Greyhound Lines

Rufus pretends to be a Greyhound

Greyhound Lines is an intercity bus company, begun in 1914. In popular culture, the name Greyhound has often become shorthand for long distance bus travel.

References

• In the 1974 special The Muppets Valentine Show, when Mia Farrow talks to Rufus about the kind of dog she'd like to own, she mentions a greyhound. Rufus pops back up with a bus driver's hat and steering wheel.

• Rowlf the Dog rides a Greyhound bus during "Saying Goodbye" in The Muppets Take Manhattan.

• In the 1992 Sesame Street book Big Bird Visits Navajo Country, Big Bird travels through the Gray Bird Bus Company.