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[[Image:Electricmayhemposter.jpg|thumb|300px|The Electric Mayhem (from top to bottom): Animal, Dr. Teeth, Floyd, Janice, and Zoot.]]
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[[Image:Mayhem new.jpg|thumb|300px|The Electric Mayhem in 2011.]]
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'''Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem''' are the house band on ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. They mostly stick to rock music, but they're capable of playing other styles, including jazz and (unwillingly) classical. Although [[Dr. Teeth]] is the leader, he is not the only one to provide lead vocals. [[Floyd Pepper]] is often a lead singer on songs, and [[Janice]] is lead singer on a handful of songs.
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They drive around in a brightly-painted [[The Electric Mayhem Bus|bus]] with psychedelic swirls and colors.
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In an edition of [[Ask Henson.com]], [[Karen Falk]] responded to a question about the origins of the Mayhem band:
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{{quote|Music was always an important part of Jim Henson's work. He had a strong interest in all types and had an eclectic record library. When he began writing proposals and creating concepts for ''The Muppet Show'' in the late 1960s, they always included a house band that was to appear in each episode. At that time, Jim had a strong interest in the counter-culture movement (as evidenced by his experimental film [[Youth '68]]) and sought to reflect that in the composition of the band. One proposal from about 1970 says that the band would, "...do songs like "Sunshine" from ''[[Hair]]''. In fact, they are all dressed to out-hair the ''Hair'' cast."<br><br>The Electric Mayhem as we know it first appeared in 1975 on the ''Muppet Show'' pilot ''[[Sex and Violence]]''. A page of ideas for the show written by Jim describes the band this way: "Rock act - far-out, elaborate weird equipment, big amps...".}}
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==Musicians==
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[[Image:Electricmayhem2.jpg|thumb|300px|The original five members.]]
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[[Image:Muppetband-1-.jpg|thumb|300px|Six members of The Electric Mayhem (including Lips).]]
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===Core Members===
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* [[Dr. Teeth]] on keyboards, pianos, and vocals.
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* [[Floyd Pepper]] on bass guitar, banjo, vibes and vocals
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* [[Zoot]] on saxophone, clarinet, flute, and tuba.
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* [[Janice]] on lead guitar, tambourine, trombone, trumpet, and vocals.
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* [[Animal]] on drums.
   
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===Additional Members===
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* [[Lips]] on trumpet (''The Muppet Show'' Season 5, 1980; ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]'', 1981; ''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]'', 1987; ''[[The Muppets at Walt Disney World]]'', 1990; ''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]'', 1992, ''[[Christmas in Rockefeller Center]]'', 2009; "[[Jungle Boogie]]", ''[[The Muppets (2015)|The Muppets]]'', and "[[Kodachrome]]", 2015)
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===Guest Members===
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[[Image:ElectricMayhemWithClifford.jpg|thumb|300px|With guest member Clifford.]]
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[[Image:MCC-Screengrabs-EM04-a.jpg|thumb|300px|Performing with Rowlf in ''The Muppet Christmas Carol'']]
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[[Image:ChristmasInRockefellerCenter2009-ElectricMayhem.jpg|thumb|300px|Performing in ''Christmas at Rockefeller Center'']]
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* A [[Bongo Player]] ([[Episode 413: Dizzy Gillespie|episode 413]])
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* A brass section consisting of a clarinet player and two trumpet players (one of whom was [[Bobby Benson]]) (season 2 of ''The Muppet Show'')
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* [[Clifford]] on percussion (''[[The Muppets at Walt Disney World]]'', 1990)
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* [[Don Knotts]] on stand up bass ([[Episode 201: Don Knotts|episode 201]])
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* [[Jim]] on banjo (''[[The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence]]'' pilot)
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* [[Rizzo the Rat]] on cymbals ([[Episode 511: Paul Simon|episode 511]])
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* [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]] on piano ([[Episode 121: Twiggy#Notes|episode 121 (German version only)]]), ([[Episode 424: Diana Ross|episode 424]], [[Episode 513: Tony Randall|episode 513]]), in addition to Dr. Teeth (''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]'')
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* Scooter on percussion (''[[The Muppet Movie]]'')
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* Three frog backup singers ([[Episode 406: Linda Lavin|episode 406]])
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* Trombone player ([[Episode 517: Hal Linden|episode 517]])
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* [[Trumpet Girl]] on trumpet ([[Episode 123: Kaye Ballard|episode 123]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'') and trombone ([[Episode 505: James Coburn|episode 505]], [[Episode 513: Tony Randall|episode 513]])
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* [[Zeke]] on banjo ([[Episode 424: Diana Ross|episode 424]]) and marimba ([[Episode 523: Linda Ronstadt|episode 523]])
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* A drummer ([[Episode 505: James Coburn|Episode 505]])
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* [[Beaker]] on vocals ([[Episode 424: Diana Ross|episode 424]], [[Studio DC: Hosted by Selena Gomez]])
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* [[Ninja Rogers]] on drums (''[[The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson]]'')
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* [[Hal Linden]] on clarinet ([[Episode 517: Hal Linden| Episode 517: Hal Linden]] )
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* A Trombone Player ( [[Episode 517: Hal Linden]] )
   
