Animal (Muppet) Animal (Muppet) Animal is the fictional wild and frenzied monster who is a drummer of Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, the fictional band from "The Muppet Show". He is one of The Muppets originally created by Michael K. Frith. Animal was performed by Frank Oz from his first appearance in the pilot for "The Muppet Show" until his 2000 appearance in the video game "Muppet RaceMania", and has been performed regularly by Eric Jacobson since his 2002 appearance in "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie". On "The Muppet Show", his drumming is performed by Ronnie Verrell. Animal has
Little Muppet Monsters to high ratings from the "Muppet Babies" reruns, the network decided not to pick up the remaining episodes of "Little Muppet Monsters". The three completed episodes never appeared on television after their initial airdates. Plans to officially re-release the three episodes have not been made. Despite its quick cancellation, the theme song to "Little Muppet Monsters" lived on; the instrumental version of the song became the closing theme for "Muppet Babies" and remained so until the show ended in 1990. In 1990, segments of the animated "Pigs in Space" and "Kermit the Frog, Private Eye" from the second episode of