User:MuppetArchives/Name That Puppet

See also: Name That Puppet: Solved

Red Mustached Man
This guy appears in The Muppet Christmas Carol (voiced by Frank Oz and sounding like Fozzie mixed with Grover) and he's a pirate in Muppet Treasure Island (voiced by Bill Barretta and sounding just like Pepe). Does he have a name? -- BradFraggle 04:20, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I don't think he has a name, but I think we'll refer to him as "The Horse Carriage Driver".

Oscar and "red"
I got this from somewhere on the web. Anyone know her name? -- Scott Scarecroe 04:15, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I have no idea what her name is.


 * I think that is Deena. --Minor muppetz 00:42, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Orange Horse
Anybody got a name for the goofy looking orange horse that Bob Hope rides in the "Don't Fence Me In" number? -- Danny Toughpigs 19:19, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Supposedly, in the Pearl Bailey episode, he was named Paul Revere. And according to Of Muppets and Men photos, in his first appearance, the head and voice were Jerry Nelson, but Richard Hunt and Dave Goelz performed the legs. --Andrew, Aleal 19:39, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Aleal is right. His name is Paul Revere.

Purple Guy
This guy is purple, has a rather tall head, has teeth sticking out, has orange hair, and wears a monacle. He was a pirate in Muppet Treasure Island (where he was performed by Jerry Nelson), and he was a flying monkey in The Muppets Wizard of Oz. Does anybody know if he has an official name? --Minor muppetz 06:22, 26 February 2006 (UTC)


 * This guy? Yeah, I have no idea who he is. -Pantalones


 * Yeah, that's the guy I'm talking about. --Minor muppetz 23:56, 26 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Dean must know that guy's name -- he seems to have a handle on the MTI characters. Looking at that category, he might be Easy Pete, Calico Jerry, or Black Eyed Pea. He looks like an Easy Pete to me. -- Danny Toughpigs 00:15, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid he ain't any of the above! I haven't been able to fill in their blank pages yet, but they're all live actors. He may be like Beggar or Undertaker, where no name is available. Also, he ain't especially purple, but that's a discussion for another time I think (some of the color descriptions on character pages seem to contradict their pictures, or fail to include shade differentiation). --Andrew, Aleal 00:21, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't know who he is, but I added a picture here. -- BradFraggle 04:20, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Alice Cooper's band
Does this member of The Vile Bunch have a name? -- Scott, Scarecroe 04:50, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I guess we should refer to him as the "Weird Hairy Guitarrist". -- Dean Onessimo, Deanmo19 12:57, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * "Weird" is subjective, and not in line with wiki standards. If we can't figure out his official name, I'd be more prone to going with "Vile Bunch Guitarist." -- Scott, Scarecroe 18:45, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Tired Dog
This tired-looking dog appears in the UK spot for Episode 414: Liza Minnelli. Does he have a name? There's a whole bunch of mystery dogs, actually. -- Danny Toughpigs 22:42, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Of Muppets and Men simply refers to him as "an old dog, sort of a hound," no name. The puppet was recycled a lot, of course, and I know in one episode of Dog City, where he was a Texas businessdog played by David Rudman, he had a name. What that name is, however, has long since left the boulevards and avenues of my mind. I blame Surelick Bones. --Andrew, Aleal 22:50, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * That guy is called the All-Dog Network Announcer from Episode 104: Dog City of The Jim Henson Hour.--Dean Onessimo, Deanmo19 22:58, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * On Dog City he's referred to as Colonel Claghound. He was also a "watchdog" in a Muppet Magazine, I think. -- MuppetDude 16:15, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Tony. Well, we have two identities cleared (Colonel Claghound and All Dog Network announcer), both of which qualify for character pages on their own, but what do we use for the main one? This is sort of like the Kermit/Maurice debate, but I really don't want to use "All Dog Network Announcer" as his primary identity, considering he'd been around for nearly 10 years prior to that, unless we have no choice. Of Muppets and Men simply describes him as "an old-looking dog, sort of a bloodhound." Which isn't fully accurate in zoological terms, but if nothing else comes up, "Old Bloodhound" might work, to match Afghan Hound and Wolfhound. Thoughts? -- Andrew, Aleal 00:25, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd agree with "Old Bloodhound", unless we can come up with something better. Does anyone remember which Muppet Show sketches he appears in? "Pass That Peace Pipe" doesn't really give us much, but maybe another sketch might give us a decent handle for him. -- Danny Toughpigs 00:30, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
 * He appeared in Episode 523: Linda Ronstadt, in "The Cat Came Back" number, where he was identified as Benny's neighbor, who briefly takes the cat, and is played by Richard Hunt. I know he appeared in other sketches with the other dogs, but that's the main one I remember him from. --Andrew, Aleal 00:35, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Rod Puppet
Anybody know what these guys are called? -- Danny Toughpigs 15:58, 17 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Most of the times I've seen that picture included in reference books, he's referred to as one of the Gawky Birds. While he looks like he's operated about the same way, though, I'm not sure. He actually looks more like the unholy love child of a Gawky Bird and a Bossman. Anyone know what episode(s) he appeared in? That might help. --Andrew, Aleal 16:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I've seen them in the Ben Vereen and Elke Sommer episodes. I think he's a smaller variation of the Bossmen. His head and waist (and possibly feet, which may be mitts) are operated on rods, while his hands are gloves. -- MuppetDude 17:07, 17 February 2006 (UTC)


