Purk

ly". It took three years for Sesame Workshop to approve the character: they felt that Purk should not be too fat due to the issue of obesity. The actual puppet was based on a drawing by Sesamstraat actor and mime artist Hakim Traïda.Also the project was difficult since Sesame Workshop didn´t allow as easily a new character. The Workshop became more flexible when they found out that the American Sesame Street wasn´t doing that great for several years that time and that the international co-productions were best selling products at that time.