APRIL FOOLS! Written by Jarrod Fairclough THE COCA COLA POLAR BEAR PUPPET Performed by: Various performers, including Matt Vogel First Appearance: 1993 Current Location: World of Coca Coca – Atlanta, Georgia. Coca Cola Store – Las Vegas, Nevada Best Known Role: The lovable mascot of The Coca Cola Company. WHO IS THE COCA COLA POLAR…
Written by Jarrod Fairclough (Six years ago The Muppet Mindset started a series where every week a different Muppet would be given the spotlight. We have decided to end the series today with one last hurrah!) GLORIA ESTEFAN PERFORMED BY: Peter Linz FIRST APPEARANCE: The Muppets Season 1, Episode 11 ‘Swine Song’ ORIGIN OF NAME:…
Renee Angely The Beetles Performed by: Richard Hunt-Lead Singer- “Letter B”, “Hey Food” and “Thinking of U” Christopher Cerf (Voice)- Lead singer- “Hey Food” Paul Jacobs-“There’s a Lot of Different Ways to Get to School” Jonathan Cerf Puppeteers: Jerry Nelson Brian Muehl Michael Earl First Appearance: Sesame Street season 11 (1979) Most Recent Appearance: Sesame…
Michael Wermuth Jnr Weekly Muppet Wednesday – Sopwith The Camel BEST KNOWN ROLE Dancing camel. FIRST APPEARANCE The Muppet Show Episode 313: Helen Reddy, 1978 MOST RECENT APPEARANCE The Muppet Show Episode 518: Marty Feldman, 1980 PERFORMER Various WHO IS SOPWITH THE CAMEL? Sopwith the Camel is a full-bodied dancing camel who appeared from time to…
Michael Wermuth Jnr. LIGHTNING Best-known Role: A young reindeer-in-training, who can fly faster than the speed of lightning. Most Notable Appearance: Elmo Saves Christmas, 1996 Performer: Joey Mazzarino WHO IS LIGHTNING? Lightning is a young reindeer who resides at the North Pole, featured most prominently in the Sesame Street special Elmo Saves Christmas. He’s too…
By Michael Wermuth Jnr FLASH BEST KNOWN ROLE Saxophone player for Solid Foam. PEFORMED BY Steve Whitmire FIRST APPEARANCE The Jim Henson Hour Episode 103: Power, 1989 MOST RECENT APPEARANCE Muppets Tonight Episode 204: Heather Lockear, 1997 WHO IS FLASH? Flash is the saxophone player for Solid Foam. He is also the one who is…
Written by Ed Castle IRVING BIZARRE PERFORMED BY Jerry Nelson ONLY APPEARANCE The Muppet Show Season 1, Episode 22 (Ethel Merman) BEST KNOWN ROLE Fozzie Bear’s agent WHO IS IRVING BIZARRE? Irving Bizarre is a talent agent who works for Fozzie Bear, who is so short that his top hat completely covers his body up…
Written by Michael Wermuth Jnr. THE ANYTHING MUPPETS ALSO KNOWN AS The Anything People; AMs. BEST KNOWN ROLE Face-less trunk puppets who can be used for almost anything. PERFORMED BY Pretty much every performer who has worked on Sesame Street. FIRST APPEARANCE Sesame Street episode 0001, 1969. MOST RECENT APPEARANCE Sesame Street season 45, 2015.…
Written by Jarrod Fairclough Gene (aka Behemoth) PERFORMED BY Various, inc Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson & Bill Barretta FIRST APPEARANCE The Muppet Show Season 1, Episode 14 (Sandy Duncan) MOST RECENT APPEARANCE Muppets Most Wanted NAMED AFTER Bill Barretta’s brother, Gene Barretta WHO IS GENE? Originally named Behemoth until 2011, Gene first appeared…
Written by Abigail Maughan KIRA PERFORMED BY Lisa Maxwell (voice) Kathy Mullen (puppetry) ONLY APPEARANCE The Dark Crystal (1982) BEST KNOWN ROLE Gelfling hero and animal whisperer WHO IS KIRA? Kira is one of the two heroes of Jim Henson’s all-puppet fantasy film The Dark Crystal. She is of the last of the Gelfling species,…
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