Talk:Ernie Statue
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Was Dave Goelz doing Sesame Street in 1981? I thought his only Sesame stuff was done during the period after Jim and Richard died. -- Scarecroe 16:33, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
- After a quick Google run, I was able to find this and this. One says Dave Goelz and one is a debate over if it was Goelz or Nelson. -- BradFraggle 16:53, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
- Neither of them have any real good information to back it up. It's all just fan speculation until we can cite other examples of Dave Goelz working for Sesame in 1981. -- Scott Scarecroe 16:56, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
- This sketch was included in The Best of Ernie and Bert, and Dave Goelz was not credited in that video. The video credited many performers who didn't perform voices, though, such as Jane Henson. --Minor muppetz 22:47, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- I think I have the solution to this problem. It sounded like Jim Henson provided the voice for the Ernie Statue (it was most likely pre-recorded), while another Muppeteer provided the puppet work for the character. Now we need to find out the actual puppeteer. --Wile e2005 02:57, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
- The version I saw (the old uncut version), it sounded like the regular Ernie voice, but with a lot of reverb added. So I'm sure Henson merely provided the voice for the Ernie Statue. --Wile e2005 14:37, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
- The voice is the same in the cut and uncut versions, so it doesn't matter which one you listen to. Unfortunately, we're not really a voice chasers site. Unless there's a resounding consensus that a particular performer provided the voice for a character who's performer who has come into question, we have to go by the factual information available. This character has been cited as at least three different performers in three different fan sources. There's currently no consensus. See also: talk:Astoria. —Scott (talk) 15:00, 31 July 2007 (UTC)