Honkers
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The Honkers are fuzzy creatures from Sesame Street who communicate by honking their bulbous noses. Conceptualised by Tony Geiss [1], the Honkers made their debut in Season 12. [2]
Honkers come in a variety of colors, and baby Honkers are hatched from eggs. It is not known how closely related the Honker species is to that of The Dingers, although there are similarities between the two.
As the Honkers never speak, their performers vary, depending on which puppeteers are available. In the feature film Follow That Bird, Tim Gosley performed the Honker who served as Oscar the Grouch's car horn. That specific Honker puppet had previously been used for Homer Honker, one of the few Honkers to have ever been named. Another Honker whose name has been mentioned is Henrietta Honker, the small pink honker.
Many of the Honker puppets may only have one arm. Their right arms are rarely seen on TV.
A few songs have focused on the Honkers and their unique talent, including "Honk Around the Clock" and "The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree."
A list of Honker puppets used on the show:
- Purple fur/hair with orange nose
- Orange fur/hair with reddish-orange nose
- Sky blue fur, green hair, and yellow nose
- Blue fur/hair with green nose
- Homer Honker: Green fur, blue hair, yellow-orange nose (the same puppet was also used as Murray Beethoven)
- Fuchsia fur, red hair, and orange nose (two versions of this one were built; one with two hands and one with one)
- Henrietta Honker: pink fur/hair and yellow nose
- Grandfather Honker, with silver fur/hair, glasses, and peach nose
Book appearances
- The Sesame Street Circus of Opposites (1981)
- Big Bird Can Share (1985)
- Big Bird Says... A Game to Read and Play (1985)
- Honk If You Like Honkers (1986)
- Cookie Soup and Other Good-Night Stories (1990)
- We're Different, We're the Same (1992)
- Going Places (1998)
- Elmo's Favorite Places (2007)
- What Makes You Giggle? (2007)
Sources
- ↑ Susan Dominus, "A Girly-Girl Joins the 'Sesame' Boys", The New York Times, 6 August 2006.
- ↑ Season 12 Press Kit, CTW Archives
