Dr. Teeth | Muppet Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Dr. Teeth at the Smithsonian Dr. Teeth with Vicki on The Jim Henson Hour Dr. Teeth is the leader of the Electric Mayhem , the house band on The Muppet Show . Originally performed by Jim Henson , Dr. Teeth plays the keyboard and is also the lead singer of the band. He first appeared in The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence in 1975 and had a prominent role in Muppet productions until Henson's death in 1990. Dr. Teeth is green-skinned and red-haired with, as his name suggests, a large grinning mouth of teeth, including one gold tooth on his upper jaw (which either he got from a voodoo princess named Tianna in Tupelo, MS [1] or is made from his gold records, melted, putting his money where his mouth is). [2] He wears a scruffy beard, a fur vest, a striped shirt, and a floppy purple top hat, though during the 1980s he switched to wearing a black leather vest.

He has very long arms so additional puppeteers are required to guide them; this design enabled Henson to work the Teeth puppet while another performer acted as Teeth's "hands" in order to play the keyboard. Dr. Teeth had been less involved in Muppet productions due to Jim Henson's death. Since then, he was performed by John Kennedy in various projects until 2005, when the role was assumed by Bill Barretta . He has also appeared in all of the Muppet movies, from his prominent roles in The Muppet Movie , The Great Muppet Caper , and The Muppets Take Manhattan , to his much smaller, often non-speaking roles in The Muppet Christmas Carol , Muppet Treasure Island , Muppets from Space , It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie , The Muppets' Wizard of Oz and A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa . He has since had more prominent speaking parts in the OK Go music video for " The Muppet Show Theme ", The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted (particularly the extended cut). Contents [ show ] Trivia Dr. Teeth's look was inspired by jazz keyboardist Dr. John .

Henson's original sketch for the character appears in the book Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles . Michael Frith then made a more refined, color sketch of the character, with the heading "Leon 'Doctor' Eltonjohn Dontshoot (the Piano Player)" -- adding the influence of Elton John (and possibly Leon Russell ) to the character. Dr. Teeth's creative vocabulary is a direct nod to Dr. John. While Dr. Teeth usually has live hands, his hands were originally rod hands in The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence . The rod arms would occasionally be used on The Muppet Show . Also, the live hands version has five fingers on each hand , while the rod arm version has four on each hand. According to the inside cover for Rock Music with the Muppets, Dr. Teeth has his name because he's never had a cavity. In the Sesame Street " Monsterpiece Theater " sketch spoofing Upstairs, Downstairs , a picture of Dr. Teeth can be seen at the top of the staircase that Grover climbs.

Casting History Primary Performers Bill Barretta - The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) to Present Other Performers Bohemian Rhapsody | Muppet Music Video | The Muppets - YouTube Bohemian Rhapsody | Muppet Music Video | The Muppets Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Nov 23, 2009 The Muppet’s Musical Gang is back at it with their rendition of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody! Subscribe for all new videos from The Muppets! ► Watch more Muppet Music Videos► Get ready for “The Muppets” like you’ve never seen them before! Watch the brand new series on Tuesday nights at 8/9p Central, only on ABC! Watch the best moments from the Muppets on ABC!

► Inspired by one off the all time greats, QUEEN, the Muppets present their rendition of the classic, "Bohemian Rhapsody." Originally released in 1975, this classic with a Muppets Twist is sure to keep every music lover, and Muppet fan satisfied. Watch more of the best moments, music videos, and laughs from The Muppets! ► Get more from The Muppets! Instagram: Muppets Characters Gonzo is a multi-talented artist who performs outrageous daredevil stunts. Though an odd looking creature, Gonzo takes pride in his uniqueness and enjoys every adventure he goes on with the Muppets including the occasional space voyage. Rowlf the Dog is the Muppet’s resident piano player. One of the Muppets oldest characters, Rowlf rose to stardom by first plugging advertisements for his favorite dog-food brands on the original Muppets show. Rowlf the Dog is not the trusty Muppets sidekick always ready to help Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the Muppets. Animal is the wild drummer for the almost-legendary band, Dr.

Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, who are the regular performers traveling with the Muppets. Animal is the official musical Muppet. Known for his outrageous style and unclear speaking voice, Animal is a crazed percussionist with three music style - loud, louder and loudest. Pepe the King Prawn, lovingly known as Pepe, comes to the Muppets from Spain. Pepe moved to Hollywood to pursue his one true calling show business. Peep’s strong spanish accent makes it difficult for him to be understood. Not one to leave the Muppet Lab too often, Beaker is the accident-prone assistant to Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. Though often difficult to understand, due to his “Meep”, Beaker is known among the Muppets as the one who always gets hurt. When the Muppets made it big, they needed to hire a fool-proof security guard. Thus, Bobo the Bear became head of Muppets security. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker are the resident scientists of the Muppets experimenting away in the Muppets Lab. Bunsen is always eager to show off his latest scientific discoveries to the Muppets.

