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Hanukkah Hanukkah , also romanized as Chanukah , and sometimes known as the Festival of Lights , is an eight day Jewish which may occur from late November to late December . The festival is observed by the lights of a special candelabrum , a Menorah , upon which one candle is lit on each night of the holiday . The holiday is considered a primary holiday with the Christmas and holiday season in the United States . The holiday had been featured in the " Elmo ' s World " special " " where all the holidays of the season , including Hanukkah , Christmas , and Kwanzaa are shown . In the 1990s version of " Shalom Sesame " , deals with the history of Hanukkah , and its celebrations . The holiday is also the subject of show 2 of the 2010s version of the program . Like Christmas , Hanukkah has many songs associated with the holiday , including " I Have a Little Dreidel " , and " Oh Chanukah " . Adam Sandler became an unlikely addition to the group with his " The Chanukah Song " ( which itself was spoofed on " Saturday Night Live " with Jimmy Fallon playing Sandler and adding Mr . Snuffleupagus to the list of Jewish in the song . ) Just as has its turkey and has its colored eggs , Hanukkah is not without its customary foods . Among the foods associated with the Holiday are Latkes , or potato pancakes , and jam filled doughnuts .
Marv Wolfman Marv Wolfman ( b . 1946 ) is a writer and editor best known for his work in the comic books field , notably for DC Comics and Marvel . From 1980 onwards , Wolfman has also written for TV animation , and co - wrote ( with Donna Kuyper ) two episodes of the 1987 " Fraggle Rock " animated series : " " and " " ) In the 1990s , he served as an editor for several of Disney ' s comic book efforts , including the two - issue run of the " Dinosaurs " comic book . Marv Wolfman began his professional comics career in 1968 at DC , but really hit his stride in the 1970s at Marvel , writing " The Tomb of Dracula " from 1973 until 1979 , and introducing the character Blade . He also wrote , and often created supporting characters , for " Daredevil " , " The Amazing Spider - Man " , " Thor " , and " The Fantastic Four " . Returning to DC in 1980 , he helmed " The New Teen Titans " from 1980 until the 1990s and wrote the cross - over event " Crisis on Infinite Earths " ( 1985 - 1986 ) . He also contributed to " Action Comics " , " Batman " , " Green Lantern " , and created Cyborg , Deathstroke , the Vigilante , and other characters . Wolfman ' s non - Fraggle scripts for TV animation include " Transformers " , " G . I . Joe " , " Conan : The Adventurer " , the 1988 " Superman " series , " Batman : The Animated Series " ( the two - part " Feat of Clay " episode ) , " ReBoot " , " Cadillacs and Dinosaurs " , and " Godzilla : The Series " . In digital media , Wolfman was one of the writers for " DC Universe : Online " and consulted on " Epic Mickey 2 : The Power of Two " . External links . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Bear Bear is the ursine title character from " Bear in the Big Blue House " . Bear greets television viewers , who he often addresses directly by facing the camera , with an appraising sniff and the information that he likes the way they smell . He has a strong sense of smell and loves to sniff things , but he enjoys his other four senses as well . Bear oversees everyone at the Big Blue House . Bear has a warm , caring personality somewhat similar in style to Fred Rogers and a well - ranged singing voice . Bear does not have any children of his own , but seems to have a way with the younger members of his circle , and has raised Treelo since Treelo was a baby . He is full of good advice and warm , caring love . Bear never seems to get angry and often seems laid - back , but he loves to get up and dance the cha cha . He also has an advanced vocabulary and is ready and willing to teach it to others . Bear ' s favorite food , like most bears , is honey . He absolutely loves its taste and smell . Another favorite food of his is triple - berry pie . Sometimes in the morning , Bear talks to the sun , Ray and he always talks to his good friend the moon , Luna , before going to bed at night . Bear attended Hazelnut High and sometimes he looks at his old yearbook , located in the attic of the Big Blue House . He was voted " Most Likely to Cha - Cha - Cha . " Apart from " Bear in the Big Blue House " , Bear starred in the spin - off series , " Breakfast with Bear " , and appeared in several . He has also made guest appearances on " Hollywood Squares " , " The Wayne Brady Show " , " Donny & Marie " , " The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon " , " BBC Children in Need " , " Milkshake ! " and " Live with Regis and Kelly " . His live appearances include MuppetFest , an event for the Center for Puppetry Arts , various baseball - related appearances and The White House Easter Egg Roll . Bear has been immortalized as a balloon appearing in at least three different parades , and has been produced in and other . He also made an appearance in the " We Are Family " music video alongside Big Bird , Barney and characters from " Between the Lions " . Behind the Scenes . Bear is a full - bodied Muppet . The Bear costume weighed 45 pounds . According to Noel MacNeal , it was very comfortable and easy to move around in . In the fourth season , the puppet ' s eyes underwent a design shift , from circular to more pointed . In one episode during the first season , Bear kneeled down to talk to Tutter , and at this point Noel MacNeal realized that it broke the illusion , so afterwards whenever he had to get down , Bear would get on all fours , with Jim Kroupa performing the right hand . Like Big Bird , Bear was performed with MacNeal operating the head with his right hand and a string attached from the right arm to the chest to the left hand . He wore a monitor strapped to his chest to see what Bear was doing . In a Tough Pigs interview , Noel MacNeal spoke a bit about the device : See also . