Heeeyyy yooouuu Grover! ('Sesame Street' Wednesday)

Few (if any) installments of this feature have dealt with lovable, furry Grover - the gangly blue monster of 'Sesame Street' fame.

According to his biographers, Grover was born into humble beginnings in Elko, Nevada, in 1929, before moving to New York at an early age. He barely learned to read or how to use a map, and he lived with his mommy well past the age at which he should have retired.

But Grover's a workaholic, and retire he shall never do. We've seen him working as a waiter, a professor, a farmer, a nose warmer salesman, and many other occupations.

He even made a guest appearance on another children's show, 'The Electric Company', after getting lost one day back in 1972:



Is it just my imagination, or does Crank actually mutter "shit!" under his breath when he finds out Vi is out of the soup of the day?

It's also worth noting that Crank's voice sounds exactly like Peter Griffin of 'Family Guy'.

Grover's neighborhood seems to be infamous throughout the city. When he mentions that he lives on a street that has an 8-foot-tall bird walking around, you can almost hear Vi trying to hold back laughter. Crank bursts out in helpless guffawing when they figure out Grover lives on Sesame Street.

Grover is cool.