11 Facts About Bunsen Honeydew

Dr Bunsen Honeydew is a Muppet character from The Muppet Show, performed by Dave Goelz.

Bunsen Honeydew's last name is a reference to the honeydew melon, which his head is virtually shaped like.

Bunsen Honeydew worked alone in the first season of The Muppet Show with the following seasons aided by the luckless Beaker.

Dr Bunsen Honeydew's moniker is derived from the traditional piece of lab equipment, the Bunsen burner, plus the fact that his head was shaped and colored like a honeydew melon.

Bunsen Honeydew was rumored to be modeled after Lew Grade, whose company ITC Entertainment produced The Muppet Show.

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Occasionally, Bunsen Honeydew removes his glasses to clean them, or lifts them as if to get a better look at things, which is something of a running gag.

Bunsen Honeydew's eyes have only been seen once, during a sequence in The Great Muppet Caper.

Bunsen Honeydew appeared in a small supporting role with Beaker in The Great Muppet Caper and A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, though in The Muppets Take Manhattan Bunsen and Beaker only appeared as background characters in the wedding scene.

Bunsen Honeydew had Beaker go deliver it to Santino Marella for his match against Jack Swagger.

Bunsen Honeydew graduated from Carnegie Mellonhead University and was employed as an assistant to Dr Pinhole Burns.

Bunsen Honeydew made an appearance in Little Muppet Monsters, voiced by Bob Bergen.