Doesn't it seem like Richard Hunt was underused?

[golden teeth]

Not so much on the Muppets, where he got several lines and charcters per episode and movie, but in Sesame Street, half the time, he didn't even do a voice, he just performed Ernie's hands. It seems like Richard should have been used more(I guess when the two headed monster came in, he was used more often)

 

[OverUnderAround]

Take a look at some of Richard's Résumé.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402611/

Gladys the Cow... Placido Flamingo, Forgetful Jones and back in the early days he was Ari the blind Muppet monster on Sesame Street and the mute muppet Sulley.

Richard's voice was heard on thousands of Sesame Street episodes. With dozens of characters he performed, whether they became successful characters or not, his voice was always heard on every old Sesame Street show. Even if he performed a 'Whatnot' character.

A 'whatnot' is a Muppet term for a Muppet that was interchangable, example one day it would be a little boy Muppet, the next day the same Muppet could be an elf with a beard. etc.

Richard, I do truly believe was the reason Sesame Street was funny in it's prime. He could take an average script and perform it funny. The man was a gem.

 

[minor muppetz]

A whatnot is actually the term used on The Muppet Show. On Sesame Street they are called Anything Muppets.

It also seems like his characters are often underused, or at least not as popular as the characters performed by other performers. There are a few Sesame Street specials that he performed in but didn't perform any voice. He was in Christmas Eve On Sesame Street and Don't Eat The Pictures, but none of his characters appeared in either special, and there weren't any anything muppets in those specials, either.

Also, while he was credited as a principle muppet performer in Follow That Bird, none of his characters had big parts in the movie, and most of his characters didn't speak untill the end of the movie.

 

[BooberFraggless]

I think in Don't eat the pictures and Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, Richard would perform a Muppet if 2 of them were together that had the same performer, like Bert and Cookie.

 

[BEAR]

It's true. On Sesame Street, Hunt didn't have any what we call "A-list" characters. They were all pretty minor or secondary. All the others had atleast one "A lister".

 

[Erine81981]

Gladys the Cow... Placido Flamingo, Forgetful Jones and back in the early days he was Ari the blind Muppet monster on Sesame Street and the mute muppet Sulley.

All these characters that OverUnderAround posted are A-listers. They never just used them in background they had there own parts in the skits and street stories.

 

[Skeeter Muppet]

All these characters that OverUnderAround posted are A-listers. They never just used them in background they had there own parts in the skits and street stories.

And don't forget Don Music!

-Kim

 

[BEAR]

All these characters that OverUnderAround posted are A-listers. They never just used them in background they had there own parts in the skits and street stories.

Yes, but they were not very central. They were only supporting characters, just like Guy Smiley or Sherlock Hemlock. They don't have to be "background" to be non-A list. I love Rosita, but I don't consider her to b an A-lister. More like a B-lister slightly below Zoe and Telly. She is becoming more and more prominant lately though. Richard Hunt had basically no principal characters. His biggest star was probably Gladys or the Two Headed Monster. Just IMO.

 

[golden teeth]

Also, in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, he was credited before Jerry Nelson and he only performed Ernie's hands and had no characters lines.

 

[BEAR]

Also, in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, he was credited before Jerry Nelson and he only performed Ernie's hands and had no characters lines.

That list could have been alphabetical.