Saturday, July 20, 2013

What's the deal with Lefty the Salesman?




Is he an actual bad person or just kind of a misfit?  He picks on Ernie a lot, which is interesting in itself.  Ernie picks on Bert, then when Lefty comes along Ernie is all intimidated and afraid.  What goes around comes around, I guess.

Click to view... "That's kind of a weird thing to be selling."

I don't recall Lefty ever interacting with Big Bird, who seems like the easiest person to pick on.  "Hey Big Bird, Mr. Hooper isn't REALLY dead."




Does Lefty have friends?  There were other residents of the Street that seemed sort of displaced and lonely.  Maybe he could have been good friends with Mr. Macintosh or Herbert Birdsfoot.  Sitting at Hooper's Store drinking ice cream sodas together.

Like with most of the other puppets, I wonder about Lefty's home life.  a lot of them live with their "Mommies."  Does Lefty?  If so, I guarantee he calls her "Ma."  Putting on his hat and trenchcoat all like "Ma, I'm gonna go try to trick Ernie into buying the letter O."

As for whether or not he's an actual criminal, the surprising answer is apparently YES.  Here is the EVIDENCE!

Click to view... Crime.

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