User:FraggleFan/unknown performer observations

I wont add anything to any articles without sources, but the purposes of this page is just so I can state all the things that are more or less known as fact. I just want to put this here because I find this kind of thing interesting.


 * Astoria: Not only does she sound very similar to two characters that have been confirmed to be performed by Bob Payne (Zebediah and Mary Rhymie), but all three of these characters move in a way that suggests that they are being performed by a left-handed puppeteer.  While Bob isnt credited as a puppeteer for that episode, he IS credited as a puppet builder throughout that entire season.  Not being credited as a performer because your name is already listed somewhere else isn't unheard of, especially if you only performed in one episode.


 * Nelson and Jeanette: I can recall someone on Youtube identifying Jim Kroupa as Nelson.  This might have some weight, as Kroupa is known to have been performing on SS during that time period and we can tell that it's not someone instantly recognizable like Jerry Nelson or Richard Hunt.  This same person also identified Karen Prell as Jeanette - the only thing I'm going to say about that is that if I had to pick between guessing whether it was Karen or Kathryn Mullen, I'd probably guess Karen (the way she sounds  when she first says "Nelson!" has some similarity to Wingnut Doozer)


 * Ernie Statue: The only thing I'm going to say is that it definitely isnt Jim Henson, it probably isnt Dave Goelz, and that Bob Payne is the only puppeteer known to be on SS during that time period who we know was able to do a voice that could easily be mistaken for Dave's Beauregard voice (the original Telly Monster).  Bob isn't credited on The Best of Ernie and Bert, but it's not too hard to accidentally leave someone's name out of a compilation tape when they only had one line.


 * Beth Bear: This character (or at least her singing voice) sounds unmistakably like Louise Gold to me, so it's possible that the credit that Bruce Edward Hall performed her could just be a mistake.


 * Worthington: Since he is most likely being performed by a female puppeteer, and since this sketch appears to date from the early-mid 1970s, Fran Brill or Marilyn Sokol are probably more likely than Kathryn Mullen or Carroll Spinney.


 * 2102 Shady Lane: This character's voice was obviously slowed down in post production.  Speeding it up by 25% in audacity shows what the original voice probably sounded like, but it doesn't sound like a voice I recognize, so I'm most inclined to think it might be someone like Jim Martin or Rick Lyon.  Or maybe Jim Kroupa again.