Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Biff and Sully and the Puppet Working Class


a lot of the Sesame Street puppets have always been of vague age.  Big Bird is really child-like, whereas Kermit the Frog has maturity.  Ernie and Bert are a funny case.  They often behave like children, but have their own apartment.  Conversely, Grover and Mr. Snuffleupagus are known to live with their "mommies."

Biff and Sully, known for being the hardest working guys on the Street, have also pretty much been confirmed to be adults.  Biff, specifically, is known to have a wife and kids.  Biff and Sully like to go bowling together.  They're good guys that serve as honest, blue-collar adult role models.

Click to view... Beautiful music together.

But how old is Oscar the Grouch?  Tough to say since he doesn't work, and his living situation is about as off the wall as you can get.  I'm fairly certain Guy Smiley is meant to be a grown man.  So is the Amazing Mumford (he has male pattern baldness).
 



Roosevelt Franklin is a school teacher, but he is also oddly short.  He LOOKS like a little kid.

Click to view... Roosevelt Franklin's ups and downs.

Sherlock Hemlock's job is sort of ridiculous, but you can tell he's older because he has a mustache.  That's a nice clue.  Don Music is a professional composer, and Herbert Birdsfoot is about as grown-up looking as a puppet can be.




Grover is kind of a funny case.  He still lives "at home" but is also a member of the work force.  I guess that's understandable.  Waiters don't get paid a lot.  They have to rely on tips, and there's no way the guy with the big blue head was tipping 15%.

Click to view... Milking it.


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