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| PERFORMER | various |
| DEBUT | 1975 |
Caroll Spinney performs Harvey in Episode 1052.
Harvey Monster is a dark blue Anything Monster with yellow horns, black eyebrows, and a pink nose. He appeared on Sesame Street starting in 1975. Harvey has been part of the chorus in several songs, as listed below. He was also featured in a 1979 sketch where an Anything Muppet friend of his looks for him at the lost and found. This is where he received his name. (First: Episode 1308)
The earliest prototype, as seen on the cover of The Sesame Street Monsters!, was like other background monsters from Sesame Street's early seasons a standard Anything Muppet with features added. The later Harvey was among the first AM monsters build for the show and a variation on the previous Fat Blue pattern; instead of a slitted mouth, Harvey's mouth operated like a hinge, opening out from his face when speaking. An earlier version using this puppet also had a different face, with white eyes, no horns, and square teeth—one on each jaw.
Harvey has been performed by many different performers over the years. While most often performed by Jim Henson ("We're All Monsters," "I Am Not Afraid," "Me Claudius," The Four Winds, and the Monster Marching Band sketch), he has also been performed by Richard Hunt in The Lost and Found sketch and "Near Far Monsters," Frank Oz in "I'm Between," and Jerry Nelson in "Beginning, Middle, End." Caroll Spinney puppeteered the character in "Furry Blue Mommy of Mine."
A modified version of the puppet, donning a wild blonde wig and sunglasses, was used as one of the backup singers in "Frazzle".
Appearances[]
- Sesame Street
- "I Want a Monster to Be My Friend" (white eyes, different teeth, and no horns)
- "Fur" (white eyes, different teeth, and no horns)
- "I Am Not Afraid" (white eyes, and different teeth)
- Episode 1052 "Furry Blue Mommy of Mine" (with eyelids, and no teeth)
- Episode 1074 (with eyelids, and no teeth)
- "Beginning, Middle, End" (with eyelids, no teeth, and no horns)
- "I'm Between" (no teeth)
- Are Monsters Scary? (no teeth)
- Lost and Found
- "ABC Disco"
- "In and Out Fever"
- Two-Headed Monster: Disco
- "We Are All Monsters"
- Leslie Mostly interviews Guy Smiley
- Monsterpiece Theater: Me, Claudius
- Monster Marching Band
- "Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco"
- "Near Far Monsters"
- The Muppet Movie (sans teeth)
