Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem 2002. Bill Barretta took over the role beginning with "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" so that Kennedy could start performing Floyd instead following the retirement of Jerry Nelson, Floyd's original performer (although Matt Vogel later assumed the role of Floyd as well as most of Nelson's primary Muppet characters). Dr. Teeth's first major speaking role since Henson's death was in Statler and Waldorf's very own show, "" where Victor Yerrid performed him. Bill Barretta, however, has been performing Dr. Teeth consistently since 2005. Although being the band leader, Dr. Teeth is never featured in the regular orchestra playing at "The
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show Shel Silverstein. The band had eight years of regular chart hits, in both the United States, where their music was played on top-40, easy listening, and country music outlets, and throughout the English-speaking world including the UK, Canada and South Africa. Their music spanned several genres, mostly novelty songs and acoustic ballads in their early years; their greatest success came with their later material, mostly consisting of disco-influenced soft rock, which the band recorded under the shortened name "Dr. Hook". Dr Hook recently announced that they will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary with the Dr. Hook 50th Anniversary World Tour