Sesame Street "Muppets"

[Fozzie Bear]

Since JHC no longer owns the SS characters, and Disney bought the Muppets, what are the SS characters called now?

Still "Muppets?" or what?

~Kev

 

[Phillip]

Since season 35 was taped last fall, long-before the Disney deal was done in February, we will have to wait and see what direction Sesame Workshop goes with the character names.

 

[PresidentMuppet]

They can still call them muppets.

 

[Dantecat]

They still are Muppets!!

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Right, guys. To US they're still "Muppets," and always will be. But, Disney owns that name now, so I'm interested to know that after the legalities, etc., what they will be called.

 

[Cheebo]

If Disney wont let them(and I am guessing they will let them) it could be "Jim Henson's Puppets" but like I said I highly doubt they will stop calling them "Jim Henson's Muppets".

 

[jeffkjoe]

Well before, they were clarified as "Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets".

Check the credits for Follow that Bird and Elmo in Grouchland.

 

[Cheebo]

Really? Because every time I have seen the credits for as long as I remember it has been "Jim Henson's Muppets".

 

[D'Snowth]

During the 1990-1991 season they were called "The Sesame Street Puppet Characters". But like Cheebo said, they're just now known as "Jim Henson's Muppets".

 

[muppet maniac]

Since season 35 was taped last fall, long-before the Disney deal was done in February, we will have to wait and see what direction Sesame Workshop goes with the character names.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

I think next season,the credits will say: "Sesame Street puppet characters provided by The Jim Henson Company"