Fozzie Bear is the world’s funniest—and only— stand-up comedy bear. From his beat-up hat to the “wocka wocka” that punctuates his punchlines, Fozzie is an “old school” comic. His jokes aren’t always great, but they are delivered with heart and Fozzie’s signature pazazz. Miss Piggy is the ultimate diva, leading lady, fashion icon, star of stage, screen, and all media known and unknown in perpetuity throughout the universe. Miss Piggy has an appetite for the good things in life, including chocolate, jewelry, awards, and above all, her one true love, Kermit the Frog. Kermit is the world’s most famous frog, but he has never let international success go to his head. Arguably one of Jim Henson’s most famous Muppet creations, Kermit the Frog has come a long way from his home, the swamp, to become one of TV’s most beloved characters. Muppet Music Videos Only on the official YouTube channel for The Muppets can you see the classic Muppets music videos, exclusive cuts of Muppets music, and all new original Muppets song covers!

Check out classic Muppets music videos like The Muppets cover of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and The Muppets music videos for “Jungle Boogie”, as performed by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. The Muppets on YouTube Welcome to the Official YouTube channel for The Muppets! This channel is home to your beloved group of Muppet friends: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, Beaker, the Swedish Chef and more! Subscribe for some of your favorite and best film and television clips from The Muppets, as well as music covers and brand new comedy sketches. Check out exclusive Muppet parodies, Muppet music videos, Muppet song covers, comedy sketches, and more! Join in the fun with original Muppet comedy shows, TV promos, and charity PSAs. Tune into the all new the Muppet show, “The Muppets” on Tuesday nights at 8|7c on ABC! Category Muppets: The Electric Mayhem!

- (Hya)Roo's Corner (Hya)Roo's Corner hyaroo Been a while since the last Muppet-related post, so here is one. Originally, I was going to do a "Top Five" list, but I quickly discovered that it was impossible to narrow a list of my favorite Muppets down to just five... so at a spur of the moment, I decided to instead do a little presentation of one of my favorite Muppet groups: THE ELECTRIC MAYHEM! The Electric Mayhem have been mainstays in the Muppet world ever since the Muppet Show pilot, Sex and Violence, and it's clear that while they aren't key characters like Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie and Gonzo, they bring a lot of spirit and soul to the world of the Muppets, and the show -- and the world -- would not at all have been the same without them. They are, of course, the house band of the Muppet Theater, and have a tendency to make their presence known through loud, rockin' music -- rock being their preferred genre, but they're capable of doing other genres as well, such as Jazz, R&B and several others.

The band are generally "cool cats" (even if there aren't any actual cats in the band) and as such fit in with the many Muppet "hipster" characters -- you know, the laid-back, "groovy" characters who get the majority of good lines as they, without fail, drive more uptight "square" characters nuts. But, let's meet the people/puppets that make up the band, shall we? THE CORE MEMBERS These five are the ones people remember as the real Electric Mayhem; they're the mainstays, the ones who have stuck with the band from the very start and stayed. Other members come and go, usually not for very long, but these five stay true to the band. DR. TEETH (Jim Henson/John Kennedy/Bill Barretta) In many ways, Dr. Teeth is the Electric Mayhem. He's definitely their most profilic member (keyboard player and lead singer) to the point that the band is often referred to as Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, and he also seems to be the most dedicated one too. The other members all seem to have outside lives, to a certain point, but Dr. Teeth's life is the band.

It's easy to imagine that while Animal is off going wild and eating things, Zoot is napping and Janice and Floyd are off having sex or whatever, Dr. Teeth sits by the keyboard and "grooves," or searches through his music library to find a good song for the band to play for the next performance, or writes some far-out poetry that can be added music to later, or chatting on the phone to score a new gig. Not that he's obsessed or anything (he's far too laid-back for anyone to ever be able to use that word about him), it's just that he has so much music in his soul that the music has become a permanent, and huge, part of his character. Considering that Dr. Teeth's original performer was the Muppet Man himself, Jim Henson, it's not too wild a guess to say that the good Dr. is the one to bring the same kind of heart and soul into the Electric Mayhem as Henson originally did with the Muppets. And it is telling that ever since Henson's death, the Electric Mayhem haven't been anywhere near the major players in the Muppet world as they were before.

Oh, they're still there, because when it comes down to it you can't keep a good musician down, but they have been more subdued and less in the spotlight since Dr. Teeth stopped talking. Still, brave Muppeteers like John Kennedy, Bill Barretta and Victor Yerrid (in one episode of From the Balcony at movies.com) have struggled to let the band leader speak again, and in the instances when he does, he reveals that he is definitely the same ol' Dr. Teeth as before... so don't count him out just yet. FLOYD PEPPER (Jerry Nelson/John Kennedy) Floyd is the Mayhem's resident bassist, spokesman and "hipster." If it's cool, hip, or groovy, Floyd is an expert on it -- chances are he practically wrote the book on it. Like Dr. Teeth, he's an easygoing and laid-back sort, but Floyd is far more vocal and active in situations outside the band. His calm, hip sarcasm is frequently directed at other Muppets; particularly Miss Piggy, whom Floyd seems to have a particular "love to hate" attitude towards.

For years, Floyd and Janice have been an item, although their love affair is generally understated rather than directly said. They have the same relaxed attitude towards love as they do towards anything else, so while they do nothing to hide their relationship, they do nothing to promote it either. They go dancing together, are frequently paired together and often refer to each other in sugary-sweet affectionate terms. (They have never actually kissed on-screen -- but neither did Haruka and Michiru from Sailormoon, and we all know that those two are at it like weasels. Like weasels, I tell ya!) They probably won't ever tie the knot, but neither of them seems particularly concerned with that. JANICE (Fran Brill/Eren Ozker/Richard Hunt/Brian Henson/Tyler Bunch) In an earlier post, I said that Scooter was the most recast Muppet of all times, but when I look at it now, it's clear that Janice has him beat. The only female member of the Electric Mayhem was first performed by Fran Brill in the original Muppet Show pilot, Sex And Violence, then by Eren Ozker for the first season of The Muppet Show.

