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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Character: Gleep aka Green Grover<\/p>\n
Hand type: Rod<\/p>\n
Builder credits:<\/p>\n
Pattern \u2013 Wally Wingert, Alex McGee; Alex In Wonderland<\/p>\n
Foam head sculpture \u2013 Wally Wingert<\/p>\n
Mouth plate fabrication \u2013 Wally Wingert<\/p>\n
Seamstress \u2013 Alex McGee; Alex in Wonderland<\/p>\n
Fur trimming and styling \u2013 Sergio Lopez<\/p>\n
Height: 22\u201d<\/p>\n
Notes: When I was 19 I built a blue Grover, which I still have. But as I was continuing my research into the early Don Sahlin creations I decided to make an original \u201cgreen\u201d Grover in the summer of 2020.<\/p>\n
I gave him white arm rods because that’s how he first appeared on “Sesame Street.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i><\/div><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div>He was originally called \u201cGleep\u201d in several sketches on variety television shows, and then repurposed for the early years of \u201cSesame Street.\u201d And like his monster counterpart \u201cBeautiful Day,\u201d \u201cGleep\u201d was eventually retired from \u201cSesame Street\u201d to make way for the new blue Grover.<\/p>\n
In order to add a nostalgic, retro element to this puppet, the red fleece in the mouth, the orange fleece on his nose, and the plastic eye pieces are all vintage materials from the 1970\u2019s. These elements were all leftover materials from my teenage puppet-building days.<\/p>\n
The two-tone green\/black fur was created by Alex McGee at Alex In Wonderland. The puppet was constructed out of lime green fur, and then over-sprayed with dark green ink with an airbrush.<\/p>\n
Character: Gleep aka Green Grover<\/p>\n Hand type: Rod<\/p>\n Builder credits:<\/p>\n Pattern \u2013 Wally Wingert, Alex McGee; Alex In Wonderland<\/p>\n Foam head sculpture \u2013 Wally Wingert<\/p>\n Mouth plate fabrication \u2013 Wally Wingert<\/p>\n Seamstress \u2013 Alex McGee; Alex in Wonderland<\/p>\n Fur trimming and styling \u2013 Sergio Lopez<\/p>\n Height: 22\u201d<\/p>\n Notes: When I was 19 I built a blue Grover, which I still have. But as I was continuing my research into the early Don Sahlin creations I decided to make an original \u201cgreen\u201d Grover in the summer of 2020.<\/p>\n I gave him white arm rods because that’s how he first appeared on “Sesame Street.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> He was originally called \u201cGleep\u201d in several sketches on variety television shows, and then repurposed for the early years of \u201cSesame Street.\u201d And like his monster counterpart \u201cBeautiful Day,\u201d \u201cGleep\u201d was eventually retired from \u201cSesame Street\u201d to make way for the new blue Grover.<\/p>\n In order to add a nostalgic, retro element to this puppet, the red fleece in the mouth, the orange fleece on his nose, and the plastic eye pieces are all vintage materials from the 1970\u2019s. These elements were all leftover materials from my teenage puppet-building days.<\/p>\n The two-tone green\/black fur was created by Alex McGee at Alex In Wonderland. The puppet was constructed out of lime green fur, and then over-sprayed with dark green ink with an airbrush.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>