Changes: Mahna Mahna Through the Years

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The Evolution of Mahna Mahna (and Bip Bippadotta) (1969-present)

Image	Info	Year	Notes
File:Mahnasesame1.jpg	Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street.	1969	Mahna Mahna, voiced by Jim Henson, in his initial 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.
	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
	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.
	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.
File:Mahnamuppet.jpg	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.
	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.
	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.

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 | [[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.
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-| [[Image:Mahnasesame2.jpg|200px]] || Bip Bipadotta on ''Sesame Street''. || 1973 || Bip Bipadotta, 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: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.
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 | [[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.
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-| [[Image:Mahnasesame3.jpg|200px]] || Bip Bipadotta on ''Sesame Street''. || 1986-1989 || Mahna Mahna's ''Sesame'' incarnation, Bip Bipadotta, 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.
+| [[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.
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 | [[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.