Brian Muehl born in the 1950s, is an American book writer, and a former Sesame Street puppeteer living in Connecticut.
Brian's muppet characters included Oscar the Grouch's girlfriend, Grundgetta, Telly Monster, Barkley the dog and Forgetful Jones's girlfriend Clementine. He continued to voice characters like Telly, until he retired from working on Sesame Street in 1984. Brian played around with an early Elmo puppet before Elmo's own characteristics were put together by Kevin Clash.