Anything Muppet
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Anything Muppets are 'empty' Muppet heads. Facial features, bodies and clothes can be added to make any kind of character. A similar group of puppets known as Whatnots appeared on The Muppet Show.
During the first seasons of Sesame Street, they were known as "The Anything People" who could be anything they wanted. Usually the actors would turn them into different characters. This concept was abandoned after a few seasons, although every once in a while an Anything Muppet character would take off his nose or lose his moustache.
Main Sesame Street characters that are made from Anything Muppets include Count Von Count, Prairie Dawn, Fat Blue, Roosevelt Franklin and Sherlock Hemlock.
- See also List of Sesame Street characters.
[edit] Types
The following types of Anything Muppets appear on Sesame Street:
Fat Blue
- Mr. Johnson
- Simon Soundman
- Little Chrissy
- Big Jeffy
- Thomas Twiddlebug
- Hard Head Henry Harris
- Professor Hastings
- Bennett Snerf
Fat Blue Live Hands
- Ferlinghetti Donizetti
Pointy-headed Green
- Farley
- Sherlock Hemlock
- Lefty the Salesman
- Clementine
- Little Jerry
- How Now Brown Cow
- Arlene Frantic
- Elizabeth (newer version)
- The Beetles (lead guitarist and bassist/drummer)
Tall Orange
- Sully
- Frazzle
- Rockin' Richard
- Dr. Feel
- Old McDonald (often)
Purple
- Roosevelt Franklin's Mother
- Bip Bipadotta.
Lavender
- Herbert Birdsfoot
- Smart Tina
- Bennett Snerf
- Tessie Twiddlebug
- Chrissy
- Bip Bipadotta (in Everybody's Song)
- Roxie Marie
- Captain Vegetable (Jim's portrayal)
- The Beetles (bassist/drummer and keyboardist)
Brown
- Kingston Livingston III
Large Lavender Live Hand
- Count von Count
- The Amazing Mumford
- Forgetful Jones
- Biff
- Countess von Backwards
- Countess Dahling von Dahling
- Harvey Kneeslapper
- Granny Fanny Nesselrode
- Rodeo Rosie
- Sonny Friendly
- Dr. Nobel Price
- Captain Vegetable (Richard's portrayal)
Large Orange Live Hand
Small Pink
- Prairie Dawn
- Betty Lou
- The Busby Twins
- various Little Kids
Small Purple
- Roosevelt Franklin
- Tina Twiddlebug
- Mahna Mahna (1969)
- various Little Kids
Small Orange
- Baby Breeze
- Timmy Twiddlebug
- Ernestine
- Bip Bipadotta (1970s)
- various Little Kids
Small Green
- Various smaller frogs
Small Lavender
- Various AM kids
- at least one bug
Guy Smiley type
Guy Smiley-Type live hand
Pear shaped violet
