Elton John

Pop and rock megastar Sir Elton John (b. 1947) was the guest on The Muppet Show episode 214. On the show, he performed four of his hits: "Crocodile Rock," "Bennie and the Jets," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart." He also appeared in Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular.
John had a cameo in the 2002 Creature Shop-effects film The Country Bears as himself, mistaken by the Country Bears to be Ted Bedderhead's gardener.
John's flashy onstage persona partly inspired Dr. Teeth's groovy look. Michael Frith's original sketch for Dr. Teeth has the heading "Leon 'Doctor' Eltonjohn Dontshoot (the Piano Player)" (the latter part references John's 1973 album, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player).
John is ranked as one of the best-selling solo artists of all time, with over 60 million albums sold worldwide. He performed and co-wrote songs for Disney's The Lion King in 1994, and won the Best Song Academy Award for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight." His 1997 re-recording of "Candle in the Wind" for Princess Diana is the world's best-selling single of all time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1998.
In February 2016, when he appeared on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden, the pair donned flamboyant accessories to sing "Crocodile Rock" and John remarked that it reminded him of the Muppets. 
Bobby Moynihan has noted that John attended The Muppets Take the Bowl concert series."I remember being backstage at the Bowl, the Hollywood Bowl, and seeing Elton John freak out, because he was meeting Miss Piggy." D23 Inside Disney Episode 106 | Bobby Moynihan on Star Wars: Visions, September 23, 2021.
==References==
* In The Muppet Show episode 106, Kermit introduces Fozzie as "the man who thinks that Elton John is a singing bathroom."
* David can be heard yelling, "Elton John, look out!" as he performs "Listen to the Music" in Episode 1052 of Sesame Street.
* In his book Before You Leap, Kermit says his mother booked Elton John into the local theatre, the Bayou Bijou. While there she introduced John to the crocodile that inspired "Crocodile Rock."
* When asked about their musical influences during an interview to promote The Muppets, Dr. Teeth said, "Personally speakin’ I gotta shout out to the great Dr. John, as well as the inestimable Elton John and the inextinguishable Liberace."WTDP? Exclusive: Mayhem Returns! Veterans Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem keep on rockin’. November 7, 2011. whatsthatdudeplay.com.
* Kermit dresses as Elton John in a 2018 video for Omaze.
==Sources==
==External links==
*Official site
*Elton John AIDS Foundation
*Internet Broadway Database
*IMDb
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