Recommended music: Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem – Can You Picture That?
Don’t turn in for the night just yet, as this #SomethingElseSunday, we’re still celebrating 70 years of the Muppets! From the Palisades Toys Muppets line, it’s Dr. Teeth!
The lead singer, keyboard player, and leader of the Electric Mayhem, Dr. Teeth actually made his debut before the rest of the band. He first appeared on both The Mike Douglas Show and The Tonight Show just days before the second Muppet Show pilot, “The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence” in March of 1975. Besides his role in The Electric Mayhem house band performing the theme for seasons 2-5, he was involved in sketches in each of the five seasons of The Muppet Show and appeared in 46 of the 120 episodes. Dr. Teeth has since been involved in nearly every avenue of Muppet productions over the past 45 years, from movies to music to television.
Teeth’s name may have come from never having a cavity, but really, he’s just a happy green guy with a large toothy grin. Jim Henson performed Dr. Teeth from 1975 until his passing in 1990, with another puppeteer working the hands for the keyboard. After Jim’s death, Dr. Teeth was largely unused or silent until 2005, when Bill Barretta took over the role.
In the Palisades Muppet toy line, Dr. Teeth appeared in the first wave to promote the 25th anniversary of The Muppet Show. The standard version seen here came with a red and black striped shirt, pink hat, black keyboard, and a Muppet Show logo base.
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