The Amazing Mumford

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"A la peanut butter sandwiches!"

Template:Am The Amazing Mumford is a talented magician, but his magic tricks always go awry. His characteristic magic words are "A la peanut butter sandwiches!" After saying this, there is a puff of smoke and magical tinkling sounds, and then after clearing, it reveals how the trick has gone wrong.

Grover often appears as Mumford's over-eager assistant.

Trivia

• Mumford's latest appearance was in the direct-to-video special A Magical Halloween Adventure. For some scenes, he was performed on-set by John Kennedy with dialogue looped later by Jerry Nelson. However, one brief bit of dialogue remains unlooped in the final product: a scene in which Mumford speaks on the phone with his friend Gilda the Great.
• Mumford's voice is based on that of the famous comedian W.C. Fields.

Book Appearances

• The Amazing Mumford and His Amazing Subtracting Trick (1972)
• The Sesame Street ABC Storybook (1974)
• Big Bird's Busy Book (1975)
• The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook (1978)
• The Sesame Street Cookbook (1978)
• The Amazing Mumford Forgets the Magic Words! (1979)
• The Amazing Mumford Presents All About Bones (1980)
• The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
• The Amazing Mumford Presents the Magic Weather Show (1981)
• Big and Little Stories (1982)
• The Sesame Street Word Book (1983)
• Sesame Street ABC (1986)
• The New Who's Who on Sesame Street (1989)
• Happy and Sad, Grouchy and Glad (1992)
• Imagine... A Million Kittens for Elmo (1993)
• Knock, Knock! Who's There? (1994)
• The Counting Carnival (2003)