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==Managers==
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*[[Scooter]] - ''[[The Muppet Movie]]''
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*[[Rizzo the Rat]] and [[Pepe the King Prawn]] - ''[[Studio DC: Almost Live!]]''
   
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==Songs Performed by the Electric Mayhem==
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[[Image:The Electric Mayhem.JPG|thumb|300px|The Electric Mayhem, as seen in ''The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence''.]]
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[[Image:Minuet.jpg|thumb|300px]]
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[[Image:Electricmayhem.jpg|thumb|300px|The band's theatrical debut in ''The Muppet Movie''.]]
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[[Image:Americanblandstand.JPG|300px|thumb|The Electric Mayhem in an ''American Bandstand'' parody.]]
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[[Image:MTI-Screengrabs-EM01a.jpg|thumb|300px|Performing in ''Muppet Treasure Island''.]]
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[[Image:MupComercial-04.jpg|thumb|300px|Performing at a subway station in ''The Muppets''.]]
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[[Image:Electric_mayhem_2011.jpg|thumb|300px]]
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[[Image:Goodbyeyellowbrickroad.jpg|thumb|300px|The Electric Mayhem provides back-up to [[Elton John]].]]
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[[Image:Bye_bye_blackbird.JPG|thumb|300px|The Electric Mayhem provides back-up to [[Lou Rawls]].]]
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[[Image:Dms mross-NEW.jpg|thumb|300px|Providing back-up to Rowlf and [[Mary Roos]].]]
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[[Image:TheMuppetsTeaser12.jpg|thumb|300px|Back-up for "The Rainbow Connection" in ''The Muppets''.]]
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[[Image:TheElectricMayhemGroup.jpg|thumb|300px]]
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[[Image:Mayhem_new_2.jpg|right|300px]]
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[[image:Up Late with Miss Piggy - band.jpg|thumb|300px|As the house band for ''[[Up Late with Miss Piggy]]''.]]
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[[Image:Episode102 (20).jpg|thumb|300px|As the house band for ''[[Up Late with Miss Piggy]]''.]]
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===The Muppet Show Season 1===
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*[[Episode 102: Connie Stevens]] - "[[Ain't Misbehavin']]" (UK Spot)
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*[[Episode 104: Ruth Buzzi]] - "[[Sunny]]"
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*[[Episode 106: Jim Nabors]] - "[[Money]]"
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*[[Episode 110: Harvey Korman]] - "[[Love Ya to Death]]"
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*[[Episode 110: Harvey Korman]] - "[[Sweet Tooth Jam]]" (UK Spot)
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*[[Episode 116: Avery Schreiber]] - "[[Tenderly]]"
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*[[Episode 118: Phyllis Diller]] - "[[Lazybones]]" (UK spot)
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*[[Episode 120: Valerie Harper]] - "[[Searching]]"
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*[[Episode 123: Kaye Ballard]] - "[[Fugue for Frog]]"<!--Yeah, it's backstage but it's still their song-->
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*[[Episode 124: Mummenschanz]] - "[[Mr. Bassman]]" (with Scooter)
   