After a couple of years with being performed by actual women, Janice was taken over by Richard Hunt, who went on to create the "Valley Girl" persona that the character would ever since be associated with. After Hunt's death, she was performed by Brian Henson, then by Tyler Bunch -- and that's not counting Matt Vogel's voicing of her in the Muppet Racemania game, or Kevin Clash's handling of her in certain live appearances, or John Lovelady's one-time performance of her in a 1975 guest appearance in a Julie Andrews TV special. Still, Janice is a fairly profilic member of the group, with brilliant guitar- and singing skills, as well as a "groovy" attitude to rival Floyd's (although she is notedly less sarcastic than he is).

One of her most notable roles outside the Electric Mayhem is as Nurse Janice in the numerous Veterinarian's Hospital skits, where she trades puns and jokes with Rowlf the Dog and Miss Piggy, but perhaps even more notable is that she is one of the only Muppets to ever use profanity and reference to drugs (it's kept mild, but it is notable when she in the Happiness Hotel song claims that "the whole joint's gone to hell!"). Maybe this is why she's popular with older fans... or maybe the popularity is equally strongly based on the fact that she is one of the few Muppets with visible breasts, and who makes casual references to nudity ("It's my life, okaaay? So if I want to live on a beach an walk around naked--"). ANIMAL (Frank Oz/Eric Jacobson) By far the loudest, most unrestrained, and most popular, member of the band, Animal is not so much a musician as a wild, crazed beast who likes beating on things and therefore has been put to good use as the drummer of the Electric Mayhem. He occasionally gets confused and starts eating the drums instead of beating them, but hey, nobody's perfect.

There's no doubt that Animal is one of the big Muppet stars; he has more "outside-band" appearances on Muppet-related material than the rest of them put together, even if -- or possibly because -- his entire character can, according to his original performer Frank Oz, be summed up in five words: "Sex, sleep, food, drums and pain." (Well, technically, that's six words, if you count the "and," but apparently Oz didn't.) Animal is the very model of the Id -- not a trace of ego or superego in him at all. Well, almost no trace... it's a little-known fact that besides food, drums and "WO-MEN," Animal also appreciates great art, particularly the paintings of French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It comes as no surprise that Animal's original performer is Frank Oz, the man who, more than anyone else, could take almost any Muppet and make it a star. With Oz's current hectic schedule and inability to do much Muppet stuff, his replacement Eric Jacobson has kept Animal firmly in the spotlight -- with or without the Electric Mayhem.

ZOOT (Dave Goelz) Zoot is the quietest of the five core members; where the others are energetic and upbeat, Zoot works on permanently low energy reserves. The only time he really seems to come alive is when he plays the saxophone (alone or with the band), the rest of the time he seems only half-there, tired and low-key and pretty much as anti-Animal as you can get without also being an intellectual. He doesn't speak much, and most of his lines are uncertain murmurings, like when he's supposed to introduce himself to Kermit and promptly forgets his own name. I guess Zoot is just a fifty-year-old burnt-out musician who just partied a little too hard in his youth and is still on the post-high downer from that. But he does blow a mean sax, and is memorable if only for the fact that he is always the last character to be shown at the end of the Muppet end theme, blowing the last note of the theme on his sax. Interestingly enough, in the first season of The Muppet Show, Zoot was a lot more active, partaking in skits and discussions to a degree that the later Zoot would never have bothered to do.

Of course, this season was also the one where he was dating Janice, and it seems like she was able to get him back in the groove for a while. After Janice instead started seeing Floyd, Zoot seems to have regressed to his "burnt-out" stage, but whether it was a result of the break-up or the cause of it is difficult to say. There doesn't seem to be any resentment between the three band members, though, so it's possible that Zoot and Janice just grew apart and decided to part as friends. ADDITIONAL AND "GUEST" MEMBERS The Electric Mayhem have always been good about sharing the spotlight. As long as the music stays "groovy," anyone is welcome to jam with them or join in on their performances. These are among the people who have played with the band on one or more occasions: LIPS (Steve Whitmire) Lips is the curious "sixth member" of the Electric Mayhem. He plays the trumpet, and... um... that's about all there is to him, actually.

Lips was originally created so that Steve Whitmire could have an Electric Mayhem character like all the other major performers did, and he was a regular band member during the fifth and last season of The Muppet Show, plus a handful of Muppet movies and specials. Like Zoot, Lips is at his best when playing his instrument (he manages some impressive trumpet solos!), but unlike Zoot, he doesn't have any kind of presence when he doesn't. The problem with Lips is that he has absolutely no personality. Between Steve Whitmire's reluctance to do a fully-fledged speaking character yet (this was at the time when Rizzo still played silent comedian) and the group's fear that the character's Lois Armstrong voice would be offensive to black people, Lips had no chance to develop any personality, much less show any. CLIFFORD (Kevin Clash) Clifford is a self-appointed expert on all things cool, not unlike Floyd. But their definition of "cool" seems to be slightly different, making Clifford a slightly younger, brasher character than Floyd. He is perhaps best known today as the host for the Muppets Tonight TV show, but his true roots is as a musical performer.

