Herman Melville (1819 – 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet. His longest novel, Moby-Dick won recognition in the 20th century as one of the chief literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.

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• Commander Melville is a friendly whale who appears in the 1979 storybook Muppets at Sea.

• Two whales named Molly and Melville appeared in episode 519 of The Muppet Show, singing "Friendship" with Kermit and Robin.

• A poster for one of the musicals purportedly produced by Martin Price in The Muppets Take Manhattan is called "Ahab!"

• Ed Grimley's pet goldfish Moby may be named in a reference to Melville's novel Moby-Dick.

• In the Elmo's World episode "Books", it is revealed that Dorothy's favorite book is Moby-Dick.

• Professor Grover reads the opening line of Moby-Dick in a "libro" he uses in a Spanish Word of the Day sketch.

• Animal spoofed Melville's Moby-Dick (with a whale) in an installment of Animal Theatre on Muppets.com.

• In the "Elmo the Musical" segment "Sea Captain the Musical," Elmo and his chicken crew sail the ocean, looking for the great, pink whale, Moby Pink.

Molly and Melville

Commander Melville

"Ahab!" poster

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