Flute-Snatcher

The Flute-Snatcher is a brown beaked monster who was created by Jim Henson for an unaired General Foods commercial in 1966 for three snack foods -- Wheels, Flutes and Crowns. In Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles, Alison Inches describes the Flute-Snatcher as "a speed demon with a long, sharp nose and windblown hair."Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles, Alison Inches, 2001, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., p. 93.
He was used for various inserts in the first season of Sesame Street, as part of the show's ensemble of monsters. 
The Flute-Snatcher later appeared briefly in the 1970 special The Great Santa Claus Switch (as one of the background henchmen) and in 1984's The Muppets Take Manhattan as one of the wedding guests, sitting at the end of the fourth row on the bride's side.
==Filmography==
*Wheels, Flutes and Crowns commercial
*Sesame Street
**"Numerosity" #5 
**"Seven Days" 
**"Muppet A Tag" 
**"Muppet G Tag" 
**"Muppet Y Tag" 
*The Great Santa Claus Switch
*The Muppets Take Manhattan
*The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Numerosity 5 monsters.jpg|The Flute-Snatcher and his gang of monsters break a man's window in a Number Song Series segment on Sesame Street.
Flutesnatcherwedding1.jpg|The Flute-Snatcher, at Kermit and Miss Piggy's wedding in The Muppets Take Manhattan.
Muppet party.JPG|Hallmark birthday card
Snatchersketch.jpg|Flute-Snatcher (1966), sketch from Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles
==See also==
*Wheel-Stealer
*Crown-Grabber
==Sources==
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