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| − | '''Harvey Monster''' is a dark blue [[Anything Monsters|Anything Monster]] with yellow horns, black eyebrows, and a pink nose. He appeared on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' starting in |
+ | '''Harvey Monster''' is a dark blue [[Anything Monsters|Anything Monster]] with yellow horns, black eyebrows, and a pink nose. He appeared on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' starting in 1975. Harvey has been part of the chorus in several songs, as listed below. He was also featured in a 1970's sketch were an [[Anything Muppet]] friend of his looks for him at the lost and found. This is where he received his name. |
While the earliest prototype, as seen on the cover of ''[[The Sesame Street Monsters!]]'' was a standard [[Fat Blue]] pattern with features added, the later Harvey (an [[AM Monsters|AM monster]]) was a variation; instead of a slitted mouth, Harvey's mouth operated like a hinge, opening out from his face when speaking. An earlier version using this puppet also had a different face, with white eyes, no horns, and square teeth—one on each jaw. |
While the earliest prototype, as seen on the cover of ''[[The Sesame Street Monsters!]]'' was a standard [[Fat Blue]] pattern with features added, the later Harvey (an [[AM Monsters|AM monster]]) was a variation; instead of a slitted mouth, Harvey's mouth operated like a hinge, opening out from his face when speaking. An earlier version using this puppet also had a different face, with white eyes, no horns, and square teeth—one on each jaw. |
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| − | Harvey has been performed by many different performers over the years, including [[Jim Henson]], [[Richard Hunt]] and [[Jerry Nelson]]. |
+ | Harvey has been performed by many different performers over the years, including [[Jim Henson]], [[Richard Hunt]], [[Frank Oz]] and [[Jerry Nelson]]. |
==Appearances== |
==Appearances== |
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| + | * ''[[Sesame Street]]'' |
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| − | * "[[Fur (Song)|Fur]]" (white eyes, different teeth, and no horns) |
+ | ** "[[Fur (Song)|Fur]]" (white eyes, different teeth, and no horns) |
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| + | ** "[[That Furry Blue Mommy of Mine]]" (with [[eyelids]], and no teeth) |
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| − | * "[[Frazzle (song)|Frazzle]]" (no horns, different teeth and eyes, and a yellow wig and glasses) |
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+ | ** "[[I'm Between]]" (no teeth) |
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+ | ** "[[ABC Disco]]" |
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| − | * [[The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland]] |
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| + | ** "[[We Are All Monsters]]" |
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+ | ** "[[Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco]]" |
| + | ** [[Monsterpiece_Theater#meclaudius|Monsterpiece Theater: Me, Claudius]] |
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| − | * A song/sketch where [[Grover]] sings about courage in an alleyway, where Harvey scares away his back-up band. |
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==Book appearances== |
==Book appearances== |
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| + | * ''[[Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum]]'' (1974) |
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* ''[[Prairie Dawn's Upside-Down Poem]]'' (1981) |
* ''[[Prairie Dawn's Upside-Down Poem]]'' (1981) |
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Revision as of 18:43, 23 August 2015
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| PERFORMER | various |
| DEBUT | 1975 |
Harvey Monster is a dark blue Anything Monster with yellow horns, black eyebrows, and a pink nose. He appeared on Sesame Street starting in 1975. Harvey has been part of the chorus in several songs, as listed below. He was also featured in a 1970's sketch were an Anything Muppet friend of his looks for him at the lost and found. This is where he received his name.
While the earliest prototype, as seen on the cover of The Sesame Street Monsters! was a standard Fat Blue pattern with features added, the later Harvey (an AM monster) was a variation; instead of a slitted mouth, Harvey's mouth operated like a hinge, opening out from his face when speaking. An earlier version using this puppet also had a different face, with white eyes, no horns, and square teeth—one on each jaw.
Harvey has been performed by many different performers over the years, including Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Frank Oz and Jerry Nelson.
Appearances
- Sesame Street
- "Fur" (white eyes, different teeth, and no horns)
- "I Want a Monster to Be My Friend" (white eyes, different teeth, and no horns)
- "That Furry Blue Mommy of Mine" (with eyelids, and no teeth)
- "I'm Between" (no teeth)
- "ABC Disco"
- "Monster Disco: In and Out"
- "Near Far Monsters"
- "We Are All Monsters"
- "Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco"
- Monsterpiece Theater: Me, Claudius
- The Muppet Movie (sans teeth)
Book appearances
- Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum (1974)
- Prairie Dawn's Upside-Down Poem (1981)