Animal (Muppet) Animal (Muppet) Animal is the fictional wild and frenzied monster who is a drummer of Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, the fictional band from "The Muppet Show". He is one of The Muppets originally created by Michael K. Frith. Animal was performed by Frank Oz from his first appearance in the pilot for "The Muppet Show" until his 2000 appearance in the video game "Muppet RaceMania", and has been performed regularly by Eric Jacobson since his 2002 appearance in "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie". On "The Muppet Show", his drumming is performed by Ronnie Verrell. Animal has
Swanee River (band) and television the band have been featured on such broadcasts as BBC ATL TV, BBC Radio 1 Introducing, Electric Mainline (BBC), The Mark Patterson Show (BBC), Drive 105, Balcony TV, Maiden City FM, Rte Radio 2 and Downtown radio. In 2010 Swanee River has been mainly writing and recording their debut album which is due for release in early 2011, however the band still managed to squeeze in a string of headline shows around the country and played a total of 8 festivals from the summer onwards including Glasgowbury, Sunflowerfest, Macfest, Pigstock, Gasyard Feila ‘wan big weekend’, August Mini Mayhem