Jim Thurman

Jim Thurman has worked as a writer and voice actor on Sesame Street. Thurman, with his writing partner Gene Moss, scripted the 1960s cartoon series Roger Ramjet as well as the puppet comedy series Shrimpenstein. Beginning in the 1970s, Thurman joined the staff of Sesame Street, scripting many animated sketches and supplying the voices for such characters as Teeny Little Superguy and Jake the Snake. Thurman later worked on such CTW series as The Electric Company and Square One TV (providing the voices of Mr. Glitch and scripting the "Mathnet" segmnents), and collaborated on the specials Out to Lunch and The Jean Marsh Cartoon Special. His more recent work included writing and voicing several animated sexual education specials for Buzzco Associates.