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Mary Mary Quite Contrary Mary Mary Quite Contrary is a character from the of the same name . She appears on " Sesame Street " in a 2009 episode to make a garden around Oscar ' s trash can . However , her initial idea of a garden consists of silver bells , cockle shells and pretty maids in a row , none of which grow in a garden . Aided by her assistant , Mother Goose , she plants beautiful flowers around the trash can . Oscar ' s attempts to make her move fail . He brings in Hairy Hairy More Contrary to mess up the garden , but she finds it delightful looking still . It isn ' t until she learns Oscar likes the garden that she moves . As her name describes , she is quite contrary and does the contrary of what people want her to do . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Mack Mack is a humanoid Muppet character who appeared in some of Jim Henson ' s early commercials produced in the mid - 1960 ' s . The puppet was re - worked from Onky , a blue live - hand humanoid character who first appeared in a series of ads for On - Cor Frozen Foods . Claussen ' s and McGarry ' s ads with Kermit . Mack appeared with Kermit in a series of ads for Claussen ' s Bakery in 1964 and 1965 . The pair went on to star in a similar series of ads for McGarry ' s Sausage from 1965 to 1968 . Mack had a violent , adversarial relationship with Kermit , which was similar to the relationship between Wilkins and Wontkins in the mid - 1950 ' s Wilkins Coffee ads . Telephone ads with Suzy . Mack was paired with Suzy , a young girl character , in ads for C & P Telephone Co . of VA ( 1965 - 1968 ) and Southern Bell Telephone ( 1966 - 1968 ) . In these ads , the roles were reversed , as Mack would get the short end of the deal , except in one commercial , where he did what Suzy told him to do . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Polly Smith Polly Smith has worked for the Jim Henson Company since she was brought on board to create costumes for " The Muppet Show " in 1978 and continues to design for " Sesame Street " . In the years in between , she has designed costumes for many of the Muppet film and television projects produced by the Jim Henson Company as well as the costumes for several other children ’ s television programs . Smith received Emmy nominations for her designs for " The Jim Henson Hour " ( 1988 ) and " Muppets Tonight " ( 1996 ) and has received three Emmy awards for her designs on " Sesame Street " . Smith also co - designed costumes for the TV series " The StoryTeller " ( 1986 - 88 ) which won a BAFTA award for Best Costumes in 1989 , and " " ( 1989 ) which received a BAFTA nomination for Best Costumes in 1991 . Other television credits include " Dinosaurs " , " Fraggle Rock " , " The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz " , " Blue ’ s Room " , " Jack ' s Big Music Show " and " Bunnytown " . Smith ' s film credits include " Muppets from Space " , " The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland " , " Muppet Treasure Island " and " The Muppet Christmas Carol " . Smith was also part of the design teams for the films " The Dark Crystal " , " The Muppets Take Manhattan " and " Labyrinth " . In addition to the work on films and television shows , until 2002 Smith oversaw the costumes for many of the Muppet commercials , photo shoots , personal appearances and also worked on many Muppet toy prototypes . In 2002 , Smith was chosen as one of 200 women to show their work in the exhibit " Women Designers in the USA 1900 - 2000 " at the New York City Bard Graduate Center . Additionally , in 1977 , while designing costumes for the Champlain Shakespeare Festival at the University of Vermont , Smith collaborated with two friends to create the first women ’ s sporting bra called “ Jogbra ” . This achievement has been recognized with a bronzed Jogbra on the wall at the University of Vermont and by inclusion in the costume collections of the Smithsonian Institution and the Metropolitan Museum of Art . Smith ' s two partners went on to create the company which produced and marketed the bra while Smith chose instead to go off and create undergarments for puppets and animals . Polly Smith received her BFA in Fashion Design from Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia . Smith was recognized as a distinguished alumna by the College in 2005 . Non - Muppet productions . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Eh Bee The Eh Bee family is a family of four that has a large social media following , creating online videos under pseudonymous names . Between platforms , the family has 15 million followers , including 3 million on Vine , 1 . 5 million on YouTube , and 9 . 5 million on Facebook . They have done branded content or product placement for Disney , Johnson & Johnson , Nestle , General Mills , Toyota , Mattel ' s Barbie brand , and others . They ' ve made guest appearances on " Today " , " Good Morning America " , CBC News , BuzzFeed , and other outlets . They appeared in a September 2016 segment of " Sesame Street " ' s web series , " Love to Learn , " released on the show ' s Facebook page .
