Humongous Chicken

The Humongous Chicken is a giant, slow-witted chicken (referred to by Huxley as "Tiny") who pesters Elmo as he tries to get to Huxley's castle to retrieve his blanket in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. He mistakes Elmo for a worm. However, upon hearing Elmo sing "I'm a Little Teapot" to prove that he isn't a worm, the Humongous Chicken then thinks that Elmo is a teapot and declares that he can't have tea. He hasn't had his "din-din" yet.
The chicken is a normal-sized hand puppet, but is superimposed over the landscape to appear bigger. Dave Goelz, in one of his few Sesame Street roles, was assisted by Stephanie D'AbruzzoThe Barretta Brothers: Ep-55 Celebrating Dave Goelz! 50th Anniversary With The Muppets! (1:58:10) and Matt Vogel.The Barretta Brothers: Ep-55 Celebrating Dave Goelz! 50th Anniversary With The Muppets! (2:42:01) The character was originally meant to be played by Bill Barretta.The Barretta Brothers: Ep-5.5. Apologies Q&A (00:20:20)
A similar variation of the puppet went on to appear on Sesame Street, such as for Super Chicken (with feminine eyelids). It has been used for multiple characters on Sesamstrasse and The Furchester Hotel. The puppet without eyelids was used on "Elmo the Musical", the first season of The Furchester Hotel, and the first My Cookie Monster episode.
==See also==
*Giant Chicken
*The Giant Man-Eating Chicken
==Sources==
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