Mother Nature visits the earthworm
Mother Nature is a popular personification of the forces of nature as a woman who controls all the elements, plants, and animals. Sometimes interchangeable with the Greek deity Gaia (who embodied the Earth itself), Mother Nature is typically depicted communing with or protecting her subjects.
In pop culture, Christmas productions feature her as a peer of Santa Claus while other tales often pair her with Father Time. It's common to attribute changes in weather to the work of Mother Nature.
Appearances[]
- Mother Nature (voiced by Andrea Martin) appears in a Sesame Street animated insert to explain the function of the earthworm. (First: Episode 2736)
- Mother Nature as an off-stage personification makes her presence felt through weather in the "Kermit's Tales" story "Helping Harriet Home" (included in Stories to Grow On).
References[]
- The song "When," performed by Rowlf in The Muppet Show episode 219, includes the line "When the whole world is filled with Mother Nature's noises."
- Additional lyrical references to Mother Nature occur in the Sesame Street songs "When I Listen" and "I Love When It Rains."
- The Count finds himself asked to stop the thunder in Sesame Street Episode 0921. He tries to explain someone else makes thunder, Mother Nature, when it's going to rain.
- As heavy winds sweep Sesame Street in Episode 1501, Gordon says he should write somebody a letter, but Susan asks who, Mother Nature?
- When trash is picked up in Episode 1196, Oscar the Grouch complains "You shouldn't mess with Mother Nature!" (referencing commercials for Chiffon Margarine, in which Mother Nature wrathfully says "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature" after mistaking margarine for more natural butter).
Honorable Mentions[]
- The Earth Day Special features Bette Midler as an ailing Mother Earth, depicted as a Gaia-like figure, though she doesn't interact with Kermit the Frog and his fellows and has no domain outside of the Earth itself.