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Nate Butler Nate Butler ( b . 1954 ) is a former freelance comic artist and illustrator who is now pursuing a ministry in Christian Comics training . He began his career in 1976 , and his artwork has been featured in products ranging from trading cards to comic books . A sampling of the properties he has drawn include Bugs Bunny , Mighty Mouse , Archie Comics , and the " Muppet Babies " comic books . Butler provided illustrations for the Muppets from 1988 through 1998 , contributing to storybooks , " Muppet Magazine " strips , coloring and activity books , and consumer packaging . Other Products . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Variety Variety is a weekly entertainment trade magazine founded in New York City in 1905 , currently published in Los Angeles , California . A daily edition was founded in Los Angeles in 1933 with a New York City daily edition added in 1998 ; both ceased publication in 2013 . The magazines features industry insider stories on the behind the scenes aspects of Hollywood and the entertainment world . The magazine pulished the first film review in 1907 , and continues to be a leader in information on filmmaking .
Museum Boogie " Museum Boogie " is an animated " Sesame Street " medley hosted by Cab Callowmouse . Cab sneaks into an art gallery in the middle of the night , where the artwork comes to life . Cab performs " Sing " in - between each of the songs . Some livestock flee from their painting when " Old McDonald " starts to play . Some animals run loose to " Hold That Tiger . " Three tuxedo - clad rats ( resembling Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr . ) sing a variation of " Twinkle , Twinkle Little Star . " The segment ends with everyone performing " Sing " once more . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Jim Henson and Philosophy Jim Henson and Philosophy : Imagination and the Magic of Mayhem is a 280 - page academic anthology edited by Timothy Dale and Joseph Foy . The book explores philosophical topics within the works of Jim Henson and the Muppets . Contributors to the anthology include : Lauren Ashwell , Kimberly Baltzer - Jaray , David R . Burns , Deborah R . Burns , Samantha Brennan , Amanda Cawston , Brooke Covington , Christopher M . Culp , Ryan Cox , Natalie M . Fletcher , Victoria Hubbell , Dena Hurst , Christopher Ketcham , S . Evan Kreider , Shaun Leonard , Jennifer Marra , Michael J . Muniz , Laurel Ralston , Rhona Trauvitch , and Sheryl Tuttle Ross . Craig Yoe , former creative director and manager of the Muppets , wrote a foreword for the book . " The Foolish Philosophy of Jim Henson That All Smart People Should Embrace " Contents . Part I : Living with Muppets : Social and Political Philosophy " The Social and Philosophical Significance of Difference " " Redefining Human Relationships through Marital Arts " " Believing in the Dream " " Yoga , Philosophy , and Fraggle Rock " " The Importance of Community on Sesame Street " Part II : Thinking Like a Muppet : Epistemology and Logic " How Sesame Street ' s Playing with Mistakes in Reasoning Makes Learning Fun " " Can Dreamfasting Teach Us about Introspection ? " " Experience and MirrorMask " " Plato and Aristotle Take on Jim Henson " " Jim Henson and the Role of Storytelling in Culture " Part III : Acting Like a Muppet : Ethics " Navigating the Labyrinth , Road Tripping to Hollywood , and Finding Our Way to Sesame Street " " Power , Fairness , and Moral Imagination in Labyrinth " " The Vilains of Labyrinth and MirrorMask " " Victims , Victimization , and Buddhist Philosophy in the Characters of Jim Henson " " A Biograffiti of Gonzo the Alleged Magnificent " Part IV : Being a Muppet : Metaphysics " The Lovers , the Dreamers , Philosphers , and Me " " Performativity and Realness with the Muppets " " Fraggle Rock and Post - Structuralism " " Where the Muppets Meet and Do Not Meet Schrödinger ' s Cat "
Tickle Song ( I ' m Gonna Tickle You ) " Tickle Song ( I ' m Gonna Tickle You ) " is a " Sesame Street " song from a season 28 episode . The song acts as Telly ' s plan to get Elmo ( who is feeling sad throughout the story ) to laugh . While his tactics work on Miles , Elmo remains nonplused by Telly ' s attempts and refuses to laugh . See also . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Justine Glenton Justine Glenton is an actress who played one of The Graeae ( under heavy Creature Shop make - up ) in " " episode " . " Before her " Greek Myths " stint , Glenton appeared on " Jeeves and Wooster " ( as Honoria Glossop ' s chum Daphne in the first episode ) , " Lovejoy " , and the original UK " House of Cards " . She went on to guest roles on " As Time Goes By " ( with Geoffrey Palmer ) , " The Bill " ( multiple episodes ) , " Holby City " , " Coronation Street " , and " Casualty " . Film credits include " A Demon in My View " ( with Anthony Perkins ) and " Public Sex " . Glenton is also a yoga instructor and has written on health and fitness issues .
