Weekly Muppet Wednesdays: Sesame Street

ABBY CADABBY (5/2/12)
Performed by…
Leslie Carrara-Rudolph

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 37 (2006)

Best known role…
Fairy gochild; magic doer; Fair School student; fan of pumpkins

ALICE SNUFFLEUPAGUS (5/7/14)
Performed by…
Judy Sladky

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 19 (1987)

Best known role…
Snuffy’s cute two-year-old sister

THE AMAZING MUMFORD (7/13/11)
Performed by…
Jerry Nelson

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 3 (1971)

Best known role…
Bumbling, hapless magician who uses the magic words “A la peanut butter sandwiches!”

BABY BEAR (1/2/13)
Performed by…
David Rudman

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 23 (1991)

Best known role…
Sesame Street’s resident bear; good friend of Telly Monster; porridge lover

BABY NATASHA (7/2/14)
Performed by…
Kevin Clash

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 18 (1986)

Best known role…
Baby monster; Humphrey and Ingrid;s daughter

BAD BART (6/12/13)
Performed by…
Jim Henson

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 5 (1973)

Best known role…
Cowboy who seems angry and mean, but is really harmless

BARKLEY (10/10/12)
Performed by…
Brian Muehl (1978-1984)
Various (1977-present)

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 9 (1977)

Best known role…
Large, excitable, adorable dog on Sesame Street

BENNY RABBIT (7/25/12)
Performed by…
Kevin Clash

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 23 (1991)

Best known role…
Bellhop at the Furry Arms Hotel; irritable rabbit

BERT (3/7/12)
Performed by…
Frank Oz (1969-present)
Eric Jacobson (1997-present)

First appearance…
Sesame Street Test Pilot (1969)

Best known role…
Ernie’s boring, badgered, paperclip/oatmeal/pigeon loving roommate

BETTY LOU (9/10/14)
Performed by…
Various

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 1 (1969)

Best known role…
Sesame Street’s resident Anything Muppet young girl

BIFF (5/5/10)
Performed by…
Jerry Nelson

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 5 (1974)

Best known role…
Construction worker; Sully’s partner; loud-mouth

BIG BIRD (11/11/09)
Performed by…
Caroll Spinney

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 1 (1969)

Best known role…
Fun-loving, curious, friendly, happy six-year-old bird resident of Sesame Street

BRUNO THE TRASHMAN (3/24/10)
Performed by…
Caroll Spinney

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 9 (1978)

Best known role…
Carrier of Oscar the Grouch’s trashcan

BUG (1/22/14)
Performed by…
Joey Mazzarino

First appearance…
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)

Best known role…
Huxley’s henchman

BUSTER THE HORSE (3/20/13)
Performed by…
Martin P. Robinson

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 11 (1979)

Best known role…
Forgetful Jones’ trust steed

COOKIE MONSTER (12/8/10)
Performed by…
Frank Oz (1969-present)
David Rudman (2001-present

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 1 (1969)

Best known role…
Ravenous devourer of food of all kinds–but mostly cookies!!

COUNT VON COUNT (12/2/09)
Performed by…
Jerry Nelson (1972-2012)
Matt Vogel (2012-present)

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 3 (1972)

Best known role…
Arirthnomaniac vampire; bat aficionado; Casanova

DON MUSIC (7/7/10)
Performed by…
Richard Hunt

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 6 (1975)

Best known role…
Song re-writer; the original “head banger”; struggling artist

ELMO (2/8/12)
Performed by…
Kevin Clash (1985-2012)
Ryan Dillon (2013-present)

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 12 (1980)

Best known role…
Three-and-a-half-year-old ticklish, furry red monster

ERNIE (6/23/10)
Performed by…
Jim Henson (1969-1990)
Steve Whitmire (1993-present)

First appearance…
Sesame Street Test Pilot (1969)

Best known role…
Bert’s prankster roommate; lover and praise-singer of Rubber Duckie; dreamer

FARLEY (9/12/12)
Performed by…
Jerry Nelson

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 2 (1970)

Best known role…
Little boy; pet owner

FORGETFUL JONES (8/3/11)
Performed by…
Richard Hunt

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 11 (1979)

Best known role…
Forgetful cowboy; significant other of Clementine; friend of Buster the Horse

FRAZZLE (10/5/11)
Performed by…
Jerry Nelson

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 4 (1973)

Best known role…
Toothy, unintelligible monster with a brutish outside but a sweet inside

GLADYS THE COW (3/31/10)
Performed by…
Richard Hunt (1973-1990)
Jennifer Barnhart (2003-present)

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 6 (1975)

Best known role…
Sesame Street’s singing cow

GROVER (10/27/10)
Performed by…
Frank Oz (1969-present)
Eric Jacobson (2001-present)

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 1 (1969)

Best known role…
Lovable, cute, furry blue monster with numerous jobs including superhero, waiter, salesman, etc.

