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| [[Image:GonzoKermit SteveMartinEp.jpg|250px|center]] || ''The Muppet Show''<br />Season 2 || 1977-1978 || Gonzo's eyelids are now yellow-green and can move back and forth, allowing Gonzo to look more excited. His nose isn't as blue as before.
 
| [[Image:GonzoKermit SteveMartinEp.jpg|250px|center]] || ''The Muppet Show''<br />Season 2 || 1977-1978 || Gonzo's eyelids are now yellow-green and can move back and forth, allowing Gonzo to look more excited. His nose isn't as blue as before.
 
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| [[File:324-5.jpg|250px|center]] || The Muppet Show Season 3 || 1978-1981 || Starting with Season 3, excluding the opening, Gonzo wears the purplish-red tuxedo very often. And was replaced in late season 3 episodes with a lavender tuxedo with a redish bow tie. He was also rebuilt a bit. Gonzo's eyes were improved, but his nose was the same. For this season, when Dave Goelz performes Gonzo, it resembles to the current pitch.
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| [[File:324-5.jpg|250px|center]] || ''The Muppet Show''<br />Season 3 || 1978-1981 || Starting with Season 3, excluding the opening, Gonzo wears the purplish-red tuxedo very often. And was replaced in late season 3 episodes with a lavender tuxedo with a redish bow tie. He was also rebuilt a bit. Gonzo's eyes were improved, but his nose was the same. For this season, when Dave Goelz performes Gonzo, it resembles to the current pitch.
 
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| [[File:Gonzomuppetmovie.jpg|250px|center]] || ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' || 1978 - 1980 || Gonzo's eyelids are now orange-yellow. Gonzo's nose is now tan with a little blue in it. He now wears a light blue shirt and a black vest with a blue visor. He would occasionally wear this for seasons 4 and 5 of ''The Muppet Show'' in addition to his purplish-red and lavender tuxedoes.
 
| [[File:Gonzomuppetmovie.jpg|250px|center]] || ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' || 1978 - 1980 || Gonzo's eyelids are now orange-yellow. Gonzo's nose is now tan with a little blue in it. He now wears a light blue shirt and a black vest with a blue visor. He would occasionally wear this for seasons 4 and 5 of ''The Muppet Show'' in addition to his purplish-red and lavender tuxedoes.

Revision as of 14:51, 6 October 2010

The Evolution of Gonzo (1970-present)


Image As seen in Year Notes
Cigar Box Frackle
The Great Santa Claus Switch 1970 Gonzo started life as Snarl, the Cigar Box Frackle.
GonzoS1
The Muppet Show
Season 1
1976 Snarl is now Gonzo and wears a purplish-red tuxedo. In the first season, performer Dave Goelz underplayed Gonzo's emotions, as the puppet was designed with a permanently sad look. The producers noticed that he worked better in a more energetic form, so Goelz made a new puppet for season 2 with modified eyes that have movable eyelids which helped make him a more active character. An altered version of this puppet with blue eyelids and an even more depressed look was used for one of the openings for the second season of The Muppet Show.
The Muppet Show
Season 2
1977-1978 Gonzo's eyelids are now yellow-green and can move back and forth, allowing Gonzo to look more excited. His nose isn't as blue as before.
324-5
The Muppet Show
Season 3
1978-1981 Starting with Season 3, excluding the opening, Gonzo wears the purplish-red tuxedo very often. And was replaced in late season 3 episodes with a lavender tuxedo with a redish bow tie. He was also rebuilt a bit. Gonzo's eyes were improved, but his nose was the same. For this season, when Dave Goelz performes Gonzo, it resembles to the current pitch.
Gonzomuppetmovie
The Muppet Movie 1978 - 1980 Gonzo's eyelids are now orange-yellow. Gonzo's nose is now tan with a little blue in it. He now wears a light blue shirt and a black vest with a blue visor. He would occasionally wear this for seasons 4 and 5 of The Muppet Show in addition to his purplish-red and lavender tuxedoes.
Gonzocaper
The Great Muppet Caper 1981 Gonzo has a slightly bigger physique and now has a tan coat and a sweater vest for his role as an ace photographer in The Great Muppet Caper.
The Jim Henson Hour 1984-1991 Gonzo retained his sweater vest from The Great Muppet Caper, looking a bit like Bill Cosby in The Cosby Show. Gonzo sports this look in The Muppets Take Manhattan, A Muppet Family Christmas, The Jim Henson Hour, The Muppets at Walt Disney World, Muppet*Vision 3D and The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson.
Gonzo06
The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992-1996 Gonzo's eyelids now overlap, giving him a slightly more demented look. His nose is variations of purple, blue, and tan. During the storybook-adaptation era for the Muppets, Gonzo usually appeared in clothing befitting the time period of the story. Gonzo can be seen in this form in The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island.
GonzoMT
Muppets Tonight 1996-2001 Continuing a sartorial style first glimpsed in 1990s commercials and Muppet Classic Theater, Gonzo's typical attire now includes a loud jacket, wild tie, and other "hip" and unusual clothing elements, in contrast to his earlier suit or daredevil outfit. In addition to Muppets Tonight, Gonzo appeared in this clothing again in Muppets from Space and at MuppetFest.
GonzoVMX
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie 2002-2009 Gonzo returns to wearing a suit as he did during his Muppet Show days, but now sports a necktie instead of a bowtie. Gonzo's nose is now just tan.
D23-closeup
D23 Expo 2009-present Gonzo is resculpted entirely, donning a thicker, very blue nose. His pupil size was reduced and his eyelids are now orange-yellow again like the late-70's puppet. The same new puppet was also used for some of the Give a Day. Get a Disney Day. commercials. Gonzo is also bigger, most noticeable from his head and hands.