He was bass player for the resident band on the Jim Henson Hour, Solid Foam (in which Zoot and Animal would occasionally play as well), and he has also on occasion joined the Electric Mayhem as an auxiliary percussionist. Most people agree that he makes for a better band player than a TV show host. ROWLF THE DOG (Jim Henson/Bill Barretta) The oldest Muppet of them all, and huge fan favorite since, well, the beginning, Rowlf was a regular on the Jimmy Dean Show and had made several other TV appearances in commercials and specials and series long before anyone had even begun to ponder the concept of a Muppet Show. When The Muppet Show began, Rowlf became its resident pianist, providing many of the musical numbers -- at least the ones that didn't fit the Electric Mayhem. Many of Rowlf's numbers were simple piano tunes in which he sang some song or other that he had gotten from old musicals or children's books (he sang a few of the songs from Winnie-The-Pooh, for instance -- the songs from the original A. A. Milne books and not the Disney cartoon) and often inserting his own comments about them.

While a lot more down-to-Earth and more inclined to play classical or Broadway tunes than the mainly rock-playing Electric Mayhem, Rowlf nevertheless played alongside one or more of the band members on several occasions, sometimes even appearing as a guest member in the band's numbers. These occurrences were rare, given that both Rowlf and Dr. Teeth were played by Jim Henson, but they did happen, and there seemed to be a perfect understanding between the musicians. RIZZO THE RAT (Steve Whitmire) Part of the reason why Lips never got off the ground might have something to do with the fact that Steve Whitmire already had a character to use in Electric Mayhem numbers, namely Rizzo the Rat, who was the scene-stealing background character during the late fourth and entire fifth season. Rizzo, always popping up at odd places, would also occasionally grab the chance at performing together with them. In one particularly memorable moment, he played the cymbals and got into a musical duel with Animal.

(In case you're wondering: Yeah, Rizzo is still my favorite Muppet!) SCOOTER (Richard Hunt/Brian Henson/Rickey Boyd) Scooter generally didn't have all that much to do with the Electric Mayhem, mainly because his performer Richard Hunt was busy with Janice when they were on. Still, he's worth a mention here because of The Muppet Movie, where he acts as the band's "road manager" and joins in on percussion and as a part of the chorus in their musical numbers. It's almost a shame that he couldn't have kept this role (even though it would have been difficult for Richard Hunt), because surprisingly enough, he fits in really well with the musicians. To sum up... Eh. I don't think this needs any sum-up. The Muppets rule, okay? Tags: muppets dr teeth | eBay muppets dr teeth: $14.99 Buy It Now 1 2 eBay determines this price through a machine learned model of the product's sale prices within the last 90 days. eBay determines trending price through a machine learned model of the product’s sale prices within the last 90 days.

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2016 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park We’re less than one week away from this years installment of Outside Lands, the Bay Area music festival that’s taken place in Golden Gate Park every summer since 2008. It’s easy to write the event off as Bonnaroo-West due to their shared founding by Superfly but the event has its own identity and currently hosts a better lineup than their Tennessee counterpart did. In addition to the music, the festival showcases on-site food and beer festivals (Beer Lands, Chocolands) and has a full schedule on Gastromagic Stage, which bridges the gap between the musical programming and the foodie offerings. Performances by Big Boi and a Bloody Mary Bash hosted by Mother of Pearl’s star mixologist, Jane Danger. Members of Ra Ra Riot will even be performing as A Humiliating Kick In The Crotch. The Gastromagic Stage is shaping up to be all the best kinds of weird. Headline sets by Radiohead and LCD Soundsystem will earn the lions share of the press and between Lana Del Ray, Zedd and J. Cole, there will be plenty of sets jam packed with youthful attendees.

Legacy acts Duran Duran and Lionel Richie are sure to be well received and both Ryan Adams and Sufjen Stevens have the singer songwriter category covered. But what about the rest of the lineup? Glide’s assembled a list of bands on the bottom half of the bill that you shouldn’t dare to miss. Theses aren’t the bands that earned the event sellout status months in advance (hosting the only performance by Radiohead West of Chicago aside from a theater in Los Angeles might have had something to do with it), but if the devil is in the details, these are the small font acts we’re paying the most attention to. The Muppets’ Dr. Teeth And The Electric Mayhem: Odds are anyone raised over the past thirty years grew up on the Muppets in one medium or another. While most are familiar with the TV shows and movies, attendees at Outside Lands have the opportunity to see the first ever live performance of Dr. Teeth And The Electric Mayhem, the fictional rock band whose leader is based upon New Orleans icon Dr. John, and featuring Animal, Keith Moon’s Muppet counterpart, on drums.

This performance will be 25 minutes long and festival promoters have been tight lipped on how this set will actually play out but our bet is there will be a live band side-stage synched up to the work of the puppeteers. However this set plays out, it is guaranteed to make history. Muppet History. The Claypool Lennon Delirium: The son of John and Yoko has teamed up Supreme Bass Freak Les Claypool for a psychedelic pairing that first seemed like a novelty but proved during their high profile Bonnaroo set that they’re a festival draw to be reckoned with. They’re going head to head with resurgent livetronica act Miike Snow which will be a real test for the width of their appeal but between a quality studio record and a “Tomorrow Never Knows” cover that actually brings something new to the table, you can bet Glide will be front and center for Claypool and Sean Lennon. Miike Snow will have to wait. Kamasi Washington: While Washington has performed with everyone from Herbie Hancock to Chaka Khan, this tenor sax player has introduced a new generation to jazz through his affiliation with DJ/Rapper Flying Lotus and Kendrick Lamar, Compton’s Human Sacrifice.

