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| - Main Performers:
* Jim Henson - Sesame Street Season 1 - Season 21
* Eric Jacobson - Sesame Street Presents: The Body (2005) - present
* Don Reardon: Let's Make a Word CD-ROM game (voice only)
* Steve Whitmire: Sesame Street Season 32
- Smiley (originally Bernard Leadercratz and later changed to avoid trouble from the Shoah Foundation) was born in Parmelee, South Dakota in 1952. Two days after birth, his family was slaughtered by local townsfolk who heard rumors of silver being hidden under their home. Turns out the rumor was half true and only led them to a pile of quicksilver. Not wanting to remember their fuck up for years to come, Guy was quickly tossed onto a Greyhound and shipped off to New York City with nothing but a microphone and his massive chin.
- Guy Smiley is, by his own account, America's Favorite Game Show Host. He has hosted the Sesame Street game shows "Beat The Time", "Here is Your Life", "What's My Part?", and many others. He approaches every hosting gig with a near-frantic level of excitement and enthusiasm. A walk-around version of Guy Smiley appeared in a number of Sesame Street Live shows. In Big Bird Goes Hollywood, he assisted Big Bird in directing a movie. Guy Smiley also appeared in Big Bird's Sesame Street Story and Big Bird and the ABCs.
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| - Smiley (originally Bernard Leadercratz and later changed to avoid trouble from the Shoah Foundation) was born in Parmelee, South Dakota in 1952. Two days after birth, his family was slaughtered by local townsfolk who heard rumors of silver being hidden under their home. Turns out the rumor was half true and only led them to a pile of quicksilver. Not wanting to remember their fuck up for years to come, Guy was quickly tossed onto a Greyhound and shipped off to New York City with nothing but a microphone and his massive chin. Upon arrival, he was immediately mugged, beaten and raped all within a span of three minutes. It didn't help matters that he was dropped off in the middle of Harlem. It was here that Smiley learned the ropes by way of the urban streets. After years of living off the streets, he soon learned to live off the theater. The Apollo Theater was looking for a janitor to clean up after their talent shows, and Smiley was the only person with the balls to take the job at the tender age of 10. The theater had no mop, so Guy was forced to clean the place with his tongue. Many believe his yellow skin tone is a result of his many years licking out the urinals.
- Main Performers:
* Jim Henson - Sesame Street Season 1 - Season 21
* Eric Jacobson - Sesame Street Presents: The Body (2005) - present
* Don Reardon: Let's Make a Word CD-ROM game (voice only)
* Steve Whitmire: Sesame Street Season 32
- Guy Smiley is, by his own account, America's Favorite Game Show Host. He has hosted the Sesame Street game shows "Beat The Time", "Here is Your Life", "What's My Part?", and many others. He approaches every hosting gig with a near-frantic level of excitement and enthusiasm. Guy Smiley has occasionally demonstrated his musical talent on Sesame Street. His song performances include "Air" and "They Can't Take That Away From Me" (with Cookie Monster). His singing voice at times can go very low, very similar to Link Hogthrob's, as in "I'll Love You in Springtime" and his tribute to the winner in "The Letter of the Day Pageant." He also sang "Gone with the Wind" in the first season. Most of Guy Smiley's appearances in sketches have been as the host of game shows. Many of the sketches where he doesn't host game shows still involve him being the host of a show, including "The Weather Show", "The Letter of the Day Pageant", and "On Vacation with Guy Smiley". One of the few sketches he starred in where he didn't host a show or sing was a sketch where he took his entire studio audience out for lunch. His first appearance was in a sketch where he appears as a spokesman for "Brand X." (First: Episode 0010) Although Joan Ganz Cooney once described Guy Smiley as one of Jim Henson's funniest characters, he was Henson’s least favorite to perform; as the character’s boisterous voice was too rough on his throat. Because of this, the dialogue for Guy's sketches was commonly prerecorded, so multiple takes could be filmed without straining Henson's throat. A walk-around version of Guy Smiley appeared in a number of Sesame Street Live shows. In Big Bird Goes Hollywood, he assisted Big Bird in directing a movie. Guy Smiley also appeared in Big Bird's Sesame Street Story and Big Bird and the ABCs. In his earliest appearances, he had a visible tongue, a feature that was later seen in 2006, when he hosted a PBS commercial/game show spoof for the Ready To Learn Service. Following Jim Henson's death, Guy Smiley made a background appearance in a 1999 episode as one of Maria's customers, and in a 2006 episode as one of the spectators in the Number of the Day segment where The Count was playing golf. Performed in more recent instances by Eric Jacobson, Guy had a prominent speaking role in the main street story of a 2008 episode. Guy later appeared in two season 44 segments (hosting "The Waiting Game" and "Make it Fit"), and in a season 45 episode.
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