His appearance resembles the stereotypical "shady stranger". He wears a black hat and a gray trenchcoat. Lefty was originally a Green Anything Muppet. For example, in addition to telling about the words spelled with the letters he sold, one of his skits talked about the uses of air (breathing, playing instruments, and blowing up balloons). The educational benefit of his skits seemed to be his descriptions of his wares. "AN EIGHT?!" "Ssshhhh!" "(whispers) An eight?" "Riiiiiiight."). Ernie was his most common target, even though he rarely bought what Lefty was selling in many skits, Ernie shouts the name of Lefty's product very loudly, only to be immediately shushed by Lefty (e.g. Lefty was known to sell various goods (usually letter and numbers, but sometimes other things) for a nickel. On this version of the show, he is known as Schlemihl, a Yiddish word for a "habitual bungler". However, he is still a rather popular character on Sesamstrasse, the German version of Sesame Street.
Lefty was gradually removed from the American version of the show this is said by some to be because parents feared he encouraged children to talk to strangers, although the validity of this claim is questioned. In the book " Sesame Street Unpaved", and in various books and merchandise, he is referred to simply as "The Salesman". His catchphrase is a breathy, whispered "riiight", which he seems to say in order to avoid giving a straight answer to any question.Lefty's boss (performed by Jerry Nelson) is the only character to refer him (Lefty) by name. He is not to be confused with Lefty, the shaky Fat Blue Anything Muppet in the "Secret Knock" skit. Lefty the Salesman (commonly known simply as Lefty) is a " Sesame Street" character from the 60s and 70s.
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