Herry Monster

Herry Monster is a Sesame Street monster who doesn't know his own strength. Herry first appeared in 1970, replacing the Beautiful Day Monster in the Sesame monster troupe.

In his first appearances, Herry's nose was covered with light blue fur as well. During the second season, he gained a non-furry blue nose, which was replaced by his signature purple nose in 1971. The original Herry puppet was also used for the Big Bad Wolf.

Although Herry has been performed by Jerry Nelson from the beginning, Jim Henson performed his voice in the song "Up and Down" with Cookie Monster (using a recycled soundtrack from The Sesame Street Book & Record, where the song was credited to "Two Monsters").

Herry was often seen in Muppet & Kid Moments, relating to real children, and in later seasons appeared in the recurring sketch Monsters in Day Care. He also appeared in such Monsterpiece Theater segments as "Chariots of Fur", "Guys and Dolls", and "ABCD Blue".

Herry hosted the Fuzzy Awards in the video Monster Hits! and he was an anchorman in We All Sing Together.

He has a mother, a father and a grandmother. He has a sister named Herriet (seen in a 1977 episode) and another named Flossie, seen in several storybooks. He also has a doll named Hercules who has been seen with him in "Guys and Dolls," "Song for Two," "Moonshine" a song with Zoe where they sing about their dollies, and when he slept over at Gabi's in a 2001 episode.

Herry is known for appearing in illustrations (and some merchandise and on the Sesame Street Live productions) with pants on. Usually they would be white with pink stripes, but the costume used in Sesame Street Live would give Herry light blue pants, and illustrator Tom Cooke usually drew Herry in purple pants with orange spots. He has never been seen wearing pants elsewhere, and the few times he has been shown below the waist, he has been nude, like most monsters.

Though Herry still makes occasional appearances in new episodes, he seldom plays a prominent role. Among his more recent appearances was in The Street We Live On and a cameo in Episode 4206 (puppeteered by Marty Robinson ), in a line at Hooper's Store.

Herry's birthday is August 31st.

Filmography

 * Sesame Street
 * Out to Lunch
 * The Muppet Movie ("The Rainbow Connection" Finale)
 * The Muppets Take Manhattan (Wedding Finale)
 * Follow That Bird
 * The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
 * A Muppet Family Christmas
 * Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting
 * Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake
 * Sesame Street Stays Up Late
 * Monster Hits!
 * We All Sing Together
 * Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Streets Forever
 * Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
 * Elmopalooza
 * Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic
 * The Street We Live On

Album appearances

 * The Muppet Alphabet Album
 * The Sesame Street Monsters!

