Quongo

Quongo the Wild Mountain Gorilla was created for The Muppet Show episode 219, where Dr. Bunsen Honeydew teleported him back from Africa with a startled Kermit. He's referred to by Kermit as a chimp after the opening number in episode 324, but he's named properly in episode 509 where he was booked to wrestle Gonzo. He was performed by Richard Hunt in that episode.
In his featured performances on The Muppet Show, he was primarily performed by Jerry Nelson, although not always using the same voice. He sings "It's Lonely at the Top" for the UK spot of episode 403 atop the Empire State Building, and "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" at a carnival in the UK spot for episode 513.
He appears in the cold opening for episode 311, joining the crowd of Muppets urging Raquel Welch to keep her sexpot image, and can also be seen in episode 320 throwing coconuts during "Hawaiian War Chant."
He's played by Frank Oz in the Muppet Meeting Film "The Five Basic Rules of Selling" where he got into a struggle with Leo. In "The Muppets Go Hawaiian" View-Master set, he hitches a ride with the Muppets in Kermit's dream vacation.
Quongo was among the dozens of Muppets in the audience seen in the intro of Muppets Tonight. The original puppet, along with a few other monkey puppets following the same design made sporadic appearances on the show. His puppet was later used for Miss Corner in Mopatop's Shop episode "Nowhere for a Square," in "The Big Bicycle Race" as Mansell Monkey, and in background and group scenes in the films The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted.
==Filmography==
* The Muppet Show
** Episode 219: Peter Sellers
** Episode 311: Raquel Welch
** Episode 320: Sylvester Stallone
** Episode 324: Cheryl Ladd
** Episode 403: Shields & Yarnell
** Episode 404: Dyan Cannon
** Episode 409: Beverly Sills
** Episode 509: Debbie Harry
** Episode 513: Tony Randall
**The Muppet Movie
**The Muppets Take Manhattan
**The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
* Muppet Meeting Films
** "The Five Basic Rules of Selling"
* Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
* Muppets Tonight
** Episode 101: Michelle Pfeiffer
** Episode 102: Garth Brooks
** Episode 105: Cindy Crawford
** Episode 107: Sandra Bullock
** Episode 108: Jason Alexander
** Episode 109: Whoopi Goldberg
** Episode 110: Martin Short
** Episode 203: Heather Locklear
* Mopatop's Shop
** Episode 117: Nowhere for a Square (as Miss Corner)
** Episode 155: The Big Bicycle Race (as Mansell Monkey)
* Sesame Street
** Elmo's World: Bananas (performed by Matt Vogel)
* A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
* The Muppets
* "All I Need is Love"
* Muppets Most Wanted
==Book appearances==
*The Muppets Character Encyclopedia (2014)
*Muppets Meet the Classics: The Phantom of the Opera (2017)
*Muppets Meet the Classics: Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm (2018)
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