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Martin P. Robinson (born March 9, 1954) is an American puppeteer who works for the Jim Henson Company. He is best known for his work on Sesame Street , having performed the characters of Telly Monster , Mr. Snuffleupagus , Oscar the Grouch 's pet worm Slimey, Oscar's niece Irvine, Buster the Horse, and Shelley the Turtle for over 40 years.
Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (designer/performer); The Frogs (designer). Off Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (Drama Desk, L.A. Drama Critics, Villager Awards); Go, Diego Go! National Tour (puppet designer); Night on Bald Mountain, Carnival of the Animals and Firebird for the Young People’s Concerts at Carnegie Hall (designer/performer). Film: Muppets Take Manhattan, Follow That Bird, …
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Martin Robinson has been on staff at The Jim Henson Company since 1981. Early roles have included Mr. Snuffleupagus, Telly Monster, Slimey, and Buster the Horse, though all were previously performed by other people. He also performed Oscar's niece, Irvine, and his mother, Mrs. Grouch, and has voiced many announcers. In addition to performing, he ha...
Robinson and Annie Evans married on the set of Sesame Street. The pair met in 1993 at the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut, where Martin was creating a puppet show to premiere during the conference. Martin proposed to Evans on New Year's Eve 2007, and the two were married on the steps of 123 Sesame...
for a complete character gallery, see Martin P. Robinson charactersSesame Street: Telly Monster, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Slimey, and others...Muppet Meeting Films: Papa LuigiDon't Eat the PicturesBig Bird in ChinaThe Muppets Take Manhattan: Rat, The Swedish Chef (hands), Muppet BabiesAllegra's Window: coordinated the construction of many characters, and performed Riff the Cat and other characters.Robinson was born in Michigan and grew up in Brookfield, Wisconsin where he attended Brookfield East High school. A talented actor and musician, he played the lead in several musicals, including Be...According to Street Gang, Robinson uses a converted greenhouse as his home workshop.He has a black belt in karate.According to Caroll Spinney, Robinson had divorced parents when he was young. This was the basis for the unaired episode "Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce."Sesame Family Robinson blog(archived)The Muppet Mindset interview with Martin Robinson, part 1 Part 2 Part 3- 21 min
Martin P. Robinson. Actor: Sesame Street. Martin P. Robinson was born on 9 March 1954 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Sesame Street (1969), Little Shop of Horrors (1986) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990).
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Martin P. Robinson. Actor: Sesame Street. Martin P. Robinson was born on 9 March 1954 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Sesame Street (1969), Little Shop of Horrors (1986) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990).
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Oct 2, 2014 · At a Muppet Masters Class with Martin P. Robinson where he demonstrates the ways of bringing a puppet to life with Telly Monster.September 19, 2014New York P...
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You can click on all those big RED words above to learn about all the very cool and interesting things he spends his time on when he is not doing truly important things, like drawing ME. Martin P. Robinson. Martinprobinson@gmail.com. Professional inquiries:
