Forgetful Jones

Forgetful Jones is a cowboy, so named because he always forgets everything. He has two horses — Buster, and Buster's brother Whatshisname. Forgetful's longtime girlfriend is Clementine. He has a mother, father, a cousin, an uncle, and a great-great grandfather.

Forgetful Jones appeared regularly on Sesame Street from Season 11 through Season 23. After the death of his performer, Richard Hunt, Forgetful Jones stopped appearing as a major character, though he does continue to make occasional non-speaking appearances, such as the finale of Elmo Saves Christmas, a 2009 episode, Kinect Sesame Street TV and some Season 45 episodes.

Muppet Workshop designer and builder Laurent Linn discussed the puppeteer's approach to the character in the book Quilting with the Muppets: "Forgetful Jones...brought out more of the simple, sweet side of Richard, in the midst of some of his other more outrageous characters."

Filmography

 * The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
 * Follow That Bird (1985)
 * The Muppets: A Celebration of Thirty Years (1986)
 * A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
 * Let's Learn to Play Together
 * Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting (1989)
 * Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake (1991)
 * Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1993)
 * Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
 * Elmopalooza (1998)

Video appearances

 * Play-Along Games and Songs (1986)
 * Sing Yourself Silly (1990)

Book appearances

 * The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
 * City (1982)
 * More Who's Who on Sesame Street (1982)
 * Bert's Big Band Paint-with-Water Book (1983 reprint)
 * The Sesame Street Treasury (1983)
 * Volume 6 (cover, photo story)
 * Volume 10 (character profile)
 * Trace &amp; Color (1984)
 * Welcome Home, Big Bird (1985)
 * Grover's Guide to Good Manners (1992) - in this book, Forgetful's skin tone is green.
 * My Name Is Big Bird (1992)
 * Clap Your Hands! (2002)
 * Blast from the Past (2015)