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Marvin Suggs

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Marvin Suggs is a recurring Muppet character, that usually appears during musical acts, starting with The Muppet Show, and most recently in the 2011's The Muppets.

Marvin is a blue "whatnot" Muppet that wears a frilly, multicolored shirt. He is best known for "playing" an instrument known as a muppephone or Muppaphone, a group of small, round, furry pink and orange Muppets that emit a tonal "ow" (voiced by Henson and Jerry Nelson) when Marvin strikes them on the head with his mallet. During the third season of The Muppet Show, Suggs and the Muppaphone were part of an "explicit criticism of violence" with Suggs being explicitly punished for his violence in an episode where a witchdoctor turns Suggs into a Muppaphone.

On the The Muppet Show 25th Anniversary Collection, Oz stated, "I don't recall where Marvin Suggs came from... probably from one of the writer's meetings. But the accent came from my French friend Phillippe Gentry - I just exaggerated it and made it really annoying. I've always felt Marvin lived in a scuzzy trailer park with his put-upon wife, and he kept the Muppaphones in a cage and would beat them regularly." The act has been compared to the sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus called "Arthur Ewing and His Musical Mice".



^ Blumenthal, Eileen. Puppetry and Puppets. Thames & Hudson. p. 155. ISBN 0-500-51226-4.

^ Garlen, Jennifer C.; Graham, Anissa M. (2009-01-01). Kermit Culture: Critical Perspectives on Jim Henson's Muppets. McFarland. pp. 151–. ISBN 9780786453757. Retrieved 21 October 2014.

^ Childs, T. Mike (2004-11-06). The Rocklopedia Fakebandica. St. Martin's Press. pp. 3–. ISBN 9780312329440. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

Best films

The Muppets
The Muppets
(2011)

Played by the actors

Frank Oz
Frank Oz
(1 films)
Eric Jacobson
Eric Jacobson
(1 films)
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Filmography of Marvin Suggs (2 films)

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The Muppets
The Muppets (2011)
, 1h38
Directed by James Bobin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, Zach Galifianakis, Jim Parsons
Rating70% 3.546793.546793.546793.546793.54679
Brothers Walter and Gary, residents of Smalltown, are fans of the Muppets, having watched The Muppet Show throughout their youth. Now adults, Gary plans a vacation to Los Angeles with his girlfriend, Mary, to celebrate their tenth anniversary, inviting Walter so he can tour the Muppet Studios. Mary feels Gary's devotion to Walter is detracting from their relationship.