Roosevelt Franklin
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| Roosevelt Franklin | |
|---|---|
| Sesame Street character | |
 The cover of Roosevelt Franklin's 1971 LP The Year of Roosevelt Franklin | |
| First appearance | 1970 |
| Last appearance | 1975 |
| Created by | Matt Robinson |
| Voiced by | Matt Robinson, Chris Knowings |
| Performed by | Frank Oz, Ryan Dillon |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
Roosevelt Franklin is a Muppet who was featured on the children's television series Sesame Street during the early 1970s.
He is reddish-magenta with shaggy black hair that stands on end. His name is a play on the name of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, with the first and last names reversed. Sesame Street cast member Matt Robinson, who also played Gordon on the series for the first three seasons (1969–1972), created the character and provided his voice.[1] Roosevelt is an intelligent boy who often speaks in rhyme or scat. Roosevelt began to appear less frequently in episodes created after the mid-1970s until he no longer was on the series. He then made a cameo nearly 5 decades later in Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration.