Washington’s long awaited solo debut, The Epic, is an ambitious three-disc voyage through the history of modern American music and his role as host of this years Bonnaroo Superjam was met with universal acclaim. Unfortunately, Washington is taking the main stage at noon on the third day of the festival, which means plenty of folks will be too wiped to make it. But with that said, he doesn’t face high profile competition on the other stages and is absolutely worth the early arrival. Hiatus Kaiyote: This Neo-Soul Aussie Quartet has been bringing their self proclaimed Multi-Dimensional, Polyrhythmic Gangster Shit to sold out clubs around the world and their set at Outside Lands is likely to drop like a bomb. They have the misfortune of being scheduled during performances by Beach House as well as reunited headliners LCD Soundsystem. With that said, there’s a great chance that if you wander over to their Panhandle Stage set on the first night of the festival, it shouldn’t be tough getting close to the stage. If you can’t bear to miss LCD Soundsystem, do yourself a favor and try to catch at least a song or two of Hiatus Kaiyote’s performance. You’ll be glad you did.

Vulfpeck: While the Ann Arbor-bred funk quartet has been around since 2011, it wasn’t until the release of their first full-length studio album, 2015’s Thrill of the Arts that they became a certifiable Band On The Rise. They’ve received praise from The Wall Street Journal, as well as The String Cheese Incident, who covered “Funky Duck” over Independence Day Weekend. Their quirky humor has earned them standout status in a crowded field of Neo Funk Fusion acts. Everyone you know who has seen them probably hasn’t stopped raving about them and now’s your chance to follow suite. Their performance comes mid-afternoon on the first day of the event so you’ll have fresh legs to get down and groove with. "A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa" Blooper Compilation | The Muppets - YouTube "A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa" Blooper Compilation | The Muppets Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.

Uploaded on Dec 7, 2010 Check out this Blooper Compilation from "A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa" Subscribe for all new videos from The Muppets! ► Watch more Muppet Music Videos► Get ready for “The Muppets” like you’ve never seen them before! Watch the brand new series on Tuesday nights at 8/9p Central, only on ABC! Watch the best moments from the Muppets on ABC! ► Watch more of the best moments, music videos, and laughs from The Muppets! ► Get more from The Muppets! Instagram: Muppets Characters Gonzo is a multi-talented artist who performs outrageous daredevil stunts. Though an odd looking creature, Gonzo takes pride in his uniqueness and enjoys every adventure he goes on with the Muppets including the occasional space voyage. Rowlf the Dog is the Muppet’s resident piano player. One of the Muppets oldest characters, Rowlf rose to stardom by first plugging advertisements for his favorite dog-food brands on the original Muppets show.

Rowlf the Dog is not the trusty Muppets sidekick always ready to help Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the Muppets. Animal is the wild drummer for the almost-legendary band, Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, who are the regular performers traveling with the Muppets. Animal is the official musical Muppet. Known for his outrageous style and unclear speaking voice, Animal is a crazed percussionist with three music style - loud, louder and loudest. Pepe the King Prawn, lovingly known as Pepe, comes to the Muppets from Spain. Pepe moved to Hollywood to pursue his one true calling show business. Peep’s strong spanish accent makes it difficult for him to be understood. Not one to leave the Muppet Lab too often, Beaker is the accident-prone assistant to Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. Though often difficult to understand, due to his “Meep”, Beaker is known among the Muppets as the one who always gets hurt. When the Muppets made it big, they needed to hire a fool-proof security guard.

Thus, Bobo the Bear became head of Muppets security. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker are the resident scientists of the Muppets experimenting away in the Muppets Lab. Bunsen is always eager to show off his latest scientific discoveries to the Muppets. Fozzie Bear is the world’s funniest—and only— stand-up comedy bear. From his beat-up hat to the “wocka wocka” that punctuates his punchlines, Fozzie is an “old school” comic. His jokes aren’t always great, but they are delivered with heart and Fozzie’s signature pazazz. Miss Piggy is the ultimate diva, leading lady, fashion icon, star of stage, screen, and all media known and unknown in perpetuity throughout the universe. Miss Piggy has an appetite for the good things in life, including chocolate, jewelry, awards, and above all, her one true love, Kermit the Frog. Kermit is the world’s most famous frog, but he has never let international success go to his head.

Arguably one of Jim Henson’s most famous Muppet creations, Kermit the Frog has come a long way from his home, the swamp, to become one of TV’s most beloved characters. Muppet Music Videos Only on the official YouTube channel for The Muppets can you see the classic Muppets music videos, exclusive cuts of Muppets music, and all new original Muppets song covers! Check out classic Muppets music videos like The Muppets cover of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and The Muppets music videos for “Jungle Boogie”, as performed by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. The Muppets on YouTube Welcome to the Official YouTube channel for The Muppets! This channel is home to your beloved group of Muppet friends: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, Beaker, the Swedish Chef and more! Subscribe for some of your favorite and best film and television clips from The Muppets, as well as music covers and brand new comedy sketches. Check out exclusive Muppet parodies, Muppet music videos, Muppet song covers, comedy sketches, and more!

