Sesame Street Character Voice Comparisons

[CensoredAlso]

It sounded like Brian to me. I remember Brian's Telly before Marty took over.

I do too; Brian's the one I grew up with. But when I first heard the clip it sounded like the voice was kind of going in and out, so my first thought was it was Marty trying to sound like Brian. But it could also be Brian just trying something different with the character as well.

 

[CBPuppets]

I Found another Clip of Telly! It kinda sounds like Marty's Imitation of Brian's Telly...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhBeQUy61Hw

 

[D'Snowth]

I Found another Clip of Telly! It kinda sounds like Marty's Imitation of Brian's Telly...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhBeQUy61Hw

Yes, that's DEFINITELY Marty's early Telly... I didn't check the tags or anything, but it sounds like maybe from 1986 or so.

 

[Canadian Fan]

A lot of those links that I posted are now on a new channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MuppetVoicesAndMore

 

[Canadian Fan]

Guy Smiley
(Jim Henson & Eric Jacobson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG0fQz8gztA

 

[mr3urious]

Guy Smiley
(Jim Henson & Eric Jacobson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG0fQz8gztA

Eric's first performance certainly sounded more Grover-like, but he definitely improved a bit in the second. He has kept Smiley's excitability intact, though.

 

[Canadian Fan]

Telly Monster
(Bob Payne, Brian Muehl & Martin P. Robinson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc5dSlza7co

I still like Marty's version the best!

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

Something else that's interesting to take into consideration...

When Marty first took over the characters of Snuffy and Telly, it was obvious that he tried (perhaps a little too hard) to make them sound almost exactly like the way Jerry and Brian had respectively did their voices; it's hard to tell exactly, but it seems like it wasn't until the late 80s or so that Marty really made the characters his own.

Yeah. It seems like they're missing a Snuffy voice comparison. I'd like to see how that guy would describe Marty's Snuffy in comparison with Jerry Nelso and Michael Earl.

 

[antsamthompson9]

Yeah. It seems like they're missing a Snuffy voice comparison. I'd like to see how that guy would describe Marty's Snuffy in comparison with Jerry Nelso and Michael Earl.

Wait no longer! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuHES4W0CrQ.

 

[mr3urious]

Snuffy is a much better character when he's not a constant sad sack, so just like with Telly, Marty really helped flesh out his personality.

Also, it's pretty