Changes: Mahna Mahna Through the Years

Revision as of 07:55, 24 October 2012

The evolution of Mahna Mahna (and Bip Bippadotta).

Image	As seen in / Year	Notes
File:Mahnasesame1.jpg	Sesame Street Season 1 (1969)	This is Mahna Mahna's initial Anything Muppet incarnation. The beard and wild hair would be a trademark, but his eyes and expression would evolve, and alternate according to which production he was used in. His backing group is initially a pair of Anything Muppet girls, as opposed to the later Snowths.
	The Ed Sullivan Show (1969 - 1971)	Mahna Mahna begins to enter his more familiar form, with purple skin, pink nose, orange hair/beard, "furry" green vest and sunglasses-esque eyes. In his first appearance on Ed Sullivan, he has shorter hair than his later incarnations. The puppet is able to blink.
	The Ed Sullivan Show (1971 - 1976)	This puppet is similar to the 1969 version, but with longer and wilder hair. Mahna Mahna now has arm rods and can move his arms.
	Sesame Street Season 5 (1973)	Bip Bippadotta, as Mahna Mahna has been rechristened for his Sesame appearances, continues the green-furred torso of his variety show incarnation, but his facial features return to the angrier eyes of his first Sesame appearance, and would remain in this mold through his Street appearances of the 70s'. His fleshtones are orange.
File:Mahnamuppet.jpg	The Muppet Show Episode 101 (1976)	Mahna Mahna appears in the premiere episode of The Muppet Show, complete with backing Snowths. He makes sporadic appearances during the first three seasons.
	Sesame Street (circa. mid-1980s)	Bip Bippadotta begins to look a little bit more like Mahna Mahna. He now has a pair of visor-like "hip" sunglasses in place of the blinking eyes, more hair added, and a goatee, but has lavender fleshtones.
	Sesame Street (1986-1989)	Mahna Mahna's Sesame incarnation, Bip Bippadotta, has now become much closer to the Muppet Show version, with more feathery hair, purple fleshtones, and an orange nose.
	CanTeen Bandanana ad (2005)	Mahna Mahna has a larger nose, down-turned eyes, and a generally softer aesthetic.
File:MahnaMena.jpg	Never-Ending Mahna Mahna Phenomahna promo (2006 - present)	Mahna Mahna now appears closer to his 1971-1976 design, though with longer brighter hair/beard, lavender skin and a darker forest-green vest. He is also larger than previous puppets.
	Sesame Street Season 40 (2009)	Bip Bippadotta makes a comeback appearance in a 2009 episode of Sesame Street. He returns in his "Everybody's Song" get-up, with fuller hair and goatee.

