I already acknowledged it in my post:Plus, it was already stated that Rudman and Whitmire (as well as John Henson for Sweetums) would take over the roles of the Richard Hunt characters, with presumably Rudman performing Scooter and Janice, with Whitmire as Beaker and Statler.
While I am fine with Rudman's Scooter and Janice (even if they sound quite a bit Baby Bear-ish), I just found it criminal that Boyd wasn't cast as the permanent Scooter performer, or at least wasn't invited to perform Scooter in other projects. I could dream though!Of course, it was already stated that Rudman and Whitmire would split those roles, but still.
I'm guessing Rudman could've worked as something of a transitionary performer until new performers were cast, similar to Peter Linz doing a one-off Elmo performance for a 2013 stage show before Ryan Dillon was cast IOTL.Unless the arrangement is that David Rudman only performs Janice/Scooter from 1992 to 1993, in which Tyler Bunch, who had joined the cast of Sesame Street in 1993 in OTL, maybe performed Janice for The Muppets Do Shakespeare and takes over, or Rickey Boyd also takes over as Scooter around that time.
Rudman could audition for that role, at least.Another character David Rudman could portray in compensation is actually the Swedish Chef (for he portrayed him in The Muppet Christmas Carol in OTL), with Steve Whitmire doing the hands.
Clash was filling in for Dave Goelz (who probably had other commitments like Muppet Treasure Island) in those episodes; Bill Barretta also filled in as Bunsen in the series premiere. Clash's Waldorf sounds closer to Hunt's Statler than Waldorf IMO. I'm also fine with Goelz' Waldorf, as I stated. I just felt that Barretta would've also taken on Waldorf had he joined earlier.While Bill Barretta could portray Waldorf (I'm personally fine with Goelz still portraying that role), Kevin Clash could be another candidate (as he had portrayed him in two episodes of Muppets Tonight).
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