Anything Muppets



Anything Muppets are 'empty' Muppet heads. Facial features, bodies and clothes can be added to make any kind of character. A similar group of puppets known as Whatnots appeared on The Muppet Show.

During the first seasons of Sesame Street, they were known as "The Anything People" who could be anything they wanted. Usually the actors would turn them into different characters. This concept was abandoned after a few seasons, although every once in a while an Anything Muppet character would take off his nose or lose his moustache.

Main Sesame Street characters that are made from Anything Muppets include Count Von Count, Prairie Dawn, Fat Blue, Roosevelt Franklin and Sherlock Hemlock.

The following types of Anything Muppets appear on Sesame Street:


 * Fat Blue


 * Fat Blue Live Hands


 * Pointy-headed Green


 * Tall Orange


 * Purple (Roosevelt Franklin's Mother, Bip Bipadotta, Tito)


 * Lavender


 * Brown (Kingston Livingston III)


 * Large Lavender Live Hand


 * Large Orange Live Hand


 * Small Pink (Prairie Dawn, Betty Lou, The Busby Twins, various Little Kids)


 * Small Purple (Roosevelt Franklin, Tina Twiddlebug, Mahna Mahna (1969), various Little Kids)


 * Small Orange (Baby Breeze, Timmy Twiddlebug, Ernestine, Bip Bipadotta (1970s), various Little Kids)


 * Small Green (Various smaller frogs)


 * Small Lavender (Various AM kids, and at least one bug)


 * Guy Smiley type (Guy Smiley, Don Music, Prince Charming, Vincent Twice)


 * Guy Smiley-Type live hand (Monty)


 * Pear shaped violet