There's puppets then there's Sweetums

[King Jim]

Did you notice all the muppets are puppets then theres Sweetums.
Sweetums is the only Muppet who's a guy in a costume.

Opps...........I forgot Big Bird, him too.

Well there the only muppet who's a person in a costume.

 

[Skekayuk]

That's not true. TMS had several other 'Full Body' Muppet monsters, what are: Thog, Beautiful Day Monster, Doglion, and of course the irrespressible Big Mama (who incidentally also popped up in an episode of The Ghost Of Faffner Hall)

 

[Fozzie Bear]

And since you mentioned Big Bird, don't forget Bruno, Snuffy, Ms. Finch...there's also the Carrot in the Gilda Radner episode, the spider from Raquel Welch, the lion in Sylvester Stallone's episode.

There's been a TON of them.

 

[Whatever]

As well, there's the Mutations!

 

[Infinity Sirius]

Also the Gingerbread men in that one episode with Don Knotts,

 

[Muppetsdownunder]

Theres heaps! Sweetums and Big bird are probably the most well known ones though. Where does the line end between a puppet and a costume, its hard to tell!

 

[Skekayuk]

Hmmm, good question.
One way of defining them might be to consider which ones were operated by the puppeteers themselves, and which ones were costumes worn by hired in dancers?

That would mean that Snuffy, Beautiful Day Monster, Doglion, and, Thog, and, Big Mama all count as Puppets. But The Giant Spider, and The Mutations wouldn't. However, it would also mean that Fletcher (whom we haven't yet mentioned) wouldn't count either, and I'm not sure about Betsey Bird (who also hasn't been mentioned so far).

 

[JaniceFerSure]

I thought about this last night,after I left MC.Not repeating the afore mentioned,how about:

• The Gambler-Kenny Rogers song sketch of The Gambler
• Rico-During song of Copa Cabana-Liza Minnelli
• Behemoth
• Bird Dancers
• Presidents-George Washington,Ben Franklin,Thomas Jefferson
• Fletcherbird
• The Humans
• The Idol-Lynda Carter(not full-body,but close)
• Jim Henson Farmers
• King Rupert
• The Old Men-in The Gambler sketch also
• The Pops
• Purple Beast-Doug Henning episode,during magic trick
• The Queen
• Sopwith the Camel
• Timmy Monster
• Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House
• The Gorgs from Fraggle Rock
• Dinsours from the show Dinosaurs

 

[Green Gelfling]

what about barkley the dog?

 

[JaniceFerSure]

what about barkley the dog?

Absolutely.Also,Alice Snuffleupagus,Snuffy's sister.