Lew Zealand

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Lew Zealand’s act involves boomerang fish. He throws them away and they come back to him. He has appeared in all of the Muppet movies except Kermit's Swamp Years.

Lew's first appearance was in episode 310 of The Muppet Show, where his timely boomerang fish throwing saved Kermit from being tricked into a real marriage during Miss Piggy's "wedding sketch."

Lew Zealand was meant to only appear in one episode, and he was made from a Whatnot. However, after that, a more permanent puppet was built and Lew Zealand became a regular character. ^[1]

Aside from his boomerang fish act, Lew supplied the Muppets with paper towels in The Great Muppet Caper, played one of the merry men in the Muppets production of Robin Hood, and told Leslie Uggams how to be a great boomerang fish thrower: "Well, you gotta have sole. And if you can't get sole, use halibut."

Contents 1 Casting history 2 Appearances 2.1 Filmography 2.2 Book appearances 2.3 Video game appearances 3 Character merchandise 4 Sources

Casting history

• Jerry Nelson - from The Muppet Show (1978) to Muppet Party Cruise video game (2003)
• Bill Barretta - from It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) to Present

Appearances

Filmography

Book appearances

• It's The Muppet Show!
• Two for the Show
• Fozzie's Funnies
• If You Were Kermit
• The Muppet Show Comic Book

Video game appearances

• Muppet Party Cruise

Character merchandise

• Lew Zealand Action Figure
• Lew Zealand Bust

Sources

1. ↑ The Muppet Show Fan Club Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 5, page 3.