We Are Different " We Are Different " is a song sung by Gophers in the Muppet Sing - Along video , " Billy Bunny ' s Animal Songs " . The song explains about the gophers ' different personalities and interests despite the fact they all look the same . The song was later used in the " " episode of " The Animal Show " to a montage of animals in groups . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Sesame Street prizes ( Chara Hiroba ) The Japanese toy company FuRyu / Chara Hiroba produces " Sesame Street " prizes for " UFO catchers " , game machines that are popular in Japanese arcades . FuRyu ' s Chara Hiroba line makes several " Sesame " prizes every month - - including plush toys , pillows , keychains and cell phone " mascots " . Most of the toys feature Big Bird , Elmo and Cookie Monster , with occasional appearances by Ernie , Bert , Oscar the Grouch , Grover , Count von Count and the characters from the Japanese " Sesame Street " - - Teena , Mojabo , Pierre and Arthur . The company started producing " Sesame " prizes in late 2004 , and they kept up a monthly release schedule until mid - 2013 . The prizes are now produced on an occasional basis .
Bruno ( spider ) Bruno is the giant pet spider of Anthony and Fern in the " hurting something " sketch from of " The Jim Henson Hour " . He ' s first mentioned in the skit when Anthony dumps a tiny human lawyer out the window that Fern had found in their bathtub , warned not to harm the creature . Later , Anthony pleas with his wife to let their pet sleep at the foot of their bed , and in stormed their giant pet spider . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Mr . Lizard Mr . Lizard appeared on " Dinosaurs " as a parody of the television show " Watch Mr . Wizard " , whose host helpfully taught generations of children about science . Mr . Lizard ' s show , " Ask Mr . Lizard " , was vaguely related to scientific principles , but mostly existed as a way of ridding the world of young dinosaurs named Timmy . After the often violent death of his assistant , Mr . Lizard would cheerfully call off camera , " We ' re going to need another Timmy ! " Mr . Lizard first appeared in " . "
Captain Vegetable ( character ) Captain Vegetable is a superhero on " Sesame Street " who encourages kids to eat vegetables . He looks like a rabbit with a cape and always carries a carrot and a stalk of celery . His home base is a secret garden somewhere in New Jersey . He debuted on " Sesame Street " in 1982 , in the eponymous song " Captain Vegetable , " where he was performed by Jim Henson . His converts included Andy and Eddie . The Captain popped up a few times later on throughout Season 15 , performed by Richard Hunt . Captain Vegetable is made from two different Anything Muppets : the Lavender ( for Jim Henson ' s portrayal ) and the Large Lavender Live Hand ( for Richard Hunt ' s portrayal ) . In Episode 4013 , John Leguizamo portrayed Captain Vegetable as a super vegetable hero . Garbed in a veggie - themed outfit , he sang the same tune as his predecessor . Accompanied by Elmo , Captain Vegetable stages an intervention for candy addict Sandy . Other Versions . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
The Gorgs ' Garden The Gorgs ' Garden is located behind the decaying castle that is the home of the three Gorgs . This is where Junior Gorg grows his radishes and other giant vegetables . Fraggles must sneak into the Garden in order to obtain food ( this is Mokey ' s job ) , and to consult with Marjory the Trash Heap . Doozers mine Junior ' s radishes from underneath the Garden and turn them into Doozer Sticks . It is remarkable that the Garden has its own sky and is clearly not " underground " , yet it is not located anywhere in the human world , the " Outer Space " that can be entered through another exit from Fraggle Rock . The implication seems to be that Fraggle Rock is somehow a nexus between several quite distinct dimensions or levels of reality . From the Fraggles ' perspective , the Gorgs ' Garden was discovered by young Traveling Matt during a mushroom blight , although the Doozers had already been mining radishes for years . Notable features of the Gorgs ' Garden include the following : The animated " Fraggle Rock " also featured a shack in " " where Ma Gorg and Pa Gorg had Junior Gorg store the harvested radishes when they wanted to replace them with Banoony Berries to keep the Fraggles away .
