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Animal from the Muppets Rocks!
He made his first appearance in the original 1975 pilot, The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence. The furry drummer was kept chained up in the basement when he wasn't on stage performing with The Electric Mayhem.
Animal's nickname is "The little skirt chaser". In "The Muppets Take Manhattan", he chases a female collegue of the auditorium, shouting "Woo-maaaan!" after her. Animal also chases cars.
Animal is the only member to have appeared in every feature film and the only member in the regular cast of the Muppet Babies spin-off cartoon.
The Muppets drummer isn't particularly eloquent. He only speaks in croaky shouts and uses short, repetitive phrases. Mostly 'EAT!', 'WOMAN' and 'MUSIC' and of course; 'BEAT DRUMS! BEAT DRUMS!'. When Animal is less excited, he is capable of having a logical conversation, but these occasions don't happen very often.
"Oh yeah, that's Animal. Show 'em what you do, Animal!"
"I what do! Eat drums! Rarrrrgh!"
"No! No! Not eat drums! Beat drums! Beat drums!" - Dr. Teeth and Animal
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4 reasons to love Muppet Animal
- Animal Rocks! Like a real rockstar Animal only knows 3 styles of music, loud, louder and deafening. His unrestrained style has made him popular all over the world
- Animal is sweet. His fellow Muppet, the laboratory assistant Beaker does not talk, he only screams the word 'ME' in a weird fashion. When the audience replies with shouting at Beaker Animal asks them to be silent. This really shows the softer side of our beloved Muppet Animal.
- Animal and I share the same interests :)
- Animal has a passion for the impressionist paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir:
Kermit the Frog: What's wrong with your drummer? He looks a little crazed.
Zoot: Oh, he's just upset about missing the Rembrandt exhibit at The National Gallery.
Animal: [Correcting him in a wild, angry tone] Renoir! Renoir!
(From the movie 'The Great Muppet Caper')
Apart from impressionist paintings Animal is also into Zen Mysticism, women and chickens.
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Animal has had numerous other appearances on television, in advertising, and even on a U.S. postage stamp.
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Muppets Animal Filmography
TelevisionThe Muppet Show (1976-1980)
Muppet Babies (a cartooned, infantized rendering, 1984-1991)
Muppets Tonight (Guest, 1996)
A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
Film
The Muppet Movie (1979)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
The Muppets take Manhattan (1984)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Muppets From Space (1999)
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Many guest stars would be asked about their favorite Muppet and be given scenes with them. Miss Piggy was reportedly the most requested. Animal was a close second
Animal is My Favorite Muppet!
Everybody has his own favorites. In my top 3 favorite Muppets are definitely Beaker, Statler and Waldorf (the old men) and of course Animal.
Is Animal your most beloved Muppet character too?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYes of course, Animal is the best!
none of you bees wax says:
Go Animal!
Posted January 24, 2012
me says:
ANIMAL ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted January 06, 2012
Veronica says:
Yes. My nickname is Animal :)
Posted August 31, 2011
animal says:
animal is my lil cuzins fave thats his theme for his b-day luv him 2 keep rokin animal
Posted August 02, 2011
Nope, Animal is cool but I prefer another Muppet
thelordsbeauty says:
I'm a Miss Piggy girl!!!! You should see the lens i made on her!
http://www.squidoo.com/miss-piggy-the-diva
She will always be my favorite. :)
Posted April 04, 2011
Dkprincess6 says:
Animal is my husband's favorite character, maybe because he's a drummer too? I like Kermit.
Posted April 29, 2009
Rumors go, Animal was inspired by Keith Moon of The Who but there is no evidence in the original sketches for the character.
The other members of the Muppet Show Band were created by Muppet designer Michael K. Frith, and the sketches reproduced in the book "Of Muppets and Men" show that they were based on famous musicians. Visit Anwerbag.com for more info.
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Animal was the mascot of the U.S. snowboarding team during the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan
Quick, what do you think of Animal?
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Animal opts to wear football shoulder pads instead of a shirt when he is not in his maroon band uniform
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Frank Oz: "Animal can be described in five words: sex, sleep, food, drums, and pain."
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Animal is a big fan of Buddy Rich. He has played with his idol at the Muppet Show in 1978.
Rarrrrgh!
'Of Muppets and Men: The Making of The Muppet Show'
The Documentary
Of Muppets and Men is a 52 minute behind-the-scenes documentary produced during the fifth season of The Muppet Show. Of Muppets and Men was syndicated in 1981 and shows the verbal, mental and physical athleticism of putting together The Muppet Show. 'Of Muppets and Men: The Making of The Muppet Show'
Watch this excellent documentary in 6 parts on YouTube
A number of actors who have appeared with Muppets in TV shows or movies say the Muppets are so real to them that they converse with the Muppet before and after takes
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- FROM THE HEART
- Principal Rose Kelly explained that the boxes, which ranged in theme from The Muppets' Animal to Angry Birds, were on display from Feb. 3-10, and students used quarters to vote for their favorite. Votes were still being tallied Monday, and the winner ...
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Like a lot of people, I grew up on Sesame Street and the Muppets. But did you ever stop to wonder where they came from? Read the whole article at cnn.com. 
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EAT! WOMAN! MUSIC! BEAT DRUMS!!! Shout along with Animal!
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JeanJohnson
Jul 19, 2011 @ 1:47 am | delete
- Great Animal lens, definitely one of my favorite muppet characters
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FoxMusic
Jan 1, 2011 @ 5:11 pm | delete
- Great Lens
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spritequeen
Oct 20, 2010 @ 11:50 pm | delete
- Fun lens!! I LOVE Animal!! Thanks for sharing :-)
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damagedinc
Oct 1, 2010 @ 5:40 am | delete
- Awesome Lens!
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Treasures-By-Brenda
Sep 24, 2010 @ 8:07 am | delete
- Animal definitely rocks.
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MsSnow4a
Apr 29, 2009 @ 3:31 pm | delete
- Nice lens :)
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Dkprincess6
Apr 29, 2009 @ 3:20 pm | delete
- Great lens! I'll have to e-mail it to my husband I think. He loves Animal!
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mbgphoto
Apr 29, 2009 @ 7:29 am | delete
- This is a fun lense! Thanks for the memories!
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