Floyd Pepper

Floyd Pepper is the bass player for the Electric Mayhem band on The Muppet Show. He first appeared in the 1975 pilot The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence. One of the more vocal band members, Floyd's hip sarcasm is often directed at other Muppet Show regulars, particularly Miss Piggy. Frequently paired with Janice, Floyd also has a certain influence on Animal, or at least as much as anyone can. In picture books such as The Case of the Missing Mother, or certain installments of the Muppet comic strip, Floyd is practically Animal's keeper, pulling his chain and looking after him. The Muppets Mayhem episode "Exile on Main Street" reveals that he had been Animal's guardian since Animal had been left on his doorstep as a baby.
At a Museum of Television and Radio seminar in 1992, performer Jerry Nelson said:
:“I always thought of Floyd as a character who had probably been a beatnik first, and then — just like real life — probably been a beatnik, and then he was into jazz and poetry, and then he probably went along with the chase into rock and roll, because he needed a job. He drew the line at punk, as I probably did myself, I think. That's why I can relate to Floyd, I guess because he's all those things.”
Floyd's costume and last name are a reference to the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and he lists his musical influences as including Fats Waller, Fats Domino, Minnesota Fats and David “Fathead” Newman….WTDP? Exclusive: Mayhem Returns! Veterans Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem keep on rockin’. November 7, 2011. whatsthatdudeplay.com. 
On August 7th 2016 at Outside Lands, in an interview with Fuse host and reporter Katie van Buren, Floyd stated his age as 43 years old.
==The Muppet Show==
On The Muppet Show, Floyd regularly appeared backstage and interacted with characters outside of The Electric Mayhem. He has also been involved in the plot of a few episodes.
In episode 123, Floyd led the band in quitting because they didn't like the theme song. Floyd later told Kermit that the band would stay if he wrote the theme song. However, Kermit did not like this new theme (Fugue for Frog), and it was never explained on the show how Kermit was able to get the band to stay. They just appeared in the next episode, as if there was never any conflict at all.
In episode 201, Floyd was very active backstage, as the band decided to make Fozzie Bear an honorary hip person because he planned on making "Lullaby of Birdland" the closing number, and he gave Fozzie a pair of shades for being hip. However, after the performance, the band took a vote and decided that Fozzie was no longer hip, and Floyd took Fozzie's shades away.
In episode 305, Floyd was chosen to appear in the Muppets performance of "Camelot", in a role that Floyd wasn't too thrilled to be playing.
In episode 316, when the annoyed Statler and Waldorf left their box, Floyd and Janice took their place on the balcony and made reflections during the show instead of the two old codgers.
In episode 407, when Dudley Moore decided to have a music-making robot, M.A.M.M.A., provide the music for the show, the band was against this, and Floyd did most of the talking for the band.
In episode 506, Floyd portrayed the role of the Caterpillar in the Muppets performance of Alice in Wonderland.
Some of Floyd's songs include "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "New York State of Mind".
==Movies and Specials==
Floyd was also very active in the Muppet movies and specials. In The Muppet Movie, he introduced each member of the band to Kermit and Fozzie. In one scene in Rocky Mountain Holiday, he and John Denver went fishing, and sang "Gone Fishin'" together. Floyd and Janice also introduced a selection of Muppet music clips together in The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years.
==Attire==
His original outfit was a suit similar to the ones worn by The Beatles on their album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", along with a green hat, though he sometimes wore the Muppet Show's signature purple tux as well.
During the last season of The Muppet Show, Floyd switched to a red jacket and varying shirt colors. In a Muppetism and a number of other later productions (including the French produced Muppets TV), he wore a blue jacket and a brown hat.
Since the Muppets' 2009 appearance at the D23 Expo, he regularly wears a jacket resembling his original outfit, with round gold buttons replacing the gold-threaded sling design on his chest. For his appearance on The Muppets, a replica of his original outfit was created. It was also used in Muppets Most Wanted, although Floyd still regularly appears in his gold-button outfit in promotional material.
For the 2015 series The Muppets, Floyd was given a wider array of outfits, both for performances on Up Late with Miss Piggy and casual wear. This expanded wardrobe has carried over into his various appearances since.
