76-564: Grover is a blue Muppet character on the PBS / HBO children's television show Sesame Street . Self-described as lovable, cute, and furry, he is a blue monster who rarely uses contractions when he speaks or sings. Grover was originally performed by Frank Oz from his earliest appearances. Eric Jacobson has performed the character regularly from the year 1998 onwards. A prototype version of Grover appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on Christmas Eve in 1967. This puppet had greenish-brown fur and
152-473: A cap and gown to provide educational context for simple, everyday things. His lessons are often wrong, leaving himself open to correction by a group of Muppets. Combined with the failings of the Super Grover character, this means that Grover can be very self-conscious and timid. He is often a source of slapstick humor and often accidentally injures himself. Early in the series, Grover would often greet Kermit
228-543: A chain of office and, at some occasions, carries a scepter . The cap that accompanies the Talar is called Barett . As is the case with the Talar , which type of cap is used varies by university as well. Historically, caps made of soft materials rather than the square academic cap are common. The colour of the Barett matches the Talar . After the German student movement , following
304-411: A clam with "two tickets to the thing you love" bit his nose and he rode a cow rather than a horse. Grover has a semi-secret superhero identity as the well-meaning but inept Super Grover , sometimes presented as the alter ego of Grover Kent, "ace doorknob salesman for Acme, Inc". Originally his superhero costume consisted of a pink cape and medieval knight's helmet, with a Superman -style crest on both
380-413: A university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate students at certain old universities). It is also known as academical dress , academicals , or academic regalia . Contemporarily, it is commonly seen only at graduation ceremonies, but formerly academic dress was, and to a lesser degree in many ancient universities still is, worn daily. Today,
456-459: A bright colour) to distinguish them from lower degrees. They tend to be the most expensive because they must be dyed in a specific colour and/or be trimmed in coloured silks. Many doctoral gowns have a special undress version so adding to the cost of a full set. A full set may cost about US$ 360 (£180) for cheap materials to as much as $ 5800 (£2900) for high-quality materials. Usually, ex-hire gowns are available for purchase at cheaper prices, though
532-670: A comical predicament of his own. Super Grover has appeared in the Sesame Street theatrical films Follow That Bird (1985) and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999), where it is revealed he stretches his arms out and spins into his costume in homage to Wonder Woman ), as well as the PBS special Don't Eat the Pictures (1983), where he first appears as regular Grover, but quickly changes into his costume in an attempt to make friends with
608-450: A dark suit with a white shirt and a tie , or clerical clothing , military or civil uniform , or national dress , and women would wear equivalent attire. Some older universities, particularly Oxford and Cambridge, have a prescribed set of dress (known as subfusc ) to be worn under the gown. Although some universities are relaxed about what people wear under their gowns, it is nevertheless considered bad form to be in casual wear or
684-441: A decorated sleeve but without specific faculty colours. Recently established universities may show a greater variety of colours. Academic dress is only worn on ceremonial occasions: the university anniversary or dies natalis , inaugural lectures, and the public defence of a doctoral thesis. On such occasions, the assembled professors line up as a cortège headed by the university beadle , who also wears an academic gown and carries
760-452: A degree but with the incumbency of a professorial chair: only full, chaired professors wear the toga with bib and beret. The beret is usually a soft cap, square or round and made of velvet; the gown (ankle-length, open in the front), is made of wool trimmed with velvet or silk It is traditionally black, as in the robes of early-modern humanists; some universities have gowns with wide slashed sleeves edged in faculty-specific colours, others have
836-455: A gown, a cape or a hood, and a cap with tassel ( pentagon-shaped mortarboard / bonnet ). Other items are also worn during graduation ceremony such as a medallion , tippet or academic stole . There are four elements in Indonesian academic regalia: In Italy there are several differences among the typical academic dress ( gowns , academic caps , etc.) of the different universities, due to
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#1733085955345912-417: A range of types including artificial silk / rayon , Ottoman (i.e. ribbed or corded silk), taffeta , satin , alpaca , true silk , shot silk , or a mixture. Pure Ottoman silk is rarely used except for official gowns, as it is very expensive. Some gowns may be trimmed with gimp lace , cords, buttons, or other forms of decoration. In the past, fur has been used to line certain hoods (especially those of