Bengt Skogholt Bengt Skogholt ( b . 1953 ) , also known as Benke , are an Swedish singer and voice artist that voiced the announcer on the Swedish dub of Super Grover 2 . 0 . Due to the depth of his voice he widely used as the voice over in movie trailers , commercials and TV spots . He began his voice career as a station announcer on the radio Megapol in Stockholm . He generally don ' t decline any jobs unless it has something to do with porn , politics or the armed forces . His many voice credits include Eeyore on Disney ' s " Winnie the Pooh , Black Pete in " Mickey Mouse Clubhouse " , 102 Dalmatians , Maurice in " Madagascar " and " Find Nemo " .
Tulle Lille Tulle Lille are a song from " Svenska Sesam " , the Swedish co - production of " Sesame Street " . Normally Millejor sings the song to Dirren , to comfort him when he has injured himself . However if Millejor is not around , he sing the song to himself or get another one to do it . In 1985 Lill Lindfors was the guest on " Här är ditt liv " ( Here ' s your life ) on SVT 1 , where she sang the song to the host Lasse Holmqvist , who tripped and hurt himself on purpose to get her to sing the song . Releases . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Muppets Underwater Muppets Underwater is a nonexistent often cited by Jason Segel as the type of film he was trying to get the Muppet franchise away from when he and Nick Stoller were developing the 2011 film " The Muppets " . Throughout 2008 , while doing publicity for his films " Forgetting Sarah Marshall " and " I Love You , Man " , Segel often mentioned the fictional film — occasionally along with such other nonexistent Muppet projects as " Muppets in the Sahara , " " Muppets in the Old West " , and " Muppets on the Moon " — when describing the type of bad " concept films " he felt the Muppets had been producing . Segel continually stated he didn ' t want to make a novelty film with a central gimmick , like " Muppets Underwater , " but rather he just wanted to make a classic film where the Muppets get together to put on a show . Ironically , Segel wrote a segment for " The Muppets " in which Kermit ' s car has the ability to travel by map , including a shot in which the vehicle is shown to have driven under the Atlantic Ocean whilst full of Muppets : Muppets underwater .
Episode 106 : Radio Daze Eliot ' s television set breaks down , and repairman Mr . MacTaggart struggles to repair it , often causing mishaps which interrupt the animator ' s work . However , the old workman also remarks that there was more magic in the radio era , inspiring Eliot to plot a nostalgia - themed whodunnit for Ace Hart . In the cartoon world , a string of violent “ accidents ” are plaguing station WFIDO , targeting the cast and crew of popular soap opera " It ' s a Dog ' s Life " in particular . Ace Hart is hired by station owner Styles Silverbark to investigate , and announcer Orson Welp is equally distressed . Almost everyone who works on " Dog ' s Life " is a suspect , from boozy Bernard St . Bernard and starlet Misty Whiskers to Spot the Dog of a Thousand Voices , organist Miss Dunn , and the elderly sound man Rusty McCracken . The line - up diminishes as those concerned are injured , however , and Ace remains stumped until a final on - air confrontation with the culprit .
Sabine Bohlmann Sabine Bohlmann ( b . 1969 ) is a German actress , author and voice over artist , most famous as the German voice of Lisa and Maggie Simpson on " The Simpsons " . Her prominent roles in Muppet productions include Kuschel in " Das Hasenpicknick " ( " The Tale of the Bunny Picnic " ) , Äpfelchen in " Die wundersame Geschichte vom Weihnachtsspielzeug " ( " The Christmas Toy " ) , and Marie Dodo in " Bibos abenteuerliche Flucht " ( " Follow That Bird " ) . She was most recently heard lending her voice to Wanda in " Die Muppets " . Mostly active in children ' s television dubbing , she was heard in nearly every animated children ' s show of the 1980s and 1990s , whether as a regular or a guest voice . Her animation dubbing roles include Cubbi Gummi on " Disney ' s Adventures of the Gummi Bears " , Kenny McCormick , Ike Broflovski and Heidi Turner on " South Park " , Marcie on " The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show " , Ling - Ling on " Drawn Together " , Isabella on " Phineas and Ferb " , Sailor Moon on the first season of " Sailor Moon " , and Pikachu ( season 1 ) and Misty on " Pokémon " . Live - action dubbing includes Shirley Henderson in the Harry Potter series , as well as several roles on " Doctor Who " .
