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{{character|image=Character.deena.jpg|performer=[[Karen Prell]]|debut=1980|design=[[Ed Christie]]|designnote=designer/builder}}
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[[File:Oscar.and.red.jpg|thumb|300px|The original Deena puppet used in season 11.]]
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[[File:Deena and Olivia in 1458.jpg|thumb|300px|Deena and [[Olivia]] in [[Episode 1458]].]]
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[[File:Deena-1980Parade.jpg|thumb|300px|Deena with the cast on the show's float in the 1980 [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]].]]
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<div style="margin-left: 20px;">'''Designer and Builder:'''
  
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<div style="margin-left: 20px;">'''[[Ed Christie]]'''</div></div></div>
  
   
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'''Deena''' is a young, energetic pink monster with red hair and wild rolling eyes, like [[Cookie Monster]]'s. She talks in monster grammar: "Deena wants to play!" She lives in a cave with [[Pearl]], who functions as her caretaker.
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'''Deena''' is a young, energetic pink monster with red hair and googly eyes, like [[Cookie Monster]]'s. She talks in monster grammar: "Deena wants to play!" She lives in a cave with [[Pearl]], who functions as her caretaker.
   
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Deena and Pearl debuted in [[Season 12]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]''. <ref>Season 12 Press Kit, [[CTW Archives]]</ref> The characters virtually vanished after that season, but they did pop up occasionally.
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Deena was first seen during [[Season 11 (1979-1980)|Season 11]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in [[Episode 1403]]. She, along with Pearl, virtually vanished after [[Season 12 (1980-1981)|season 12]]. However, they did make background appearances in the [[The Muppets Take Manhattan Wedding Seating Chart|wedding finale]] of ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]''.
   
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The character was created by [[Norman Stiles]], who named her after a friend of his.<ref name="missing">[http://graphicpolicy.com/2015/07/16/muppets-gone-missing-norman-stiles/ Muppets Gone Missing: Norman Stiles] at GraphicPolicy.com</ref> In a 2015 interview, he spoke of the character:
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The puppet would later become an [[AM Monsters|AM monster]].
  
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{{quote|The character was a monster whose main obsession was play; turning everything, every situation, into an opportunity to play. At the time, the significance of play as a critical element of brain development wasn’t being promoted as avidly as it is today. We know now that free play, encouraging children to play, is, if anything, one of the most critical things that children do and that parents can do with their children that will help their brains develop.
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Play for Deena was like cookies for [[Cookie Monster]] and counting for [[Count von Count|The Count]]. For whatever reason, as we tried the character in a few sketches, Deena’s insistence on playing was more annoying than amusing.<ref name="missing" />}}
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==Notes==
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*In her first appearances in season 11, Deena was depicted as a red monster. The puppet was changed for season 12, but the original puppet continued to be used on the show, often as a [[Grouches|Grouch]]. Both puppets became stock [[AM Monsters|AM monsters]], and the purple version was converted into [[Humphrey]] and [[Potto]].
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==Episodic appearances==
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*[[Episode 1403]], [[Episode 1426|1426]], [[Episode 1429|1429]], [[Episode 1447|1447]], [[Episode 1455|1455]], [[Episode 1458|1458]], [[Episode 1465|1465]], [[Episode 1468|1468]], [[Episode 1469|1469]], [[Episode 1471|1471]], [[Episode 1479|1479]], [[Episode 1481|1481]], [[Episode 1482|1482]], [[Episode 1484|1484]], [[Episode 1487|1487]], [[Episode 1488|1488]], [[Episode 1489|1489]], [[Episode 1490|1490]], [[Episode 1505|1505]], [[Episode 1526|1526]], [[Episode 1533|1533]], [[Episode 1540|1540]], [[Episode 1549|1549]], [[Episode 1561|1561]], [[Episode 1562|1562]]
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:See also [[Deena and Pearl Sketches]]
   
 
==Book appearances==
  
==Book appearances==
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* ''[[Monsters Come in Many Colors!]]'' ([[1980]])
 
* ''[[The Sesame Street Circus of Opposites]]'' ([[1981]])
  
* ''[[The Sesame Street Circus of Opposites]]'' ([[1981]])
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Deena-illustrated.jpg
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==Merchandise==
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Deena was pictured in a 1981 [[Sesame Street stickers (Drawing Board)|set of stickers]] made by [[:Category:Drawing Board|Drawing Board]], posing with the letter D.
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Drawing board 1981 perk-up stickers deena.jpg
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</gallery>
   
 
==See also==
  
==See also==
 
* [[Deena and Pearl Sketches]]
  
* [[Deena and Pearl Sketches]]
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* [[Sesame Street monsters]]
   
 
==Sources==
  
==Sources==
 
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Latest revision as of 23:59, 24 July 2023

Character.deena
PERFORMER Karen Prell
DEBUT 1980
DESIGN Ed Christie designer/builder
Oscar.and

The original Deena puppet used in season 11.

Deena and Olivia in 1458

Deena and Olivia in Episode 1458.

Deena-1980Parade

Deena with the cast on the show's float in the 1980 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Deena is a young, energetic pink monster with red hair and googly eyes, like Cookie Monster's. She talks in monster grammar: "Deena wants to play!" She lives in a cave with Pearl, who functions as her caretaker.

Deena was first seen during Season 11 of Sesame Street in Episode 1403. She, along with Pearl, virtually vanished after season 12. However, they did make background appearances in the wedding finale of The Muppets Take Manhattan.

The character was created by Norman Stiles, who named her after a friend of his.[1] In a 2015 interview, he spoke of the character:

“The character was a monster whose main obsession was play; turning everything, every situation, into an opportunity to play. At the time, the significance of play as a critical element of brain development wasn’t being promoted as avidly as it is today. We know now that free play, encouraging children to play, is, if anything, one of the most critical things that children do and that parents can do with their children that will help their brains develop.

Play for Deena was like cookies for Cookie Monster and counting for The Count. For whatever reason, as we tried the character in a few sketches, Deena’s insistence on playing was more annoying than amusing.[1]”

Notes

  • In her first appearances in season 11, Deena was depicted as a red monster. The puppet was changed for season 12, but the original puppet continued to be used on the show, often as a Grouch. Both puppets became stock AM monsters, and the purple version was converted into Humphrey and Potto.

Episodic appearances

See also Deena and Pearl Sketches

Book appearances

Merchandise

Deena was pictured in a 1981 set of stickers made by Drawing Board, posing with the letter D.

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Muppets Gone Missing: Norman Stiles at GraphicPolicy.com
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