Farley

Farley is a boy with spiky, orange hair and a mustard sweater who first appeared on Sesame Street during Season 2. He appeared most often during the 1970s and was featured on many of the Sesame Street records from that period, but has only appeared occasionally since then.
Farley figures prominently in the main story of Episode 0258 in which his neighbors alleviate his fears about going to the doctor to have his tonsils removed. He eventually finds some consolation in an unnamed teddy, his mother, who welcomes Susan's nursing experience, and his father, who stands motionless and quiet.
The character has appeared in a number of illustrated books, but none more prominent than 1980's Farley Goes to the Doctor. Much of Farley's home life is revealed in this story including his father in a much more active role, and his teddy bear, T.J., both depicted differently than their previous appearance on the show.
Farley also has a little brother named Freddie, who debuted in The Sesame Street Word Book (1983), which depicts the rest of Farley's family. The extended family consists of his mommy and daddy; maternal grandparents, Grandma and Grandpa Jones; paternal grandparents, Grandmother and Grandfather Smith; aunts, Sharon and Bessie; uncles, Henry and John; sister, Betsy; cousins, Peter, Henrietta, and Hortense; dog, Spot; and cat, Rollo. While most of these relatives were not reused, Freddie reappeared later. He rides a tricycle while his big brother rides a bike in the 1994 book Rosita's Calico Cat.
Following the 1970s, Farley's most prominent later appearances include the song "Pet at the Vet" in season 28, and "The Computers in Your Neighborhood" in season 31.
Farley also appeared in the background for the finale of The Muppet Movie.
==Sketches==
Picture	Title / First Appearance 	Description
 	Mind BitEpisode 0180 	Farley talks to the viewer about all the things he can do with his mind. Someone's knocking on the door, and he imagines that it's a monster. When he opens it, Herry Monster walks through and scares him badly enough for him to ram through the wall to make his escape.
 	Farley Buys a HatEpisode 0244	Farley goes to a hat shop, but the clueless clerk isn't very helpful. (transcript)Two different takes of this sketch were used on the show.
 	Peppermint SticksEpisode 0260	Ernie and Farley are about to eat peppermint stick candy, but Cookie Monster passes by and points out that Ernie's is longer than Farley's, and Farley's is shorter. Cookie solves the problem by eating each stick, each time making the other one longer. He finally gets them the right size--but they are now eaten down to small stubs.
 	Lost and FoundEpisode 0279 	Farley has lost his toy box, so he goes to the Lost and Found. The man working there (an AM performed by Jim Henson) goes through several boxes, all of which are only similar to Farley's. At last, Farley discovers that the correct box was in his pocket all along; he laughs at the irony, but the man doesn't think it's the least bit funny.
 	ClubhouseEpisode 0280 	Some Muppet kids (including Farley) plan to decorate their clubhouse, but each one is only able to find one item. They are upset at their individual failures, until they see what a difference each item makes when they're all hung up.
 	Party MusicEpisode 0457 	Farley and two other friends are having a party in a treehouse, but they feel sad because the record player is broken. Juanita shows up with her guitar, and shows them how to use tools to make music along with her.
 	Boy Looks for MEEpisode 0464 	Farley looks for "ME."
===Songs===
*"Wonderful/Yucchy"
*"Handclapping Number"
*"The Alphabet Song" (with Lena Horne) 
*"It's Funny"
*"I Love a March"
*"Sound It Out"
*"Figure It Out"
*"Pet at the Vet"
*"The Computers in Your Neighborhood"
===Street scenes===
* Season 2: 0131, 0137, 0148, 0150, 0156, 0157, 0161, 0170, 0171, 0172, 0174, 0192, 0201, 0207, 0211, 0215, 0224, 0226, 0242, 0247, 0258, 0266
* Season 3: 0317, 0384
* Season 4: 0406, 0465, 0486, 0497
* Season 8: 0929, 1008
* Season 9: 1075
* Season 14: 1729
* Season 19: 2438, 2443
==Album appearances==
*The Muppet Alphabet Album
*The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album
*Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert
*Bert's Blockbusters
*Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella
*Let Your Feelings Show!
*What Time Is It on Sesame Street?
*Happy Birthday from Sesame Street
*Fair Is Fair
==Notes==
*Farley's regular performer is Jerry Nelson, with the exception of a cameo in the song "It's Funny," where he was performed by Richard Hunt.
==Book appearances==
* The Together Book (1971)
* More Sesame Street Finger Puppets (1972)
* The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 Storybook (1973)
* The Sesame Street Mother Goose (1976)
* The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook (1978)
* Farley Goes to the Doctor (1980)
* The House That Biff Built (1980)
* I Like School (1980)
* The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
* Show and Tell (1980)
* The Tool Box Book (1980)
* Put & Play Magic Show (1981)
* Put & Play Yucchy Book (1981)
* Sesame Street Finding Out Encyclopedia 4: The D Book (1982)
* Sesame Street Finding Out Encyclopedia 6: The GH Book (1982)
* Sesame Street Finding Out Encyclopedia 9: The NO Book (1982)
* Everyone Makes Mistakes (1983)
* The Sesame Street Word Book (1983)
* The Sesame Street Question and Answer Book About Animals (1983)
* Big Bird Says... A Game to Read and Play (1985)
* Sign Language ABC (1983)
* Bert's New Collection (1986)
* Oh, I Am So Embarrassed! (1988)
* The Sesame Street ABC Book of Words (1988)
* The Sesame Street Book of Poetry (1992)
* We're Different, We're the Same (1992)
* Rosita's Calico Cat (1994)
* Elmo's Tricky Tongue Twisters (1998)
==See also==
* Farley (lavender boy)
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