Lenny the Lizard

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Lenny the Lizard is a turquoise lizard with yellow ping pong ball eyes, black eyelashes and pointy teeth who often performed with the monsters and frackles. He bears a passing, although somewhat sinister, resemblance to Kermit the Frog.

In fact, Lenny substituted for Kermit in two of his most prominent appearances on The Muppet Show, first in the "Inchworm" sketch that Kermit made famous on variety shows in the 1960s, and later when he auditioned for the role of the show's emcee in episode 208.

Lenny had no consistent performer. His known performers include:

• Dave Goelz in episode 103
• Jerry Nelson in episode 107
• Jim Henson in episode 204
• Richard Hunt in episode 208

The Lenny puppet was later recycled as Wendell Wizard in an episode of Mopatop's Shop.

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