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===The Muppet Show Season 2===
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*[[Episode 202: Zero Mostel]] - "[[Chopin's Polonaise in A Flat]]"
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*[[Episode 209: Madeline Kahn]] - "[[New York State of Mind]]" (UK spot)
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*[[Episode 211: Dom DeLuise]] - "[[Don't Blame the Dynamite]]"
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*[[Episode 213: Rudolf Nureyev]] - Boccherini's "[[Minuet in A Major]]"
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*[[Episode 222: Teresa Brewer]] - "[[Cheese Cake]]" (UK Spot) (performed by Dr. Teeth on solo piano)
   
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===The Muppet Show Season 3===
<p style="border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font:normalnormalnormal12px/normalHelvetica;">Zip Code:  ______________________</p>
 
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*[[Episode 301: Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge]] - "[[New York State of Mind]]"
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*[[Episode 314: Harry Belafonte]] - "[[Honeysuckle Rose]]" (UK Spot)
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*[[Episode 315: Lesley Ann Warren]] - "[[Mack the Knife]]" (UK Spot)
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*[[Episode 317: Spike Milligan]] - "[[America (West Side Story)|America]]"
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*[[Episode 320: Sylvester Stallone]] - "[[Lady Be Good]]" (UK Spot)
   
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===The Muppet Show Season 4===
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*[[Episode 418: Christopher Reeve]] - "[[Sam's Song]]" (UK Spot)
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*[[Episode 419: Lynda Carter]] - "[[With a Little Help From My Friends]]"
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*[[Episode 419: Lynda Carter]] - "[[While My Guitar Gently Weeps]]"
   
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===The Muppet Show Season 5===
<p style="border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font:normalnormalnormal12px/normalHelvetica;">City:  ______________________</p>
 
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*[[Episode 503: Joan Baez]] - "[[Blackbird]]"
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*[[Episode 504: Shirley Bassey]] - "[[Barnyard Boogie]]"
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*[[Episode 504: Shirley Bassey]] - "[[After You've Gone]]" (UK Spot - performed by Orchestra)
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*[[Episode 510: Jean-Pierre Rampal]] - "[[Rockin' Robin]]"
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*[[Episode 511: Paul Simon]] - "[[Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover]]"
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*[[Episode 513: Tony Randall]] - "[[Poison Ivy]]"
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*[[Episode 524: Roger Moore]] - "[[How High the Moon]]" (UK Spot - performed by Orchestra)
   
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===Specials===
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*''[[Julie Andrews: My Favorite Things]]'' - "[[Your Mamma Won't Like Me]]"
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*''[[Sex and Violence]]'' - "[[For the Birds]]"
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*''Sex and Violence'' - "[[Love Ya to Death]]"
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*''[[The Muppets Go Hollywood]]'' - "[[Can You Picture That?]]"
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*''[[The Muppets Go to the Movies]]'' - "[[Act Naturally]]"
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*''[[A Muppet Family Christmas]]'' - "[[Jingle Bell Rock]]"
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*''[[The Muppets at Walt Disney World]]'' - "[[Rockin' All Around the World]]"
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*[[Christmas in Rockefeller Center]] - "[[Run, Run Rudolph]]"
   
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===Movies===
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*''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' - "[[Can You Picture That?]]"
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*''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]'' - "[[Night Life]]"
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*''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'' - "[[You Can't Take No for an Answer]]"
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*''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]'' - [[Fozziwig's Party|Fozziwig's Party Waltz]]
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*''[[The Muppets' Wizard of Oz]]'' - "[[Nap Time]]"
   
