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'''The Newsman''' is the weary, bespectacled [[Muppet News Flash]] anchor on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', debuting in [[Episode 102: Connie Stevens|the second episode]]. The Newsman always tried to deliver the news with accuracy, but was visibly flummoxed on camera by the day's latest bizarre story or interview. Interviews were a more common part of the News Flash in its first season, where the interviewees were portrayed by the show's guest star. From the second season onward, he suffered from a nasty streak of bad luck that usually culminated in some person or object - somehow related to the day's story - falling on his head.
  
'''The Newsman''' is the weary, bespectacled [[Muppet News Flash]] anchor on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', debuting in [[Episode 102: Connie Stevens|the second episode]]. The Newsman always tried to deliver the news with accuracy, but was visibly flummoxed on camera by the day's latest bizarre story or interview. Interviews were a more common part of the News Flash in its first season, where the interviewees were portrayed by the show's guest star. From the second season onward, he suffered from a nasty streak of bad luck that usually culminated in some person or object - somehow related to the day's story - falling on his head.
   
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==Filmography==
  
==Filmography==
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* ''[[The Muppet Show]]''
  
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** "[[The Muppet Show Theme]]" (Seasons 2-5)
  
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** [[Episode 112: Peter Ustinov]]
  
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** [[Episode 116: Avery Schreiber]]
 
** [[Episode 117: Ben Vereen]]
  
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** [[Episode 205: Judy Collins]]
  
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** [[Episode 309: Liberace]]
  
** [[Episode 309: Liberace]]
 
** [[Episode 313: Helen Reddy]]
  
** [[Episode 313: Helen Reddy]]
 
** [[Episode 317: Spike Milligan]]
  
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** [[Episode 323: Lynn Redgrave]]
 
** [[Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie]]
  
** [[Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie]]
 
** [[Episode 409: Beverly Sills]]
  
** [[Episode 409: Beverly Sills]]
 
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** [[Episode 410: Kenny Rogers]]
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==Book appearances==
  
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*''[[The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson]]'' (2009)
  
*''[[The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson]]'' (2009)
 
*''[[The Muppet Show Comic Book: Pigs in Space]]'' (2009)
  
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*''[[The Muppets Character Encyclopedia]]'' (2014)
   
 
==See also==
  
==See also==

Revision as of 16:10, 22 June 2015

Newsman
PERFORMER Jim Henson 1976-1989
  Steve Whitmire 2008-present
  →CASTING HISTORY...
DEBUT 1976
DESIGN Bonnie Erickson
Wreckingball
Newsman 1
Thomas Galey's Ballet Chicken

The Newsman from Season 1

Newsman

The Newsman in the 2009 "Bohemian Rhapsody" video.

Newsman

The Newsman in 2010.

Muppets2011Trailer02-47

On The Muppets in 2011.

The Newsman is the weary, bespectacled Muppet News Flash anchor on The Muppet Show, debuting in the second episode. The Newsman always tried to deliver the news with accuracy, but was visibly flummoxed on camera by the day's latest bizarre story or interview. Interviews were a more common part of the News Flash in its first season, where the interviewees were portrayed by the show's guest star. From the second season onward, he suffered from a nasty streak of bad luck that usually culminated in some person or object - somehow related to the day's story - falling on his head.

For example, a plea to return missing library books results in a pile of books falling on the Newsman from seemingly out of nowhere, and a stock market report that beef is falling dramatically causes a cow to plummet upon his person. One Muppet Show episode had random objects falling on another Muppet, which causes Kermit to question what is happening, as "things are only supposed to fall on the Newsman!"

One would think the solution would be to give up the news after so many mishaps (but that would obviously end the sketches), but due to either dedication to his craft or a limited sense of self-preservation, the Newsman keeps plugging along.

Apart from his Muppet Show berth, the veteran journalist has presented breaking news bulletins in The Great Muppet Caper, A Muppet Family Christmas, and The Jim Henson Hour (as well as non-news related cameos in The Muppet Movie, The Muppets Take Manhattan and as an audience background character in Muppets Tonight). In The Muppets Take Manhattan, the Newsman is among the guests at Miss Piggy and Kermit's wedding. He tells Sam the Eagle they must wait for the bride and groom to arrive.

More recently, he surfaced in the video games Muppets Inside and Muppets Party Cruise, in The Muppet Show Live at MuppetFest, and on Muppets TV. His most recent appearances include The Muppet Show Comic Book, the music videos for "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "The Muppet Show Theme", as well as News Flash segments on Muppets.com.

In The Muppets, he appears as one of the telephone operators during the telethon. During the credits, he makes announcements about the Muppets following their grand finale. In a picture from the set, he appears in a deleted scene with Scooter, Kathy Griffin, and Billy Crystal. For this movie, he is rebuilt with new eyelids that can open and close.

In Muppets Most Wanted, he reports on Constantine escaping from the Gulag and Kermit and Piggy's supposed marriage.

Additional names

  • In the scripts for season one of The Muppet Show, the character was called Muppet Reporter. It was changed to the Newsman in season two.
  • In some merchandise, such as the Palisades Toys action figure of the Newsman, he is called Muppet Newsman.
  • In Muppet Party Cruise, he is listed as Muppet Newscaster.

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