988-638: A red nose. He also had a raspier voice – somewhat like Cookie Monster's – and was played a bit more unkempt than Grover would later behave. The monster was referred to as "Gleep", a monster in Santa's workshop . He later made a cameo appearance in The Muppets on Puppets in 1968 with the Rock and Roll Monster. In 1969, clad in a necktie, he appeared in the Sesame Street Pitch Reel in the board-room sequences. During
1064-456: A result of this decision, the appeal of the test episodes was lower than the target. The Street scenes were "the glue" that "pulled the show together", so producers knew they needed to make significant changes. The producers decided to reject the advisers' advice and reshot the Street segments; Henson and his coworkers created Muppets that could interact with the human actors, specifically Oscar
1140-412: A rock to "The Things That Are Heavy Room", and just when he wonders whether it is possible to have a museum that holds everything in the whole wide world, he comes upon a door labeled "Everything Else", which opens to take him out into the world. As of 1996, Publishers Weekly ranked the book at 79 on their list of best-selling children's paperbacks, and Lou Harry of Indianapolis Business Journal included
1216-466: A sequel to the book where Grover desperately tries to stop Elmo from reaching the end of the book, eventually directing him to leave the book and enter from the back. Therefore, when both of them reach the end, they wind up scaring each other. Another popular children's book, Would You like to Play Hide & Seek in This Book with Lovable, Furry Old Grover? , had Grover trying different ways to hide from
1292-411: A speeding bullet. It's... Super Grover! With that, a fanfare sounds, Super Grover bursts through a paper wall bearing his crest, fruitlessly tries to move his helmet up off his eyes, and adds, "And I am cute, too!" Announcer: And now, on to our story. Super Grover: Yes! On to our story! From there, episodes followed a simple formula: Super Grover is flying somewhere over Metro City when he hears
1368-404: A suit of armor (having no idea that there's no one inside it). For Sesame Street ' s 41st season in 2010, the character was revamped as Super Grover 2.0 , who debuted on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , flying in and crash-landing behind the chair where he was meant to sit. His new costume consists of a Roman Centurion-style helmet with a spiked crest, a red cape, metal gauntlets and boots,
1444-459: A utility belt, and a black rubber vest, most of which resembles bike racing gear. Both the cape and the vest are adorned with his crest, now with a lightning bolt added behind the "G". The helmet has a hinged visor which still tends to fall over Grover's eyes, and his tagline is: Super Grover 2.0 – He Shows Up! "Grover's Mommy" plays an integral but often unrecognized role on Sesame Street . She has been seen almost exclusively in print, including
1520-488: Is a list of the general hood colours of graduates: Most colleges and universities in the Philippines follow the traditional mortarboard , hood and gown during graduation. In some schools of the country, the colour of the gown corresponds to the school colour (Blue for Colegio de San Juan de Letran and Ateneo de Manila University , Green for Far Eastern University , and Red for San Beda University ). Some schools, like
1596-483: Is identical to that of the hood for the Cambridge Master of Arts. A Bachelor's degree hood is lined with coloured satin and bordered with white fur (the exception to this are Canterbury and Waikato University which do not line their hoods with fur). The bachelor's degree with Honours hood is lined with coloured satin and bordered with white satin. The master's degree hood has no edging. A doctoral degree recipient wears
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#17330859553451672-466: Is often renamed. [REDACTED] Media related to Grover (Muppet) at Wikimedia Commons List of Sesame Street Muppets The Sesame Street Muppets are a group of puppet characters created by Jim Henson , many for the purpose of appearing on the children's television program Sesame Street . Henson's involvement in Sesame Street began when he and Joan Ganz Cooney , one of the creators of
1748-525: Is the following In Malaysia, most public university academic gowns incorporate Songket motifs, apart from being influenced by the academic dress system in the United Kingdom which incoporates Tudor bonnets for doctorates and mortarboard for Masters and Bachelor's Degrees holder. For instance, the academic dress of the University of Malaya is based on the academic dress of the University of Oxford , which
1824-558: Is the use of the Sablay . The Sablay was inspired from the Malong of Muslim Mindanao, giving it a Filipiniana look. It features the indigenous baybayin characters for "U" and "P". During the commencement ceremony, graduates wear the Sablay at the right shoulder, it is then moved to the left shoulder after the President of the university confers their degree, "similar to the moving of the tassel of
