Scooter (Muppet) Scooter (Muppet) Scooter is a Muppet character known for being the backstage stage manager, utility stage crew member, and general all-around "gofer" on "The Muppet Show." He was originally performed by Richard Hunt until his death in 1992, and is currently performed by David Rudman. Scooter is orange with a darker orange sprout of hair. In keeping with the jokes about bespectacled Muppets such as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Scooter's eyes are actually the lenses of his glasses. Behind the glasses frames, there's nothing but his orange skin (although unlike Bunsen, whose glasses were transparent, Scooter had actual "eyes" with pupils
The Muppets As well as "The Muppet Show", Muppet characters feature in such television series as "The Jimmy Dean Show", "Sesame Street", "Fraggle Rock", "The Jim Henson Hour", "Muppets Tonight", "Bear in the Big Blue House", "", and "The Muppets". An adult-oriented Muppet segment, "The Land of Gorch", was a regular feature in the first season of "Saturday Night Live". Guest stars on "Saturday Night Live" occasionally include both the Muppets and "Sesame Street" characters, as well as Muppet likenesses of real people; these likenesses appear recurrently in early episodes of "The Muppet Show" and on "Sesame Street", and appear occasionally on