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===Albums===
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*''[[John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (album)|A Christmas Together]]'' - "[[Little Saint Nick]]"
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*''[[A Green and Red Christmas]]'' - "[['Zat You, Santa Claus?]]"
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*''[[A Green and Red Christmas]]'' - "[[The Man with the Bag]]"
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*''[[A Green and Red Christmas]]'' - "[[Run, Run Rudolph]]" (also included on ''[[Disney's Holiday Celebration 2007]]'')
   
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===Other===
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* "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]" (rock music section)
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* "[[No Room for Boring]]" (featuring [[Toyota|Toyota Highlander]])
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* "[[Jungle Boogie]]"
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* "[[Kodachrome]]"
   
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==Songs Where The Electric Mayhem Play Back-Up==
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===The Muppet Show===
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*[[Episode 114: Sandy Duncan]] - "[[A Nice Girl Like Me]]
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*[[Episode 118: Phyllis Diller]] - "[[The Entertainer]]" (performed by the orchestra)
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*[[Episode 121: Twiggy#Notes|Episode 121: Twiggy]] - "[[Lean on Me]]" ([[Germany|German]] ''[[Die Muppet Show]]'' only)
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*[[Episode 123: Kaye Ballard]] - "[[One Note Samba]]" (performed by the orchestra)
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*[[Episode 201: Don Knotts]] - "[[Lullaby of Birdland]]"
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*[[Episode 214: Elton John]] - "[[Crocodile Rock]]"
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*[[Episode 214: Elton John]] - "[[Goodbye Yellow Brick Road]]"
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*[[Episode 214: Elton John]] - "[[Don't Go Breaking My Heart]]"
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*[[Episode 215: Lou Rawls]] - "[[Bye Bye Blackbird]]"
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*[[Episode 215: Lou Rawls]] - "[[You're the One]]"
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*[[Episode 216: Cleo Laine]] - "[[It Don't Mean a Thing]]"
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*[[Episode 218: Jaye P. Morgan]] - "[[That Old Black Magic]]"
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*[[Episode 222: Teresa Brewer]] - "[[Old Cotton Fields Back Home]]" (performed by Zoot, Janice, Floyd and Trumpet Girl as a Dixie band)
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*[[Episode 301: Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge ]]- "[[Make It Through the Night]]"
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*[[Episode 302: Leo Sayer]] - "[[You Make Me Feel Like Dancing]]"
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*[[Episode 306: Jean Stapleton]] - "[[Play a Simple Melody]]" (performed by the orchestra)
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*[[Episode 313: Helen Reddy]] - "[[Blue (song)|Blue]]"
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*[[Episode 406: Linda Lavin]] - "[[The More I See You]]"
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*[[Episode 407: Dudley Moore]] - "[[How High the Moon]]"
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*[[Episode 413: Dizzy Gillespie]] - "[[St. Louis Blues]]"
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*[[Episode 414: Liza Minnelli]] - "[[Pass That Peace Pipe]]" (UK Spot)
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*[[Episode 415: Anne Murray]] - "[[Walk Right Back]]"
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*[[Episode 415: Anne Murray]] - "[[Everything Old Is New Again]] (performed by the orchestra)
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*[[Episode 417: Star Wars]] - "[[Six String Orchestra]]"
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*[[Episode 420: Alan Arkin]] - "[[Pig]]"
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*[[Episode 424: Diana Ross]] - "[[Feelings]]" (UK Spot)
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*[[Episode 424: Diana Ross]] - "[[Last Time I Saw Him]]"
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*[[Episode 505: James Coburn]] - "[[The Varsity Drag]]"
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*[[Episode 505: James Coburn]] - "[[Alexander's Ragtime Band]]"
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*[[Episode 511: Paul Simon]] - "[[Loves Me Like a Rock]]"
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*[[Episode 513: Tony Randall]] - "[[Ti-Pi-Tin]]"
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*[[Episode 514: Mac Davis]] - "[[I Believe in Music]]" (performed by the orchestra)
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*[[Episode 517: Hal Linden]] - "[[When the Saints Go Marching In]]"
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*[[Episode 523: Linda Ronstadt]] - "[[Blue Bayou]]"
   
