Prairie Dawn

[muppet baby]

i think that she is so cute i watched here to today on seseme street .
when here friend was taking a picture of here .

How long has she been on sesme street ?
i had seen here before think when i watched in the past but i don't know what ear that is looooooo sorry but i would love to know the year that she started thanks .

 

[BEAR]

Prairie Dawn has been on Sesame Street since the early 70s. Hope this helps.

 

[Katzi428]

i think that she is so cute i watched here to today on seseme street .
when here friend was taking a picture of here .

How long has she been on sesme street ?
i had seen here before think when i watched in the past but i don't know what ear that is looooooo sorry but i would love to know the year that she started thanks .

I think Prairie came on the Street around 1973 or '74.Not sure. I was a fan (still am,otherwise why wouldn't I have her in my avatar pic right? )

Kathy

 

[BEAR]

Though many of us love Prairie Dawn, I think Kathy is her biggest fan on MC. She's the biggest Prairie fan I've ever known actually.

 

[muppet baby]

I think Prairie came on the Street around 1973 or '74.Not sure. I was a fan (still am,otherwise why wouldn't I have her in my avatar pic right? )

Kathy

Thank you Kathy , i thought that was prairie on your picture, avator , yes i thought that it was the mid 70s when she started i really thought 74 but was not sure .

yes prairie is so cool , love watching her. i really loved here when i was little and watching seseme street , i still love here now he he

 

[wiley207]

Prairie Dawn first appeared in 1970, when Fran Brill joined the cast.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

That's what I though, too.

 

[ploobis]

Fran Brill is a great performer.

 

[wiley207]

It was a great idea to hire her. She sort of made history as the first female Muppeteer that Jim Henson hired (outside of Jane Henson, that is). Having a balance of male and female Muppeteers adds more to that whole womans' rights thing, and it also adds realism to it. And of course, in the second season, they had a "new character explosion" due to Fran Brill and Jerry Nelson joining the show. We got Prairie Dawn, Herbert Birdsfoot, Sherlock Hemlock, Farley, Herry Monster, and several others.

 

[cherrypotion27]

Another Prairie Dawn Question?

Refresh my memory, folks: why was she called Prairie Dawn? Just curious, because I always thought that was a very pretty name. And what was the name of the other SS Muppet that looked alot like PD? I vaguely remember another SS Muppet who looked alot like Prairie Dawn.

Patricia/cherrypotion27