Howard Snake Howard Snake is one of the Riverbottom Gang members and the bass player of the Riverbottom Nightmare Band in the 1977 special " Emmet Otter ' s Jug - Band Christmas " . He resembles a rattlesnake . The character ' s name was not mentioned in the original special ; it has been used in the 2008 Goodspeed Opera House ' s stage adaptation . On stage , the role of Howard was originated by James Silson . Howard Snake later appeared during the " Rainbow Connection " finale of " The Muppet Movie " . He also appeared amidst a chorus of jungle animals during the " Civilization " number in of " The Muppet Show " Notes . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Episode 216 : Look What I Made At the Big Blue House , Bear finds that his friends are all making inventions . Tutter has decided to create a " mouseapult , " hoping to reach the cheese drawer more easily . He finds that it still has some kinks to work out . Ojo and Treelo create a device called an " everything machine . " It ' s just pretend , but it ' s still a lot of fun . Additionally , Bear finds that Pip and Pop ' s ball is stuck in a tree , but he finds that he ' s not quite tall enough to reach it . He ends up inventing a ball - grabber device , but it turns out to be more of an " everything - grabber . " In the Shadow segment , Shadow tells the story of Yankee Doodle , or tries to anyway . She finds , though , that Yankee Doodle has different ideas about the type of animal he should be riding on and what he sticks in his hat .
Kate Pierson Muppet The Kate Pierson Muppet was the back - up singer in the song " Furry Happy Monsters " on " Sesame Street " . The real Kate Pierson is the lead singer of the band The B - 52s . She collaborated with R . E . M . on " Shiny Happy People , " the song spoofed by " Furry Happy Monsters " . Sources . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Benny the Bat Benny is a brown fruit - bat who lives in the attic of the Big Blue House and also sometimes sleeps in a tree near the Otter Pond . He speaks with a Brooklyn accent . He first appeared in the episode " . " He is a good friend of Treelo ' s and they sometimes hang upside - down together , or share a banana . The puppet used for Benny was originally used for Leah the Fruit Bat on " The Animal Show " , . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Follow the Dots " Follow the Dots " is a " Sesame Street " song starring Zoe . Zoe skips through the arbor , when an unseen voice tells her , in song , to follow the dots that have appeared onscreen . Zoe does so and makes a number 3 . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Henry Beard Henry Beard is a successful comedy writer who co - founded the " National Lampoon " magazine . He has written many bestselling books , including " Latin for All Occasions " ( 1990 ) , " French for Cats " ( 1991 ) , " The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook " ( with Christopher Cerf , 1992 ) and " O . J . ' s Legal Pad " ( 1995 ) . Beard wrote the text for many Miss Piggy productions in the early to mid 80s , including : _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Episode 121 : The Animal Jam Olympics Edi the Zebra has organized the first annual " Animal Jam Olympics , " but Waffle the Cow - Monkey only wants to compete in the events he ' s good at such as the climbing contest . Edi thinks it is unfair since Waffle is good at climbing that he would win easily . So Edi comes up with an event called the galloping contest . Waffle knows he isn ' t going to win and fakes an injury so Edi can change the event to a climbing contest . After doing a climbing event , Waffle wants to do more climbing . Edi tries to fake an injury to get out , but Waffle knows Edi is lying that the two starts to argue on what event to do next . After Bozark ' s dance , the DJs are referees of this sporting event and declared that everyone is a winner . They give out gold medals to Edi , Waffle , Bozark , and all the kids for having fun and trying something new . Waffle and Edi found the event helped them try something new and to have fun instead of worrying about winning .
Dirk Bach Dirk Bach ( 1961 - 2012 ) was a German actor and comedian who played Pepe the magician from 2000 to 2007 on " Sesamstrasse " . In one of his final interviews , Bach appeared in the 2013 - aired documentary " Als die Sesamstrasse nach Deutschland kam " ( " When Sesame Street Came to Germany " ) , talking about his experience working on the show .
