Welcome to Muppet Wiki!
mNo edit summary |
MasterYoshi (talk | contribs) No edit summary Tag: rte-source |
||
| (16 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | {{character|image=RossParrot.jpg|performer=[[Jerry Nelson]]|debut=1993}} |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | '''H. Ross Parrot''' was a character on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' (remade from the [[Poco Loco]] puppet) who spoofed the Reform Party [[Muppet Portrayals of US Presidents|presidential]] candidate [[H. Ross Perot]]. He first appeared [[Episode 3111|in the spring of 1993]], promoting the use of the alphabet. |
||
| + | |||
| + | He reappeared in later episodes, including [[episode 3203]], advocating for the "middle" of the alphabet (as the letters A and Z were the sponsors for the day), and [[episode 3255]], where he shows [[Wolfgang the Seal]] how important the alphabet is to the existence of fish. |
||
| + | |||
| + | [[Norman Stiles]] created H. Ross Parrot after watching the real Perot on television. "[I] was listening to his voice and I said, 'Wait a minute, we've got something here'". <ref>The Sun Journal: "Big Bird joined by boss bird as Sesame Street gets political" April 5, 1993. </ref> |
||
| + | |||
| + | ==Sources== |
||
| + | <references /> |
||
[[Category:Muppet Characters]] |
[[Category:Muppet Characters]] |
||
[[Category:Sesame Street Characters]] |
[[Category:Sesame Street Characters]] |
||
| − | [[Category: |
+ | [[Category:Parody Muppets]] |
| + | [[Category:Politics]] |
||
| + | [[Category:Alphabet]] |
||
Revision as of 17:07, 1 April 2016
 | |
| PERFORMER | Jerry Nelson |
| DEBUT | 1993 |
H. Ross Parrot was a character on Sesame Street (remade from the Poco Loco puppet) who spoofed the Reform Party presidential candidate H. Ross Perot. He first appeared in the spring of 1993, promoting the use of the alphabet.
He reappeared in later episodes, including episode 3203, advocating for the "middle" of the alphabet (as the letters A and Z were the sponsors for the day), and episode 3255, where he shows Wolfgang the Seal how important the alphabet is to the existence of fish.
Norman Stiles created H. Ross Parrot after watching the real Perot on television. "[I] was listening to his voice and I said, 'Wait a minute, we've got something here'". [1]
Sources
- ↑ The Sun Journal: "Big Bird joined by boss bird as Sesame Street gets political" April 5, 1993.