Martin P. Robinson

Martin P. "Marty" Robinson (b. March 9, 1954) is a Muppeteer who has performed on Sesame Street since 1980. His characters include Telly Monster, Mr. Snuffleupagus & Slimey. He is married to Sesame Street writer Annie Evans. Together they run the official Sesame Workshop parenting blog Sesame Family Robinson.

Bio
Marty Robinson has been on staff at The Jim Henson Company since 1980. Early roles have included Mr. Snuffleupagus, Telly Monster, Slimey, & Buster the Horse, though all were previously performed by other people. He also performed Romeo Scuggs, a Grouch seen on Real Grouches (a reality show hosted by Oscar), Oscar's niece, Irvine, & his mother, Mrs. Grouch, Scram-I-Am (a parody of Sam-I-Am), as welll as many announcers. In addition to performing, he has played an active role in hiring & training puppeteers for local Sesame Street productions in Mexico, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Russia, & Bangladesh.

Other Henson productions that Robinson has performed in, outside of Sesame Street, have included the Farmer in Tale of the Bunny Picnic, the animatronics for Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, & The Cat in the Hat on The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss.

Robinson's stage credits include designing, building & performing Audrey II in the Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors, & set designing & building for the Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's Frogs.

Robinson got into the business as a member of the Bil Baird Puppet Company. According to Sesame Street Unpaved, "Martin Robinson became a performer so that he could play a wider variety of characters than his "nice guy" looks would have allowed him to play."

Often, his Muppets are paired with Caroll Spinney's on Sesame Street, such as Telly & Oscar & Big Bird & Snuffy. Martin's most frequent partner, however, is probably Kevin Clash. In addition to Telly & Elmo, the 2 of them have paired up many times, including as the Miami Mice, the captain & the mate of the next generation of Spaceship Surprise & the 2 chefs who serve Mr. Johnson at Pizzeria Dos.

Marriage on Sesame Street
Marty & Annie Evans married on the set of Sesame Street. They met in 1993 at the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut, where Marty was creating a puppet show to premiere during the conference. Martin proposed to Annie on New Year's Eve 2007, & they were married on the steps of 123 Sesame Street in Studio J at the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens.

The ceremony was scripted by Evans, with Caroll Spinney as Oscar the Grouch appearing from his trash can to heckle the couple.

Muppeteer Credits

 * Sesame Street: The Big Bad Wolf (1990s-2006), Book, Buster the Horse, Captain Donald Cragen Muppet, Dicky Tick, Dinger, "Dinner Theatre" father, Donald Grump, Dr. No, Enzo, Farmer McGregory, Fat Blue Anything Muppet man from "RSI: Rhyme Scene Investigation", Frank Lloyd Left, Gyro Spiniapolis, H-Man, Honkers, Irvine, Joe Hundred Guy's Butler, Kermit the Forg ("Monsters of Venice"), "Let's Go Driving" father, Luke Warm, Monty, Mr. Snuffleupagus (1981-), Mrs. Grouch, Murray Matisse, Murray Monster ("Sound of the Letter L"), Phil, Proud, "Readers of the Open Range" nameless Pumpkin cowboy, Romeo Scuggs, The Royal Apple Tree, Scram-I-Am, Shelley the Turtle, Slimey, Smelly, Snail, Squirmodine, The Sun (from "I Feel So Happy"), Telly Monster (1984-), Tito, Tony, The Tortoise (1987), Vic, Vincent Twice, Walter Cranky, William, Yip Yip Martians
 * Muppet Meeting Films: Papa Luigi
 * The Muppets Take Manhattan: Rat, The Swedish Chef (hands), Muppet Babies
 * Follow That Bird: Telly Monster
 * Little Muppet Monsters
 * The Tale of the Bunny Picnic: Farmer
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Leonardo (face)
 * The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
 * The Alphabet Game: Gary Grouch
 * A New Baby in My House: King Goodheart
 * Dog City: Scratch McCollie, Mr. MacTaggart, others
 * Muppet Treasure Island (Sing-Along): Big Snort & Shark
 * The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Laundromat Manager, Pesties, Telly
 * The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: The Cat in the Hat (Season 2), Civil Servants #1, #2, #5, & #6, The Milk, & The Old Man
 * Panwapa: Tungar the Tiger (puppetry only)
 * A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa: Sweetums (voice), a penguin
 * Elmo & Abby's Birthday Fun: Jack