Fred the Wonder Horse

PERFORMER	Jerry Nelson
DEBUT	1973
DESIGN	Caroly Wilcox designer/builder

Fred the Wonder Horse travels with Marshal Grover in a recurring series of Sesame Street sketches. He first appeared in Season 5 (1973). In these sketches, Fred is wiser than Marshal Grover, and often resolves Grover's problems, such as finding water in the desert, rescuing animals, and counting backwards.

Though he is usually seen in the company of Grover, he was occasionally seen on the street. He performed the song "Cripple Creek" with Buffy, and he sang "Horse Sense" with Judy Collins. He joined Buster the Horse to back up Gladys the Cow on "Proud to Be a Cow." He also appeared as "Professor Fred", lecturing kids about body parts.

Notes

• In a season 27 sketch and in Elmo's World: Wild Wild West!, the Buster the Horse puppet is used as the character.

• Ed Christie performed the character in "Proud to Be a Cow." Matt Vogel also performed the character for an appearance in a season three episode of Play with Me Sesame.

Filmography

• A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
• A Brief History of Motion Pictures (1998)
• Elmo's World: Wild Wild West (2001)
• A Celebration of Me, Grover (2004)

Book appearances

• The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
• The Sesame Street Question and Answer Book About Animals (1983)
• Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? (1984)
• A Silly Sesame Street Story: The Three Little Pigs (1984)
• Trace & Color (1984)
• Find the Shapes (1986)
• Colors (1987)