1900-447: Is worn, most notably University of Bonn , Chemnitz University of Technology , and RWTH Aachen (only cap and stole ). The graduates' dress usually consists of a simple black gown, a square academic cap , and possibly a stole in faculty colour. At most other universities, faculties are responsible for organizing graduation ceremonies individually. Some faculties have decided for wearing academic dress at their ceremonies as well, e.g.,
1976-481: The German Supreme Court are, e.g., completely dark red). The professorial Talar can be described as a long black gown with wide sleeves, often with lapels in faculty colour, while deans wear a Talar completely in faculty colour. Rectors typically have a distinguished, more elaborate Talar , e.g., made of velvet, coloured in red, or with gold embroidery. At some universities, the rector additionally wears
2052-743: The Sesame Street Muppets and to split any revenue they generated with the Children's Television Workshop (renamed to the Sesame Workshop in 2000), the series' non-profit producer. The Muppets were a crucial part of the show's popularity and it brought Henson national attention. The Muppet segments of the show were popular since its premiere, and more Muppets were added during the first few seasons. The Muppets were effective teaching tools because children easily recognized them, they were predictable, and they appealed to adults and older siblings. During
2128-477: The United States is derived from that of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge , which was a development of academic and clerical dress common throughout the medieval universities of Europe . This overgarment had the practical purpose of keeping a scholar warm while they were sitting, immobile, or studying. Formal or sober clothing is typically worn beneath the gown so, for example, men would often wear
2204-562: The University of Santo Tomas , due to their Spanish heritage, follow Spanish academic attire such as the academic biretta and mozetta . The biretta and mozetta are worn by those from the Graduate School and the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. Graduates of the Bachelors' programs wear the traditional mortarboard, hood and gown. The professors of the university wear their academic regalia during
2280-462: The dies natalis ). University graduates in New Zealand wear an academic gown identical to those of the University of Cambridge and either a hood or scarf, depending on whether the graduate is receiving a degree or diploma. If the graduate is receiving a degree, a hood will be worn throughout the ceremony. If a diploma is received, the graduate will wear a diploma scarf. The hood, like the gown,
2356-541: The grand costume is equivalent to white tie , whereas the petit costume is equivalent to black tie . German academic dress generally consists of gown and cap. Nowadays, if in use at all, it is only found at special occasions, such as public processions, inaugurations of rectors, and graduation ceremonies. Historically, only the rectors, deans, professors, and lecturers wore academic dress—not students or graduates. Each German university had its own system of colours and drapings to signify faculty membership and position in
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2432-465: The trademarked term " Muppet " from The Muppets Studio for their characters. Academic dress [REDACTED] = Day (before 6 p.m.) [REDACTED] = Evening (after 6 p.m.) = Bow tie colour [REDACTED] = Ladies [REDACTED] = Gentlemen Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary ) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained
2508-460: The "Charlie's Restaurant" series of sketches aired for many years on Sesame Street . In the years since, new Grover-Mr. Johnson sketches have been produced, with Grover taking other customer service jobs and Mr. Johnson as his hapless customer. Every time, Mr. Johnson recognizes Grover as "that waiter from Charlie's". Grover's jobs have ranged from a taxi driver and a photographer to a flight attendant and singing telegram artist. One sketch parodied
2584-577: The ABC television series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in a segment where Grover began remodeling Mr. Johnson's home despite his express wishes. In another one, Mr. Johnson is the only patron, and Grover is the only actor, for a production of Spider-Monster: The Musical , a parody of the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark . The play is, of course, a complete calamity and finally comes crashing down on both of them. Grover also has an instructional persona who wears
2660-646: The Faculty of Law at University of Marburg and the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Goethe University Frankfurt . This practice is commonly understood as following Anglo-American examples rather than reviving old traditions. Indian universities followed United Kingdom robe and gown system until 2013 when Banaras Hindu University replaced it with Indian traditional dress of Kurta , Dhoti , Pyajama for men and Saree for women, which led to students at other universities demanding similar dresses. Slowly Indian universities started replacing
