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Indexes for relevant reference books useful to Muppet Wiki which lack indexes of their own. Sorted by book title, the index should consist of subjects, key words, or names, with page numbers, as an aid to citation or locating information (omitting common terms like "puppet," but including, for example, "Caroll Spinney's early puppetry career, pgs. 45-46" and others useful in sourcing or expanding Wiki articles.)
My Life as a Furry Red Monster
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, 82
- Baby Natasha, 121
- Bartlett O'Reilly, Alison, 55
- Clash, Kevin
- and the Muppets/Henson
- first performance (Macy's Parade, as Cookie Monster), 71-75
- as puppet captain, 140-141
- as Susan Lucci of children's television, 57
- childhood/family, 10-15; 20-27; 78-81
- first child (Shannon Clash), 28-32
- first puppetry mentor (Stu Kerr), 155-157
- other TV appearances/puppetry
- Big Blue Marble, 206
- Captain Kangaroo ("regular guest spots" beginning in 1979), 157-164
- Great Space Coaster, 160-164
- Clifford, 142
- Cooney, Joan Ganz, 76
- Cosby, Bill, 42
- Elmo
- as love machine, 15-19; 32-34; 39-43
- connection with children, 3-5; 9-10 (see also above)
- early character development
- laugh, 44-48
- first time really clicking as Elmo, 65-67
- goes to Washington, 184-186
- Tickle Me Elmo, 168-170
- tricycle technology, 84-85
- "Elmo's World," 28, 57, 75-77; 85; 87-88; 134;
- representing Elmo's imgaination 181-184
- drawing of Elmo's parents, 194
- Emmy Awards, 55-60
- Geiss, Tony, 76
- Goldberg, Whoopi, 106-107
- Gumpel, David, 30
- Henson, Jim
- Background, memories of, 51-54, 55
- Death, 56-57, 142-143
- First meeting, 75, 139
- during The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
- Hoots the Owl, 41, 121
- Hunt, Richard
- as Elmo, 1, 46, 57
- Muppet-like hair, 53
- on Muppet Movie float, 71
- Irwin, Bill, 77, 181
- Jackson, Mahalia, 40
- Korr, David
- as early Elmo writer, 46
- Love, Kermit, 69-73, 140, 159-161. 206
- Martin, Jim, 161-162
- The Mike Douglas Show, 3, 42
- MuppetFest, 18-20; 31
- The Muppets at Walt Disney World, 57
- Nelson, Jerry, 53, 71
- Newby, Tom, designed/supervised full-body Elmo for tricycle
- Other Muppeteers' characters
- Oz, Frank, 53, 71
- Prejudice/diversity
- in Clash's life, 95-97
- as Sesame Street topic, 98-101, 180-181
- Scott, Jill, 30
- Sesame Street (significant references only)
- Clash's childhood impressions of, 14-15
- divorce episode, 125
- failed characters
- Hurricane Katrina outreach, 194-199
- international versions, 102-105. 199-205
- key episodes/segments (see also prejudice)
- Alan rents a faulty karaoke machine, 166-167
- Elmo says "No," drug metaphor, 145-146
- response to 9/11, 122-125
- The Street We Live On, 146-147
- 1983 ten show contract rejected, 163
- researchers/curriculum, 82, 178-179
- response to 9/11, 122-125
- set/street, 160
- Stone, Jon, 41
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 144
- The Television Academy Hall of Fame, 53-54
- Vogel, Matt, 84-85
- White, Lillias, 30
The Wisdom of Big Bird
- original puppet and personality, 33-45
- Bob Hope, 75-81, 86
- Bozo's Big Top, 13-14, 31, 63-64
- Bruno the Trashman, 13, 61-62, 102
- China
- The Road to China, 78-86
- Big Bird in China, 86-92
- Zhima Jie, 139-143
- Elmo, 123-125
- Follow That Bird, 62, 123
- Hervé Villechaize, 60-61, 116
- "I Love Trash", 62, 102
- Jim Henson
- first time seeing him in person, 15-16
- first meeting, 23-24
- first job offer, 24
- second job offer, 24
- Death and memorial, 130-131, 138
- Kermit Love, 41-42, 65
- Oscar the Grouch
- inspiration for voice, 51
- purple Oscar, 5052
- Orange Oscar, 52, 59
- switch from orange to green, 58-59
- traveling with legs sticking out of the bottom of trash can, 60-61
- Picklepuss, 18-19, 64, 136
- Rascal Rabbit, 12
- Richard Hunt, 109