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| PERFORMER | Frank Oz |
| DEBUT | 1970 |
Boppity, a blue Frackle, was one of Cosmo Scam's henchmen in The Great Santa Claus Switch.
The puppet used for Boppity would be reused in later productions as a generic utility monster. The puppet, known as the Blue Frackle, would change performer, attire, role, name and even gender depending on the production needs.
Boppity is one of several characters featured on a poster advertising performers for The Muppet Show Backstage Playset.
Boppity appears in the Muppets Meet the Classics: Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm anthology. He features in "Fozzie's Super-Sticky Situation", a retelling of "The Golden Goose", where he and his siblings Snivelly and Gloat take on the role of the innkeeper's thieving children.
Blue Frackle[]
Following Boppity's appearance in The Great Santa Claus Switch, the character would go on to make many appearances in subsequent Muppet productions, beginning with The Muppet Show.
He was given white eyes for The Muppet Show, lost his tail, and gained a trimmer body shape. He was completely rebuilt for episode 119 (changes include a better eye focus, a two-toned face, and an adjusted ear shape). In 1986, the original puppet was used in The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years refurbished with new eyes - for this appearance they were suggested to be female, as the puppet wore a gold choker and a silver hair ribbon.
The puppet was later rebuilt in the late '90s by the time he appeared on Mopatop's Shop. In The Muppets Character Encyclopedia, he's listed as "Bolshy blue Frackle."
Filmography[]
- The Great Santa Claus Switch (as Boppity)
- The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence
- Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
- The Muppet Show
- "The Muppet Show Theme" (Seasons 1-5)
- Episode 103: Joel Grey ("Comedy Tonight," performed by Richard Hunt)
- Episode 104: Ruth Buzzi (At the Dance, Prisoner sketch; performed by Dave Goelz in the former and Frank Oz in the latter)
- Episode 107: Florence Henderson ("Happy Together")
- Episode 109: Charles Aznavour
- Episode 111: Lena Horne
- Episode 112: Peter Ustinov
- Episode 113: Bruce Forsyth
- Episode 114: Sandy Duncan ("Try to Remember")
- Episode 115: Candice Bergen ("You Gotta Have Friends," performed by Richard Hunt)
- Episode 119: Vincent Price ("Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," At the Dance, "You've Got a Friend," performed by Dave Goelz)
- Episode 120: Valerie Harper (At the Dance)
- Episode 122: Ethel Merman ("There's No Business Like Show Business")
- Episode 202: Zero Mostel
- Episode 203: Milton Berle ("Ugly Song," performed by Jim Henson)
- Episode 207: Edgar Bergen
- Episode 208: Steve Martin
- Episode 210: George Burns ("It All Depends on You" / "You Made Me Love You")
- Episode 215: Lou Rawls
- Episode 216: Cleo Laine ("Limbo")
- Episode 217: Julie Andrews
- Episode 218: Jaye P. Morgan
- Episode 222: Teresa Brewer ("Cheese Cake")
- Episode 223: John Cleese
- Episode 307: Alice Cooper ("Once a Year Day," performed by Richard Hunt)
- Episode 308: Loretta Lynn
- Episode 406: Linda Lavin ("Beyond the Blue Horizon")
- Episode 422: Andy Williams ("Green Door")
- Episode 424: Diana Ross (Audience)
- The Muppet Movie
- The Great Muppet Caper
- The Muppets Go to the Movies
- The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
- Jim Henson Hour pitch tape
- Better World Society
- The Ghost of Faffner Hall
- The Cosby Show (performed by Richard Hunt)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (performed by David Rudman)
- Muppet Classic Theater
- Muppets Tonight
- Mopatop's Shop
- Muppets Most Wanted
Book appearances[]
- The Muppet Show Book
- The Muppet Show Comic Book - issue #3, "Gonzo's Story"
- Muppet Robin Hood - issue #2
- Muppet Snow White - issue #4
- Green and Bear It
- The Muppets Character Encyclopedia