Bunsen Honeydew Bunsen Honeydew Dr. Bunsen Honeydew is a Muppet character from "The Muppet Show", performed by Dave Goelz. He is a bald, green-skinned, bespectacled, lab-coated scientist who would do periodic science segments from "Muppet Labs, where the future is being made today." The character has no eyes, only completely transparent, lensless glasses, giving the appearance of a stereotypical absent-minded intellectual. His first name is derived from Robert Bunsen, after whom the Bunsen Burner was named. His last name is a reference to the honeydew melon, which his head is virtually shaped like. It is also a reference to Honeywell Labs, a
The Muppets gallery within the "Worlds of Puppetry" exhibition at the Center in November 2015. Muppet-like and Muppet-inspired puppets star in the 2004 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "Avenue Q". Peter Jackson's film, "Meet the Feebles" is another parody of the Muppets. A vomit-spewing Kermit the Frog was a recurring character on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", and the Muppets were frequently preempted at the beginning of episodes for the Canadian series "You Can't Do That on Television." Seth Green's short-lived show "Greg the Bunny" was about sentient hand-puppets working in a Muppet-like children's show. Many other films and television shows such as