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==Myths==
  
==Myths==
 
There is a myth that Dr. Bunsen Honeydew was intentionally patterned after the real life person of [[Lord Grade]] (aka Lew Grade). [[Jim Henson]] commented on this in a [http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/jim1.shtml 1982 interview] stating: {{quote|Bunsen Honeydew was not specifically Lord Grade when we did him. It would have been easy to make him much more like Lew Grade if we had tried to and, in retrospect, I wish that we had. [[J. P. Grosse|The character that owns the Muppet theatre]] only appeared a couple of times and I always -- in looking back -- wished that I had made that to look just like Lew Grade because he's very caricaturable.}}
  
There is a myth that Dr. Bunsen Honeydew was intentionally patterned after the real life person of [[Lord Grade]] (aka Lew Grade). [[Jim Henson]] commented on this in a [http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/jim1.shtml 1982 interview] stating: {{quote|Bunsen Honeydew was not specifically Lord Grade when we did him. It would have been easy to make him much more like Lew Grade if we had tried to and, in retrospect, I wish that we had. [[J. P. Grosse|The character that owns the Muppet theatre]] only appeared a couple of times and I always -- in looking back -- wished that I had made that to look just like Lew Grade because he's very caricaturable.}}
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==Bunsen and Beaker's Relationship==
  
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Dr. Bunsen Honeydew has a particularly close relationship with his assistant [[Beaker]], that has been more than once hinted at to be of a romantic nature. Regularly occurring hints include the following:
  
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| During 2008's ''[[A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa]]'''s finale song "[[My Best Christmas Yet]]," Beaker is dancing with meeping model [[Petra Nemcova]]. Bunsen comes across the duo and happily exclaims "Beaker, you came back!" asking Nemcova "May I cut in?" She offers her hands to Bunsen, only to see him start dancing with Beaker instead. Nemcova, who is left standing alone, replies with a lugubrious "Meep, meep."
  
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| In 2015's "[[Flowers on the Wall]]" music video, a lonesome Beaker stages a pretend dinner date with a lime green balloon with painted-on glasses floating from a lab-coat hanger, standing in for Bunsen. The date quickly (and literally) goes up in flames through a series of mishaps.
  
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| In the same music video, Beaker later constructs a Bunsen-lookalike purely out of playing cards, with hearts symbol cards prominently positioned as Bunsen's eyes (glasses), nose, collar and tie.
  
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| In 2015's ''[[The Muppets (2015)|The Muppets]]'' episode "[[Episode 104: Pig Out|Pig Out]]," after a night out and the two singing "[[I Got You Babe]]" with each other at [[Rowlf's Tavern|the bar]], Kermit asks the hungover duo "Bunsen and Beaker, why are you wearing each other's clothes?" to which Beaker tries to mutter a meeping explanation before Bunsen stops him, quickly interjecting "If it happens outside of work, we don't owe 'em an explanation!"
  
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==See also==
  
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*[[Dr. Bunsen Honeydew Through the Years]]
  
*[[Dr. Bunsen Honeydew Through the Years]]
 
*[[Muppet Mobile Lab]]
  
*[[Muppet Mobile Lab]]

Revision as of 20:55, 13 October 2015

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PERFORMER Dave Goelz
DEBUT 1976
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Bunsen on The Muppet Show

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Bunsen with Beaker in The Muppet Movie

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The duo in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie...

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew is the resident scientist on The Muppet Show, and the host of the Muppet Labs sketches. In season one of The Muppet Show he worked alone, but in season two, his assistant Beaker was added to the show. Bunsen is always eager to show off his latest scientific discovery, but his excitement about progress tends to render him short-sighted. Beaker usually ends up being harmed by Dr. Honeydew's inventions. Bunsen Honeydew's name comes from the scientific instrument called the Bunsen burner, and the shape of his head, which looks like a honeydew melon.

Bunsen's inventions have included a gorilla detector, exploding clothes, edible paper clips, a banana sharpener, hair-growing tonic, and a machine that can turn gold into cottage cheese.

He has appeared in every Muppet movie, often with a large role contributing to the film's plot. In The Muppet Movie, Kermit the Frog meets Bunsen and Beaker in an old ghost town, where Honeydew shows off his latest invention, "Insta-Grow Pills," which can temporarily make things grow bigger. In The Muppet Christmas Carol, Bunsen and Beaker portray charity workers. In Muppets from Space, Bunsen invents a number of devices for the Muppets to use when they rescue Gonzo.

Bunsen's birthday is on the 20th of some month. In the Muppet Babies episode "Muppetland," Bunsen invites Kermit to his birthday which is to take place "in two weeks." Kermit circles Saturday the 20th on the calendar in a month with 31 days. This episode aired in 1987 and no months match the calendar seen.

In a 2004 Internet poll sponsored by the BBC and the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Beaker and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew were voted Britain's favorite cinematic scientists. They beat Star Trek's Mr. Spock, their closest rival, by a margin of 2 to 1 and won 33 percent of the 43,000 votes cast.

According to his laboratory door seen in the "Flowers on the Wall" music video, Dr. Honeydew is a certified Ph.D, esquire and a C.S.I.O.E (Chief Scientist in Charge of Everything).

Myths

There is a myth that Dr. Bunsen Honeydew was intentionally patterned after the real life person of Lord Grade (aka Lew Grade). Jim Henson commented on this in a 1982 interview stating:

“Bunsen Honeydew was not specifically Lord Grade when we did him. It would have been easy to make him much more like Lew Grade if we had tried to and, in retrospect, I wish that we had. The character that owns the Muppet theatre only appeared a couple of times and I always -- in looking back -- wished that I had made that to look just like Lew Grade because he's very caricaturable.”

Filmography

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...and in The Muppet Christmas Carol.

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Bunsen in 2009

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Bunsen and Beaker in a deleted scene from The Muppets.

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Album appearances

Book appearances

Video game appearances

Character merchandise

See also

External links

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