Join in the fun with original Muppet comedy shows, TV promos, and charity PSAs. Tune into the all new the Muppet show, “The Muppets” on Tuesday nights at 8|7c on ABC! Category Janice | Muppet Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Janice with Damian Kulash on the set of OK Go 's "Muppet Show Theme" music video. Janice in the 2014 Toyota commercial. Janice is the lead guitar player in the Electric Mayhem on The Muppet Show . She also portrays Nurse Janice in Veterinarian's Hospital , and appears in various other sketches, frequently as a chorus member. She is occasionally seen in the orchestra during the fifth season of the show. She has a very close relationship with the Electric Mayhem's bass player, Floyd Pepper (although, in the first season of The Muppet Show, she's involved with Zoot in the At the Dance sketch). In addition to the guitar, Janice has also played the tambourine with the Mayhem, and the trumpet or trombone with the orchestra.

In personality, Janice is generally laid-back, noted for her Valley girl "Fer sure" and "Rully" dialogue and behavior (such as tanning herself in The Great Muppet Caper ). Twice in the Muppet movies, when caught short during a loud and confusing group discussion, Janice has inadvertently revealed her attitudes towards nudity. In The Great Muppet Caper, she's interrupted while justifying a willingness to walk along the beach naked to her mother, while in The Muppets Take Manhattan , she claims that she doesn't pose naked, "even if it is artistic." Janice also has an affinity for baking, at least during the holidays: in A Muppet Family Christmas , she makes Christmas cookies that are eaten by Cookie Monster , while she brings cupcakes to the party in A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa . She lists Tina Turner and Joan Jett among her musical influences, and Weezer and OK Go as some of her favorite current bands. [1] Janice was originally performed by Fran Brill in The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence pilot in 1975, and in the first set of Muppet Meeting Films .

Eren Ozker performed Janice in the first season of The Muppet Show. Richard Hunt took over the character in season two, and gave Janice her familiar Valley girl voice and attitude. Michael Frith's original sketch of the character indicates that she was intended to be a male character, a takeoff on Mick Jagger's emaciated frame and prominent lips. Her name is probably a reference to Janis Joplin. However, in her final form as built by Bonnie Erickson , she bears very little resemblance to either Jagger or Joplin. In an August 27, 2015 tweet , @ElectricMayhem revealed a never before known fact about Janice's family, "Janice truly is a flower child. Her mom's name was Daisy!" [1] Contents Fictional Bands & Musicians NOT Named Spinal Tap | Fictional Bands & Musicians NOT Named Spinal Tap Written by: Admin There’s no “i” in Teamocil…at least not where you’d think.

Ever since Spinal Tap skewered classic rock bands with their excess, egos and miniature Stonehenge stage props back in 1984, many other fictional musicians and bands have popped up in movies and television programs. While Rob Reiner’s fake-rock legends, made up of the amazingly-named David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls, may have set the bar impossibly high, there have been some pretty great examples over the years. Some are composites of real-life musicians, whereas others are just farcical clichés fleshed out on-screen for laughs and satirical value. A few of the most notable acts began as comedy sketch characters and took on real-life existences of their own after popularity soared. Examples of all of these are featured below. Feast your eyes (and ears) on our list of 11 of the very best fictional rock bands/musicians not named Spinal Tap. 1. Stillwater While Stillwater might be the name of a real-life 1970s rock band, director Cameron Crowe was allowed to use the moniker for the fictional band featured in his 2000 film Almost Famous.

The band, played by Billy Crudup (as lead guitarist Russell), Jason Lee (as vocalist Jeff), John Fedevich (as drummer Ed Vallencourt) and Mark Kozelek (as bassist Larry Fellows) drew its influence from classic rock bands like The Eagles, The Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and others that Crowe actually toured with as a young writer for Rolling Stone. In the film, Lee and Crudup play embittered rock stars perfectly, snarling at each other and living lives of excess just as many successful musicians did in that era. Nancy Wilson of Heart wrote Stillwater’s “hit” song Fever Dog, and Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready recorded the guitar track for the soundtrack album, helping make Stillwater one of the most memorable fictional rock bands in cinema history. 2. Bleeding Gums Murphy As a young, aspiring jazz musician, Lisa Simpson idolized Bleeding Gums Murphy. The grizzled old sax man first appeared on The Simpsons wailing a solo on a bridge at night, much to the delight of Lisa.

Loosely based on jazz legend Sonny Rollins, Bleeding Gums Murphy first appeared in the sixth episode of the show’s first season, and was referenced several times after he died in Season 6. Murphy left Lisa his saxophone when he died, because he was an all-around great guy. While not confirmed, the show does hint that Murphy’s brother is none other than Springfield’s oft-chuckling Dr. Hibbard. Below is a clip of Murphy’s infamous 26-minute version of the Star-Spangled Banner that he sang at a Springfield Isotopes game. 3. The Folksmen Christopher Guest knows a thing or two about great movies about fictitious musicians. The Folksmen were the stars of A Mighty Wind, the mockumentary film starring Michael McKean, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Harry Shearer, and a slew of Guest’s other buddies.

