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Animal is a savant, versatile session drummer, to back Muppet tunes, capable even of finishing a slow song, if the singer is a nice lady. He can match both Buddy Rich and Harry Belafonte in drum-offs on The Muppet Show , Questlove on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in 2011, and Dave Grohl on The Muppets in 2015.
Verrell also performed in several television shows, including The Muppet Show where he played drums for the show's manic puppet drummer, Animal. [1] [2] [5] When American drummer Buddy Rich, one of Verrell's heroes, guested on the show, Verrell (as Animal) had a drumming duel with Rich, and won after Animal smashed a snare drum over Rich's head ...
Performed by Jim Henson (1975–1990), John Kennedy (1991–2003), Bill Barretta (2005–present); Dr. Gerald Teeth Jr. is the gravelly-voiced lead singer and keyboardist.He is green-skinned and red-haired with a large grinning mouth of teeth including a gold tooth supposedly fashioned by melting down his gold records. [10]
Crazy Harry is a pyrotechnician obsessed with explosives, who first appeared in The Muppets Valentine Show and later, The Muppet Show. Crazy Harry has black scruffy hair, an uncombed chin curtain beard and huge, egg-shaped baggy eyes. Early in season one, he played triangle with the pit band.
Kevin Jeffrey Clash (born September 17, 1960) is an American puppeteer, director and producer best known for puppeteering Elmo on Sesame Street from 1985 to 2012. He also performed puppets for Labyrinth, Dinosaurs, Oobi, and various Muppet productions.
David Charles Goelz (/ ˈ ɡ oʊ l z /; born July 16, 1946) is an American puppeteer and voice actor known for his work with the Muppets.He is best known for performing the characters Gonzo the Great, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, and Beauregard.
During the 1940s and 1950s, he was voted best drummer in the Melody Maker poll for seven years in succession. He was appointed as the musical director for ATV in 1956, [2] a post he held until 1981, and was the "real" conductor for The Muppet Show orchestra for the series entire run and composed the score theme to ITC Entertainment. [3]
Gordon was a session drummer in the late 1960s and 1970s and was the drummer in the blues rock supergroup Derek and the Dominos. In 1983, in a psychotic episode associated with undiagnosed schizophrenia, Gordon murdered his mother and was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison, remaining incarcerated until his death in 2023.