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I've found that Sesame Workshop plans a year-long celebration of Grover to be called "The Year of the Monster".
I heard about it yesterday when Muppet Wiki added a page for an upcoming special called The Monster at the End of This Story, and searched the sourced links, including this one: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw...2019-publishers-hunt-new-revenue-streams.html
Normally when a big anniversary season ends (since the 30th season), I get a big feeling of sadness, but this upcoming anniversary feels like motivation to continue being excited/happy after the 50th anniversary is over. I believe that article says that they plan to do similar things for other characters who are not in the "top three" (which the article says are Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Abby), I can't wait to see who else gets similar campaigns (how about a focus on the bottom 50?).
So far the only thing confirmed is The Monster at the End of This Story, an animated television special based on The Monster at the End of This Book. It'll be interesting to see how they can adapt that story into 30 minutes (wouldn't it be cool if it was multiple shorts based on multiple Sesame Street specials?), it's the first animated half-hour (I assume) special. I feel this would have made a great compilation spotlighting the best of Grover (by having linking footage based on the characters best-known book introducing the best of the character).
I heard about it yesterday when Muppet Wiki added a page for an upcoming special called The Monster at the End of This Story, and searched the sourced links, including this one: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw...2019-publishers-hunt-new-revenue-streams.html
Normally when a big anniversary season ends (since the 30th season), I get a big feeling of sadness, but this upcoming anniversary feels like motivation to continue being excited/happy after the 50th anniversary is over. I believe that article says that they plan to do similar things for other characters who are not in the "top three" (which the article says are Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Abby), I can't wait to see who else gets similar campaigns (how about a focus on the bottom 50?).
So far the only thing confirmed is The Monster at the End of This Story, an animated television special based on The Monster at the End of This Book. It'll be interesting to see how they can adapt that story into 30 minutes (wouldn't it be cool if it was multiple shorts based on multiple Sesame Street specials?), it's the first animated half-hour (I assume) special. I feel this would have made a great compilation spotlighting the best of Grover (by having linking footage based on the characters best-known book introducing the best of the character).