A stagehand is somebody who works behind-the-scenes in theaters, television, film, or location productions, with a number of different duties, from building scenery to fixing lights.
- On The Muppet Show, the main stagehand is Beauregard, sometimes assisted by Beaker. But they are not the only Muppet stagehands. An unseen stagehand is heard from behind the stage curtain in several episodes.
- In episode 117, two pig stagehands move the trunk that Fozzie Bear is trapped inside onto the stage.
- In episode 223, Fozzie gives Kermit the Frog a note from the stagehands, who apologize for dropping two heavy weights from up in the rafters.
- In episode 303, due to a misunderstanding, Fozzie sends the stagehands to the country during the show, and Fozzie is then forced to do all of the stagehands' duties.
- A number of season three episodes feature a deep-voiced stagehand heard from off-screen.
- The December 29, 1985 installment of The Muppets comic strip featured the new stage hand for The Muppet Show, a literal hand.
- In Muppet Classic Theater, the rats are briefly seen as stagehands.
- Larry and Oliver are a pair of Hollywood stage-hands that appeared in three episodes of From the Balcony with Statler & Waldorf on Movies.com and acted out tropes and clichés from various genres - including Christmas films, sports movies and high school movies.