2736-481: The Frog by running up to him and shouting, "Hey, froggy babeee!" and then giving him a hard slap on the back, which knocked him over. "Global Grover" is a more recent series of segments, in which Grover hosts a trip to a foreign country to learn about their culture and customs. In 2010, Grover starred in a parody of an Old Spice Commercial called "Smell Like a Monster" based on " The Man Your Man Could Smell Like ", albeit
2812-539: The Grouch and Big Bird , who became two of the show's most enduring characters. These test episodes were directly responsible for what writer Malcolm Gladwell called "the essence of Sesame Street —the artful blend of fluffy monsters and earnest adults". Since 2001, the full rights for the Muppets created for Sesame Street (which do not include Kermit the Frog ) have been owned by Sesame Workshop; Sesame continues to license
2888-621: The Missa de Apertura or the Opening Mass of the Academic Year aside from Solemn Investitures (graduation ceremonies) and other academic activities. The academic colours are unique to this university as these depend on the official color of the faculty or college a student or an academe belongs into. A unique graduation garb worn at member universities of the University of the Philippines System
2964-545: The UK) which range from rabbit to ermine . In the past, sheepskin was widely used. Most now use imitation fur, instead, mainly because of cost and animal rights concerns. Some robe makers use fur if the customer requests and pays for it, as some feel that the quality and feel of artificial fur has yet to match that of real fur. Doctor's robes usually use wool flannel , panama wool (worsted), superfine cloth, damask , or brocade , and are brightly coloured (or black, but faced with
3040-582: The University of Toronto, academic gowns are still required for all students and faculty at Wednesday dinners, most college meetings, debates, and certain special college events. Most Canadian universities follow or adopted either the British University academic dress at Oxford or Cambridge universities, or the Intercollegiate Code of Academic Costume ratified by most American universities in
3116-482: The academic cap." The Sablay is worn over traditional Filipino attire – barong tagalog for men and Filipiniana dress for women. The garb was first worn at the University of the Philippines Diliman . Other UP campuses followed suit. Elementary and high school students also wear a certain kind of academic dress upon their graduation, usually a white gown and mortarboard for public schools. For private schools,
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3192-1122: The academic dress for Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree and Doctorate are inspired from those of the University of Oxford's Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy respectively. Some university chancellors who were royal heads of state usually incoporates yellow-colour academic gown to denote their royal status. Certain universities, especially Universiti Teknologi MARA , Universiti Utara Malaysia , National Defence University of Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Kelantan includes an academic sash as academic regalia specifically for first class bachelor's degree holders. However, academic dresses are rarely worn and usually worn during convocation ceremonies, professorship lectures. and inanugration ceremonies. Closed-front with Songket motif for university staffs Deep Red (Inanugural lecturer and honorary degree holder) Closed-front and elongated light blue stripes with paddy and university emblem motifs (Postgraduate degrees) Dark Blue (Master's Degree) Black (Ph.D) Closed-front with white elongated stripes At Dutch universities, academic dress does not come with
3268-673: The academic field in which the wearer graduated. It is nowadays little worn, except by doctors during the opening of the university year or the ceremony for a doctorate honoris causa . For doctors, it consists of: Professors who served 20 years are sometimes presented with a sword (identical model to that of French police commissars). The colours of the various academic fields are daffodil (yellow) for literature and arts, amaranth (purplish red) for science, redcurrant (reddish pink) for medicine, scarlet red for law, and violet (purple) for theology. University rectors, chancellors or presidents wear also specific costumes, which are violet regardless of
3344-410: The academic field in which they graduated. The dress exists in two versions: the petit costume ("small costume") and the grand costume ("great costume"). Both are identical in form, and differ only in the presence or absence of the mortarboard and the repartition of colours on the gown and sash (the other elements of the dress, especially the epitoga, being identical for both): In formal occasions,
3420-472: The book on his list of 12 examples of how Muppets have qualified as quality entertainment. The Adventures of Grover in Outer Space is a Sesame Street storybook featuring Grover that was published in 1984. When Grover Moved to Sesame Street was published in 1985. He was also featured in I Want a Hat Like That (1987, reprinted 1999). Sesame Street is modified for different national markets, and Grover