GRUNDGETTA (1/27/10)
Performed by…
Pam Arciero (1985-present)
Brian Muehl (1982-1984)

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 13 (1982)

Best known role…
Oscar the Grouch’s “girlfriend”

GUY SMILEY (2/23/11)
Performed by…
Jim Henson

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 1 (1969)

Best known role…
Everybody’s favorite game show host of Beat the Time, This is Your Life, and more

HARVEY KNEESLAPPER (7/10/13)
Performed by…
Frank Oz

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 3 (1971)

Best known role…
Sesame Street’s resident practical joker

HERBERT BIRDSFOOT (1/8/14)
Performed by…
Jerry Nelson

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 2 (1970)

Best known role…
Lecturer whose assistant is usually Grover

HERRY MONSTER (3/3/10)
Performed by…
Jerry Nelson

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 2 (1970)

Best known role…
Strong, sweet fuzzy and blue monster

HONKERS (2/6/13)
Performed by…
Various

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 12 (1980)

Best known role…
Odd creatures with noses that produce honking sounds when squeezed

HOOTS THE OWL (4/17/13)
Performed by…
Kevin Clash

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 17 (1985)

Best known role…
Feathered jazz saxophone musician on Sesame Street

HORATIO THE ELEPHANT (12/3/14)
Performed by…
Joey Mazzarino

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 24 (1992)

Best known role…
Random elephant; elevator operator; tutu-wearer

HUMPHREY & INGRID (7/23/14)
Performed by…
David Rudman (Humphrey)
Joey Mazzarino (Ingrid)

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 22 & 25 (1990 & 1994)

Best known role(s)…
Doting, dopey parents of Baby Natasha; husband and wife

MR. JOHNSON (11/28/12)
Performed by…
Jerry Nelson

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 3 (1972)

Best known role…
Grover’s constantly beleaguered customer

LEFTY THE SALESMAN (9/24/14)
Performed by…
Frank Oz

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 1 (1969)

Best known role…
Sesame Street’s shifty, shady-looking, trench coat-wearing letter salesman

LITTLE BIRD (8/14/13)
Performed by…
Fran Brill

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 1 (1969)

Best known role…
The opposite of Big Bird

LITTLE JERRY & THE MONOTONES (10/6/10)
Performed by…
Jerry Nelson (Little Jerry)
Richard Hunt (Rockin’ Richard)
Jeff Moss (Big Jeffy)
Christopher Cerf (Chrissy)

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 2 (1970)

Best known role…
Sesame Street’s favorite rock and roll band

LOUIE (ELMO’S DAD) (2/25/15)
Performed by…
Bill Barretta

First appearance…
Sesame Beginnings (2006)

Best known role…
Elmo’s dad

THE MARTIANS (8/31/11)
Performed by…
Various

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 3 (1971)

Best known role…
Visitors form outer space that go “Yip yip yip!”

MURRAY MONSTER (10/26/11)
Performed by…
Joey Mazzarino

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 36 (2005)

Best known role…
“Word on the Street” presenter; haver of little lamb Ovejita; show host

DR. NOBEL PRICE (3/5/14)
Performed by…
Brian Muehl (1979-1984)
Kevin Clash (1984-1988)

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 11 (1979)

Best known role…
Inventor of the already invented

OSCAR THE GROUCH (11/4/09)
Performed by…
Caroll Spinney

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 1 (1969)

Best known role…
Sesame Street’s resident Grouch; lover of trash, muck, and yuck; denizen of a trash can

PLACIDO FLAMINGO (8/15/12)
Performed by…
Richard Hunt

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 18 (1986)

Best known role…
Opera singing flamingo

PRAIRIE DAWN (9/23/09)
Performed by…
Fran Brill

First appearance…
Sesame Street Season 2 (1970)

Best known role…
Writer, director, producer, narrator for her own collection of pageants and plays presenting subjects including Love, How a Flower Grows, Vegetables, and more

PROFESSOR HASTINGS (7/30/14)
Performed by…
Frank Oz