Live-hand variant from Episode 4141.
Mrs. Crustworthy is an elderly woman who has made recurring appearances on Sesame Street since season 37.
She made her debut in Episode 4116 as a Hooper's Store customer. She has recurred semi-frequently since, earning the name Mrs. Crustworthy in Episode 4141 and being referred to as Maybelle in Episode 4403.
In Episode 4141, she takes her toaster to the Fix-It Shop for repair, for the Toast Lovers' Society's luncheon. She desperately needs it fixed, "or I'm toast!" When it takes a while to be repaired, she partakes in "The Toast Lovers' Participatory Popping Game," which involves pretending to be a piece of toast in a toaster. The waiting pays off, and the toaster is ready.
The character is mentioned on Fran Brill's Puppeteering Resume.[1] In fact, the character is based on an old woman Brill knew as a child.[2]
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She was also referenced in Episode 5203 (Season 52).
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- ↑ "Puppeteering Resume" (archived), The Official Fran Brill Website, undated, accessed December 18, 2010.
- ↑ Museum of the Moving Image, "Jim Henson's World: Q&A with Craig Shemin and Friends," July 25, 2020. (1:39:23 mark)