The Snowths



The Snowths are furry pink creatures with horns and yellow lips who sing the "do doo do doo doo" backup vocals in versions of "Mahna Mahna" that have appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Muppet Show. Both Snowths were performed simultaneously by Frank Oz, who performed one puppet on each arm; as a result, the Snowths' arms swung freely from side to side.

Unlike their singing partner Mahna Mahna, the Snowths made relatively few appearances on The Muppet Show outside of their performance of "Mahna Mahna" on episode 101. And, aside from episodes 317 and 524, they always appeared as a pair.

In recent years, the Snowths appeared without Mahna Mahna in a sketch on episode 107 of Muppets Tonight that parodied the classic sketch. They also performed "Mahna Mahna" with Kermit the Frog on the 2002 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon.

Their most recent appearance was in the 2005 "Bandanana" commercial for the Australian charity CanTeen.

In Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles, Alison Inches explains that the characters in Jim Henson's original sketch were called Snouths, based on a combination of the words snout and mouth. However, by the time the characters appeared on The Muppet Show, the spelling had changed to Snowths. The characters are referred to as such in The Muppet Show Book, on the back of The Muppet Show album, and on all future album releases.

Filmography

 * The Ed Sullivan Show ("Mahna Mahna")
 * The Muppet Show
 * Episode 101: Juliet Prowse ("Mahna Mahna")
 * Episode 317: Spike Milligan (one Snowth)
 * Episode 515: Carol Burnett
 * Episode 524: Roger Moore (one Snowth)


 * The Muppet Movie ("The Rainbow Connection" Finale)
 * The Muppets Take Manhattan (Wedding Finale)
 * Muppets Tonight
 * Episode 107: Sandra Bullock ("The Psychiatrist's Office")


 * The 2002 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon ("Mahna Mahna" with Kermit)
 * CanTeen "Bandanana" commercial

Book Appearances

 * The Muppet Show Book

Merchandise

 * Palisades Toys released a PVC figure of the Snowths in Mini Muppets Wave 1, Series 1.
 * Plans to release full-size, articulated action figures of the Snowths in Series 12 of Palisades' line were never realized.