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Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) was a famous French explorer of the world's oceans. Cousteau was well known for his environmentalism and his television series, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.
He is an inductee of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.
References
- In The Muppet Show episode 416, a shark enters Jonathan Winters' dressing room looking for Jacques Cousteau. Winters opens the shark's mouth and finds that the fish has swallowed him.
- On Sesame Street, Cousteau was spoofed with the characters Wanda Cousteau and Jacques Shoesteau.
- Episode 2637 of Sesame Street featured a sketch with Elmo as Captain Elmo Cousteau.
- The Muppets featured a character, Jacques Roach, on The Jim Henson Hour.
- Fozzie Bear "catches" Cousteau while fishing in a Muppet comic strip by Guy and Brad Gilchrist.
- Baby Gonzo pretends he is a French undersea explorer like Jacques in the Muppet Babies episode "Water Babies."
- During the end credits of Elmo's Deep Sea Adventure, Oscar the Grouch mentions ocean explorer "Grouch Cousteau."