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7 unusual facts about Grover


Grover, Colorado

Willa Cather's 1900 short story The Affair at Grover Station contains a description of Grover, as per, 'You know what Grover is, a red box of a station, section house barricaded by coal sheds and a little group of dwellings at the end of everything, with the desert running out on every side to the sky line.'.

Jeff Weise

(He sets the story in Grover's Mill, Minnesota, which is reminiscent of Grover's Mill, New Jersey, the site of a fictional landing of aliens in the radio version of War of the Worlds, broadcast in 1939 starring Orson Welles).

Lov Grover

He is the originator of the Grover database search algorithm used in quantum computing.

Palisades Toys

The debut of this collection was culminated by the 2005 convention exclusive Super Grover with box art by Alex Ross.

The Affair at Grover Station

The next day, Rodgers went about the station and then up to Grover, Colorado.

The outer narrator meets with his old friend Rodgers by Sterling, Colorado, and asks about the murdered agent at Grover station.

What Kind of Fool Am I?

Kermit the Frog performed this song on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 31, 1970, where he was repeatedly interrupted by the Sesame Street character Grover.


Artistry Music

In July 2006 the label released the Jason Miles smooth jazz album "To Grover, With Love", a tribute to Grover Washington, Jr. Contributing to the album were some of the biggest names in smooth jazz, including Regina Belle, Dave Koz, Russ Freeman, Gerald Albright, Peter White, Chuck Loeb, Joe Sample, George Duke and Steve Cole.

Big Fat Gypsy Gangster

The film centres on Grover's character Bulla from The 11 O'Clock Show, after his release from prison.

Cleveland, North Carolina

It is named after Cleveland, England, but it is rumored that the town is actually named after Grover Cleveland after he visited the town during his presidential campaign.

Cornelius Hicks

Cornelius Grover Hicks (February 9, 1898 – September 13, 1930) was an American painter.

Dew-Dew-Dewey Day

The songs, "Let's Put It Over with Grover" and "Oh, Benjamin Harrison", were written for the film The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, which dramatized the 1888 American Presidential campaigns, some 80 years later after the election took place.

Foghorn Stringband

The band was originally named Foghorn Leghorn and the lineup consisted of Stephen "Sammy" Lind on fiddle and harmony vocals, the Reverend P. T. Grover, Jr., on banjo, Caleb Klauder on mandolin and harmony vocals, and Brian Bagdonas on bass.

Frank Grover

Before entering politics, Grover had a background in law, having received an LLB from University of Auckland.

Geoff Grover

Geoffrey David "Geoff" Grover (born 19 September 1943), is a business and marketing expert, currently working in real estate on the Queensland Sunshine Coast.

Grover Beach, California

Grover Beach is part of the 5 Cities Metropolitan Area which is also comprised by Pismo Beach, Arroyo Grande, Oceano, and Shell Beach.

Herry Monster

He is larger than Cookie Monster or Grover, is a lighter blue than either of them, and has a purple, bean-shaped nose.

Jay Underwood

Beginning a prolific career as a teen actor in the mid-1980s, he is perhaps best known for his starring feature films roles; portraying "Eric Gibb" in The Boy Who Could Fly, "Chip Carson" in Not Quite Human, and "Grover Dunn" in The Invisible Kid.

Joe Perham

He has appeared in two films: as a mill inspector in Graveyard Shift (1990), based on the novel by Stephen King, and with his wife Margaret Perham (Grover), in Bed & Breakfast (1992), with Roger Moore and Colleen Dewhurst.

Look What I Found!

Big Bird, Ernie, Bert, Betty Lou, the Count and Grover go on a nature hike and learn about their surroundings.

Made in Cleveland

The film stars an ensemble cast, among them Busy Philipps, Gillian Jacobs, George Roth, Jeffrey Grover, Robin Swoboda, Leon Bibb, Brendan Potter, Derek Koger, Linda Ryan, Robbie Barnes, Charlie Martini and others.

Manav Hatya

Manav Hatya is a Hindi Feature Film released in 1996 starring Akshay Anand, Madhuri Dixit, Shekhar Suman, Gulshan Grover, Sharat Saxena, Dr.Sriram Lagoo, Sunil Thapa, Arvind Deshpande among others.

Marcus M. Drake

Upon the resignation of Grover Cleveland as mayor on November 20, 1882 to take the Governor's seat, the Common Council elected Drake to fill the vacancy until a special election could be held in early January 1883.

Matt Heafy Signature Dean Guitar

And to help ensure the sound that Matt Heafy wanted he had his custom USA Dean Matt Heafy “MKH86” installed in the bridge pickup position and a USA “Nostalgia” in the neck pickup position (Matt Heafy and Dean designed the custom USA Dean Matt Heafy “MKH86” when they were making the guitar) The bridge consists of an Original Locking Floyd Rose Tremolo System, and to help with keeping the strings in tune when the tremolo or whammy bar is used he had Grover tuners and a locking nut installed.

Minor Michigan infantry units of the American Civil War

The Stanton Guard was organized at Detroit, Michigan in April 1862 by Captain Grover S. Wormer and mustered in on May 10, to serve as guards over General William G. Harding, Washington Barrow and Judge Joseph C. Guild, three Confederate sympathizers from Nashville, TN sent as prisoners to the fort on Mackinac Island.

Norman Coleman

Norman Jay Coleman (1827 – 1911), United States Secretary of Agriculture under President Grover Cleveland in 1889

Patent pool

One of the first patent pools was formed in 1856, by sewing machine manufacturers Grover, Baker, Singer, and Wheeler & Wilson, all accusing the others of patent infringement.

Paul Haenen

Paul Haenen is a well-known comedian in the Netherlands and also provides the voices of Bert, Grover and other minor characters on Sesamstraat, the Dutch co-production of Sesame Street, since Sesamstraat's first season in 1976.

Peterstown, West Virginia

The town is the site of the 1928 discovery of the 34.48 carat (6.896 g) Jones Diamond by Grover C. Jones and his son, William "Punch" Jones.

Prairie Dawn

She is famous for writing school pageants (e.g., Sesame Street Little Theater) for her friends, mostly Bert and Ernie, Herry, Grover, and Cookie Monster.

Pyar Ke Kabil

Pyar Ke Kabil is a 1987 Indian Bollywood film directed by Anil Ganguly and produced by Suresh Grover.

Ricky Grover

In 2011 he starred and co-wrote the feature length film Big Fat Gypsy Gangster with his wife, Maria Grover.

The Monster at the End of This Book: Starring Lovable, Furry Old Grover

On Jan. 30, 2013, the Sesame Street Twitter account adapted the story to the popular social media network, again starring Grover with some impromptu assistance from Wil Wheaton.

White House Press Secretary

The media had changed significantly by 1884, when Grover Cleveland was elected as President of the United States.


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