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===The Muppets===
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*[[Episode 101: Pig Girls Don't Cry]] - "[[Roots]]" (with [[Imagine Dragons]])
   
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===Movies===
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*''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]'' - "[[Happiness Hotel]]"
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*''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'' - "[[Together Again]]"
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*''[[The Muppets' Wizard of Oz]]'' - "[[The Witch Is in the House]]"
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*''[[The Muppets (2011)|The Muppets]]'' - "[[The Rainbow Connection]]"
   
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===Specials===
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*''[[Studio DC: Almost Live!]]'' - "[[G.N.O. (Girls' Night Out)]]"
   
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==See also==
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The Electric Mayhem (from top to bottom): Animal, Dr. Teeth, Floyd, Janice, and Zoot.

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The Electric Mayhem in 2011.

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Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem are the house band on The Muppet Show. They mostly stick to rock music, but they're capable of playing other styles, including jazz and (unwillingly) classical. Although Dr. Teeth is the leader, he is not the only one to provide lead vocals. Floyd Pepper is often a lead singer on songs, and Janice is lead singer on a handful of songs.

They drive around in a brightly-painted bus with psychedelic swirls and colors.

In an edition of Ask Henson.com, Karen Falk responded to a question about the origins of the Mayhem band:

Music was always an important part of Jim Henson's work. He had a strong interest in all types and had an eclectic record library. When he began writing proposals and creating concepts for The Muppet Show in the late 1960s, they always included a house band that was to appear in each episode. At that time, Jim had a strong interest in the counter-culture movement (as evidenced by his experimental film Youth '68) and sought to reflect that in the composition of the band. One proposal from about 1970 says that the band would, "...do songs like "Sunshine" from Hair. In fact, they are all dressed to out-hair the Hair cast."

The Electric Mayhem as we know it first appeared in 1975 on the Muppet Show pilot Sex and Violence. A page of ideas for the show written by Jim describes the band this way: "Rock act - far-out, elaborate weird equipment, big amps...".

Musicians

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The original five members.

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Six members of The Electric Mayhem (including Lips).

Core Members

  • Dr. Teeth on keyboards, pianos, and vocals.
  • Floyd Pepper on bass guitar, banjo, vibes and vocals
  • Zoot on saxophone, clarinet, flute, and tuba.
  • Janice on lead guitar, tambourine, trombone, trumpet, and vocals.
  • Animal on drums.

Additional Members

Guest Members

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With guest member Clifford.

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Performing with Rowlf in The Muppet Christmas Carol

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Performing in Christmas at Rockefeller Center

Managers

Songs Performed by the Electric Mayhem

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The Electric Mayhem, as seen in The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence.

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The band's theatrical debut in The Muppet Movie.

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The Electric Mayhem in an American Bandstand parody.

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Performing in Muppet Treasure Island.

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Performing at a subway station in The Muppets.

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The Electric Mayhem provides back-up to Elton John.

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The Electric Mayhem provides back-up to Lou Rawls.

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Providing back-up to Rowlf and Mary Roos.

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Back-up for "The Rainbow Connection" in The Muppets.

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As the house band for Up Late with Miss Piggy.

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As the house band for Up Late with Miss Piggy.

The Muppet Show Season 1

The Muppet Show Season 2

The Muppet Show Season 3

The Muppet Show Season 4

The Muppet Show Season 5

Specials

Movies

Albums

Other

Songs Where The Electric Mayhem Play Back-Up

The Muppet Show

The Muppets

Movies

Specials

See also