Talk:Marvin Suggs

Monty Python
You know, I'm inclined to take out the part about Monty Python. It was added by an anonymous user, and I hadn't removed it eaerlier because it is kinda interesting, but it's speculation, and a bit unlikely. The concept of a character beating animals to make sounds was nothing new, it's been used in variations as far back as Steamboat Willie. The "Mouseaphone" bit is interesting, but it's just as likely that Marvin was based on a character from Stan Freberg's radio show who played "tuned sheep," conking the sheep on the heads with his crook to get them to play their sheepbells, and like Marvin, he addressed them by name. It's even more likely, as Freberg was a known influence on Jim Henson, but I don't think that really would belong in here either. --Andrew, Aleal 07:46, 4 March 2006 (UTC)