Dreamfasting Dreamfasting can occur when Gelflings touch . In a dreamfast , memories are communicated to each other in a kind of telepathic memory montage . In " The Dark Crystal " , when Kira grabs Jen ' s hand to help him up , the two become dreamfasted and quickly learn of the other ' s pasts . In " Legends of the Dark Crystal " , Lahr and Neffi are dreamfasted in Volume 1 after both become the only members of their respective villages not taken by the Garthim to the Crystal Castle , and in Volume 2 after Neffi rescues the prisoners and Lahr encounters SkekLach .
Elmo ' n ' Daddy Elmo ' n ' Daddy is a 2007 " Sesame Street " Play - a - Tune storybook about Elmo and his Daddy going to a baseball game . When a button is pressed , the book plays " Take Me Out to the Ball Game " .
Molière Molière ( real name Jean - Baptiste Poquelin , 1622 – 1673 ) was a 17th century French theatre writer , director , and actor , and is considered to be a significant figure and master of satire and farce . His works generally satirized all layers of French society and focused on ridiculous figures , undone by vanity , greed , or ignorance , and the farcical complications and miscommunications which surround them . Some of his best known plays include " The Imaginary Invalid " , " Tartuffe " , " The Mischievous Machinations of Scapin " , and " The Doctor in Spite of Himself " . Connections . Molière ' s plays , like those of Shakespeare , are still widely performed , from regional theater to Broadway . Many actors who have appeared in Muppet / Creature Shop productions have performed Molière .
Feel So Bad " Feel So Bad " is sung by Wembley and the other Fraggles in response to Gobo being trapped in Outer Space in the " Fraggle Rock " episode " . " However , the tempo increases throughout the song and becomes less sorrowful , leading Wembley to remark , " Singing that sad song made us much too happy . " The song is reprised at the end of the episode , with the word " glad " substituted for " bad , " as Gobo has been rescued . He joins in the song . The song is also played by Doc on an instrument he made out of party favors . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Sesame Afternoon Play Sesame Afternoon Play is a half - hour version of " Sesame Street " introduced in fall 2014 on both PBS and digital platforms . The release coincides with the debut of season 45 . The program airs on weekday afternoons ( complementing the one - hour episodes that air in the mornings ) and weekend mornings on PBS ; additionally , select episodes of the 30 - minute show are available for free online viewing on pbskids . org / video , on the PBS KIDS Video App and on the PBS KIDS Roku channel . According to a press release : " each half - hour episode of " Sesame Street " is a shortened version of each one - hour program and will include a “ Street Story , ” a “ Word on the Street ” segment , a celebrity vocabulary segment , songs , spoofs , dance breaks and popular segments like “ Cookie ' s Crumby Pictures ” or “ Super Grover 2 . 0 . ” Starting in the fall of 2015 , the regular " Sesame Street " show fits the mold of the " Afternoon Play " airings and shortens its running time from an hour to a half - hour . Additionally , future new episodes ( starting with Season 46 ) will be a half - hour instead of a full hour .
Bonnie ( Bear in the Big Blue House ) Bonnie is a female rabbit who appeared on " Bear in the Big Blue House " . She lives with her son Billy and their home was damaged by flooding from the storm in " . " She reluctantly , but gratefully accepts help from Jeremiah Tortoise in getting back on her feet . She later appeared in the episode " " . See also . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Brenda Blethyn Brenda Blethyn ( b . 1946 ) is an English actress and two - time Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress ( " Secrets & Lies " in 1997 and " Little Voice " in 1999 ) . She guest starred on " The StoryTeller " , playing The Storyteller ' s wife in " A Story Short " , and co - starred as Mrs . Jenkins in " The Witches " . Other film credits include " Pride and Prejudice " , " Beyond the Sea " , " The Wild Thornberrys ' Movie " , and the 2004 remake of Wodehouse ' s " Picadilly Jim " .
Episode 102 : Follow the Leader / Disappearing Ditz Follow the Leader . Balthazar thinks he ' s too old to be the leader of the toys and activates Doctor Wizardo , a character from a computer game that the toys have been admiring , to be their new leader . Disappearing Ditz . During Rugby ' s magic act , Ditz disappears through a hole .
Happy Healthy Monsters ( book ) Happy Healthy Monsters is a 32 - page " Jr . Cine - Manga " book published in 2005 by TOKYOPOP . The book uses photos taken from the direct - to - video release " Happy Healthy Monsters " , with sound effects and word balloons superimposed over the pictures . An introduction on the first page encourages parents to use comic - style stories to move their children toward appreciating the printed word . In one sequence , Grover hosts a television aerobics class .
