Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem The band's first film role was performing the song "Can You Picture That?" in "The Muppet Movie". They also performed "Night Life" and participated in "The Happiness Hotel" in "The Great Muppet Caper" and performed "Jingle Bell Rock" in "A Muppet Family Christmas". They appeared in "The Muppets Take Manhattan" (sans Lips) where Dr. Teeth sang "You Can't Take No For An Answer". Following the deaths of two of the group's puppeteers, Jim Henson (Dr. Teeth) and Richard Hunt (Janice), they were limited to brief instrumental background music for years. However, Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem backed Miss Piggy
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show and Cummings played and sang a few songs, Francis hopped up and danced on the mogul's desk. This meeting secured the band their first record deal. Subsequently, the band went on to international success over the next twelve years, with Haffkine as the group's manager, as well as producer of all the Dr. Hook recordings. Silverstein and Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show became a great combination. Haffkine, having a knack for picking songs, quickly became Dr. Hook’s #1 A&R man, as well as their producer and manager. Silverstein wrote all the songs for their self-titled debut album, released in