Changes: Big Jeffie

	File:Bigjeffy.jpg
PERFORMER	Jeff Moss voice
DEBUT	1970
PATTERN	Fat Blue

Revision as of 17:23, 29 June 2015

3rdpuppet — Big Jeffy in his Alphabeat outfit.

File:RevisedJeffy.jpg

Big Jeffy, in his revised wardrobe, on piano in 2000.

Big Jeffy is a member of Little Jerry and the Monotones on Sesame Street, supplying bass back-up for the group. He is considered to be the fourth member of the band, as mentioned in "Four".

Big Jeffy also appeared as a member of Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats, in place of the Lavender Alphabeat, in the songs "I Go to School", "Startin' Kindergarten", and "Gonna Rock You to Sleep". He and Little Chrissy have also sung with Elmo on a few occasions.

He has also appeared without Little Jerry or Little Chrissy in the 1987 special A Muppet Family Christmas, as a background character.

Although the actual puppet was absent, Big Jeffy can be heard in the song "Mountain of Love", with his vocals lip-synched by the Pumpkin Monotone.

Big Jeffy was named after Jeff Moss, who usually provided his voice. Though Jerry Nelson performed him in a sketch where the Monotones assist Grover in displaying the word "walk." He can also be heard as Jeffy in the songs "Telephone Rock" and "Danger." Jim Henson also performed Big Jeffy in another sketch demonstrating scatting, and Kevin Clash performed him in a late 1980s episode where Little Jerry visits the street.

Beginning in the late 1980s, Big Jeffy began donning a leather jacket. During his gigs with Little Chrissy, it was replaced with a red Alphabeat shirt. In a 2000 episode during Little Jerry and the Monotones' comeback, it is revealed that he knows how to play piano.

Video appearances

Rock & Roll! (1990)

Book appearances

Big Bird's Busy Book (1975)
The Sesame Street Library Volume 9 (1978)
The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)

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+{{character|image=Bigjeffy.jpg|performer=[[Jeff Moss]]|note=voice|debut=1970|pattern=[[Fat Blue]]}}
-{{performer-voice|Jeff Moss}}
-[[Image:Bigjeffy.jpg|thumb|300px]]
+[[Image:3rdpuppet.jpg‎|thumb|300px|Big Jeffy in his Alphabeat outfit.]]
+[[Image:RevisedJeffy.jpg|thumb|300px|Big Jeffy, in his revised wardrobe, on piano in 2000.]]
-{{am|Fat Blue}}
-'''Big Jeffy''' is a member of [[Little Jerry and the Monotones]] on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. Big Jeffy was the bass singer and was considered to be the fourth member of the band, as mentioned in "[[Four]]". Though part of the group, him and the other Monotones appeared absent in a 1970 sketch demonstrating "Forward" and "Backward" with [[Little Jerry]], other Hippie Muppets, [[Fuzzyface|the proto Grover]], and a [[Hot Pink]] [[Anything Muppet]] leading the lecture. {{First|0069}}
+'''Big Jeffy''' is a member of [[Little Jerry and the Monotones]] on ''[[Sesame Street]]'', supplying bass back-up for the group. He is considered to be the fourth member of the band, as mentioned in "[[Four (song)|Four]]".
-He also appeared as a member of [[Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats]] in the songs "[[I Go to School]]", "[[Kindergarten]]", and "[[Gonna Rock You to Sleep]]", in which he replaced the [[Lavender]] Alphabeat in those songs.
+Big Jeffy also appeared as a member of [[Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats]], in place of the [[Lavender]] Alphabeat, in the songs "[[I Go to School]]", "[[Startin' Kindergarten]]", and "[[Gonna Rock You to Sleep]]". He and [[Little Chrissy]] have also sung with [[Elmo]] on a few occasions.
-He has also appeared without Little Jerry or [[Little Chrissy]] in the 1987 special [[A Muppet Family Christmas]], as a background character.
+He has also appeared without Little Jerry or Little Chrissy in the 1987 special ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]'', as a background character.
-For the song "[[Mountain of Love]]", Big Jeffy's character was replaced with the puppet for the [[Pumpkin]] Monotone.
+Although the actual puppet was absent, Big Jeffy can be heard in the song "[[Mountain of Love]]", with his vocals lip-synched by the [[Pumpkin]] Monotone.
-Big Jeffy was named after and usually performed by [[Jeff Moss]], but [[Jerry Nelson]] performed him in a sketch where the Monotones assist [[Grover]] in demonstrating the word "walk".
+Big Jeffy was named after [[Jeff Moss]], who usually provided his voice. Though [[Jerry Nelson]] performed him in [[Grover_Sketches:_Miscellaneous#wordwalk|a sketch]] where the Monotones assist [[Grover]] in displaying the word "walk." He can also be heard as Jeffy in the songs "[[Telephone Rock]]" and "[[Danger]]." [[Jim Henson]] also performed Big Jeffy in [[Grover_Sketches:_Miscellaneous#scatting|another sketch]] demonstrating scatting, and [[Kevin Clash]] performed him in a late 1980s episode where Little Jerry visits the street.
-During his gigs with Little Chrissy, his hippie garb was replaced with a red Alphabeat shirt. For Little Jerry and the Monotones' comeback appeareance in [[Episode 3898|a 2000 episode]], he got a new revised look with a white shirt, a fringed leather vest, and medallion.
+Beginning in the late 1980s, Big Jeffy began donning a leather jacket. During his gigs with Little Chrissy, it was replaced with a red Alphabeat shirt. In [[Episode 3898|a 2000 episode]] during Little Jerry and the Monotones' comeback, it is revealed that he knows how to play piano.
-<gallery widths=200px heights=150 perrow=2>
-Image:3rdpuppet.jpg‎|Revised wardrobe for the gigs with Little Chrissy.
-Image:RevisedJeffy.jpg‎|Revised wardrobe in 2000.
-</gallery>
 ==Video appearances==
-''[[Rock & Roll!]]'' (1990)
+*''[[Rock & Roll!]]'' (1990)
 ==Book appearances==
 *''[[Big Bird's Busy Book]]'' (1975)
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 ==See also==
 *[[Jeffy]]
-*[[Hippie]] (A similar looking character)
+*[[Hippie]] (a similar looking character)
 [[Category:Muppet Characters]]
 [[Category:Sesame Street Characters]]