Marvin Suggs is a puppet

Puppet

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 musician

Musician

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 in the world of Jim Henson

Jim Henson

James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and created advanced puppets for...

's The Muppets

The Muppets

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, voiced by Frank Oz

Frank Oz

Frank Oz is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer who is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show, Cookie Monster, Bert and Grover in Sesame Street, and for directing films, including the 1986 Little Shop of...

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Marvin Suggs is a blue "whatnot" Muppet that wears a frilly, multicolored shirt. He is best known for "playing" an instrument known as a muppaphone, a group of small, round, furry pink and orange Muppets that emit a tonal "ow" when Marvin strikes them on the head with his mallet.

Although Marvin is not one of the more commonly seen Muppets, his rendition of "Lady of Spain

Lady of Spain (song)

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" from his first appearance was included on the Muppet-released CD The Best of the Muppets as well as The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem, and More

The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem, and More

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25th anniversary compilation.

Suggs appeared in episode 3.11 for an interview, in which the following conversation took place:

Marvin: Ah, yes, but I have to replace them every month or so. They go flat.

Kermit: Flat? You mean, out of tune?

Marvin: No. Flat. Like teeny pancakes.

Kermit: What happens to them then?

Marvin: That is something you don't want to know.

Suggs was also featured in episode 2.08, where he conducted the "All-Food Glee Club" in singing "Yes, We Have No Bananas

Yes, We Have No Bananas

"Yes! We Have No Bananas" is the title of a novelty song by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn from the 1922 Broadway revue Make It Snappy. Sung by Eddie Cantor in the revue, the song became a major hit in 1923 when it was recorded by Billy Jones, Arthur Hall, Irving Kaufman, and others...

", and in episode 3.04 for a performance of "Witch Doctor", with Suggs voicing the solo parts, and the Muppaphone providing the "Ooh-Ee-Ooh-Ah-Ah!" in the chorus. Then the Witch Doctor appears and turns Marvin's head into that of a Muppaphone.

Frank Oz on Marvin Suggs, from The Muppet Show 25th Anniversary Collection:

"I don't recall where Marvin Suggs came from... probably from one of the writer's meetings. But the accent came from my French friend Phillippe Gentry - I just exaggerated it and made it really annoying. I've always felt Marvin lived in a scuzzy trailer park with his put-upon wife, and he kept the Muppaphones in a cage and would beat them regularly."