Rubber Balls

Anthropomorphic pink rubber balls figured on Sesame Street in a handful of sketches during its early seasons.

Built on and operated with dark rods, the bouncing balls were built to be performed against a dark background, allowing the small spherical puppets to do their duty generally free of exposed puppetry tricks.

Performers of the balls included Frank Oz, Fran Brill, Caroll Spinney and Jerry Nelson.