The trio, made up of Mark Shubb (played by Shearer), Alan Barrows (Guest himself) and Jerry Palter (Michael McKean) had a folk hit in the movie with the song Old Joe’s Place, which they performed in the film when they finally reunite with The New Main Street Singers and Mitch & Micky for a memorial concert honoring Irving Steinbloom, the music producer who assembled the three groups. The Folksmen were actually conceived in 1984 on Saturday Night Live and performed occasionally until A Mighty Wind, but the film introduced the comedy act to a much larger audience. 4. Citizen Dick (from the movie Singles) Cameron Crowe’s 1992 film Singles had a lot to do with the exploding “grunge” scene in the Pacific Northwest. In the film, Matt Dillon’s character Cliff Poncier fronts a grungy band called Citizen Dick. The other members of this fake band were actually played by Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, who actually lent much of his wardrobe to Dillon for the film.

Ament also created fake song titles for Citizen Dick, one of which Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell, (who has a cameo in the film himself) turned into Spoonman, a song that would be a big hit for Soundgarden. Citizen Dick is a spot-on portrayal of your typical “grunge” band in that era, and Dillon plays it perfectly as the brash, fame-seeking musician type. Below is a clip of Dillon’s character meeting with the rest of Citizen Dick (Vedder, Ament and Gossard). 5. The Beets Nickelodeon’s heyday in the early to mid-1990s was highlighted by Doug, a quirky cartoon series about a dorky high-schooler and his everyday troubles. Within the show, he loved a band called The Beets, who were loosely (and obviously) modeled after the Beatles and other various British Invasion bands. The band appeared intermittently throughout the show’s run on Nickelodeon, and their songs, including Killer Tofu, I Need Mo’ Allowance and Shout Your Lungs Out were humorous jabs at popular culture, as well as pretty respectable pop tunes.

Killer Tofu, in particular, features memorable lines such as “I eat my sugar cereal/but it makes my teeth bacterial!” Listen and laugh below. 6. Dr. Funke’s 100 Percent Natural Good Time Family Band Solution In the tragically short existence of Mitchell Hurwitz’s irreverent ensemble sitcom Arrested Development, the character of Tobias Fünke (played by David Cross) dabbled in a number of job prospects throughout his ridiculous life. Toward the end of the first season, he talks to Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) about “reuniting the band”, which refers to Dr. Fünke’s 100 Percent Natural Good Time Family Band Solution, a folk band that he, his wife Lindsay (Portia de Rossi) and daughter Maeby (Alia Shawkat) performed as in the mid 1990’s. The three of them basically sang the fine print of over-the-counter prescription drugs, in the awkward-yet-hilarious style that came to characterize the show. If it all sounds like an “in-joke”, you should probably go buy the DVDs and get started. 7.

Dewey Cox Walk Hard: The Legend of Dewey Cox was both a satire of biopics in general and a parody of Walk the Line, the Johnny Cash film starring Joaquin Phoenix. Written by Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan, the movie is filled with humorous homages to all kinds of rock star clichés, including nods to the careers of Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, The Big Bopper, and The Beatles, who are the source of many jokes in one particular scene. John C. Reilly plays the lead role, and also sings Walk Hard, Cox’s biggest hit within the film. 8. The Wonders Tom Hanks wrote and directed That Thing You Do!, the 1996 comedy/drama chronicling The Wonders, a fictional one-hit wonder band from the early 1960s. The band’s ridiculously infectious hit song, That Thing You Do, was written by Fountains of Wayne songwriter Adam Schlesinger. The song, coincidentally, peaked at #41 on the Billboard Top 100 chart in 1996.

The Wonders (or “The Oneders” as they called themselves in the film until people didn’t know how to pronounce it) were played by Steve Zahn, Johnathon Schaech, Ethan Embry and Tom Everett Scott, but the vocals and music for the song were recorded by Schlesinger and vocalist Mike Viola. Had the song actually existed in the 1960s, it’s likely it would have been just as much of a hit as it was in the context of the film. Good luck getting it out of your head, by the way. 9. Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem The resident rock band on The Muppet Show in the mid 1970s, Electric Mayhem was the name of the all-Muppet band made up of Dr. Teeth on keyboards and front-puppet duty, Animal on drums, Sgt. Floyd Pepper on bass, Janice on the lead guitar, Zoot on sax, and occasional trumpet player Lips.

After The Muppet Show came to an end, the group appeared in various Muppet-related productions, including The Muppet Movie (1979), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), and A Muppet Family Christmas (1987). Indie rock/jam band My Morning Jacket was in talks with Disney to embark on a real-life tour as Dr. Teeth’s backing band this year, with the band performing the music and animatronic puppets doing the movements, but the red tape proved too sticky, and the project was canned. That’s too bad, really. Below, enjoy Dizzy Gillespie’s 1980 appearance on The Muppet Show, where he performed St. Louis Blues alongside Electric Mayhem. 10. The Soggy Bottom Boys Joel and Ethan Coen’s 2000 film O Brother, Where Art Thou? featured a sparkling cast and a fresh take on Homer’s Odyssey, coupled with the great bluegrass/country music on the soundtrack.

When chain gang escapees Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney), Pete (John Turturro) and Delmar O’Donnell (Tim Blake Nelson) break free and go on the run, they get into all sorts of misunderstandings. At one point, they stumble upon a blind radio station owner and pose as a singing group, recording the song Man of Constant Sorrow to make some quick cash. They call themselves the Soggy Bottom Boys, a nod to the Foggy Mountain Boys, a bluegrass band led by Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt. While Clooney, Turturro and Nelson didn’t actually record the music or vocals on the song, the scene is one of the film’s funniest moments. The song becomes a big hit, but since they were on the run from the law they don’t realize that until later in the film. Naturally. 11. The Blues Brothers Jake and Elwood Blues (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, respectively) may have started out as a fictional duo in a Saturday Night Live musical sketch, but before long the fiction became reality.

