Herbert Birdsfoot



Herbert Birdsfoot was introduced on Sesame Street in Season 2 as a lecturer, usually with Grover as his assistant. He was the brief replacement for Kermit the Frog in his lecturing job on the street. With Kermit's return later that season, the character was quietly phased out by 1974. He made one of his last appearances in The Muppet Movie during the finale.

His name is a play on the pasture crop "bird's-foot trefoil," which was familiar to Jim Henson because of his father's work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Album appearances

 * The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album (1971), "High, Middle, Low"
 * The Muppet Alphabet Album (1971), "Herbert's Silly Poem" and "The Tale of Tom Tattertall Tuttletut"
 * Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert (1972), "The Magic Cookie" and "Pat Pat Patty Pat"
 * Bert's Blockbusters (1974), "Pat Pat Patty Pat"
 * Big Bird Sings! (1974), "Big Bird Writes a Poem"
 * C is for Cookie (1974), "The Magic Cookie" and "The Monster's Three Wishes"
 * Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella (1974), "The Monster's Three Wishes"
 * Letters ...and Numbers, Too! (1975), "Herbert's Silly Poem"
 * Ernie and Bert's Greatest Hits (1996), "High, Middle, Low" (Note: This release is only credited to Ernie and Bert, but Herbert sings the high part.)

Book appearances

 * The Sesame Street Storybook (1971)
 * The Sesame Street ABC Storybook (1974)
 * The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
 * A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch (1981)
 * Put & Play Magic Show (1981)
 * Bounce Along with Big Bird (1987)