Talk:Sweetums
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Sweetums on the Cher Show
- Here's a performer type Question. who performed him on The Cher Show after The Frog Prince? My guess is that it was Richard Hunt's Early Form of the character before The Muppet Show.--Fuzzyface32 1:00, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Sweetums' eyes
Paul added this interesting fact to the page:
In The Frog Prince, Sweetums' eyes were painted with fluorated paint so they glowed in the dark. After a fire in the studio, Sweetums had to be rebuilt; since then, his eyes have not glowed, as they are covered in regular yellow paint.
Unfortunately, he didn't post the source for this backstage info. I've left a note on his talk page asking for the source. If anybody else can identify it, please let us know! -- Danny (talk) 23:33, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
- I don't know about his source, but I thought I'd read a Muppet Central post by Jerry Nelson, where Nelson mentioned that the glow-in-the-dark effect was some sort of electrical effect, and during a break this effect was accidently left on, and it burnt out. I don't recall reading anything about the majority of the costume getting caught on fire. I can't remember what this Muppet Central thread was titled, but the thread was initially about differences between The Muppet Show in different countries, and Jerry Nelson eventually posted and started to post some unrelated info. --Minor muppetz 01:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
- That's the post I was referring to. However, now that I read it again, I am a bit unclear on some things. Jerry Nelson mentioned that there wasn't time to rewire the eyes, which would suggest that there needed to be something that turned the effect on. He also mentioned that somebody forgot to turn off the lights, but would that mean that the light burnt it out, and not anything inside the head? --Minor muppetz 22:57, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
Jim as Sweetums
Where does the info about Jim Henson performing Sweetums in the Sandy Duncan episode come from? --Minor muppetz 15:46, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
- I don't know whether Jim was in the costume, but when Sweetums has the line "Pitiful sight!" it's Jim's voice. PrawnRR 05:05, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
- I was watching and listening closely to this number last night, and I thought it sounded like Sweetums' normal voice. Of course, the line was short and fast. If Jim Henson did indeed perform the voice, then I can't think of any reasons why unless the line was originally meant to be spoken by a different monster and then, after the audio was recorded, decided that sweetums would speak it instead. --Minor muppetz 02:03, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
