Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem He is named for his wild behavior and drumming. Some speculate the character is based on either Keith Moon, John Bonham, Ginger Baker, or Levon Helm while others have suggested Mick Fleetwood. In the April 8, 2002, episode of "Inside the Actors Studio", Billy Joel claimed that Liberty DeVitto was the inspiration for The Muppets character Animal. This assertion has not been taken seriously as Animal's initial appearance in the 1974 pilot for "The Muppet Show" occurred two full years before DeVitto even made his first recording (on Joel's 1976 album "Turnstiles"). Others say there is no evidence that Animal
TV Mayhem TV Mayhem TV Mayhem was a British children's short-lived Saturday morning television series that was originally a replacement for "Hey Hey It's Saturday" after it was cancelled and aired from September 1991 for just six weeks on the breakfast television channel TV-am. The show was presented by Chris Evans, who later went on to co-host "The Big Breakfast" in 1992 on Channel 4. Cartoons that were aired included all the animated segments from "Wake, Rattle and Roll" (which were "Fender Bender 500" and "Monster Tails") and "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures". It was cancelled after TV-am lost its licence to