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Grover-USPS

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is a government-run corporation which oversees the mail system of the United States of America. The American postal system was founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1775.

Unlike its commercial competitors such as UPS and FedEx, the USPS is the only mail carrier which delivers mail to the North Pole. This distinction played an important role in the special A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, in which the Muppets had to deliver letters to Santa Claus by hand after the local post office had closed. The song "Delivering Christmas," which honors the postal workers who deliver the letters to Santa, was later made available on an album sold by the Postal Service.

Each Christmas season, the Postal Service uses a special holiday cancellation, usually featuring a licensed character. Kermit the Frog appeared on the 2009 holiday cancellation for holiday cards and letters mailed in the month of December.[1]

Postage stamps[]

The USPS has honored the Muppets with several postage stamps over the years:

References[]

  • During the third season of Sesame Street, Molly the Mail Lady was an official member of the cast. She delivered the post to her friends on the street and occasionally flirted with Bob.
  • In a sketch from Season 1, a Pumpkin Anything Muppet mailman, performed by Frank Oz approached Ernie for directions so he could deliver a note to a certain music teacher named Mrs. Mary Ann ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.
  • A Fat Blue mailman, performed by Jim Henson, once paid Count von Count a visit at his castle to deliver him three big bags chalk full of mail, which the Count wrote himself just so he could count them. The same mailman also appeared as a guest at a party that Ernie threw for Bert.
  • In the Monsterpiece Theater episode "The Postman Always Rings Twice", Grover waits for the postman to deliver a very important letter to him, and after being visited by other people in the neighborhood, he finally opens the door to a pumpkin postwoman.  
  • 'I Am A Letter' - a film about the process of mail delivery, accompanied by a song, which was first featured in Episode 0143.

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