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Grover's F-Bomb

Grover's F-Bomb

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Added Dec 28, 2018 at 11:42AM EST by Adam.

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Grover's F-Bomb refers to a clip from Sesame Street in which Grover says "That sounds like an excellent idea," but it sounded to some as "That's a fuckin' excellent idea." The phenomenon was compared to the similar audio dissonance phenomenon Yanny or Laurel.

Origin

On November 24th, 2018, Twitter user @pbump tweeted a clip of Grover saying "That sounds like an excellent idea" with the caption "uh, that's what?" In the replies, he makes clear that he hears Grover saying "That's a fuckin' excellent idea."




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On December 27th, 2018, Redditor schrodert posted the same clip to /r/funny saying they may have found the next "Yanny vs. Laurel" and that they heard Grover say "That's a fuckin' excellent idea." The post gained over 119,000 points.[1] It was reposted to Twitter by @EvanEdinger[2] and gained over 6,200 retweets and 20,000 likes. The posts sparked debate online, though all conceded that it was highly unlikely Grover would be swearing. User @RobMarmet said he heard the swear even though he knew it was not possible, gaining over 70 retweets and 380 likes (shown below, left). User @WTPSports tweeted the clip as a reaction with the caption "When it’s 1am and she says “why don’t you come over”," gaining over 80 retweets (shown below, right). Reactions were covered by Twitter Moments,[3] Mashable,[4] TMZ,[5] and others.


Rob Marmet @RobMarmet Follow I hear Grover swearing. I don't believe Grover actually swore. l'm confused and will need some time with my thoughts as I try to figure this out. Seriously did Grover just drop the Fbomb?? J.D. Durkin@jiveDurkey the new Yanni v. Laurel? - some people swear they hear Grover saying, "that's a f"king excellent idea. 0:05 i'm one of those people and i can't stop laughing 5:20 PM -27 Dec 2018 WTP Sp rts @WTPsports Follow 2019 When it's 1am and she says "why don't you come over" 13 J.D. Durkin Seriously did Grover just drop the F bomb??

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J.D. Durkin @jiveDurkey Follow the new Yanni v. Laurel? -- some people swear they hear Grover saying, "that's a f*"king excellent idea." i'm one of those people and i can't stop laughing Seriously did srover just drop the Fbomb?? Henrik Meng @henrikmeng Follow First listen: OMG WHAT HAHAHA Second listen: Ah, definitely "sounds like an" Third listen: You know what, after all these years if Grover wants to drop an F-bomb then he's damn well earned the right Seriously did Grover ust drop the Fbomb? Evan Edinger@EvanEdinger Just saw this on reddit and it blew my mind. Ils Grover saying "yes, yes, that's a f**king excellent idea" or "yes, yes that sounds like an excellent idea."... Show this thread 06 4:30 PM- 27 Dec 2018 Anonymous Otto The Invisible @AnonymousOtto Follow Grover is very enthused Seriously did Grover just drop the Fbomb?? WTP Sp rts@WTPsports When it's 1am and she says "why don't you come over" 0:05 5:34 AM-28 Dec 2018 2019 will be bedder @itgetsbedder Followv I can't believe the new "Yanny or Laurel?" is "did grover just drop the f-bomb on Sesame Street?" 2018 is cutting it close to the wire with this one. 2:50 PM-27 Dec 2018 (((BL. Ochman))) @whatsnext Follow First listen- he drops the F bomb Listen again & he clearly says "That sounds like an excellent idea" We are definitely not in the mood to work today "Wait, what did Grover just say?" Wait, what did Grover just say? Today Sesame Street's Grover saying to Rosita "that sounds like an excellent idea" seems to have got lost in translation. Moments Lisa Gutierrez Follow @LisaGinKC I hear it. Don't fight me. Sounds like Grover dropped an F-bomb. Did a Muppet drop an f-bomb on 'Sesame Street'? (And no, it wasn't Miss Pig.. A Reddit user posted a "Sesame Street" clip in which some people swear they hear Grover the Muppet using the f-word. The debate reminds people of the Yanni-La… kansascity.com

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[1] Reddit – May have just found next “Yanni or Laurel” soundbite thanks to my daughter’s obsession with Elmo. Listen once thinking Grover says “Yes, yes, that’s a f**king excellent idea” then again KNOWING he actually says “Yes, yes, that sounds like an excellent idea.” I hear either based on what I’m thinking

[2] Twitter – @EvanEdinger

[3] Twitter Moments – Wait, what did Grover just say?

[4] Mashable – It sounds like Grover drops an F-bomb in this audio illusion

[5] TMZ – DID GROVER DROP THE F-BOMB?!

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