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[[File:Inch Worm.JPG|thumb|300px]]
 
[[File:Inch Worm.JPG|thumb|300px]]
 
[[File:Joe-monster.jpg|thumb|300px|Gorgon Heap with [[Joe Mathieu]]]]
 
[[File:Joe-monster.jpg|thumb|300px|Gorgon Heap with [[Joe Mathieu]]]]
 
[[File:Gorgon_Heap.jpg|thumb|300px|Gorgon Heap with ears.]]
   
 
'''Gorgon Heap''' is a purple [[:Category:Muppet Monsters|Muppet Monster]] who was featured in the first three seasons of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. He was frequently seen [[Muppets eating other Muppets|eating other Muppets]].
 
'''Gorgon Heap''' is a purple [[:Category:Muppet Monsters|Muppet Monster]] who was featured in the first three seasons of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. He was frequently seen [[Muppets eating other Muppets|eating other Muppets]].
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He also played the role of Fielding the Butler in "[[Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Disappearing Clues]]", the [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]] in [[Episode 103: Joel Grey|episode 103]] (in which he ate almost everything, including [[Miss Piggy|the maid]] and [[Baskerville the Hound|Dr. Watson]]).
 
He also played the role of Fielding the Butler in "[[Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Disappearing Clues]]", the [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]] in [[Episode 103: Joel Grey|episode 103]] (in which he ate almost everything, including [[Miss Piggy|the maid]] and [[Baskerville the Hound|Dr. Watson]]).
 
Gorgon Heap has been performed by various [[Muppeteers]], including:
 
:*[[Frank Oz]] (Episodes [[Episode 103: Joel Grey|103]] and [[Episode 204: Rich Little|204]])
 
:*[[Richard Hunt]] ([[Episode 116: Avery Schreiber|Episode 116]])
 
:*[[Dave Goelz]] ([[Episode 119: Vincent Price|Episode 119]])
 
:*[[Jerry Nelson]] ([[Episode 201: Don Knotts|Episode 201]])
 
   
 
Although Gorgon appeared primarily during the first two seasons of ''The Muppet Show'', he made one appearance in the third season as a drummer in [[Episode 318: Leslie Uggams|episode 318]].
 
Although Gorgon appeared primarily during the first two seasons of ''The Muppet Show'', he made one appearance in the third season as a drummer in [[Episode 318: Leslie Uggams|episode 318]].
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This character seems to have developed from [[Big V]], a similar character from Muppet variety show acts in the 1960s.
 
This character seems to have developed from [[Big V]], a similar character from Muppet variety show acts in the 1960s.
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==Performers==
 
:*[[Frank Oz]] (Episodes [[Episode 103: Joel Grey|103]] and [[Episode 204: Rich Little|204]])
 
:*[[Richard Hunt]] ([[Episode 116: Avery Schreiber|Episode 116]])
 
:*[[Dave Goelz]] ([[Episode 119: Vincent Price|Episode 119]])
 
:*[[Jerry Nelson]] ([[Episode 201: Don Knotts|Episode 201]])
   
 
==Filmography==
 
==Filmography==
 
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* ''[[The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence]]''
 
* ''[[The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence]]''
 
* ''[[The Muppet Show]]''
 
* ''[[The Muppet Show]]''
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**[[Episode 318: Leslie Uggams]]
 
**[[Episode 318: Leslie Uggams]]
 
* ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' ("[[The Rainbow Connection]]" Finale)
 
* ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' ("[[The Rainbow Connection]]" Finale)
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==Book Appearances==
 
==Book Appearances==
 
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*''[[The Muppet Show Comic Book: On the Road]] Part 3: Box Clever''
 
*''[[The Muppet Show Comic Book: On the Road]] Part 3: Box Clever''
 
*''[[Muppet Snow White]]''
 
*''[[Muppet Snow White]]''
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*''The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Four Seasons'' Part 3: Fall
 
*''The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Four Seasons'' Part 3: Fall
 
*''[[The Muppets Character Encyclopedia]]''
 
*''[[The Muppets Character Encyclopedia]]''
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[[Category:Muppet Characters]]
 
[[Category:Muppet Characters]]
 
[[Category:Muppet Show Characters]]
 
[[Category:Muppet Show Characters]]

Revision as of 12:20, 26 June 2015

Gorgon Heap
PERFORMER various
  CASTING HISTORY...
DEBUT 1975
Inch Worm
Joe-monster

Gorgon Heap with Joe Mathieu

File:Gorgon Heap.jpg

Gorgon Heap with ears.

Gorgon Heap is a purple Muppet Monster who was featured in the first three seasons of The Muppet Show. He was frequently seen eating other Muppets.

Although he appeared as early as The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence pilot, he was not named until the culinary-themed Panel Discussion in episode 119, in which Vincent Price introduced him as "one of the world's greatest eaters." He proceeded to eat Pierre LaCousse, one of the world's greatest chefs, before starting in on Kermit.

Gorgon Heap is unique among the monsters in that he has appeared as both a Full-Bodied Muppet and a Live-Hand Muppet.

He also played the role of Fielding the Butler in "Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Disappearing Clues", the UK Spot in episode 103 (in which he ate almost everything, including the maid and Dr. Watson).

Although Gorgon appeared primarily during the first two seasons of The Muppet Show, he made one appearance in the third season as a drummer in episode 318.

His looks often changed between episodes. Sometimes the horns on his head were left off or replaced with ears instead, and in episode 204, he was given an elongated, worm-like nose for the "Inchworm" sketch.

This character seems to have developed from Big V, a similar character from Muppet variety show acts in the 1960s.

Performers

Filmography

Book Appearances