Changes: Belmont

PERFORMER	Richard Hunt
DEBUT	1986
DESIGN	Larry DiFiori designer
	Ed Christie builder

Latest revision as of 07:35, 25 November 2019

Belmont is a toy "scooter" horse on wheels. He appeared in The Christmas Toy. He is the worrying type and has to be convinced by the other toys to help save Rugby. On the subsequent spin-off The Secret Life of Toys, Belmont was replaced by Hortense, presumably due to the death of Belmont's puppeteer, Richard Hunt, two years prior to the start of that series.

Belmont shares the same name as Belmont Park, the famed horse racing track.

In the book Quilting with the Muppets, builder Ed Christie describes the character as "dopey, yet ultimately heroic...I consider it one of my favorite and most successful characters in my 22-year career in the Muppet Workshop."

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+{{character|image=Belmont.jpg|performer=[[Richard Hunt]]|debut=1986|design=[[Larry DiFiori]]|designnote=designer|design2=[[Ed Christie]]|designnote2=builder}}
-{{performer|Richard Hunt}}
-[[Image:Belmont.jpg|frame|Belmont - a horse on wheels.]]
-{{designer|[[Larry DiFiori]]|designer|[[Ed Christie]]|builder}}
-'''Belmont''' is a toy "scooter" horse on wheels. He appeared in ''[[The Christmas Toy]]''. He is the worrying type and has to be convinced by the other toys to help save Rugby.  On the subsequent spin-off ''[[The Secret Life of Toys]]'', Belmont was replaced by [[Hortense]].
+'''Belmont''' is a toy "scooter" horse on wheels. He appeared in ''[[The Christmas Toy]]''. He is the worrying type and has to be convinced by the other toys to help save [[Rugby Tiger|Rugby]]. On the subsequent spin-off ''[[The Secret Life of Toys]]'', Belmont was replaced by [[Hortense]], presumably due to the death of Belmont's puppeteer, Richard Hunt, two years prior to the start of that series.
-Belmont is likely named after [http://www.nyra.com/belmont/ Belmont Park], the famed horse racing track that hosts the third and last race of the Triple Crown.
+Belmont shares the same name as [[Wikipedia:Belmont Park|Belmont Park]], the famed horse racing track.
-In the book ''[[Quilting with the Muppets]]'', designer Ed Christie describes the character as "dopey, yet ultimately heroic...I consider it one of my favorite and most successful characters in my 22-year career in the Muppet Workshop."
+In the book ''[[Quilting with the Muppets]]'', builder Ed Christie describes the character as "dopey, yet ultimately heroic...I consider it one of my favorite and most successful characters in my 22-year career in the Muppet Workshop."
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 [[Category:Muppet Characters]]
 [[Category:Christmas Toy Characters]]