 * In the special I Love Muppets, Gonzo lists all kinds of strange creatures on The Muppet Show. He mentions "Spineys" somewhere. I don't think the fanbase ever heard of Spineys (I know I never heard that name on The Muppet Show or anywhere else in my video collection); maybe this is a Spiney? -- Jog 17:49, 17 February 2006 (UTC) Jog


 * I don't know the name, but I'm with most people when I say that these are rod puppets (like The Gwaky Birds or The Bossmen). I'm pretty sure that this puppet is smaller than the one I mentioned, though. --Dark Frackle 22:36, 17 February 2006 (UTC)


 * They are Spineys. Gonzo says it at the correct time in the montage of Muppets in I Love Muppets -- Warrick 19:44, 20 February 2006 (UTC)


 * That's the thing though, he doesn't. He says "Spineys" at the same time The Rubber Band Men are shown. But then there's Humpty Dumpty, the Baby Band and a bunch of rats in the same montage, which are definitely not called "Clodhoppers", "Fazoobs" or "Frackles". The pictures in the montage are not a truthful source... -- Jog 08:04, 21 February 2006 (UTC) Jog


 * Maybe Gonzo was just randomly listing a type of creature. It looks like Spinneys could have been a refference to Caroll Spinney. -- Minor muppetz 07:45, February 21, 2006


 * Heehee, not Spinney. Spine-y. As in, spine. -- Jog 15:57, 21 February 2006 (UTC) Jog


 * Okay, here's the source material. Gonzo lists: the Swedish Chef, Sweetums, Beaker, the Foobs, Fazoobs, Spineys, Gawky Birds, Clodhoppers, Mutations, Koozbanians, and Rizzo. (The montage shows the Chef, Sweetums, Beaker, the Snerfs, Thog, the Rubber Band Men, Humpty Dumpty, the Baby Band, dancing rats, singing coconuts, the Lion, and Rizzo.) -- Jog 16:09, 21 February 2006 (UTC) Jog


 * Kermitage says that they are simply small Bossmen. - BradFraggle 21:51, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but where did Kermitage get it from? Of course, going through the print books again, i.e. Of Muppets and Men and Art of the Muppets, both texts present the image with the generic caption "a rod puppet," but place it facing the passages discussing the Bossmen, Gawky Birds, and outher outsized Muppets. So maybe they are Bossmen, but would be nice to find another source other than Kermitage. If not, split the difference? The Bossy Birds? --Andrew, Aleal 22:54, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Kermitage got it from me. That was my cruddy character guide they used (and not even the complete guide since they didn't have pictures for all the characters in the list). I didn't know much back in 2002. -- Jog 23:07, 21 February 2006 (UTC) Jog
 * I would like to point out that while nobody seems to know if there was ever actually any muppet characters called Spineys, there is an enemie species in the Super Mario Bros. games called Spineys/ They are the small creatures with spikes on their backs, and they usually hatched from eggs dropped by Latiku. --Minor muppetz 00:35, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * These were originally designed for Nancy Sinatras Vegas Show, Right? Maybe there is mention of their names in Designs and Doodles? I know that the Fazoobs and Bossmen are in there... -- Warrick 12:49, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Nope, there's not even sketches of those guys in there. -- Jog 09:06, 24 February 2006 (UTC) Jog