Beaker (Muppet) Bunsen, and Frank Welker provided Beaker's squeaky meeps. Beaker was performed by Kevin Clash in "The Muppet Show Live". An animated Beaker was also voiced by Richard Hunt, his usual performer during that period, when he appeared in the short lived "Little Muppet Monsters" series. Beaker's "meep" sound has become a well-known catchphrase, and is referenced in various media. In a 2004 Internet poll sponsored by the BBC and the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Beaker and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew were voted Britain's favourite cinematic scientists. They beat Mr. Spock, their closest rival, by a margin of two
The Muppets gallery within the "Worlds of Puppetry" exhibition at the Center in November 2015. Muppet-like and Muppet-inspired puppets star in the 2004 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical "Avenue Q". Peter Jackson's film, "Meet the Feebles" is another parody of the Muppets. A vomit-spewing Kermit the Frog was a recurring character on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", and the Muppets were frequently preempted at the beginning of episodes for the Canadian series "You Can't Do That on Television." Seth Green's short-lived show "Greg the Bunny" was about sentient hand-puppets working in a Muppet-like children's show. Many other films and television shows such as