Changes: The Snerfs

DEBUT	1966
DESIGN	Jim Henson designer
	Don Sahlin builder

Revision as of 01:39, 5 July 2015

Snerf was a monster created during Jim Henson's early years on television variety shows. It is essentially a little fuzzy tube with eyes and hair, who pops up and down. When Ideal Toys created the first licensed Muppet dolls, the three characters they chose were Kermit, Rowlf and Snerf. However, there's no evidence that the Snerf puppet was actually manufactured and sold.

After a while, multiple copies of the monster appeared at the same time, and they became "the Snerfs".

They appeared in an early episode of Sesame Street, helping Kermit demonstrate "tall" and "short."

Four Snerfs appeared in the 1970 special The Great Santa Claus Switch. One of them identified himself in a song as "Snickery".

A chorus of Snerfs performed "In a Little Spanish Town", in the Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass special (1974), and again as the opening number in episode 113 of The Muppet Show (1976).

Originally, the Snerfs had round noses. In The Great Santa Claus Switch, they had beaks. In their Herb Alpert and Muppet Show appearances, they had trumpets for noses.

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+{{character|image=Snerfs.JPG|debut=1966|design=[[Jim Henson]]|designnote=designer|design2=[[Don Sahlin]]|designnote2=builder}}
-[[Image:Snerfs.JPG|300px|thumb|The Snerfs]]
+[[Image:SSsnerf.png|300px|thumb|A Snerf on ''[[Sesame Street]]'']]
-{{designer|[[Jim Henson]]|Designer|[[Don Sahlin]]|Builder}}
-'''Snerf''' was a monster created during Henson's early years on television variety shows. Snerf is essentially a little fuzzy tube with eyes and hair, who pops up and down. When [[Ideal Toys]] created the first licensed Muppet dolls, the three characters they chose were [[Kermit]], [[Rowlf]] and Snerf.
+'''Snerf''' was a monster created during [[Jim Henson|Jim Henson's]] early years on television variety shows. It is essentially a little fuzzy tube with eyes and hair, who pops up and down. When [[:Category:Ideal Toys|Ideal Toys]] created the [[Muppet puppets (Ideal Toys)|first licensed Muppet dolls]], the three characters they chose were [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]], [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]] and Snerf. However, there's no evidence that the Snerf puppet was actually manufactured and sold.
-After a while, multiple copies of the monster appeared at the same time, and they became "the Snerfs".
+After a while, multiple copies of the monster appeared at the same time, and they became "the Snerfs".
-They also appeared in [[Episode 0043|an early episode]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', helping Kermit demonstrate "tall" and "short."
+They appeared in [[Episode 0043|an early episode]] of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', helping Kermit demonstrate "tall" and "short."
-A chorus of Snerfs performed the opening number, "In a Little Spanish Town", in ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 113: Bruce Forsyth|Episode 113]].
-Four Snerfs appeared in [[The Great Santa Claus Switch]]. One of them appeared in a song as "Snickery".
+Four Snerfs appeared in the 1970 special ''[[The Great Santa Claus Switch]]''. One of them identified himself in a song as "Snickery".
+A chorus of Snerfs performed "[[In a Little Spanish Town]]", in the ''[[Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass]]'' special (1974), and again as the opening number in [[Episode 113: Bruce Forsyth|episode 113]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' (1976).
-Originally, The Snerfs had round noses. In ''The Great Santa Clause Switch'', they had beaks. On ''The Muppet Show'', they had trumpets for noses.
+Originally, the Snerfs had round noses. In ''The Great Santa Claus Switch'', they had beaks. In their ''Herb Alpert'' and ''Muppet Show'' appearances, they had trumpets for noses.
-==Appearances==
+==Filmography==
-*[[Idea Toys]] commercials
-*[[Sesame Street]]
-*[[The Great Santa Clause Switch]]
-*[[The Muppet Show]]
-::[[Episode 113: Bruce Forsythe]]
-::[[Episode 202: Zero Mostel]]
-::[[Episode 403: Shields & Yarnell]]
+<div class="appear">
+*[[Muppet puppets (Ideal Toys)|Ideal Toys]] commercials
+*''[[Sesame Street]]''
+*''[[The Muppets on Puppets]]''
+*''[[The Great Santa Claus Switch]]''
+*''[[Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass]]''
+*''[[The Muppet Show]]''
+**[[Episode 113: Bruce Forsyth]]
+**[[Episode 202: Zero Mostel]]
+**[[Episode 403: Shields & Yarnell]]
+*[[MuppetToons]]
+**"[[The Kermambo]]"
+</div>
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Snerfs}}
 [[Category:Muppet Characters|Snerfs, The]]
 [[Category:Muppet Monsters|Snerfs]]
-[[Category:Muppet Monsters|Snerfs]]
+[[Category: Muppet Character Types|Snerfs]]
+[[Category: Great Santa Claus Switch Characters|Snerfs]]
+[[Category:The Muppets Characters]]