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| − | The '''Gene Shalit Muppet''' offered a scathing review of ''[[Planet of the Apes|Return to Beneath the Planet of the Pigs]]'' in ''[[The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence]]''. |
+ | The '''Gene Shalit Muppet''' offered a scathing review of ''[[Planet of the Apes|Return to Beneath the Planet of the Pigs]]'' in ''[[The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence]]''. However, he was eventually replaced by a pig version of him who gave the film "5 oinks." |
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| − | The puppet is a parody of film reviewer [[Gene Shalit]]. |
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| + | The puppet was also featured on the [[PBS]] special ''[[Sesame Street at Night?]]'' which was hosted by the actual [[Gene Shalit]]. |
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| + | File:SS_6313_GeneShalitPuppetPhoto.jpg|The Shalit Muppet from ''Sex and Violence'' also appeared on ''Sesame Street at Night?'', 1977. |
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| PERFORMER | Jerry Nelson |
| DEBUT | 1974 |
The Gene Shalit Muppet offered a scathing review of Return to Beneath the Planet of the Pigs in The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence. However, he was eventually replaced by a pig version of him who gave the film "5 oinks."
The puppet was also featured on the PBS special Sesame Street at Night? which was hosted by the actual Gene Shalit.
Shalit with another Muppet caricatured after the reviewer, 1974.
The Shalit Muppet from Sex and Violence also appeared on Sesame Street at Night?, 1977.