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The monster and Frackle henchmen of Cosmo Scam in The Great Santa Claus Switch.

As Ed Sullivan describes them in the special: "So Santa Claus had been mysteriously led away by two weird creatures who worked for Cosmo Scam. And deep beneath the North Pole, in the cave of the wicked magician, there was much excitement. Even Cosmo's furry henchmen, the Frackles, were nervous."


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Thig

Performer: Frank Oz

Thog
Performer: Jerry Nelson

Thog would later become a recurring monster on The Muppet Show. Thog is the only monster to retain the name given in the special.

Lothar
Performer: Jim Henson

The puppet would be refurbished for an unnamed dragon on The Muppet Show.

Boppity
Performer: Frank Oz

Also known as the "Blue Frackle," the puppet would later become one of the nameless Frackles on The Muppet Show and subsequent productions.

Snarl
Performer: Danny Seagren

Also known as the "Cigar Box Frackle",[1] the puppet would later become Gonzo for The Muppet Show and subsequent productions.

Snivelly
Performer: Jerry Nelson

Also known as the "Dripsnout Frackle",[2] the puppet would later become Droop for The Muppet Show and subsequent productions.

Snickery

Also known as a Snerf. There were multiple Snickery and Snerf puppets in the background during some scenes.

Scoff

Also known as "Blue Bird Frackle" in Henson's notes, the puppet would later become a nameless Frackle on The Muppet Show and subsequent productions.

Gloat
Performer: Greg Antonacci

Also known as the "Green Frackle," the puppet would later become one of the many nameless Frackles on The Muppet Show and subsequent productions.

Unnamed Frackle
Performer: John Lovelady

Also known as "Snake Frackle",[3] the puppet would later become one of the recurring nameless Frackles on The Muppet Show and subsequent productions.

Unnamed guard
Performer: Richard Hunt

The walk-around puppet is recycled from Thig, with horns, a beak, and different eyes.

Unnamed alarm
Performer: John Lovelady

Featured as the alarm, the puppet later starred in a deleted skit from Sex and Violence with horns instead of hair.

Unnamed Frackle

Also known as "Dragon Frackle",[4] the puppet would later appear with the other Frackles and monsters on The Muppet Show and subsequent productions.

Unnamed Frackle
Performer: Fran Brill

Also known as the "Green Bird Frackle",[5] the puppet would later become a nameless Frackle on The Muppet Show and subsequent productions.

Unnamed Frackle
Unnamed monster

The puppet would later become Miss Kitty, a monster on The Muppet Show and seen in subsequent productions. In at least one scene, the character was performed by Richard Hunt.

Unnamed monster

Performer: Fran Brill

Unnamed monster

The puppet was previously used as Thudge on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Unnamed monster

The owl-headed spider puppet was featured as Nrlll in Henson's tests for The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow.

Unnamed monster

An altered version of the puppet originally used as the Flute-Snatcher.

Other unnamed monsters

Other minor background monsters, including puppets previously used as Fred and his son Billy (with eyelids) on The Ed Sullivan Show.

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