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Martin P. Robinson

  • Born March 9, 1954
  • Dearborn, Michigan, USA
  • 72 years old

Martin P. Robinson (born March 9, 1954) is a puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company. He originally built, designed, and performed the puppets for Little Shop of Horrors. He is perhaps best known for his work on Sesame Street. He has performed the characters of Telly Monster, Slimey the Worm, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and Tony The …

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Martin P. Robinson (born March 9, 1954) is a puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company. He originally built, designed, and performed the puppets for Little Shop of Horrors. He is perhaps best known for his work on Sesame Street. He has performed the characters of Telly Monster, Slimey the Worm, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and Tony The Turtle on the show for more than 20 years. He also performed the character Riff on Allegra's Window, and was an animatronic puppeteer for Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is the puppeteer responsible for training the puppeteers on Sesame Tree. He was born on March 9, 1954 in Dearborn, Michigan. Graduated from Brookfield East High School, in Brookfield, Wisconsin, suburb of Milwaukee. He was married to Annie Evans on August 9, 2008 on the set of Sesame Street, in the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, NY. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin P. Robinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Acting (88)

Leonardo

Additional Muppet Performer / College Student in Audience / Bear

Octopus Puppeteer #1

Telly Monster / Aloysius Snuffleupagus / Irvine / Slimey (voice) / Irvine

Supporting Muppet Performer

Telly / Pestie / Laundromad Guy (voice)

Mr. Snuffleupagus / Telly Monster / Board of Birds / Grouch Diner Patron (voice)

Sweetums / Additional Muppets (voice)

Additional Muppet Performer

Telly Monster (voice)

Mr. Snuffleupagus / Telly Monster (voice)

Hot Pink Muppet Elf (voice)

Telly / Mr. Snuffleupagus / Slimey / Yip-Yip (voice)

Farmer (voice)

Telly Monster (voice)

Telly Monster / Aloysius 'Snuffy' Snuffleupagus (voice)

Mr. Snuffleupagus (voice)

Telly

Telly / Mr. Snuffleupagus / Slimey (voice)

Mr. Primm (voice)

Telly Monster (voice)

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Telly Monster (voice)

Telly Monster / Manolo (voice)

Telly Monster (voice)

Telly Monster

Snuffy (voice)

"Numero Comparsa" Singer / Telly Monster (voice)

Shark / Big Snort (voice)

Telly (voice)

Picture Book / Dragon ("Books" segment)

Snuffy

Mr. Snuffleupagus

Monty (voice)

Telly / Snuffy (voice)

Herry's Father (voice)

Mugger / Telly

Telly Monster/Mrs. Grouch/Mr. Snuffleupagus(voice)

Telly Monster (voice)

Snuffy (voice)

Slimey

Slimey

Snuffy / Telly (voice)

Snuffy / Telly (Hero Guy segment) (voice)

Snuffy/Telly Monster/Buster the Horse/Irvine the Grouch (voice)

Honker

Telly Monster (voice)

Telly

Telly Monster (voice)

Telly

Telly Monster / Monty (voice)

Buster the Horse / Sheep / Fish (voice)

Telly Monster (voice)

Telly

grey Grouch/purple Pestie

Mr. Snuffleupagus / Telly Monster

Telly Monster

Picture Book / Dragon / Snuffy / Telly

Book/Snuffy

Old MacDougal / Rocky (voice)

Telly Monster (voice)

Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

Sesame Street Puppet Performer / Puppet Captain

Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

Telly (voice)

Telly Monster (voice)

Fluffy

Telly (voice)

Slimey / Book

Telly Monster (voice)

Telly

Telly Monster (voice)

Telly

Telly Monster / Snuffy / Buster the Horse (voice)

Telly Monster

Telly Monster (voice)

Additional Muppet Performer

Directing (1)

Appearances (9)

Self

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Snuffy (voice) (archive footage)

Self – Mr. Snuffleupagus / Telly Monster

Self

Dinger (archive footage)

Announcer/Telly Monster/Snuffy (voice) (archive footage)

Self