Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem He also appeared and spoke (albeit very briefly) in the 2014 movie "Muppets Most Wanted". He appears (and speaks on several occasions) in the new series "The Muppets" completely rebuilt as the original puppet from his "Muppet Show" days actually disintegrated on set during the filming of the 2015 music video "Kodachrome". Clifford, performed by Kevin Clash, was briefly made a member of the Electric Mayhem (as a percussionist) in 1990. His only appearances with the group were in the television special "The Muppets at Walt Disney World" and minor publicity material. Jim was featured in the original pilot episode
Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem and Mary. Zoot is a teal-colored, balding saxophone player with dark glasses and a high-crowned blue felt hat and was generally a laid-back fellow of few words. His name refers to the 20th-century saxophonist Zoot Sims and per designer Bonnie Erickson is modeled after Latin jazz artist Gato Barbieri. He is performed by Dave Goelz. He was conceived as a burned-out, depressed 50-year-old musician but according to Goelz when the role was assigned to him, he did not know how to perform that type of character. He, therefore, made the character mainly communicate through his playing rather than by speaking.