Farmer Grover is Grover's farmyard alter ego. He is not a presence on Sesame Street in the way that Super Grover and Marshal Grover are -- but he has been a regular subject for books and other spin-off merchandise.
Appearances[]
Picture | Theme / Appearance | Description | |
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Fire Episode 0348 |
Kermit smells smoke. An Anything Muppet girl tells him that there's a fire "over there," and Kermit screams for the fireman. Grover comes along wearing a white coat and a stethoscope; then carrying a pitchfork, and talking about his cows, chickens and the barn. Kermit reminds him that a fireman puts out fires. When Grover finally arrives with a hose, they discover that the fire is coming from the girl toasting marshmallows over a small campfire. | ||
Horse and cart Episode 0590 |
Kermit and Fred the Wonder Horse teach Farmer Grover how to put a horse and cart together.
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Missing Hat Episode 5224 |
Elmo and Tango go on a walk where they meet Farmer Grover. Grover demonstrates that his straw hat is what makes him a farmer, but a second after he places it down, it disappears. | ||
The Pie Caper Episode 5226 |
Grover harvests peppers during a missing pie investigation. Here, he helps Elmo and Abby figure out who ate their apple pie by describing the shadow of the culprit. | ||
Chickens on the Farm Episode 5228 |
Grover, a self-proclaimed eggspert, tries many different methods to get a chicken to lay an egg. |
Book appearances[]
- Farmer Grover (1977)
- Grover's Favorite Color (1977)
- The Sesame Street Riddle Book (1977)
- What Ernie and Bert Did on Their Summer Vacation (1977)
- The Sesame Street Mix or Match Storybook (1977)
- Down on the Farm with Grover (1980)
- The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
- Big Bird's Book of Rhymes (1985)
- Grover's Book of Colors (1985)
- Through the Year (1986)
- Colors (1987)
- Shape Up! (1987)
- The Sesame Street ABC Book of Words (1988)
- Sticker Fun: Colors (1989)
- ABC (1996)
- Rise and Shine! (1996; reworked as Up, Up, Up! in 2011)
- Grover's Farm (2001)
- Sesame Street Train Station (2001)
- Old MacGrover's Silly Farm (2002)
- Elmo's World Super Sticker Book (2007)
- My First Trip to the Farm (2007)
- Elmo Animal Mix & Match (2008)
- Let's Help the Earth (2008)
Merchandise[]
Farmer Grover is also included in the Sesame Street Express Train Play Set, made by Knickerbocker in 1976, and in the Sesame Street trading cards made by Idolmaker in 1992.