Rickey Boyd

Official Bio

 *  from   SESAME  Workshop

 Rickey   Boyd  ( b . August 19 t h, 1964 ) is the Am eric an Muppeteer  who portrayed  Rhubarb the GROUCH  in A  SESAME   STREET  Christ mas Carol. His interest in animation & puppetry began at an early age. At 1 1 he & 1 of his friends produced  their own crude TV puppet shows at a local cable access station & experimented w/ 8 mm animate d short film s.

Most recently he has performed Cookie Monster ' s Grandma for  Sesame  Workshop ' s  SESAME  Beginnings, Scooter & Crazy Harry in The Muppet s ' Wizard o f O z , & Waffle in Animal Jam. Other projects include Muppets from Space, including serving as the puppeteer for Animal , & Frank Oz  looped the voices in post - production. " Dinosaurs ", Muppet* Vision 3D , The Muppets at Walt Disney World , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , " The  JIM   HENSON  H o u r " , " Dog City " & " Song of the Cloud For est " , as well as various videos & commercial projects. Also, in addition to Henson  Productions , Rickey has performed lead characters for The Nashville Network ' s Peppercorn Productions.

Rickey Boyd continues to perform for Henson  & works as an animator &  director  for Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio in Nashville, Tenn. There, he designs  & directs animations for clients such as  SESAME STREET  , among others. He lives outside Nash ville w / his wife Judy & their children Emily & Andrew.

Muppeteer Credits

 *  SESAME STREET 
 * The  JIM   HENSON  Hour : Laugh ing Boy ( " Dog C i t y " ), Aart ( " Song o f t he Cloud F or est " )
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Splinter ( facial assistant )
 * The Muppets at Walt Disney World
 * Dinosaurs : Baby Sinclair ( Muppetry  occasionally dur ing last season ), Decker ( f ace ) , Ethyl Phillips ( occasionally ,  Muppetry  only ) , Parish ( face ) , Pearl Sinclair ( face )
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II : The Secret of the Ooze
 * Big Bag : Argyle McSock, Bag
 * Muppets from Space : Animal ( Muppetry  ) Additional Muppets, cameo as Gonzo follower at Cape Doom
 * Animal Jam : Waffle
 * The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz : Scooter & Crazy Harry
 * SEsame Beginnings : Cookie Monster ' s Grandma
 *  Abby  in Wonderland
 * A  SESAME   STREET  Christ mas Carol :  Rhubarb the GROUCH 

Crew

 * A  SESAME   STREET  Christ mas Carol ; writer