Scooter is a bespectacled character from The Muppet Show. He was the "go-for" backstage, although he occasionally participates in stage productions. He is orange with a darker orange sprout of hair. The Muppet Show is a television program featuring a cast of Muppets (diverse hand operated puppets, typically with huge eyes and large moving mouths) produced by Jim Henson and his team from 1976 to 1981. ...

Scooter's rich uncle J.P. Grosse owned the theater where Kermit the Frog and company performed their shows. Originally, Scooter would often used his family connection to his advantage, making unreasonable demands on his uncle's behalf. His antagonistic role was gradually disregarded, and he became a legitimate assistant to Kermit. Kermit has a TV star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. ...

In the Muppet Babies animated series, he was redesigned as a brainy, computer-knowledgeable child and given a tomboyish twin sister named Skeeter. Jim Hensons Muppet Babies is an American animated television program that aired from 1984 to 1991 on CBS. Loosely based on a sequence in the Muppet movie The Muppets Take Manhattan, in which the Muppets imagined what it would be like if the Muppets grew up together, the show... A tomboy is a girl who behaves according to the gender role of a boy. ...

Scooter was performed by Richard Hunt until his death in 1992. The character was largely retired until 1999, when he appeared in the film Muppets from Space, performed by Adam Hunt; and in the 2002 TV movie It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, performed by Brian Henson. In The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, Scooter portrays the assistant to the Wizard. For other people named Richard Hunt, see Richard Hunt Richard Hunt (August 16, 1951 - January 7, 1992) was an American puppeteer best known for his association with The Muppets. ... DVD cover Muppets From Space was the sixth feature film to star The Muppets, and the first since the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson to have an original Muppet-focused plot. ... Its a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is a television movie produced by Jim Henson Television in 2002, starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... Brian Henson (born 1963) is a puppeteer, director, and producer. ... Promotional poster The Muppets Wizard of Oz, an original made-for-television movie, aired May 20, 2005 as a special Friday night edition of ABCs The Wonderful World of Disney. ... Jeffrey Tambor Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944 in San Francisco, California) is an American actor. ...