3496-492: The cape and his T-shirt, bearing a letter "G" on his chest instead of "S". During the 1970s and 1980s, Sesame Street ran a series of Super Grover sketches spoofing the classic Adventures of Superman series (in the opening of these, his name was hyphenated "Super-Grover"). An announcer ( Jerry Nelson ) introduced each episode with the lines: Presenting the further adventures of everybody's favorite hero. The man who's faster than lightning, stronger than steel, and smarter than
3572-442: The childhood audience basic concepts such as same and different, big and little, hot and cold, the alphabet, following directions and patience, among other things. This was even parodied in an episode of Monsterpiece Theater , where Grover had to keep rushing out of the kitchen to tell Johnson that they had run out of parts of his order. Naturally, Alistair Cookie introduced this performance as "Much Ado About Nothing". Repeats of
3648-490: The children's book The Monster at the End of This Book (1971), Grover goes to great effort to keep the reader from turning the pages of the book, because there is a monster on the final page. Grover ties pages down, nails pages to the next one and builds a brick wall to block access; at the end it is discovered that the monster at the end of the book is Grover himself, who is mortified ("Oh, I am so embarrassed..."). The late 1990s saw
3724-422: The cries of a Muppet child in some small trouble and immediately sails in to assist. The excited child is quickly disillusioned as Super Grover crash-lands nearby. From there, Grover continues to be enthusiastic but no help whatsoever, his "dramatic" feats of strength or speed serving only to kill time while the child solves the problem on their own and wanders off. By then, Grover's efforts have usually landed him in
3800-424: The early 1970s; here, Grover is employed as a waiter and Mr. Johnson is his customer. The sketches followed the same basic premise: Mr. Johnson would order a menu item, Grover would serve the customer, a disagreement results (usually) as a result of Grover's mistakes, and Grover attempting (often, more than once) to correct the mistake with varied degrees of success. Under this backdrop, the sketches served to teach
3876-478: The ensembles are distinctive in some way to each institution, and generally consist of a gown (also known as a robe ) with a separate hood , and usually a cap (generally either a square academic cap , a tam , or a bonnet ). Academic dress is also worn by members of certain learned societies and institutions as official dress. The academic dress found in most universities in the Commonwealth of Nations and
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#17330859553453952-1108: The extremely economical to the very expensive. In the United States, most Bachelor and master's degree candidates are often presented the " souvenir " version of regalia by their institutions or authorized vendor, which are generally intended for very few wearings and are comparatively very inexpensive. For some doctoral graduates, commencement will be the only time they wear academic regalia, and so they rent their gowns instead of buying them. These rented or hired gowns are often made of inexpensive polyester or other human-made synthetic fibre. In Britain, rented gowns are almost always polyester while Russell cord , silk, or artificial silk gowns are only available when bought. Undergraduate gowns are usually made from cotton or cotton and polyester mix and are relatively inexpensive to encourage students to own them. People who choose to buy their dress may opt for finer fabrics, such as poplin , grosgrain , percale , cotton , wool , cassimere , broadcloth , Russell cord, or corded/ribbed material. For silk, there are
4028-462: The first season of Sesame Street , the character was nicknamed "Fuzzyface" or "The Hairy One", though neither would be used for his actual name. The muppet was not yet the "cute" character he would become, and he was not all that different in personality from the other monsters with whom he interacted. In his book The Tipping Point , author Malcolm Gladwell notes that the character "was used in promotional films for IBM ". The puppet first received
4104-426: The formal occasions but since the 1990s people have started to use them again, mostly in humanities faculties . Furthermore, also students have started to wear gowns and cap in graduation ceremonies (usually for PhD) in some universities. Gowns are traditionally all hemmed with the colours of faculty, which have some variations following the tradition of each atheneum. However the most widely used table of colours
4180-701: The front, as did the original roba . In general, the materials used for academic dress are heavily influenced by the climate where the academic institution is located, or the climate where the graduate will usually be wearing the costume (as a faculty member at another institution, for example). In either case, the American Council of Education (ACE) allows for the comfort of the wearer, and concedes that lighter materials be used in tropical climates, and heavier materials elsewhere. In addition, it acknowledges cotton poplin, broadcloth, rayon, or silk as appropriate. The materials used for academic dress vary and range from