Miss Kitty " Miss Kitty " is a purple monster who first appeared as a Frackle with a match in " The Great Santa Claus Switch " , performed by Richard Hunt . When he appeared on " The Muppet Show " , his nose was changed from green to blue , and his eyes were enlarged . The character was named during his first appearance on " The Muppet Show " , in the " Cowboy Time " sketch on . As Rowlf walked through the saloon , he greeted the monster as " Miss Kitty , " in a gag reference to saloon owner Miss Kitty Russell from the radio and television Western series " Gunsmoke " . Despite the joke , the character has a male voice and usually has male characteristics . However , like other utility Muppets and background characters , gender can change according to the needs of the sketch ; for example , in a wig , Miss Kitty is used as the female love interest of the " All of Me " singer on . Like many Muppet Monsters , Miss Kitty had no consistent performer . His known performers include : The Miss Kitty puppet was also reworked for Thudge McGerk in episode 119 ( where the character also appears , in unaltered form , in At the Dance and the closing song " You ' ve Got a Friend " ) . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Thath ' iphepha " Thath ' iphepha " ( " Pollution Song " ) is a song from " Takalani Sesame " about how to fight pollution . Hoezit , Thsisa , Moshe , Ma Dimpho , Salie , Lila , Zuzu , Kami , Zikwe and Neno sing about how easy it is to pick up rubbish as you walk down the street and throw it in a dustbin . Another tip includes recycling plastic , with a special emphasis placed on keeping bad air out of your body and maintaining a clean country . Releases . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Little Boy Blue ( Mother Goose Stories ) Little Boy Blue is the titular character in the " Mother Goose Stories " episode " Boy Blue " . Little Boy Blue is very poor , living in the country with his mother and subsisting off the small bits of grain left in the field after the harvest . Despite his mother ' s objections , Little Boy Blue obtains a job with the Squire , watching over his sheep and cow . His task is to blow the horn if the animals get out into the meadow and corn field . Little Boy Blue falls asleep one day , after tending to his ailing mother all night . When the hornblower explains the reason for his neglect , the squire rewards him and provides Little Boy Blue and his mother with a new home .
Fraggle Rock Rock Gobo sings " Fraggle Rock Rock " when he is trapped in a cage by Junior Gorg while trying to rescue Wembley in the " Fraggle Rock " episode " . " The song is seemingly inspired by Elvis Presley ' s " Jailhouse Rock " . Mokey , Boober and Red , who are trapped alongside Gobo , provide percussive back - up by hitting the walls of their cage with their various homemade weapons . Red performed the song live at Comic - con 2010 with Grant Baciocco on the guitar . Releases . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Bus Stop " Bus Stop " is a " Sesame Street " song that was performed ( where else ? ) at a bus stop . When a small pink Anything Muppet ( performed by Jerry Nelson ) encounters a group of Anything Muppets standing in line , he asks what the words on the sign they are standing by say . The group , which includes Mr . Johnson and a Muppet version of Willy , then breaks into a song about waiting for the bus . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
TV Tokyo TV Tokyo is one of Japan ' s major television networks first founded in 1964 . The network aired the Japanese co - production of " Sesame Street " from 2004 to 2007 . In addition , it also co - managed the rights to the program with Sesame Workshop / SSPJ External links . Official website
Filmation Filmation was an animation studio founded by Lou Scheimer , working primarily in television , known for producing " The Archie Show " , " He - Man and the Masters of the Universe " , " Fat Albert " , and several animated series based on DC Comics characters . The studio later produced a few live - action Saturday morning series , most notably " Shazam ! " ( 1974 - 1977 ) . Segments . Filmation contributed several animated " Sesame Street " inserts , some featuring stock footage and others new animation , showcasing their then current comic - based stars . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _