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Dr. Bunsen Honeydew is a Muppet character from ''The Muppet Show'', performed by Dave Goelz. He is a bald, yellow-skinned, bespectacled, lab-coated scientist who would do periodic science segments from "Muppet Labs, where the future is being made today." The character has no eyes, only completely transparent, lensless glasses, giving the appearance of a stereotypical absent-minded intellectual. His first name is derived from Robert Bunsen, after whom the Bunsen Burner was named. His last name is a reference to the honeydew melon, which his head is virtually shaped like. It is also a reference to Honeywell Labs, a technology company which aired TV commercials (''"That someday is today ... at Honeywell"'') well-known at the time of the original Muppet Show. Honeydew's experiments usually cause great harm to his very nervous and long-suffering assistant Beaker, a nearly mute Muppet with a shock of reddish hair. Honeydew worked alone in the first season of ''The Muppet Show'', but from the second season onward, the luckless Beaker would always be present. Some of the inventions that were created and tested included: edible paper clips, a gorilla detector, hair-growing tonic, banana sharpener, a robot politician (played by Peter Ustinov) and an electric nose warmer. In response to the ancient quest of alchemy to turn lead into gold, Honeydew created a device that turned gold into cottage cheese. ==Appearance== 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. He was rumored to be modeled after Lew Grade, whose company ITC Entertainment produced ''The Muppet Show''. Henson responded in a Judy Harris interview: One of his most endearing features is his lack of eyes, despite the fact that he wears glasses. Occasionally, 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. Films where he appeared in major roles include ''The Muppet Movie'' (1979), ''The Muppet Christmas Carol'' (1992), ''Muppet Treasure Island'' (1996), ''Muppets from Space'' (1999), ''It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie'' (2002), and ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'' (2005) with Beaker. He also appeared in a small supporting role with Beaker in ''The Great Muppet Caper'' (1981) and ''A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa'' (2008), though in ''The Muppets Take Manhattan'' (1984) Bunsen and Beaker only appeared as background characters in the wedding scene. A scene with them was deleted. In the Halloween 2011 episode of ''WWE Raw'', Bunsen developed a specially formulated energy drink that provides strength, agility and fresher smelling breath to those who take it. He had Beaker go deliver it to Santino Marella for his match against Jack Swagger. The duo appear in the 2011 feature film ''The Muppets'', where they have been apparently working at CERN with the Large Hadron Collider after ''The Muppet Show'' ended. Their big CERN scene was deleted, as well as a scene with a bowling ball, leaving them with little screen time in the film. Both Bunsen and Beaker appear in the follow-up feature film ''Muppets Most Wanted'' (2014) with a substantially larger role including a featured invention of theirs, a big bomb-attracter vest. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bunsen Honeydew」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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