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I have noticed that while the origins of various Sesame Street characters have been mentioned in various books, interviews, and what not, there is very few sources out there that talk about the origins of Richard Hunt's characters. Has anybody ever wondered about the oriigns of Hunt's characters, such as where the ideas came from or how/why they were thought up?
The only character I can think of that Richard Hunt performed who has had some oriign information given is The Two-Headed Monster, who Jerry Nelson talked about the origin of in his Muppet Central interview, stating that the two acted like atwo-headed monster one day, leading to the idea of the character. Otherwise, there is hardly any info available.
The booklet for Songs from the Street briefly says that Biff and Sully were created to show kids how to simplify hard things. I can speculate that Don Music was created to teach kids to not give up on something, and Forgetful Jones was probably created to teach kids to remember things, and Aristotle was most likely created to teach kids about blind people, but what types of educational value was there for the creations of Gladys the Cow, Placedo Flamingo, and Leo Monster?
The only interviews with Hunt that I cna think of are found in Of Muppets and Men (which I haven't seen) and Down at Fraggle Rock, but as these documentaries are about specific shows, Hunt doesn't really talk about his Sesame Street work.
The only character I can think of that Richard Hunt performed who has had some oriign information given is The Two-Headed Monster, who Jerry Nelson talked about the origin of in his Muppet Central interview, stating that the two acted like atwo-headed monster one day, leading to the idea of the character. Otherwise, there is hardly any info available.
The booklet for Songs from the Street briefly says that Biff and Sully were created to show kids how to simplify hard things. I can speculate that Don Music was created to teach kids to not give up on something, and Forgetful Jones was probably created to teach kids to remember things, and Aristotle was most likely created to teach kids about blind people, but what types of educational value was there for the creations of Gladys the Cow, Placedo Flamingo, and Leo Monster?
The only interviews with Hunt that I cna think of are found in Of Muppets and Men (which I haven't seen) and Down at Fraggle Rock, but as these documentaries are about specific shows, Hunt doesn't really talk about his Sesame Street work.
