Gary (Muppet)

A Muppet version of Gary appears in the film The Muppets during the song "Man or Muppet."
The singing voice for the character was provided by Bill Barretta and the puppetry was done by Paul McGinnis. His speaking voice, resembling that of Johnny Fiama, can be heard in a blooper reel from the film.Disney's "The Muppets" - Blooper reel (Blu-ray preview)
On the Blu-ray commentary, Jason Segel jokes that his Muppet looks like he and Jay Leno had a child.
==Outside appearances==
Segel showed the puppet off in his home during an appearance on Nightline, along with the puppets from Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Segel stated on Twitter and in an interview promoting The Five Year Engagement that he briefly lost the puppet while flying to New York to host Saturday Night Live when someone took his bag by mistake at baggage claim.Tweet Segel later tweeted that the bag and puppet were returned to him a day later, writing: "Good news world, the bag and muppet have been returned safe and sound. Now off to Letterman. Always an honor to be on his show. Then SNL SAT."
The puppet appeared in the final commercial bumper for the episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Segel (promoting the movie), while several Muppets characters were in the studio.
Segel talked about the puppet in detail during his November 28, 2011 appearance on Conan.
As of 2024, Segel still owns the puppet, which he claims is stored in a speakeasy-like "secret puppet room" behind a bookshelf in his house with the rest of his collection of puppets."The only thing literally that I have memorabilia from is the Muppets. I have the Jason Segel puppet."
==See also==
* Gary (man)
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