Book appearances

 * Sesame Street Finger Puppets (1971)
 * The Sesame Street Storybook (1971)
 * The Together Book (1971)
 * Cookie Monster's Circle Book (1972)
 * More Sesame Street Finger Puppets (1972)
 * Sherlock Hemlock and the Great Twiddlebug Mystery (1972)
 * The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 Storybook (1973)
 * The Sesame Street ABC Storybook (1974)
 * Big Bird's Busy Book (1975)
 * See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil (1975)
 * I am a Monster (1976)
 * The Sesame Street Postcard Book (1976
 * The Sesame Street A to Z Coloring Book (1976)
 * The Sesame Street Neighborhood Coloring Book (1976)
 * Cookie Monster and the Cookie Tree (1977)
 * The Day the Count Stopped Counting (1977)
 * Grover's Favorite Color (1977)
 * The Monsters' Alphabet (1977)
 * Who's Who on Sesame Street (1977)
 * The Exciting Adventures of Super Grover (1978)
 * The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook (1978)
 * The Sesame Street Cookbook (1978)
 * The Sesame Street Library series (1978)
 * A Day on Sesame Street (1979)
 * Sesame Stories (1979)
 * The Count Counts a Party (1980)
 * Down on the Farm with Grover (1980)
 * I Like School (1980)
 * Monsters Come in Many Colors! (1980)
 * The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
 * The Sesame Street Pet Show (1980)
 * What Did You Bring? (1980)
 * ABC Toy Chest (1981)
 * Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1981)
 * Oscar's Rotten Birthday (1981)
 * Prairie Dawn's Upside-Down Poem (1981)
 * Put & Play Magic Show (1981)
 * Put & Play Yucchy Book (1981)
 * The Sesame Street Circus of Opposites (1981)
 * The Sesame Street Sun (1981)
 * What Do You Do? (1981)
 * Big and Little Stories (1982)
 * City (1982)
 * A Day at School (1982)
 * First Day of School (1982)
 * A Sesame Street Christmas (1982)
 * Bert and the Missing Mop Mix-Up (1983)
 * The Sesame Street Treasury series (1983)
 * I Think That It Is Wonderful (1984)
 * A Baby Sister for Herry (1984)
 * Lovable, Furry Old Grover in Please Don't Push the Red Button (1984)
 * My Doll is Lost! (1984)
 * A Silly Sesame Street Story: The Three Little Pigs (1984)
 * Big Bird Can Share (1985)
 * Big Bird Says... A Game to Read and Play (1985)
 * Big Bird's Book of Rhymes (1985)
 * Ernie's Finish the Picture (1985)
 * A My Name Is Annabel (1986)
 * Baby Animals on the Farm (1986)
 * Count to Ten (1986)
 * Find the Shapes (1986)
 * Sesame Street ABC (1986)
 * Through the Year (1986)
 * Colors (1987)
 * I Want a Hat Like That (1987)
 * Monsters, Monsters! (1987)
 * The Runaway Soup and Other Stories (1987)
 * A New Baby on Sesame Street (1987)
 * Shape Up! (1987)
 * A Sitter for Baby Monster (1987)
 * Going Places (1988)
 * A New Playground on Sesame Street (1988)
 * The Sesame Street ABC Book of Words (1988}
 * Come As You Are (1989)
 * Great Monsterpieces (1989)
 * Herry's New Shoes (1989)
 * It's No Fun to Be Sick! (1989)
 * On My Way with Sesame Street series (1989)
 * Grover's Bad Dream (1990)
 * I Want to Go to School Too (1990)
 * Museum of Monster Art (1990)
 * Be My Friend (1991)
 * Halloween Party (1991)
 * The Monsters' Picnic (1991)
 * Scheherryzade and the Arabian Nights (1991)
 * Sesame Street 123 (1991)
 * Sleep Tight! (1991)
 * We're Counting on You, Grover! (1991)
 * Bounce Along with Big Bird (1992)
 * Ernie and His Merry Monsters (1992)
 * Feeling Fit (1992)
 * Grover's 10 Terrific Ways to Help Our Wonderful World (1992)
 * Grover's Guide to Good Manners (1992)
 * Happy and Sad, Grouchy and Glad (1992)
 * Shapes: Stand-ups to Color & Share (1992)
 * Too Little! (1992)
 * We're Different, We're the Same (1992)
 * Elmo's Little Playhouse (1993)
 * Elmo's Mother Goose (1993)
 * Around the Corner on Sesame Street (1994)
 * Elmo's Big Lift-and-Look Book (1994)
 * I Want to Be a Police Officer (1994)
 * Just Joking (1995)
 * Ten Scary Monsters (1995)
 * B is for Books! (1996)
 * Elmo's Lift-and-Peek Around the Corner Book (1996)
 * Baby Natasha in "Say Cheese!" (1997)
 * Big Bird Meets Santa Claus (1997)
 * The Bunny Hop (1997)
 * Pumpkin Patch Party (1997)
 * Elmo's Tricky Tongue Twisters (1998)
 * It's Not Easy Being Big! (1998)
 * Elmo Says Achoo! (2000)
 * Elmo's ABC Book (2001)
 * The Fix-It Shop (2001)
 * Hooper's Store (2001)
 * Sesame Street Community Center (2001)
 * Listen to Your Fish (2003)
 * Fun with Friends (2004)
 * Boo! (2005)
 * The City Sings a Song! (2005)
 * Elmo's Delicious Christmas (2005)
 * Monsters Munch Lunch! (2005)
 * Discovering Letter Sounds (2006)
 * Friendly, Frosty Monsters (2007)
 * Rosita's Easter on Sesame Street (2007)
 * Color Carnival (2008)
 * Love, Elmo (2009)

Character merchandise

 * Grolier Christmas Ornament
 * Herry Monster puppet
 * Hery's Gym Mobile
 * Knickerbocker doll -- two sizes
 * Herry Monster bean
 * Tyco Herry Monster PVC figure
 * Kubricks Herry Monster figure
 * Heimo Herry Monster PVC figure