Johnson so Grover clearly has a job probably to get his Super Grover cape dried clean, who knows lol. The other main characters are kid ages like Big Bird is 6, Elmo is 3, and I've heard Abby is like 2 or something like that. I don't know.
Telly I'm guessing developed more into a character who's about 6 years old or a little older and Zoe is about the same as Elmo. The idea of characters who are adult Muppets saying "when I grow up" and not "what would I like to be someday", it's a little awkward. Sure Ernie has a toy chest but I always felt Ernie was a free spirit and most of that stuff was full of mix disguise kits and practicle jokes.
So are there times when characters change ages depending on the situation or plot? D'Snowth Well-Known Member. Joined Aug 8, Messages 40, Reaction score 12, Count is 1,, The Muppets' ages, in general, are always hard to determined, because they're technically ageless, but depending on who the character is, they may be written to represent a specific age or age bracket.
Joined May 11, Messages 5, Reaction score 4, Can't tell his age, but Kermit is an old soul. Way back when, Roosevelt Franklin sang "I used to be 1, now I'm going on 2! Kermit's age is especially hard to determine since his birthday is Leap Year Day.
CensoredAlso Well-Known Member. Joined Sep 16, Messages 14, Reaction score 2, D'Snowth said:. Grover and Snuffy are 4. Officially, Grover's age is 4. But I didn't mean to say that certain characters are given ages so kids watching can identify with them though, that does play a factor , I mean that certain characters are given ages to REPRESENT a certain age bracket You know, it's kind of like when characters are written in ways that represent a certain kind of people, like take Rob from Get Fuzzy , for example: it's clear he's written to represent the everyman mediocre job, unsuccessful at romance, having to put up with the craziness of others around him, etc , not necessarily for people to identify with, just to represent those kinds of people.
Frankly I don't agree with the logic that characters on a kid's show needs to be the same age as the audience. Many of the shows I watched as a kid were all adult characters. It's the same mistake Phantom Menance made, assuming children would like Star Wars if there was a kid in the lead role see how great that turned out! Kids need characters they can look up to, not just ones they can identify with. But I guess my concern on it is technically Ernie and Bert in this case. Keep reading to learn more about these beloved Muppets from our youth.
Standing at 8 feet 2 inches tall, Big Bird is larger than most of the humans on the show, and by far the biggest Muppet featured on Sesame Street. Fun fact: Actor and puppeteer Caroll Spinney, who created Big Bird's characteristics and mannerisms, was the sole performer in the Big Bird role from the show's inception until Caroll's retirement in , a year before his death.
The impossibly cute and ultra ticklish Elmo was originally a very minor character on the show, but then became extremely popular among viewers. This three-and-a-half-year-old didn't arrive to the street until Season 11, but we're so glad that he's been an absolute mainstay. Grover, as we now know him, made his official debut on the second season of Sesame Street. There was actually a previous iteration of the monster, called "Gleep," who appeared in the first season and was nicknamed "Fuzzyface" and "The Hairy One.
Officially, Grover is 4 years old. But he is a nebulous character, who is oftentimes shown needing his Mommie, and other times, works as a waiter.
Hey look! The Flute-Snatcher was a speed demon with a long, sharp nose and windblown hair. The Crown-Grabber was a hulk of a monster with a Boris Karloff accent and teeth that resembled giant knitting needles.
These monsters had insatiable appetites for the snack foods they were named after. Each time the Muppet narrator, a human-looking fellow, fixes himself a tray of Wheels, Flutes and Crowns, they disappear before he can eat them. One by one, the monsters sneak in and zoom away with the snacks. Frustrated and peckish, the narrator warns viewers that these pesky monsters could be disguised as someone in your own home, at which point the monsters briefly turn into people and then dissolve back to monsters again.
As it turns out, the commercial was never aired — but all three monsters had a future in the Muppet cast. His greed gets the better of him, however, as the machine's recording continues within his stomach , announcing that it is wired to self-destruct. The monster promptly explodes. Two years later, a similar-looking puppet sans teeth was used for three commercials selling Munchos , a Frito-Lay potato chip.
This time, the monster was called Arnold. After the three ads were produced, Henson had the opportunity to renew the contract. He chose not to, because at that point he was working on Sesame Street -- and that monster puppet was moving on to the next stage in his career. The monster gained his signature blue fur when he first appeared in the premiere season of Sesame Street , as one of several recycled stock monsters that would appear in Muppet inserts.
Early on, he often appeared as a foil to Ernie and Kermit , destroyed property used during lectures , and sometimes acted fussy if he didn't get his way. The monster's ravenous appetite for inedible objects was also established, devouring everything from letters to ukuleles. According to Jeff Moss , the monsters were initially deemed behind-the-scenes as scary and they didn't speak. He suggested to executive producer Dave Connell about writing for the blue, boggle-eyed monster and having him talk very little.
Moss wrote a skit for Episode , where the monster's only spoken lines were "milk" and "cookie. Game , which first appeared in Episode The sketch featured another monster puppet, Beautiful Day Monster , as the winning contestant who chooses a cookie over an array of luxurious prizes. Cookie Monster's identity gradually took shape, and he became one of the most popular and beloved characters on the show. His signature song, " C is for Cookie ," is one of the most famous songs from Sesame Street.
Cookie Monster's staccato speech pattern developed in early seasons, using "I" more often than "me" until Season 4. In response to a viewer complaint about Cookie's syntax, Frank Oz has been quoted as saying, "I don't think somebody's going to grow up a lawyer and saying 'me want to represent you'. Over the years, Cookie Monster has been featured in several regular segments. In each episode, he is presented with a cookie, upon which is written the letter of the day, in icing.
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