User:MuppetArchives/Name That Puppet

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)

Slinkys
They're seen in Episode 102: Garth Brooks. -- Scott Scarecroe 16:28, 19 February 2006 (UTC)


 * They're singers from The Rubber Band Men, the band that accompanied Lynda Carter on the Muppet Show. -- Jog 21:04, 19 February 2006 (UTC) Jog


 * To Jog: He already said that they came from Muppets Tonight. The Rubber Band Men look different. --Dark Frackle 01:06, 21 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Jog just meant that they're the same puppets from the Lynda Carter episode. -- Scott Scarecroe 01:44, 21 February 2006 (UTC)


 * With these two sections in the current events page about not knowing the names of certain characters, would it be a good idea to start a page on characters we don't know the names of? I'm mainly reffering to recurring characters made from Whatnots or Anything Muppets who have made several appearances, had lines, but weren't mentioned by name, didn't have anything really distinctive about them, and whom we don't know any official names for. --Minor muppetz 12:45, 21 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)