Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem is a Muppet rock house band that debuted on "The Muppet Show". Following "The Muppet Show", they appeared in various Muppet movies and television specials and have also recorded album tracks and covered numerous songs. Dr. Teeth and Animal were designed by Jim Henson, Zoot was designed by Bonnie Erickson, while the rest of the original band members were designed by Michael K. Frith. They made their debut in 1975's "" and the pilot for "The Muppet Show". The band consists of Dr. Teeth on vocals and keyboards,
The Muppet Show co-creator George Schlatter was originally going to be involved. Lew Grade, head of the British commercial station ATV and accustomed to the idea of puppet television considering he underwrote the various 1960s Supermarionation series produced by Gerry Anderson such as "Thunderbirds", offered a deal to Henson that would see his show produced at the ATV studios in Elstree, England. ATV, as part of the ITV network, would broadcast the show to other ITV stations in the United Kingdom, and its distribution arm, ITC Entertainment, would sell the show in the United States and around the world. Henson put aside his