Doctor Teeth & the Electric Mayhem Band - Wild rock and roll group on THE MUPPET SHOW/SYN/1976-81. This musical group of puppets was a parody of the drug-taking, mind-blown heavy metal musicians from the late 1960s. Members included Sergeant Floyd Pepper (voice of Jerry Nelson), a laid back hipster/bass guitar player and the group's verbal representative; Zoot (voice of Dave Goetz) an aging, burnt out saxophonist; Animal (voice of Frank Oz), the band's drummer and throwback to a hairy Neanderthal who banged his drums and screamed "WO-MAN" Animal like WO-MAN!"; Janis (voice of Frank Oz), a stringy-blond-haired female guitar player; and Dr. Teeth (voice of Jim Henson), the group's leader who had very round body and skinny arms. He was a piano player modeled after Elton "Don't Shoot the Piano Player" John. These musical leftovers from the drug culture hung around the Muppet show because it was a "good gig." 

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