thinking
of it divided the screen into three horizontal lines. Roosevelt
Franklin and a girl start out clapping in the middle, joined by another
Mr. Johnson (voiced by Jim Henson here) appears in the bottom line and
sings "clap clap clap" - Prairie is in the top one snging "peet peet
peetledeetdedeet" and eventually eacj row has four charaxcters singing
or making a noise. The top row had a hammy older muppet really getting
carried away singing "ba da da da"
Michael Kotler
finally did get it right, the soundman had changed his mind. He then
asked for a hot <insert sound of dog barking here> with mustard and
relish.
Two eggs (sunny-side on the eggs) and two strips of bacon.
mind change "same breakfast I had yesterday; don't wanna get in a rut"
One egg and three strips of bacon
mind change "I think I'll skip the egg..."
Four strips of bacon
Grover yells "Bon appetit" after counting them (I thought he said "but
not the eggs")
Too late; Now time for lunch
Two hot dogs and two pickles
Grover enters the kitchen and we hear an avalanche of pots and pans,
presumably knocked over by a pissed-off Charlie, the chef.
The classic one was the "Hot bowl of alphabet soup" and while
verifying it had a complete alphabet, the man sent Grover back into
the kitchen to fetch missing letters. When the last missing letter, a
Z was retrieved (and Grover dropped it into the soup while saying
"Ker-plunk"), lo and behold the soup was unacceptably cold by then.
CRIT
> Remember when Mr Johnson...
Who else remembers Simon the sound man? In sone skit it transpires that
Mr Johnson is actually his brother, but i can't remember the rest of the
skit...Anyone got any clues?
XXX
CRIT
CRIT
On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, D.W. McKim wrote:
> They were different characters in the Waiter Grover sketches and the
> Ernie/telephone sketch. The latter was a character named Simon
> Soundman. The two are often confused because they designs are very
> similar and both performed by Jerry Nelson (the best way to tell them
> apart aside from the fact that Simon makes the noises - is that Simon's
> hair is black and Grover's customer, Mr. Johnson's, is brown.)
Hey, D.W....do i ever feel like a dag now, I guess i oughta read _all_ the
newsgroup posts _before_ (though you didn't answer my question,
fortunately, so I get to save face there!) i post...
XXX
CRIT
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HOOP...@prodigy.net
man, and Sound Simon (who is nameless in this skit) auditions. Of course, he
makes the sound to the weather conditions rather than just say the actual
words. Needless to say, Kermit is not amused.
Hooperfan
CRIT wrote in message ...
CRIT
> There was an early skit in which Kermit was trying to find a good weather
> man, and Sound Simon (who is nameless in this skit) auditions
Hmm, I have some very hazy memory of this one, but i wouldn't've
remembered it on my own...
XXX
CRIT
Michael Kotler
>There was an early skit in which Kermit was trying to find a good weather
>man, and Sound Simon (who is nameless in this skit) auditions. Of course, he
>makes the sound to the weather conditions rather than just say the actual
>words.
And after Kermit dismissed the soundman, he proceeded to interview the
next candidate. But Kermit was equally dissatisfied with him, as he
actually produced the weather conditions right there on the spot.
First he brought in a dense fog, then some rain. He ended with it
"raining cats and dogs" and we heard random "meows" and "ruffs" as
assorted stuffed animals fell from the sky. This character had a
deeper voice, was thinner, and I think had some facial hair. I had
only seen him once before -- in a sketch where he also showed us
different weather phenomenah.
In that other sketch, a curtain opened and the man waved a wand once
and showed us the weather (I think with the name superimposed) The
last one was snow, and then (Guy Smiley) said "and next time we will
bring you, straight from Miami, we will bring you sunshine!" The man,
now covered in snow said "uhhh, that'll be nice".
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JonLentz69
>man, and Sound Simon (who is nameless in this skit) auditions. Of course, he
>makes the sound to the weather conditions rather than just say the actual
I had mentioned this before. He does mention his name as Simon Soundman, and
he goes through the weather making noises of it, but obviously Kermit didn't
like him and sent him on his way.
The next guy actually made the weather happen ("There will be plenty
of...(actual fog moves into the pic)...into the area.) He brings up rain, then
says it'll rain cats and dogs for quite a while, and basically has a hurricane
going in the studio and a lot of stuffed cats and dogs go through the set
(including a big Snoopy doll) and Kermit is in a total panic.