It's Time to Meet the Muppets: Get to Know 10 Forgotten Characters (2024)

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The first Muppet characters appeared in Sam and Friends, a Washington, D.C.–based show which was broadcast from 1955 to 1961. Kermit the Frog was one of the show's regulars, and thus was one of Henson's first Muppet creations.

Beaker communicates in a nervous, high-pitched squeak that sounds like "Mee-mee-mee-mee". In books and merchandise, the sound is spelled "Meep". In The Muppet Movie, he "meeps" Honeydew's line "sadly temporary".

Statler and Waldorf are a pair of elderly Muppet characters known for their cantankerous opinions and shared penchant for heckling. They share the stage left balcony box in The Muppet Theatre, and the two delight in heckling every aspect of The Muppet Show.

Statler and Waldorf are a pair of Muppet characters. They are two grumpy old men who fight and laugh at mean things on their balcony.

Meet Julia: Sesame Street's First Muppet on the Autism Spectrum.

“Lily is the first Muppet whose storyline includes that she is experiencing homelessness,” says Sherrie Westin of Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop), the nonprofit behind Sesame Street.

Oscar the Grouch is a Muppet character created by Jim Henson and Jon Stone for the PBS/HBO children's television program Sesame Street. He has a green body, no visible nose, and lives in a trash can.

According to Jerry Nelson, Uncle Deadly was his tribute to actor John Carradine, whose sometimes hammy performances were a staple of horror films. After over twenty years of absence, Uncle Deadly returned in the film The Muppets, as the "sinister second-in-command" to Tex Richman.

Janice is a hippie who likes to play and perform instruments, most noticeably the guitar. She is also very sweet and kind and likes to give her opinions on such matters, including animal rights and nature in general.

Gonzo's self-identity is a "whatever". In The Muppet Movie, Kermit, while conversing with his inner self, says "And a thing, whatever Gonzo is. He's a little like a turkey", to which his inner self replies "but not much".

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Chip is a nerdy technician who appeared in 1989's The Jim Henson Hour and 2015's The Muppets.

Oscar is a green furry monster who lives in a trash can on Sesame Street and frequently argues with the other Muppet and human characters.

Louie is one of the most prominent muppet father figures on "Sesame Street."

Big Bird is a boy. For the past 37 years, puppeteer Carroll Spinney has portrayed both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, television's longest-running children's program.

Following appearances on late-night talk shows and in advertising during the 1960s, the Muppets began appearing on the PBS children's television program Sesame Street (1969–present) during their formative years and attained celebrity status and international recognition through The Muppet Show (1976–1981), their ...

Kermit was created in 1955, and while he may be the first Muppet created by Henson, he is not the first Muppet to appear regularly on network television.

Elmo is self-described as three-and-a-half years old and his birthday is on February 3. Elmo characteristically avoids pronouns in reference to himself, instead referring to himself in the third person (e.g. saying "Elmo wants this" instead of "I want this").

Jim Henson poses with his creation characters in The Muppets TV show. Henson died of toxic shock syndrome due to a bacterial infection. His symptoms started a couple of weeks before his death, around the time he made his last public appearance on May 4, 1990, on The Arsenio Hall Show.