What began as a one-off skit turned into something much more real, after cast members jammed together at Aykroyd’s Holland Tunnel Blues Bar in NYC. Before long, Aykroyd had taught Belushi all about the blues, and they began singing with local blues groups. The duo took on the name The Blues Brothers, and released a hit album in 1978, which was followed up by the now-classic film The Blues Brothers in 1980. Perhaps one of the rare cases of SNL skit-turned successful, funny motion picture, The Blues Brothers seem to have withstood the test of time to be one of the most-loved “fictional” musical groups of all-time. Below, watch their performance backing up Ray Charles as he plays the song Twist It (Shake Your Tail Feather). Leave a Reply "The Muppets." The Ex-Factor (TV Episode 2015) - IMDb I feel embarrassed for the Muppets. I feel embarrassed for the extremely talented Muppet performers who for years have brought these wonderful characters to life, and done so many great bits of comedy. Now they are reduced to doing a weak sitcom with inappropriate and mostly unfunny situations.

Tonight Kermit has to buy a gift for his new girlfriend (a completely unfunny and undeveloped character. What is unique about her? Anything?) so he does the one thing the real Kermit would never do: ask Miss Piggy for help finding her a gift. Does this make sense on any level to anyone? Kermit would not 1. dare risk the wrath of Piggy or 2. dare risk hurting Piggy by asking her to do this. Totally out of character. The B story wastes guest star Kristen Chenoweth as she goes off with the band. More inappropriate humor ensues. There is even a fight between Dr. Teeth and Floyd. Very few laughs. Jim Henson has to be rolling over in his grave to see how they are ruining his classic creation. 1 of 5 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes TV ACRES: Puppets & Puppeteers > Jim Henson Muppets (Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie) Fozzie the Bear , a terrible comedian Scooter (Richard Hunt), whose uncle J.P.

Grosse owned the theater where the Muppets performed Sam the Eagle, the show's censor and self-appointed guardian of good taste and culture The Swedish Chef, a goofy unintelligible gourmet Dr. Bunsen Honey Dew, a resident scientist who worked on unsuccessful invention with the help of his terrified assistant Beaker Waldorf and Statler, two grouchy old men who heckled the Muppet performers from a theater balcony. The Muppet's in-house band was " Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band ," a parody of late 1960s burnt out heavy metal musicians, who hung around the Muppet show cause "it was a good gig." Members included: Floyd Pepper (Jerry Nelson), their verbal rep and laid-back hipster Zoot (Dave Goelz), an aging, saxophonist Janis (Richard Hunt), a California surfer girl/guitar player Leon "Dr.

Teeth" Elton John Don't Shoot (Jim Henson), the piano player and band leader with a big round body, skinny arms and protruding teeth Animal (Frank Oz), a hairy drummer who cried "Animal needs WOMAN!" THE MUPPET SHOW was awarded the Emmy Award in 1974 for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming and in 1978 for Outstanding Comedy Variety or Music Series. The program also spawned an animated spin-off called MUPPET BABIES/CBS/1984-92 with stories of the Muppets when they were little children under the care of a nanny (voice of Barbara Billingsley). Support players in the Muppet magic included puppeteers: Don Sahlin (died in 1978), who formerly worked with puppeteer Burr Tillstrom Franz "Faz" Fazakas, the resident mechanical genius who devised remote controlled eyes and puppets Frank Oz (born in Hereford, England in 1944), sidekick and assistant to Jim Henson who was the talent behind Miss Piggy, Animal, the drummer and the voice/puppeteer of Yoda in the movie Star Wars (1977).

The Muppet characters have appeared in the feature motion pictures The Muppet Movie (1979); The Great Muppet Caper (1981); and The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984). The wizardry of Jim Henson and his talented puppeteers from his special effects division called the Creature Shop have also loaned their skills to such motion pictures as The Dark Crystal (1983), Labyrinth (1986), Witches (1990), The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Secret of the Ooze (1991); as well as such television programs as TALES FROM MUPPETLAND, a special that aired on the ABC network (4/10/1970); FRAGGLEROCK (which became the first American TV show to air in USSR), and THE JIM HENSON HOUR/NBC/1989. In 1987, Jim Henson was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.

Six years after Jim Henson died of pneumonia on May 16, 1990, the Muppets returned to television on MUPPETS TONIGHT/ABC/1996/DIS/1997 as the Muppets put on a "live" program at TV station KMUP. The show included regular sketches such as "Pigs in Space: Deep Dish Nine! The Next Generation of ...Pigs in Space!" starring Miss Piggy and the new crew of Swinetrek II. Other sketches included "E-I-E-I-O/R" billed as a fast-paced medical drama starring Mister Poodlepants"; "The Bay of Pig Watch," a seaside parody of BAYWATCH; and "Tails from the Vet" with such strange animals as a ham-eating pig and lactose-intolerant cow. Henson Productions under the guidance of Jim's Son, Brian have continued the Muppet legacy with the sci-fi adventures BRATS Of THE LOST NEBULA/WB/1998 (Five teenage refugees wander the universe and FARSCAPE/SCI/1999-2002 with Rygel XVI, a slug-like Dominar of the Hynerian Empire). External Links

Question: Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem was the resident band on which TV show?
Answer: The Muppets