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 of the founders of "Rolling Stone", proclaiming "I’ve just given you guys the best commercial for this rag that you’ll ever get." Wenner then sent Cameron Crowe (who later wrote and directed "Jerry McGuire"), then 16 years old, to interview the band for issue 131 (March 1973). Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show appeared on the cover, albeit in caricature rather than photograph. In the United Kingdom, the BBC Radio network refused to play "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'", because it considered doing so would be advertising a trademark name, which was against the BBC's policy (previously, the Kinks had