4256-477: The great number of ancient universities in the country (for example the University of Bologna , University of Pavia , University of Padua , University of Pisa , University of Siena , University of Florence , University of Rome , etc.). Usually gowns are worn only by professors during ceremonies and, in some faculties, during graduations. After the student protests of 1968 many professors in many universities had stopped wearing academical gowns also in
4332-437: The inauguration of newly endowed professorial chairs and inductions to some of the honour and professional societies with university chapters. Academic regalia typically consist of a headgear ( mortarboard , Tudor bonnet , or John Knox cap ), robe, and hood. Until the 1930s, Canadian universities customarily prescribed academic robes for its professors and students at classes and lectures. At the University of Trinity College at
4408-647: The late 1890s. Other universities contain elements of the British and American patterns for some or all of their academic costumes. A classic example is the academic dress of McGill University , whose British origins are evident in the regalia of its degree holders. The distinctive ceremonial regalia of McGill University officials, though, are closer to the American pattern for the master's robe with above-the-elbow, square, slit-cut sleeves. The scarlet, doctor of philosophy (PhD) regalia of McGill can now be worn closed-front, unlike
4484-493: The like during graduation ceremonies, and a number of universities may bar finishing students from joining the procession or the ceremony itself if not appropriately dressed (though this sometimes refers only to requiring the proper wear of academic dress and not what is worn beneath it, if unseen). In the Commonwealth, gowns are worn open, while in the United States, with a few exceptions, it has become common for gowns to close at
4560-480: The many illustrated books starring Grover. She was also occasionally seen in photographs, as a photo puppet, such as on the cover of Volume 4 of The Sesame Street Treasury . Over the course of time, her appearance has fluctuated greatly. Her earliest known appearance as a Muppet is a 1970s sketch in which Grover speaks to the audience about being afraid of the dark. At the end of the sketch, his mom ( Frank Oz ) enters his room to kiss him goodnight. In this appearance,
4636-401: The more frequent sketch segments featuring Grover involves him taking a series of customer service jobs. One of his customers is always Mr. Johnson, a balding, mustachioed customer who invariably becomes frustrated at Grover's bumbling service and/or his (Grover's) insistence that he is serving him properly. The first Grover-Mr. Johnson series of sketches, set at "Charlie's Restaurant", aired in
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#17330859553454712-478: The name "Grover" on May 1, 1970. In an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 31, 1970, the character acquired his present appearance with blue fur and a pink nose. In this appearance, Kermit the Frog tried to sing " What Kind of Fool Am I? " (accompanying himself on piano ), but Grover repeatedly interrupted him. The updated puppet was later used beginning in the second season of Sesame Street , by this point fully formed into his current identity. One of
4788-413: The open-front only gown of the University of Cambridge higher doctoral full dress, from which it evolved. Gold strand tassels used in American doctoral regalia are wrapped around McGill's otherwise Tudor-style bonnet or tam. In France , academic dress, also called the toge (from the word toga , an ancient Roman garment), is similar to French judges' court dress, except for its colour, which depends on
4864-509: The production of Sesame Street ' s first season, producers created five one-hour episodes to test the show's appeal to children and examine their comprehension of the material. Not intended for broadcast, they were presented to preschoolers in 60 homes throughout Philadelphia and in day care centers in New York City in July 1969. The results were "generally very positive"; children learned from
4940-687: The puppet used for her is recycled from the early Grover puppet from the first season . Another early appearance (circa 1981) involves his mother ( Kathryn Mullen ) coming into the bathroom while Grover is telling the audience about how to take a bath. She has more recently appeared (performed by Stephanie D'Abruzzo ) in a brief Elmo's World sequence (from the "Families" episode), with her son as his alter-ego Super Grover, as her own alter-ego, "Super-Mommy". Grover crashlands, screaming "Moooommy!" and his mom follows shouting "Soooonny!" crashing on top of him. They recover, acknowledge each other, and almost hug, but they both fall down before they are able to. In
5016-711: The quality may be lower. Many institutions whose dress includes gowns of varying lengths prescribe the appropriate length of each gown with reference to parts of the wearer's body (undergraduate gowns at Cambridge, for example, must not reach the knees, whereas BA gowns should reach just beyond them, according to the university's statutes) . As such, suppliers of academic dress produce gowns in many different sizes to fit persons of different heights. In Canada , academic regalia are worn by university officials, faculty, students, and honoured guests during Graduation exercises (commonly referred to as Convocation), installations of their presiding officers, and special convocations, such as
