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FluteSnatcher
DEBUT 1966
DESIGN Jim Henson original sketches
FluteSnatcher-SS

The Flute-Snatcher looks at the letter A on Sesame Street.

The Flute-Snatcher is a brown beaked monster who was created by Jim Henson for an unaired General Foods commercial in 1966 for three snack foods -- Wheels, Flutes and Crowns. In Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles, Alison Inches describes the Flute-Snatcher as "a speed demon with a long, sharp nose and windblown hair."[1]

He was used for various inserts in the first season of Sesame Street, as part of the show's ensemble of monsters.

The Flute-Snatcher later appeared briefly in the 1970 special The Great Santa Claus Switch (as one of the background henchmen) and in 1984's The Muppets Take Manhattan as one of the wedding guests, sitting at the end of the fourth row on the bride's side.

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  1. Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles, Alison Inches, 2001, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., p. 93.
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