Minikins Minikins is a set of German PVC figures produced by Heimo , beginning in 1974 . Heimo was the first company in the world to produce " Sesame Street " PVC figures . The set features the " Sesamstrasse " characters Samson and Tiffy , and quite a few secondary characters . Heimo figures have no brand name , but they can be recognized by a small circle . The figures are quite small and were only sold in Europe . Various different color and material variants of these figures were released . Heimo also created a set of three PVC pen holders in 1981 . An Italian toy company , Fabianplastica , released a version of these figures in Italy . Variants of the Ernie , Bert , Sherlock Hemlock , Cookie Monster and Samson figures were released as pencil toppers on Sesame Street markers and pencil raizors . In 2016 some origin model prototypes where sold on Ebay . They where purchused from a private collector who bought the models direct from the Heimo factory .
The Square Song ( album ) The Square Song is an album that contains some songs from " Sesame Street " , as well as some other songs for children . The record company that put this out referred to " Sesame St . " as the artist . Many non - official albums during this period had " Sesame Street " somewhere on the cover in order to compete with the official recordings . Track listing . Side One Side Two
Jason Jones Jason Jones ( b . 1973 ) is an actor best known as a correspondent on " The Daily Show " . Jones appears on " Sesame Street " in Season 42 with the Pesties as Grouch professor Nikola Messla , teaching a course in Grouchology . Jones ' wife and fellow " Daily Show " correspondent , Samantha Bee also appeared in the 42nd season of " Sesame Street " . Among Jones ' acting credits are appearances on " Law & Order " , " The Electric Company " , " Queer as Folk " and the soap opera " As the World Turns " .
Put Some Zing In Your Spring Put Some Zing In Your Spring is a cassette sampler that was released with stuffed toys of Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy that were sold exclusively at Target stores in 1993 . The Kermit and Piggy dolls each came with identical cassettes . The tape features four songs , starting with " Zing Into Spring , " a new tune sung by Kermit and Miss Piggy . The other three songs are all tracks that were available on then - current Jim Henson Records releases . The tape ends with an instrumental reprise of the first song . Both sides of the tape have the exact same content .
John Landis John Landis ( b . 1950 ) is a fim director who has helmed such films as " The Blues Brothers " , " An American Werewolf in London " , " Twilight Zone : The Movie " , " Into the Night " , and " Spies Like Us " , and " Animal House " . In many of these films he has cast Frank Oz in bit roles , and " An American Werewolf in London " even features a scene from " The Muppet Show " . His earliest Muppet connection was as a performer in the finale of " The Muppet Movie " . In a scene filled with hundreds of Muppets and performers , Landis manipulated Grover . In 1990 , Landis directed the Muppets in " Disneyland ' s 35th Anniversary Celebration " . Landis also made several cameo appearances in Muppet productions ; including in " The Muppets Take Manhattan " as Broadway producer Leonard Winesop , and as himself in the " She Drives Me Crazy " music video and the Muppets 2007 Presentation Pilot .
Episode 105 : The Best of the Best / Where No Fraggle Has Gone Before The Best of the Best . Red has to challenge Junior Gorg in a " Best of the Best " contest , for the sake of her Fraggle friends . Where No Fraggle Has Gone Before . Disaster threatens when Gobo and Wembley attempt to climb the tallest spire of the Gorgs ' Castle in order to reach the top of the universe .
Mr . Moses Mr . Moses is the world ' s first teacher , appearing in a Sesame Street News Flash when he is interviewed by Kermit on the first day of school . The bearded caveman pioneered classroom principles and with the help of Kermit founded such classroom rules as students must sit down , students should be quiet during a lesson and students should raise their hand and answer one at a time . The first lesson he teaches his students ( including Oog , Argh , and Runk ) is on the letter n and n - words . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Isaiah Washington Isaiah Washington ( b . 1963 ) is an actor who played Dr . Preston Burke on " Grey ' s Anatomy " from 2005 until 2007 . In 2006 , Washington was interviewed by Pepe the King Prawn at the " Flightplan " premiere in " From the Balcony " episode 8 . Pepe asks the fictional doctor about a problem that he ' s having with his prostate ; Washington seems thrown by the question .