5092-774: The reader, eventually getting upset and begging the reader to just say "no" they do not see him, even though he was just crouching down in a corner. In 1974, Grover went on a learning expedition in Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum , written by Norman Stiles and Daniel Wilcox, and illustrated by Joe Mathieu. He tours rooms such as "The Long Thin Things You Can Write with Room", as well as "The Things That Make So Much Noise You Can't Think Room". Grover wanders through "The Things That Are Light Room", returns
5168-499: The robes and gowns with traditional dresses. In 2019, India's University Grants Commission formally issued a circular to all public and private universities to opt for Indian traditional dress made of Indian handloom . Indian universities today prescribe Kurta , Pyajama for male students and Saree or Salwar Suit for women. In Indonesia, academic regalia, also called a toga is only worn in graduation ceremonies. An Indonesian toga generally comes in three pieces of clothing:
5244-540: The same as a graduate receiving a master's degree, except the gown is completely silk, either black or scarlet, with the option to wear a cloth gown. A Doctoral hood is completely silk and the headdress is a black Tudor bonnet, in place of the flat-topped mortarboard worn with bachelor's and master's gowns. Academic dress is rarely worn in New Zealand other than at formal academic events, such as by graduates and faculty at graduation ceremonies and teaching faculty at school prizegivings. Some traditional boys' high schools retain
5320-517: The show, met in the summer of 1968, at one of the show's five three-day curriculum planning seminars in Boston . Author Christopher Finch reported that director Jon Stone , who had worked with Henson previously, felt that if they could not bring him on board, they should "make do without puppets". Henson was originally reluctant but agreed to join Sesame Street in support of its social goals. He also agreed to waive his performance fee for full ownership of
5396-511: The shows, their appeal was high, and children's attention was sustained over the full hour. However, the researchers found that although children's attention was high during the Muppet segments, their interest wavered during the "Street" segments, when no Muppets were on screen. This was because the producers had followed the advice of child psychologists who were concerned that children would be confused if human actors and Muppets were shown together. As
5472-503: The tradition of the headmaster wearing a gown while leading assemblies. Undergraduates who live at College House at the University of Canterbury must wear academic dress to dinner. It is common for graduands to wear clothing or adornments significant to their culture at their graduation ceremony. For example, it is common to see Māori students wearing a traditional cloak known as korowai or kakahu huruhuru or Pasifika students wearing lavalava , ta'ovala and elaborate lei . Below
5548-630: The university hierarchy. The gown of the German academic dress is called "Talar" (with the accent on the second "a": talár; from Latin talare which means to the ankles ). It can be traced back to the everyday clothes of the scholars in the Middle Ages. The same word Talar is also used for the robes of Protestant (Lutheran) pastors and rabbis (not for judges or lawyers, their gowns are called "Robe"), although these gowns often differ more or less in cut, length, drapings, and sometimes even in colour (the gowns of
5624-399: The university's mace. Male professors remove their beret when sitting down and put it on when standing up (e.g. to lecture or to address a doctoral candidate during the thesis defence). Female professors may keep the beret on at all times. Academic dress may be completed by a chain of office (for the presiding Rector or Dean) or the insignia of honorary doctorates or royal orders (only worn at
5700-522: The years of 1967 all West German universities dropped their academic dress because they were identified with right-winged conservatism and reactionism by the partly socialist influenced students at that time: The famous slogan "Unter den Talaren – Muff von 1000 Jahren" ( beneath the gowns the fug of 1000 years ) refers not to the old traditions of the Middle Ages, but especially to the Nazi regime and their self-declared "empire of 1000 years". In East Germany, which
5776-650: Was a communist one-party state, Talare were abolished by law at about the same time. After East Germany began to dissolve in 1989, several universities, particularly University of Rostock , University of Greifswald , University of Jena , and University of Halle-Wittenberg , resurrected lost traditions including the Talar for officials. Some traditional universities in West German states have since followed, such as University of Heidelberg . Since 2005, some universities introduced centrally organized graduation ceremonies for students of all faculties where academic dress
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