[Peter]

A cool poster image with rollover facts:
http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/muppets/index.html

Muppets that made me go 'Oh yea! I remember that!':
Simon Soundman
Geefle and Gonk
Amazing Mumford
Bart, Bert's twin
Prairie Dawn
Frazzle

and more.

And wow - I had no idea Elmo has been around since season 11.

[brydeemer]

The two-headed monster came after Elmo?! I have no recollection of Elmo being on when I was a kid. Maybe they didn't use him much until later?

Bry

[optimusblack2007]

Don Music. WORD!

[Peter]

The two-headed monster came after Elmo?! I have no recollection of Elmo being on when I was a kid. Maybe they didn't use him much until later?

Bry

I'm just as baffled. lol. Especially since I consider Elmo to be "the time when I though SStreet jumped the snuffleupagus". So if he was introduced in 1980 or so, then my memory of him is much much different. Or I'm just getting old.

[torchsong]

Just glad Slimey (Oscar's Worm) made an appearance...

Man there were a lot of muppets over the years...

[Peter]

I missed Slimey - I was looking for him. -goes back to look-


Found him!

[SilentlyLurking]

I do remember elmo being around a little when I was a kid, but he didn't have anywhere near the role he has now. Grover was my elmo, I cannot tell you how many books and stuff I had with him all over it.

I still think my favorite was Mr. Snuffleupagus mainly because it always seemed like a big deal when he did show. And wasn't there a time when everyone thought he was Big Bird's imaginary friend?

The Amzing Mumford was awesome as well, "A La Peanut butter sandwiches". To this day, if someone askes me what the magic word is, I'll bust that one out.

[phillyradiogeek]

I also have a hard time believing Elmo was around since 1980. He certainly was around mid 80s (he has a brief speechless cameo in the feature film "Follow That Bird" and that was in 1987), but 1980? I don't think so. Then again, Muppet Wikia, where the info for the poster was found, seems to know their stuff, so it may be correct.

[Corwin]

Is it true that they've retired some of the muppets...errr characters because of budgets?

[Truxillogical]

Awww, Slimey. I had a book about him that my mom had to read to me over and over and over. Man, waxing nostalgic here...Oscar, Telly, Bert. Roll-models for me at 3-years-old. Sesame Street's the one show even the Nostalgia Critic couldn't mock.

I do remember elmo being around a little when I was a kid, but he didn't have anywhere near the role he has now. Grover was my elmo, I cannot tell you how many books and stuff I had with him all over it.

Same here. I don't know who decide, "Hey, Elmo should be around all the freaking time," but When I Was Your* Age, it was all about cute-and-loveable Grover, and his grape-jelly sandwiches, and his horrible day, and SuperGrover.

And wasn't there a time when everyone thought he was Big Bird's imaginary friend?

Apparently, they were afraid that either 1) having an imaginary friend might be considered unhealthy for kids, or 2) since nobody believed Big Bird when he talked about Snuffy, kids might be afraid of not being believed either. I dunno, part of that whole "cookies are a sometimes food" stream of changes.

[Fables]

I had forgotten about Guy Smiley.

[Brack]

The two-headed monster came after Elmo?! I have no recollection of Elmo being on when I was a kid. Maybe they didn't use him much until later?

Bry

Muppet wiki says it was a combo of Kevin Clash taking over Elmo in 1985, and David Korr's writing that made him a featured character on the show.

[torchsong]

I don't know who decide, "Hey, Elmo should be around all the freaking time," but When I Was Your* Age, it was all about cute-and-loveable Grover, and his grape-jelly sandwiches, and his horrible day, and SuperGrover.

Amen. When I was a kid in age and not just mentality (like I am today! ), I had a Grover hand puppet that I was inseparable from. We went everywhere together, which made prom kind of awkward. Seriously he eventually fell apart and lord knows how many times Mom had to sew his arms back onto him before we finally "retired" him. One of the first books I remember reading was "The Monster at the End of this Book" with Grover in it.

Elmo has his fans, but for me it was always all about Grover. Now that I'm about 35+ years older, I'm more Oscar than anything, but when I was a kid, Grover was my hero.

[BillDoughty]

I never knew that Grover's long-suffering customer at Charlie's Restaurant actually had a name: Mr. Johnson. Nor that the shifty guy trying to sell Ernie an "O" was named Lefty.

And I haven't thought about Same Sound Brown, Harvey Kneeslapper, or S.A.M. the Robot in years!

Anyone find Roosevelt Franklin on this yet?

[BillDoughty]

One of the first books I remember reading was "The Monster at the End of this Book" with Grover in it.

In all honesty, this is still one of my favorite books ever, and the very first book I bought for my son after he was born.

[brydeemer]

In all honesty, this is still one of my favorite books ever, and the very first book I bought for my son after he was born.

It is a fantastic book.

Bry

[luckymustard]

does anyone else get the feeling that simon soundman, forgetful jones, and mr. johnson are all related?

[ljacone]

My favorite, the Count, is right up front. Awesome.

But hey, where's Harry Monster? Not Herry Monster, mind you. Harry Monster from the "In, Out" song!

[Devyn Rodriguez]

Damn, I thought that Elmo was there from the start. When I was little he had his own section of the show (Elmo's World!).

I would like to share my favorite memory of Sesame Street with the forum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Wd-Q3F8KM

This post has been edited by Devyn Rodriguez: 14 July 2009 - 07:46 PM

[Apreche]

He's not a Muppet, but the teeny little super guy is my man!