Image:Nystateofmind.jpg|Floyd in his original outfit
Image:FloydJacket-Season5.jpg|In his red jacket, which he began wearing in 1980
Image:Floyd-muppetstv.jpg|On Muppets TV
Image:EM-HE-2009-2010-Floyd02.jpg|In his green outfit on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Image:DisneyFloyd-2009.jpg|Back to the roots, in an outfit resembling his original attire
Image:TheMuppets-Behind-The-Scenes-Interviews-Janice&Floyd.jpg|In a replica of his original outfit, recreated for The Muppets
==Casting history==
Main Performers
* Jerry Nelson: The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975) - Muppets Party Cruise (2003), Studio DC Hosted by Dylan and Cole Sprouse (2008, voice only), September 14, 2008
* Matt Vogel: Studio DC Hosted by Selena Gomez (2008) - present
Alternate Performers
* John Kennedy: The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) and A Green and Red Christmas (2006)
==Filmography==
*The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence
*Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
*The Muppet Show (see Muppet Show episodes that didn't feature main characters)
*American Express commercial
*Royal Variety Performance
*Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
*The Muppet Movie
*The Muppets Go Hollywood
*A Christmas Together
*The Muppets Go to the Movies
*The Great Muppet Caper
*Polaroid
*Rocky Mountain Holiday
*Grammy Awards
*The Muppets Take Manhattan
*Little Muppet Monsters
**Episode 102: Space Cowboys
*The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
*A Muppet Family Christmas
*The Muppets at Walt Disney World
*The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
*The Muppet Christmas Carol
*Muppet Beach Party
*Kermit Unpigged
*Muppet Treasure Island
*Muppets Tonight
**Episode 101: Michelle Pfeiffer
**Episode 102: Garth Brooks
*Muppetisms
*Muppets from Space
*Muppet RaceMania
*I Love Muppets
*It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
*"We Are Family" music video
*Muppets Party Cruise
*The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
*A Green and Red Christmas
*Studio DC Hosted by Dylan and Cole Sprouse
*Studio DC Hosted by Selena Gomez
*A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
*Give a Day. Get a Disney Day. commercials
*Muppet viral videos
**"Bohemian Rhapsody"
*Christmas in Rockefeller Center
*Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
*America's Funniest Home Videos
*"The Muppet Show Theme music video"
*The Muppets
*Jimmy Kimmel Live
*My Muppets Show
*Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular
*Toyota
*Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
*Muppets Most Wanted
*American Express: Small Business Saturday (2015)
* The Muppets 2015 Presentation Pilot
*The Muppets
*Carpool Karaoke: The Series
*Facebook Portal commercials
*The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II
*The Late Late Show with James Corden
*Muppets Now
*Muppets Haunted Mansion
*The Muppets Mayhem
==Live appearances==
*The Muppet Show On Tour
*The Muppet Show on Tour: 2nd Edition
*Here Come the Muppets
*Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses
*The Muppet Show Live
*D23 Expo (2009, 2022)
*Just for Laughs
*2016 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
*2016 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
*The Muppets Take the Bowl
*The Muppets Take the O2
==Book appearances==
*The Muppet Show Book (1978)
*The Comic Muppet Book (1979)
*Robin Hood (1980)
*Kermit & Cleopigtra (1981)
*The Muppets Go Camping (1981)
*Two for the Show (1982)
*Jim Henson's Muppet Show Bill (1982)
*The Case of the Missing Hat (1982)
*The Case of the Missing Mother (1983)
*The Muppet Guide to Magnificent Manners (1984)
*Ask Kermit: All About the Human Body (1996)
*Jim Henson's Bedtime Stories (1989)
**"Kermit and the Best Present of All"
**"All Work and All Play"
*The Phantom of the Muppet Theater (1991)
*The Muppet Show Comic Book (2009)
*Muppet Robin Hood (2009)
*The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson (2009)
*Muppet Peter Pan (2009)
*Muppet Snow White (2010)
*Kermit's Costume Caper (2012)
*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)
==Merchandise==
*Floyd Pepper Action Figure
*Floyd plush
*Vinylmation figure
*Floyd Diamond Select Action Figure
*Floyd Minimate
==See also==
*Floyd Pepper Through the Years
==Sources==
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