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-'''The Evolution of [[Mahna Mahna]] (and [[Bip Bippadotta]])  (1969-present)'''
+The evolution of [[Mahna Mahna (character)|Mahna Mahna]] (and [[Bip Bippadotta]]).
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-| [[Image:Mahnasesame1.jpg|200px]] || Mahna Mahna on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. || 1969 || Mahna Mahna, voiced by [[Jim Henson]], in his initial [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]] incarnation. The beard and wild hair would be a trademark, but the eyes and expression would evolve, and alternate according to which production he was used in. His backing group is initially a pair of Anything Muppet girls, as opposed to the later [[Snowths]].
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+| [[Image:Mahnasesame1.jpg|250px|center]]
-| [[Image:MahnaMahnaEdS.JPG|200px]] || Mahna Mahna on  ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' || 1969 || Mahna Mahna begins to enter his more familiar form, with purple skin, pink nose, orange hair/beard, "furry" green shirt and sunglasses-esque eyes. In his first appearance on ''Ed Sullivan'', he has shorter hair than his later incarnations. The puppet is able to blink
+| align=center | ''[[Sesame Street]]''<br />[[Season 1]]<br>(1969)
+| This is Mahna Mahna's initial [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]] incarnation. The beard and wild hair would be a trademark, but his eyes and expression would evolve, and alternate according to which production he was used in. His backing group is initially a pair of Anything Muppet girls, as opposed to the later [[The Snowths|Snowths]].
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+| [[Image:MahnaMahnaEdS.JPG|250px|center]]
-| [[Image:Mahnasullivan2.jpg|200px]] || Mahna Mahna as seen on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' || 1971 || Very similar to the 1969 puppet used on the same series, but with longer and wilder hair. Unlike the earlier version, Mahna Mahna has arm rods and can move his arms.
+| align=center | ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''<br>(1969 - 1971)
+| Mahna Mahna begins to enter his more familiar form, with purple skin, pink nose, orange hair/beard, "furry" green vest and sunglasses-esque eyes. In his first appearance on ''Ed Sullivan'', he has shorter hair than his later incarnations. The puppet is able to blink.
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+| [[Image:Mahnasullivan2.jpg|250px|center]]
-| [[Image:Mahnasesame2.jpg|200px]] || Bip Bippadotta on ''Sesame Street''. || 1973 || Bip Bippadotta, as Mahna Mahna has been rechristened for his ''Sesame'' appearances, continues the green-furred torso of his variety show incarnation, but his facial features return to the angrier eyes of his first ''Sesame'' appearance, and would remain in this mold through his ''Street'' appearances of the 70s'. His fleshtones are orange.
+| align=center | ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''<br>(1971 - 1976)
+| This puppet is similar to the 1969 version, but with longer and wilder hair. Mahna Mahna now has arm rods and can move his arms.
 |-
+| [[Image:OrangeBip.jpg|250px|center]]
-| [[Image:Mahnamuppet.jpg|200px]] || Mahna Mahna as seen on ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. || 1976 || Mahna Mahna appears in the premiere episode of ''The Muppet Show'', complete with backing Snowths. He would make sporadic appearances during the first two seasons.
+| align=center | ''[[Sesame Street]]''<br />[[Season 5]]<br>(1973)
+| [[Bip Bippadotta]], as Mahna Mahna has been rechristened for his ''Sesame'' appearances, continues the green-furred torso of his variety show incarnation, but his facial features return to the angrier eyes of his first ''Sesame'' appearance, and would remain in this mold through his ''Street'' appearances of the 70s'. His fleshtones are orange.
 |-
+| [[Image:Mahnamuppet.jpg|250px|center]]
-| [[Image:Mahnasesame3.jpg|200px]] || Bip Bippadotta on ''Sesame Street''. || 1986-1989 || Mahna Mahna's ''Sesame'' incarnation, Bip Bippadotta, becomes closer to the ''Muppet Show'' version, with more feathery hair, purple fleshtones, and a looser attitude, but with a pair of visor-like "hip" sunglasses in place of the blinking eyes.
+| align=center | ''[[The Muppet Show]]''<br />[[Episode 101: Juliet Prowse|Episode 101]]<br>(1976)
+| Mahna Mahna appears in the premiere episode of ''The Muppet Show'', complete with backing [[The Snowths|Snowths]]. He makes sporadic appearances during the first three seasons.
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+| [[Image:LavenderBip.jpg|250px|center]]
-| [[Image:Bandanana.jpg|200px]] || Mahna Mahna in the [[CanTeen]] Bandanana ad || 2005 || Mahna Mahna, now performed by [[Bill Barretta]], experiences a facelift, with a larger nose, down-turned eyes, and a generally softer aesthetic.
+| align=center | ''[[Sesame Street]]''<br>(circa.<br>mid-1980s)
+| Bip Bippadotta begins to look a little bit more like Mahna Mahna. He now has a pair of visor-like "hip" sunglasses in place of the blinking eyes, more hair added, and a goatee, but has lavender fleshtones.
-[[Category:Character Evolution]]
+|-
+| [[Image:Mahnasesame3.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | ''[[Sesame Street]]''<br>(1986-1989)
+| Mahna Mahna's ''Sesame'' incarnation, Bip Bippadotta, has now become much closer to the ''Muppet Show'' version, with more feathery hair, purple fleshtones, and an orange nose.
+|-
+| [[Image:Bandanana.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | [[CanTeen]] Bandanana ad<br>(2005)
+| Mahna Mahna has a larger nose, down-turned eyes, and a generally softer aesthetic.
+|-
+| [[Image:MahnaMena.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | [[Never-Ending Mahna Mahna Phenomahna]] promo<br>(2006 - present)
+| Mahna Mahna now appears closer to his 1971-1976 design, though with longer brighter hair/beard, lavender skin and a darker forest-green vest. He is also larger than previous puppets.
+|-
+| [[Image:HiddenGem4203.jpg|250px|center]]
+| align=center | ''[[Sesame Street]]''<br />[[Season 40]]<br>(2009)
+| Bip Bippadotta makes a comeback appearance in [[Episode 4203|a 2009 episode]] of ''Sesame Street''. He returns in his "[[Everybody's Song]]" get-up, with fuller hair and goatee.
+|}
+[[Category:Character Variants]]