
even under legal scrutiny from Joe the Legal Weasel. Scientists, hard at work, on 2020's Muppets Now. ” Bunsen and Beaker's relationship see Bunsen and Beaker's relationship Filmographyīunsen, standing up to Rachel Bitterman during the finale of It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie.īunsen and Beaker in a deleted scene from The Muppets. The character that owns the Muppet theatre only appeared a couple of times and I always - in looking back - wished that I had made that to look just like Lew Grade because he's very caricaturable. Read 4 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Bunsen Honeydew, hard at work at Muppet Labs with his assistant Beak. It would have been easy to make him much more like Lew Grade if we had tried to and, in retrospect, I wish that we had. The Muppets: Bunsen and Beaker Save the Show by Lucy Rosen The Muppets book. “Bunsen Honeydew was not specifically Lord Grade when we did him.

The Muppets are a group of puppet characters created by Jim Henson. (Chief Scientist in Charge of Everything)." Beaker : Bunsen Honeydews Assistant Beauregard : Janitor (later seasons). Honeydew is a "Ph.D., Esq., Incomp., C.S.I.C.O.E. Spock, their closest rival, by a margin of 2 to 1 and won 33 percent of the 43,000 votes cast.Īccording to his laboratory door seen in the " Flowers on the Wall" music video, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew were voted Britain's favorite cinematic scientists. In a 2004 Internet poll sponsored by the BBC and the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Beaker and Dr. This episode aired in 1987 and no months match the calendar seen. In the Muppet Babies episode " Muppetland," Bunsen invites Kermit to his birthday which is to take place "in two weeks." Kermit circles Saturday the 20th on the calendar in a month with 31 days. In Muppets from Space, Bunsen invents a number of devices for the Muppets to use when they rescue Gonzo.īunsen's birthday is on the 20th of some month. In The Muppet Christmas Carol, Bunsen and Beaker portray charity workers. In The Muppet Movie, Kermit the Frog meets Bunsen and Beaker in an old ghost town, where Honeydew shows off his latest invention, " Insta-Grow Pills," which can temporarily make things grow bigger. He has appeared in every Muppet movie, often with a large role contributing to the film's plot. Bunsen Honeydew's name comes from the scientific instrument called the Bunsen burner, and the shape of his head, which looks like a honeydew melon.īunsen's inventions have included a gorilla detector, exploding clothes, edible paper clips, a banana sharpener, hair-growing tonic, and a machine that can turn gold into cottage cheese.

Beaker usually ends up being harmed by Dr.

Bunsen is always eager to show off his latest scientific discovery, but his excitement about progress tends to render him short-sighted. In season one of The Muppet Show he worked alone, but in season two, his assistant Beaker was added to the show. Bunsen Honeydew is the resident scientist on The Muppet Show, and the host of the Muppet Labs sketches. The duo in a deleted scene from It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie.ĭr.
