The Two-Headed Monster, as the name implies, is an example of bicephaly. The right-hand head has purple hair and a black beard, with upturned horns, whereas the left-hand head has black hair and a purple beard, with downturned horns. They have slightly different personalities, with the left-hand head seemingly the more rational and sensible of the two, but also slightly grouchier. Speaking in baby-like gibberish except when emphasizing a word, which is usually enough for them to communicate with others, the monster, in typical sketches, would sound out words in front of a brick wall, then push them together to say the full word, or do something else which involves cooperation. They are presumably dicephalic parapagus twins, as their mother made an appearance in one sketch when they sounded the word "mom"; she has a single head and speaks normally. They share a single pair of arms and legs.
Inspirationedit
The creation of this monster was inspired by performers Jerry Nelson and Richard Hunt playing around on the set one day, saying that they were a monster with two heads.[1] While right-handed performers use their right hands to perform the heads of characters and their left to perform left hands, whoever performs the left half of the monster performs the head with the left hand, and the right hand with their right hand.
Performersedit
The performers for the Two-Headed Monster are listed in order of the history from the Left Head and the Right Head:
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headed, monster, album, collide, headed, monster, album, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newsp. For the album by Collide see Two Headed Monster album This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Two Headed Monster news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message The Two Headed Monster is a comical light purple Muppet monster on the television show Sesame Street first appearing in season 9 1978 Two Headed MonsterSesame Street characterFirst appearanceEpisode 1121 February 27 1978 Created byJim HensonPortrayed byLeft Head Richard Hunt 1978 Jerry Nelson 1978 1999 Joey Mazzarino 2001 2016 Martin P Robinson 2002 Eric Jacobson 2016 present Stephanie D Abruzzo 2017 Right Head Peter Friedman 1978 Richard Hunt 1978 1991 Adam Hunt 1995 David Rudman 1998 present Joey Mazzarino 2002 In universe informationSpeciesSesame Street Muppet MonsterGenderMaleNationalityAmericanFur skin colorLight purple Contents 1 History 2 Inspiration 3 Performers 4 Design team 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe Two Headed Monster as the name implies is an example of bicephaly The right hand head has purple hair and a black beard with upturned horns whereas the left hand head has black hair and a purple beard with downturned horns They have slightly different personalities with the left hand head seemingly the more rational and sensible of the two but also slightly grouchier Speaking in baby like gibberish except when emphasizing a word which is usually enough for them to communicate with others the monster in typical sketches would sound out words in front of a brick wall then push them together to say the full word or do something else which involves cooperation They are presumably dicephalic parapagus twins as their mother made an appearance in one sketch when they sounded the word mom she has a single head and speaks normally They share a single pair of arms and legs Inspiration editThe creation of this monster was inspired by performers Jerry Nelson and Richard Hunt playing around on the set one day saying that they were a monster with two heads 1 While right handed performers use their right hands to perform the heads of characters and their left to perform left hands whoever performs the left half of the monster performs the head with the left hand and the right hand with their right hand Performers editThe performers for the Two Headed Monster are listed in order of the history from the Left Head and the Right Head Richard Hunt and Peter Friedman ca 1978 Jerry Nelson and Richard Hunt 1978 1991 Jerry Nelson and Adam Hunt Let s Make a Word PC game 1995 Jerry Nelson and David Rudman 1998 1999 Joey Mazzarino and David Rudman 2001 2016 Martin P Robinson and Joey Mazzarino Episode 4024 2002 Eric Jacobson and David Rudman 2016 present Stephanie D Abruzzo and David Rudman Episode 4733 2017 Design team editThe Two Headed Monster was designed by Jim Henson and built by Caroly Wilcox References edit Interviews Jerry Nelson Muppet Central External links edit Two Headed Monster Sesame Street Archived from the original on December 29 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Two Headed Monster amp oldid 1163829527, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
