Martin P. Robinson

 MART I M  ''' P.   " Marty "   ROBINSON ''' ( b . March   9  t h,  1 9 5 4  ) is a  Muppeteer  who h as performed on  SESAME STREET  since  1 9 8 0. His main character s  i n clude  SLIMEY ,  M r . Snuffleupagus  &  Telly Monster . He i s married  to  Annie Evans ,  w rite r  of  SESAME STREET . Together they run the official  SESAME  Work shop parent in g blog  SESAME  Family Robinson .

Bio
 MARTIN  ''' P.   ROBINSON  has been on staff consistently at The  JIM HENSON ''' Company  since  1 9 8 1. Early  SESAME STREET  role s  include  M r . Snuffleupagus ,  Telly Monster  ,  SLIME Y  , &  Buster the Horse  , though all were previously  performed  by other  peo ple. He has also performed   Donald Grump , a  parody  of world famous tycoon  Donald Trump  ,  Romeo Scuggs  , a  GROUCH  seen o n  Real  GROUCHES  ( a reality show hosted by  OSCAR THE GROUCH   him self  ) a s well as ,  OSCAR  ’ s  niece  ,  IRVINE  , &  h i s   mother  ,  M R S . GROUCH  ,  Scram  - I - Am  ( a  parody  o f  Sam - I - A m  ) , as well as many announcers. In addition to performing, he has played an active role in hiring & train in g Muppet eer s  for local  SESAME STREET   product i o n s  in  Palestine  ,  Mexico  ,  Israel  ,  E g y pt  ,  Russia  , &  Bangladesh.

Some other  HENSON  productions that  ROBINSON  has performed in, outside of  SESAME STREET  , have included the Farmer  in  The Tale of the Bunny Picnic  , the animatronics for  Leonardo  in  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle s  , &  The Cat in the Hat  on  The Wubbulous World o f D r . Seuss .

 ROBINSON  ' s stage credits include designing, build ing & performing Audrey 2| II in the  Broad way  product i on of  Little Shop of Horror s  , & set design in g & building f or t he  B road way  product i on o f  Stephen Sondheim  ' s  Frog s .

 ROBINSON  got into the business as a member of the Bil Baird  Puppet Company. According to  SESAME   STREET   UN  pave d , "  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  SESAME STREET  Muppets  are paired with  CAROLL SPINNEY  ’ s on  SESAME STREET  , including  Telly  &  OSCAR  &  Snuffy  &  BIG BIRD .  Snuffy  has also been paired with  OSCAR  on occasion &  Telly  has also been paired with  BIG BIRD  on occasion.  OSCAR  has also been paired w / a number of  ROBINSON  ’ s many  GROUCH  role s.  Telly  is also best friends with  David Rudman  ’ s  Baby Bear , & the chara  cters  are paired up quite frequent ly. His most frequent partner, however , was Kevin Clash. A lon g w /  Telly  &  Elmo , the 2| 2 of them have partnered up many time s , including as t he  Miami Mice  , t he  captain  & the  mate  of the next generation of  Spaceship Surprise  & the 2| 2  chef s who serve  Mr . Johnson  at  Pizzeria Dos.

CAROLL SPINNEY /  MARTY   ROBINSON  Muppet  Pairings

 *  BIG BIRD  /  Snuff y 
 *  BIG BIRD  /  Tell y Monster 
 *  BIG BIRD  /  MRS . GROUCH 
 *  BIG BIRD  / Gary  GROUCH 
 *  BIG BIRD  /  SLIMEY 
 *  BIG BIRD  /  Rocky  (  c at  )
 *  BIG BIRD  / Buster the Horse
 *  BIG BIRD  / Shelley the Turtle
 *  BIG BIRD  / Monty
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  /  Tell y Monster 
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  /  SNUFFY 
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  /  SLIMEY 
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  /  FLUFFY 
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  /  Walter Cranky 
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  /  DONALD GRUMP 
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  /  RONALD GRUMP 
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  /  IRVINE 
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  /  MRS . GROUCH 
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  /  SCRAM - I - Am 
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  /  Romeo Scuggs 
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  /  Mr . Greasemonkey 
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  / Tan colored  GROUCH  Explorer
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  / Buster the Horse
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  / Sullivan
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  / Monty
 *  GRANNY BIRD  /  Snuffy  ( soon )
 *  GRANNY BIRD  /  Tell y Monster  ( soon )
 *  GRANNY BIRD  /  MRS . GROUCH  ( soon )
 *  BRUNO THE TRASH MAN  / The orange - haired singer of  BRUNO  & t h  e   TRASH m  en
 *  BRUNO THE TRASH MAN  /  Tell y Monster 

Muppeteer  veteran   MATT VOGEL  can be heard & seen taking  CAROLL SPINNEY  ’ s place in 3| 3  of these pairing s :


 *  BIG BIRD  /  Snuffy 
 *  BIG BIRD  /  Telly Monster 
 *  BIG BIRD  / Old MacDonald

Marriage on SESAME STREET
 MART Y  & Annie Evan s  married on the set of  SESAME STREET . They met in 1 99 3  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  propose d  to  Annie  on  New Y ear ’ s Eve   2 00 7 , & they were  married  on the step s of  1 2 3   SESAME STREET  in Studio J| J  at the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queen s.

The ceremony was scripted by Evans , wit h  CAROLL SPINNEY  a s , ( of course ) ,  OSCAR THE GROUCH   from  his   TRASH CAN  to  heckle  the couple.

Muppeteer Credit s

 *  SESAME STREET  : Abigail Snuffleupagus ,  All i gator (  Sesame   Street  )  ,  T he Big Bad Wolf  (  1 9 8 4  -  2 00 6  ) ,  Book  ,  Buster the Horse  ,  Bull doze r  ,  Captain Donald Cragen Muppet  ,  Caesar Penguin  ,  Clancy  ( "  Hill Street Two s  " ) ,  Dicky Tick  ,  Dinger  , "  Dinner Theatre  "  fath er  ,  Donald Grump  ,  Dr . No  ,  Edvard Munch   Muppet  ,  En zo  ,  Farmer Mc Gregor  ,  Fat Blue   Anything Muppet  man from "  R S I : Rhyme Scene Investigation  " ,  Fluffy  ,  F i r e fighter Jackson  ,  Frank Lloyd Left  ,  Gyro s Spiniapolis  ,  H - Man  ,  Henny Drumm schtick  ,  Honkers  ,  IRVINE  ,  Jane Snuffleupagus  ,  Joe Hundred Guy  ' s  Butler  ,  Kermit the Forg  ( "  Monster s o f Ven ice  " ) ,  King fish  , "  Let ' s Go Driving  "  father  ,  The Log  Bird   Luke Warm  ,  Mont y  ,  M r . Brown ing  ,  Mr . Grease monkey  ,  M r . Snuffle upagus  (  1 9 8 0  - present ) ,  M R S . GROUCH  ,  Murray Matisse  ,  Murray Monster  ( "  Sound o f the Let ter L  " ) ,  Newt the Night watch man  ,  Next Generation Captain   Phil ( Anything Muppet )  ,  Proud  ,  Pumpkin  dentist from " Say Toothpaste , Some bo dy " , "  Reader s of t he Open Range  " nameless  Pumpkin  cowboy ,  Romeo Scugg s  ,  Rooster  ,  The Royal A pp le Tr e e  ,  Sally Messy Yuck y ael  ’ s  Announce r  ,  SCRAM - I - Am  ,  Shelley the Turtle  ,  SLIMEY  (  1 9 8 0  - present ) (  Muppet r y  only ) ,  Slow est - Drawing E d  ,  Smell y  ,  Snail  ,  Snufertiti  ,  Squirm odine  ,  Sullivan  ,  The Sun  ( from  I F eel S o H a ppy  ) ,  Telly Monster  (  1 9 8 4  - present ) ,  Ti to  ,  T on y ( turtle )  ,  The Tortoise  (  1 9 8 7  ) ,  Vic  ,  Vincent Twice  ,  Walter Cranky  ,  Warr en Blech stein  ,  William  ,  Yip Yip Martians
 *  Muppet Meeting Films  : Papa Luigi
 *  T h e Muppet s Take Manhattan  :  T he Swedish Chef  ( hand s  ),  Rat  ,  Muppet Babies
 *  Follow T hat  BIRD  :  M r . Snuffleupagus ,  Telly Monster 
 *  Getting Ready to Read  :  Rock y  (  c at  ) &  Old McDougal
 *  The Muppet s : A Celebration of 3 0 Y ear s  ( 1 9 8 6  )
 *  Little Muppet Monsters 
 *  L ear n in g About Letter s  :  M r . Snuffleupagus ,  Telly Monster  ,  IRVINE 
 *  The Tale of the Bunny Picnic  : The Farmer
 *  The Alphabet Game  :  Gary GROUCH 
 *  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle s  : Leonardo  ( face )
 *  JIM HENSON  ’ s Memorial  : Himself /  Telly Monster 
 *  T he Muppet s Celebrate  Jim   Henson  :  Telly Monster 
 *  A New Baby in My House  : King Good heart
 *  Dog City  : Scratch Collie ,  Mr . Mac Taggart  , others
 *  SESAME   STREET  Stay s U p L a t e  :  Tell y Monster ,  Mr . Snuffleupagus  ,  MRS . GROUCH 
 *  Muppet Treasure Island ( Sing - A long )  : Big Snort  &  Shark
 *  The Adventure s of Elmo i n  GROUCH  land  : Laundromat Manager ,  Pestie  ,  Telly Monster 
 *  T h e Wubbulous World o f Dr . Seuss  : The Cat in the Hat  ( Sea s on  2  ), C i v i l S e r v a n t s  1  , 2| 2  , 5| 5  & 6| 6  , The Milk , & The Old Man
 *  Pan wap a  : Tungar the Tiger  (  Muppetry  only )
 *  A Muppets Chris t mas : Letters to San ta  : a penguin
 *  Elmo  &amp;  Abby  ’ s Birth day Fun !  : Jack
 *  Elmo  ’ s Alphabet Challenge  :  Telly Monster ,  Telly   Monster  ( animate d )

