Category Archives: Richard Hunt

Honoring Richard Hunt

Today would have been Richard Hunt’s 61st birthday, and as a treat I’m sharing his rare in-person Sesame Street cameo, aired November 1981 in episode 1576. In 1981, the 30-year-old Hunt had been with The Muppets for a decade. Jerry … Continue reading

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Judy Freudberg, 1949-2012

Sometimes, writing a biography can send you on a social scavenger hunt. That’s how I discovered Judy Freudberg, a longtime Sesame Street writer who died on Monday at the age of 63. Judy Freudberg worked at Sesame Street for nearly … Continue reading

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Bert and Ernie’s Big Love

Why do we speculate on the love lives of puppets? Because it tells us so much about ourselves.

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A Few Rainbow Connections

Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending the opening reception for the new Jim Henson’s Fantastic World exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. And I’ll be commemorating what would have been Hunt’s 60th birthday … Continue reading

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Who Was Richard Hunt?

Many of Richard Hunt’s Muppet characters are household names: Beaker, Scooter, Janice. Statler and Waldorf. Hunt even played Miss Piggy for a season of The Muppet Show, Elmo for a year on Sesame Street. So why is his name not … Continue reading

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One, Two, Three Thank Yous!

I can’t “Count” how pleased I am with Jerry Nelson’s recent shoutout in an interview with Ryan Dosier’s Muppet Mindset blog. Nelson finishes a Richard Hunt story by saying, “You’ll have to read about anything more in Max Stein’s book … Continue reading

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