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
A Muppet Family Christmas in his trash can, sighing very miserably due to his hatred for Christmas). The last part shows Jim Henson himself making a cameo appearance preparing to do the washing up with Sprockett. This is one of the very few Muppet productions to feature Muppets associated with all four of the major Muppet franchises as a crossover: "The Muppet Show", "Sesame Street", "Fraggle Rock" and "Muppet Babies" (who are seen as actual puppets here instead of animated counterparts). This special also features an onscreen guest cameo by Jim Henson; he can be seen in the kitchen doing dishes with Sprocket towards