Non - HENSON  Credit s

 *  Little Shop of Horrors  : Performed Audrey 2| II for both t h e  Broad way  & O ff -  Broad way  production s
 *  Spit tin g Image 
 *  Allegra ’ s Window  : Coordinate d the construct ion of many character s, & perform ed Riff the Cat , Clef who is Allegra & Rondo ' s dad  & Flugie the Tuba.
 *  T he Puzzle Place  : Skye Nakaiye , only in the pilot episode

Puppet Design Credit s

 * Designed puppets for the Broad way  production of  Stephen Sondheim  ’ s  The   Frogs 

Trivia

 *  ROB IN S ON  was born in Michigan  & grew u p i n  Brook field ,  Wisconsin  where he attended  Brook field  East High school . A talent ed act or & musician , he played the lead in several musical s , including Bernardo i n  West Side Story  & Fagin i n  Oliver ! .
 * According to  STREET  Gang ,  ROB IN S ON  us e s a converted green house as his home work s hop.
 *  ROB IN S ON  has a black belt i n karate.
 * Accord in g to  CAROLL SPINNEY ,  ROB IN S ON  had divorce d  parent s when he was young . This was the basis for the un air e d episode "  Snuffy  ’ s Parent s G e t a Divorce  . "
 *  G R O U C H E S  from  SESAME STREET   M ART Y   ROB IN S ON  has performed once or consistently are :


 *  IRVINE 
 *  MRS . GROUCH 
 *  Donald Grump 
 *  Ronald Grump 
 *  Mr . Grease monkey 
 *  Walter Cranky 
 *  Gary GROUCH 
 *  Warren Blech stein 
 *  Romeo Scugg s 
 *  SCRAM  - I - Am