Leo Dijkgraaf Leo Dijkgraaf performed Pino on " Sesamstraat " , the Dutch co - production of " Sesame Street " , from 1982 to 1989 . He was also heard in the Dutch audio adaptations of several " Sesame Street " books , replacing Big Bird as Pino ( wearing his yellow feathers ) . The last episode where Leo performed the role of Pino was broadcast in 1991 . This role was taken over by Renée Menschaar . Dijkgraaf is currently retired from acting and operates his own production and marketing company , Dijkproducties B . V . In 2008 in the program ' Knowing me Knowing you ' Leo made a comeback as Pino and sang the song ' Roken ' . External links . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Murray Matisse Murray Matisse was a guest in an episode of Here is Your Life on " Sesame Street " in the episode celebrating the life of Storybook . A stereotype of a French artist ( dressed in a painting smock and beret ) , he illustrated the pictures on Storybook ' s pages . His last name is a reference to artist Henri Matisse . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Cookie Monster ' s Circle Book Cookie Monster ' s Circle Book is a storybook adaptation of the " Sesame Street " " Circles " song . Herry Monster sings the song on the opening two - page spread , accompanying himself on the banjo . After that , Herry drives Cookie Monster to the amusement park , to find some circles - - but Cookie Monster eats the circles as fast as Herry can find them . He eats the coins they need for admission , all the pies in the pie - eating contest , the wheels on the circus parade wagons , the targets at the target shooting game , and the cymbals on the bandstand . At the end of a frantic day , Herry is stuck with Cookie in the parking lot - - the monster has eaten all the tires off the car .
Let ' s Visit . . . Let ' s Visit . . . is a " Muppet Babies " pop - up book in which the Babies take a trip around the world . They ride in a hot - air balloon , go to the Moon , explore a cave , dive underwater and travel to Egypt .
I Can Sing " I Can Sing " is a " Sesame Street " song sung by Herry and an Anything Muppet named Louisey . The song illustrates the variety of ways two people can sing together ; in different tones ( high and low ) , musical styles ( such as opera and jazz ) , or in melody and harmony . Elmo and Abby Cadabby later performed the song in a Season 43 segment . The song was also performed on " Sesamstraat " ( using the original music track ) by Tommie and Miss Montreal . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Elmo ' s Mommy Elmo ' s Mommy is a 2012 " Sesame Street " storybook featuring Elmo , and his mother Mae . Description : Mother ' s Day is right around the corner and Elmo is trying to find a super - special gift for a super - special mom . Should it be candy ? Flowers ? A scarf ? A book ? Nothing seems quite super enough for a mommy who does so many nice things for her little one . In the end , Elmo learns that ' gift ' can be defined in different — and surprising — ways .
Family Dance " Family Dance " is a song used for a film insert on " Sesame Street " by animator Karen Aqua . The rhyming lyrics are spoken by Alicia Bell , as a little girl discussing her family . The segment used cut - out photographs , animated to appear to be dancing . The models were Aqua ' s brother Hal Aqua ( mentioned in the lyric , " and his name is Hal " ) , his wife Risa , and children Annie and Zoe . The latter was the point of view character . Ken Field played alto sax on the soundtrack . Sources . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Boppity Boppity , a blue Frackle , was one of Cosmo Scam ' s henchmen in " The Great Santa Claus Switch " . The puppet used for Boppity would be reused in later productions as a generic utility monster . The puppet , known as the Blue Frackle , would change performer , attire , role , name and even gender depending on the production needs . Boppity is one of several characters featured on a poster advertising performers for " The Muppet Show " Backstage Playset . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _
Red and the Pumpkins Red and the Pumpkins is a 1983 " Fraggle Rock " book featuring Red Fraggle . Red finds a pumpkin seed in the Gorgs ' garden , and decides that the Fraggles could grow their own food , without worrying about stealing from the Gorgs . Red ' s big idea turns out to be bigger than she thought , as the pumpkins take over Fraggle Rock .
Granny Wolf Granny Wolf , who appears in a 1992 episode of " Sesame Street " , lives on 12 Forest Street . One day , while sick in bed , she is paid a visit from Big Bird , who thinks he ' s in Granny Bird ' s house . When he sees the elderly lady wolf , he panics and accuses her of having eaten his grandmother . She informs him that he ' s come to the wrong address ( Granny Bird lives at 12 Forest Road , not street ) and that the two of them are actually close friends who play cards a lot . Then , Granny Bird herself comes in with some shepherd ' s pie for Granny Wolf , and other guests arrive as well , including her two grandchildren , Tom and Virginia Wolf . She then invites everyone to brunch . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _