Sully

PERFORMER	Richard Hunt
DEBUT	1974
PATTERN	Pumpkin

Sully and Biff

Sully is a construction worker, and a friend and colleague to Biff, who first appeared in Season 5.

Sully is never heard speaking on the show, typically because the talkative Biff never lets him get a word in edgewise. Despite this, it is suggested that he is indeed capable of speech. In the song "Think of Your Fingers," Biff recalls Sully giving him advice on how to remember the number 5. Also, in Big Bird Gets Lost, while drilling loudly, Biff tells Big Bird what Sully says. Most notably, though, there was one time when Biff actually listened to what Sully had to say. This was during the introduction to "This Song is For the Birds". The only thing was, Sully whispered in Biff's ear, so we couldn't hear him. Also, in A Muppet Family Christmas, Sully can clearly be seen singing along in the big chorus numbers.

In addition to working in construction, Sully is good at playing the piano. However, Biff is sometimes oblivious to this.

In the 1990s, after Richard Hunt's death, Sully was performed by David Rudman.

Although the two stopped making new appearances following 1999, the duo made background cameos in episodes 4204 and 4712. He and Biff appeared much more prominently in Episode 5017 and 5033.

Notes

• In Episode 0606, Biff mentions that Sully is married and recently had a baby girl named Junior.

• Two construction-worker Anything Muppets who looked similar to Biff and Sully made background appearances in the "Outrageous Makeover: Home Edition" sketch. (First: Episode 4132) Also, a stagehand that looked like Sully appeared in the "Survivor: Musical Chairs" sketch. (First: Episode 4134)

Filmography

See also Biff and Sully Sketches

• Sesame Street
• The Muppet Movie
• The Muppets Take Manhattan
• Follow That Bird
• The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
• Sing Along
• A Muppet Family Christmas
• Stars and Street Forever
• Elmopalooza
• Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Episodic Appearances

• Season 6: 0671, 0702
• Season 7: 0810, 0821, 0838, 0839
• Season 8: 0950, 1045
• Season 10: 1190, 1201
• Season 11: 1360, 1362, 1371
• Season 13: 1610, 1613, 1650, 1689
• Season 14: 1733, 1736, 1782
• Season 15: 1863
• Season 17: 2148
• Season 18: 2294, 2320, 2355
• Season 22: 2791, 2792, 2793, 2795, 2870, 2874
• Season 23: 2906
• Season 25: 3154, 3193, 3260
• Season 26: 3333
• Season 30: 3845
• Season 40: 4204
• Season 47: 4712
• Season 50: 5017, 5033

Book appearances

• Big Bird Gets Lost (1979)
• Cookie Monster's Book of Cookie Shapes (1979)
• The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
• The Sesame Street Pet Show (1980)
• The Tool Box Book (1980)
• What Did You Bring? (1980)
• I Have a Friend (1981)
• A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch (1981)
• What Do You Do? (1981)
• City (1982)
• Sesame Street Finding Out Encyclopedia 5: The EF Book (1982)
• Sesame Street Finding Out Encyclopedia 9: The NO Book (1982)
• Sesame Street Finding Out Encyclopedia 13: The T Book (1982)
• Everyone Makes Mistakes (1983)
• Sesame Street ABC (1986)
• A Birthday Surprise (1987)
• A New Playground on Sesame Street (1988)
• Oscar's Grouchy Sounds (1990)
• Bright and Early with Elmo (1994)
• Where Is Elmo's Blanket? (1999)