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{{character|image=littlejerry.jpg|performer=[[Jerry Nelson]]|debut=1970|pattern=[[Green]]}}
{{performer|Jerry Nelson}}
 
[[Image:littlejerry.jpg|thumb|300px|Little Jerry sings "Telephone Rock".]]
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[[Image:2000LittleJerry.jpg|thumb|300px|Revised wardrobe in later appearances.]]
{{am|Green}}
 
'''Little Jerry''' is the lead singer of [[Little Jerry and the Monotones]] and has performed several songs on ''[[Sesame Street]]'', including "[[Four (song)|Four]]," "[[Telephone Rock]]," and "[[Mad (song)|Mad]]. Though part of the group, he appeared absent in "[[Mary Had a Bicycle]]". He also appeared without the Monotones in an early 1969 sketch with a group of other Hippies (and [[Fuzzyface|the proto Grover]]) demonstrating "Foward" and "Backward".
 
   
 
'''Little Jerry''' is the lead singer of [[Little Jerry and the Monotones]] and has performed several songs on ''[[Sesame Street]]'', including "[[Four (song)|Four]]," "[[Telephone Rock]]," and "[[Mad (song)|Mad]]".
Although Little Jerry usually appeared as a redhead, he had black hair in one sketch where [[Grover]] talked about the word "exit".
 
   
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Little Jerry's original hippie apparel was exchanged in the 1980s for a white and black leather jacket and a chain necklace. In the band's comeback appearance in [[Episode 3898|a 2000 episode]], he also sports a pair of sunglasses.
In [[Episode 3898|a 2000 episode]], Little Jerry got a revised look. He no longer had his hippie clothing, and now wore a white shirt, black vest, a new kind of medallion, and a pair of sun glasses.
 
   
In one ''[[Shalom Sesame]]'' sketch, in which an actress dubbed the character for "[[Proud]]," host [[Mandy Patinkin]] introduced the rocker as female: "Little Jeri (sic) is loud and proud, and why shouldn't she be?."
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Little Jerry is considered to be male, but in one ''[[Shalom Sesame]]'' sketch, in which an actress dubbed the character for "[[Proud (Moss)|Proud]]," host [[Mandy Patinkin]] introduced the rocker as female: "Little Jeri (sic) is loud and proud, and why shouldn't she be?."
   
Little Jerry was usually performed by [[Jerry Nelson]], but [[Fran Brill]] performed him in a sketch where Grover and the Monotones demonstrate the word "walk".
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Little Jerry was named after his performer [[Jerry Nelson]].
   
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Jerry Nelson later talked about the character and his group in a 2009 interview:
 
{{quote|Little Jerry was Jeff Moss’ thing. I think deep in his heart he wrote that because he loves to sing bass. They were wonderful pieces. They were so much fun to do.<ref>Nelson, Jerry [http://www.toughpigs.com/a-chat-with-jerry-nelson-part-3/ Tough Pigs Interview]</ref>|}}
   
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==Notes==
 
*Although Little Jerry usually appeared as a redhead, he had black hair in one sketch where Grover talked about the word "exit". {{eka|0261}}
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*A similar looking [[Green]] [[Anything Muppet]] bandleader (and drummer) sang "[[Spinning Wheel]]" during ''Sesame Street'''s [[Season 1 (1969-1970)|first season]]. A background hippie closely resembling Little Jerry appeared in two first season sketches, the "[[Before and After]] song {{First|0047}}and the "Forward" and "Backward" skit. {{First|0069}}
   
 
==Video appearances==
 
*''[[Rock & Roll!]]'' (1990)
   
Jerry Nelson later talked about the character and his group in a 2009 interview: {{quote|Little Jerry was Jeff Moss’ thing. I think deep in his heart he wrote that because he loves to sing bass. They were wonderful pieces. They were so much fun to do.|}}<ref>Nelson, Jerry [http://www.toughpigs.com/a-chat-with-jerry-nelson-part-3/ Tough Pigs Interview]</ref>
 
 
<gallery widths=200px>
 
Image:2000LittleJerry.jpg|Revised wardrobe in 2000.‎
 
</gallery>
 
 
==Video appearances==
 
*''[[Rock & Roll|Rock & Roll]]'' (1990)
 
 
==Book appearances==
 
==Book appearances==
 
*''[[Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum]]'' (1974)
 
*''[[Grover and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum]]'' (1974)
*''[[The Sesame Street ABC Storybook]]'', green-nosed variant (1974)
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*''[[The Sesame Street ABC Storybook]]'' (1974)
 
*''[[Big Bird's Busy Book]]'' (1975)
 
*''[[Big Bird's Busy Book]]'' (1975)
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* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|The Sesame Street Block Party Coloring Book]]'' (1977)
 
*''[[The Sesame Street Dictionary]]'' (1980)
 
*''[[The Sesame Street Dictionary]]'' (1980)
   
 
<gallery widths="250" bordersize="none">
 
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Image:BlackhairedJerry.jpg|Little Jerry with black hair in the "exit" sketch.‎
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Image:LittleJerrysGreenNosedIllustratedCameoAppearance.png|A green-nosed Little Jerry makes an illustrated cameo in ''The Sesame Street ABC Storybook''.
 
</gallery>
   
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
 
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[[Category:Muppet Characters]]
 
[[Category:Muppet Characters]]
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Characters]]
 
[[Category:Sesame Street Characters]]

Revision as of 21:35, 31 August 2015

Littlejerry
PERFORMER Jerry Nelson
DEBUT 1970
PATTERN Green
2000LittleJerry

Revised wardrobe in later appearances.

Little Jerry is the lead singer of Little Jerry and the Monotones and has performed several songs on Sesame Street, including "Four," "Telephone Rock," and "Mad".

Little Jerry's original hippie apparel was exchanged in the 1980s for a white and black leather jacket and a chain necklace. In the band's comeback appearance in a 2000 episode, he also sports a pair of sunglasses.

Little Jerry is considered to be male, but in one Shalom Sesame sketch, in which an actress dubbed the character for "Proud," host Mandy Patinkin introduced the rocker as female: "Little Jeri (sic) is loud and proud, and why shouldn't she be?."

Little Jerry was named after his performer Jerry Nelson.

Jerry Nelson later talked about the character and his group in a 2009 interview:

Little Jerry was Jeff Moss’ thing. I think deep in his heart he wrote that because he loves to sing bass. They were wonderful pieces. They were so much fun to do.[1]

Notes

Video appearances

Book appearances

Sources

  1. Nelson, Jerry Tough Pigs Interview