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. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem and "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover". He has a close relationship with Janice and is Animal's close friend and handler. In books like "The Case of The Missing Mother", by James Howe, Animal is practically Floyd's pet. Floyd has declared himself to be an excellent songwriter—when the band briefly went on strike, one of his conditions was that he be allowed to write new theme music for the show—but with no apparent contradiction, admits that everyone hates his music. "If I didn't know I was a genius," he once declared, ""I" wouldn't listen to the trash I write." Janice