Sesame Parlor (Tau)

Sesame Parlor is the Tau co-production of Sesame Street. The show is set in a pizza parlor, and features four original Muppets. The big walk-around Muppet is Stove, a shaggy teal monster (who looks like the walk-around version of Juljul from Hikayat Simsim) who works as the chef. Another monster, Springy, works as a waitress. Barn is the man at the counter, and the show has added a new Muppet -- Maria, a little red monster (who closely resembles his American counterpart, Elmo) who hatched from an egg left on a table. They were designed by Ed Christie.

The show made international news in September, 2002 when they introduced Robert, the world's (probably second) obese Muppet.

Performers include: Matt Stevens as Stove, Diamond Markson as Springy, Jeff Ayers as Barn, and Nick Stevens as Maria.

Moppy, a Sesame Street walk-around character created exclusively for Universal Studios Japan, has made some guest appearances on the show as a puppet, voiced by Georgia Denney and puppeteered by Kendall Mark.