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+{{character|image=FluteSnatcher.jpg|debut=1966|design=[[Jim Henson]]|designnote=original sketches}}
-[[Image:Flutesnatcherwedding1.jpg|thumb|300px|The Flute-Snatcher, at Kermit and Miss Piggy's wedding in ''The Muppets Take Manhattan''.]]
-'''The Flute-Snatcher''' is a brown monster with a beak who was created by [[Jim Henson]] for a General Foods commercial in 1966 for three snack foods -- [[Wheels, Crowns and Flutes]]. 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." <ref>''[[Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles]]'', Alison Inches, 2001, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., p. 93.</ref>
+'''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 (book)|Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles]]'', [[Alison Inches]] describes the Flute-Snatcher as "a speed demon with a long, sharp nose and windblown hair."<ref>''[[Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles (book)|Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles]]'', Alison Inches, 2001, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., p. 93.</ref>
-He was used for various inserts in the [[Season 1|first season]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]''. In one sketch, he watched a giant letter [[A]] with [[Cookie Monster]], [[Baby Monster]], [[Beautiful Day Monster]], an early [[Grover]], and [[Scudge]].
+He was used for various inserts in the [[Season 1 (1969-1970)|first season]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]''. In one sketch, he watched a giant letter [[A]] with [[Cookie Monster]], [[Fred's son]], [[Beautiful Day Monster]], an early [[Proto-Grover|Grover]], and [[Scudge]]. He also participated in the song "[[Seven Days]]" and appeared in one of the [[Numerosity]] inserts with the early Grover, Beautiful Day Monster, [[Snerk]], and [[Thudge]].
-The Flute-Snatcher made a surprise reappearance in 1984 as one of the wedding guests in ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'', sitting at the end of the fourth row on the bride's side. He also appeared in ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]''.
-The design for the Flute-Snatcher puppet is similar to [[Snake Frackle]], who appeared as one of [[Cosmo Scam's henchmen]] in the 1971 [[Christmas]] special ''[[The Great Santa Claus Switch]]''.
+The Flute-Snatcher later appeared briefly in the 1970 special ''[[The Great Santa Claus Switch]]'' (as one of [[Cosmo Scam's henchmen|the background henchmen]]) and in 1984's ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'' as one of [[The Muppets Take Manhattan Wedding Seating Chart|the wedding guests]], sitting at the end of the fourth row on the bride's side.
+<gallery widths=200 spacing=small orientation=landscape>
-<gallery>
-Image:Flutesnatchersesame.jpg|The Flute-Snatcher looks at the letter A on ''Sesame Street''.
+FluteSnatcher-SS.jpg|The Flute-Snatcher looks at the letter A on ''Sesame Street''.
+Numerosity 5 monsters.jpg|The Flute-Snatcher and his gang of monsters break a man's window in a Number Song Series segment on ''Sesame Street''.
-Image:Flutesnatcherwedding2.jpg|The wedding scene from ''The Muppets Take Manhattan''.
+Flutesnatcherwedding1.jpg|The Flute-Snatcher, at [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] and [[Miss Piggy]]'s wedding in ''The Muppets Take Manhattan''.
+Muppet party.JPG|[[Hallmark]] birthday card
+Snatchersketch.jpg|Flute-Snatcher (1966), sketch from ''[[Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles (book)|Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles]]''
 </gallery>
+==See also==
+*[[Wheel-Stealer]]
+*[[Crown-Grabber]]
 ==Sources==
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Revision as of 16:39, 19 September 2020


DEBUT	1966
DESIGN	Jim Henson original sketches

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. In one sketch, he watched a giant letter A with Cookie Monster, Fred's son, Beautiful Day Monster, an early Grover, and Scudge. He also participated in the song "Seven Days" and appeared in one of the Numerosity inserts with the early Grover, Beautiful Day Monster, Snerk, and Thudge.

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.

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

The Flute-Snatcher and his gang of monsters break a man's window in a Number Song Series segment on Sesame Street.

The Flute-Snatcher, at Kermit and Miss Piggy's wedding in The Muppets Take Manhattan.

Hallmark birthday card

Flute-Snatcher (1966), sketch from Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles

Sources

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