The Origin of Mokey's Name

[Emosewa]

Ohhh of course, like a blue screen? Thanks ^_^ My memory sometimes.. straight out the window.

 

[GonzoLeaper]

maybe

I learned about this the other day in class and thought about this thread, so I thought I'd share a possible origin for Mokey's name. I don't remember all of it, but we were learning about some Indian dude who lived during the Vedic period and came up with the 4 Fundamental Values of the Upanishad. The fourth one was Moksha- which represented spirituality and philosophy. That sounds like a perfect fit for Mokey. So maybe Mokey is short for Moksha? That may not be it at all, but I just thought it was interesting.

 

[Gorgon Heap]

Maybe whoever wants to know the answer to the topic question could email the fanmail dept. at Henson.com. I think it's still fanmail@henson.com but I haven't used it in a while.

Balsam and Gillis (and possibly Feenie with the spelling changed) - cast and crew members' surnames.

Not only that, but Don Gillis was the musical director, and Gillis Fraggle was the Fraggle music director, sometimes dubbed 'The Maestro'.

Red - um, well, she wears a red sweater.

AND has red hair.

Cantus - to sing (in Latin)

Brio - lively, with vigour musical term con brio

Brool - discussion over at FR.com seems to have settled on it being like a roar

Murray - well, um, why not?

I figured that Murray's name was a deliberate oddity, as in Zippity, Skippity, Hoppity, Bing, Bong and Fred, the elves from "The Great Santa Claus Switch". Or the Zucchini Brothers- in the Wally Boag episode, there are six brothers, and five of them are named Luigi, Giuseppe, Marco, Lorenzo, and Heathcliff. Or the Three Musketeers in the sketch from "The Muppets Go to the Movies": Ethos, Porthos, and Gummo (played by Gonzo, Scooter, and Link, respectively). Follow that up with Balsam, Brio, Brool, and Murray. I'm sure this naming trend exists elsewhere in the Henson canon as well, I just can't think of any other examples right now. Can anyone else?

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

 

[Janice & Mokey's Man]

I would LOVE to know the origin of Mokey's name!!

Really!

I would!



And how cool about Boober and Gobo and Traveling Matt---I don't think I knew about their name origins! (though I knew of Wembley's thanks to "Jim Henson: The Works")