Classic Sesame Street - Waiter Grover "takes the cakes"

[Garrettk41]

You know, I was just thinking, if Grover knew her only as a grandmother, that must mean that out of all six of them, the granddaughter was the one who called the restaurant to make the reservation. Unusual to have the kid do that.

[brianklick]

U really know ur muppet performers

[Homie0static]

Did I hear right did they say hey Menudo let's see your moonwalk?

[Jbrangwynne53]

Nice new annotations =)

[JesseOliver111]

That was Cheryl Blaylock as the Granddaughter.

[DRUMMERMAN77]

is the godson supposedly to look like a guardian angel?

[pasfresh123]

the guy with the big yellow head and green jacket looks like Gene Kelly.

[cchirot]

My favorite sketch of all time, I haven't seen this since I was 5 years old

[Pennman31]

Fat Blue is Not In This Video

[knighthood8]

big fat blue disguise as an old man---- look at the shape of the head of that old man beside gary smiley!! that is big fat blue!!!

[Ahuebner2004]

is he singing happy birthday in Spanish?

[setheurovision94]

Poor Grover, doesn't he realise that in order to be a grandmother you must also be somebody's mother - and very possibly wife, aunt, sister and godmother?

[lizzykat2]

Don't look at me that way I can't help it lol

Hee hee Silly Grover

[TKnHappyNess]

There were actually 7 cakes if you freeze it at 3:46

[Gustofdaconquistador]

I heard the "Let's see your moonwalk!"

I fell out of my chair laughing. The puppeters must have had little jokes like that all over the place.

[ocdindustries]

hehe silly grover

[rewqwerpoiuiop]

did anyone else hear "let's see your moonwalk!" at the very end?

[lizzykat2]

Wow a party this is great I love parties

[dj2bklyn]

guy smiliey lol

[lynn314]

I would like to had Grover at my birthday as long as he was my guest and not my waiter, LOL!

[owenpeterson]

In this case, Grover is immitating the Falling Baker from the number song series, only difference is the Baker had 3 birthday cakes and Grover has 6 birthday cakes.

[TamNap]

Thank for this clip. Grover is still my favorite muppet.

[DarkRavenII]

lol He is so funny.

[Garrettk41]

I remember this. It's quite humorous. Will Grover ever learn?

Who are the voices of the daughter and the granddaughter?

[sawing14s]

Fran Brill is the daughter; Kathy Mullen is the granddaughter.

[Garrettk41]

We still have yet to establish who do the voices of the brother and the husband. Don't worry, Guille, I won't doubt you this time.

[sawing14s]

Brother: Brian Muehl

Husband: Marty Robinson

[Garrettk41]

That means that none of those customers are performed by Charlie's most frequent visitor of all, Jerry Nelson. Besides Mr. Johnson, Grover has also served Simon the Soundman and the Count (would anyone be able to upload that one?) all Nelson's characters.

[sawing14s]

Maybe Nelson was the puppeteer (and not the voice - there was none) of the birthday guest of honor.

And no, I don't have the one with The Count. I bet it'll show up on the Video Player one day (it's full of surprises as it is).

[Garrettk41]

Yeah, that's possible, I suppose. You never know who will do the puppeteering. And yes, according to Grover, the current video player is just a sampler and there is a lot more come.

[SkyfireTheFox]

This is the best Grover segment! It is just so hilarious!

[caps22]

Oh, yeah? Cuantos anos tienes tu??

[lovemeg5186]

Love this!

[fiddleremma]

OMG, I love this clip. Those were the days where Grover was a waiter and most of these parts were examples of how to maintain proper customer service skills. Mostly, I remember Grover attending to a bluish muppet who was so snippy. He always tried to get his way by saying "I don't want this (or that)." Today, I contrast the funny scenes with Grover being a waiter with the hilarious rude customer scenes in "Fawlty Towers." I do find this comparison for both children and young adults.

[dorourke105]

Um I thought the family was hispanic.

[Teankun]

Godmother?  Does that mean they are Cathloic?

[DiAnno13]

It was nice of the godson to take time off from the Guardian Angels to celebrate his godmother's birthday.

[efil4own1]

I loved that one...and I especially liked Richard Hunt as the hip godson and Jim Henson as "Hombre Sonriendo". :) Now, does anyone have the Mexican Waiter Grover segment?

[cbernz]

Hear, hear!! Mexican Grover is the best clip EVER! I can't believe it's not on here.

[MuppetPro]

That was very well written and very clever. The situation approach that Jim I believe developed was pure genius. ;) _Eric

[Lectronimo]

So they cut "Happy Birthday" from "The Ape on the Train" but let Grover sing it here in two languages? What's going on there at CTW?

By the way, I believe that was Guy Smiley's latino cousin, Hombre Sonriendo, playing the nephew - if my vaguely approximate English-to-Spanish dictionary is any help.

[MuppetDude]

I think it's okay to use it on television, since they can repeat the segment as many times as wished, but when it came to putting on DVD, where the owners of the song would profit from it (and Sesame Workshop doesn't have as much money as they used to), they probably thought it best to avoid the cost and replace a very minor segment...Probably.

[Marbles471]

Hombre Sonriendo, LOL.