Why does gonzo have chickens

If you've ever spent any time with chickens, you know they're operating at a baseline. I don't think it's any lasting attachment. The way it happened was, Gonzo had a crush on Piggy on the first season of The Muppet Show, and she would just deck him with a karate chop.

And then the writers decided Gonzo would audition dancing chickens. And they arranged with our animal trainer, Mike, to train some chickens to dance. Mike said, "Well, I can do it, but I'll need three weeks. He claimed he could teach real chickens to dance.

And so the day of the shoot came, and the chickens came in, and they just didn't do anything. And Jim just loved this—he loved chickens 'cause he thought they were so silly. We had Gonzo set up in the basement of the theater on a box, and somebody outside the door would throw a chicken in, and the chicken would walk around, and I would ad-lib. I had to ad-lib, because we didn't know what the chicken was going to do.

All they did was walk in and peck at the floor a few times, and then walk off the set…. I had Gonzo look to the camera and say, "Nice legs, though. So that's how Gonzo's fixation with chickens started.

A lot of people would maybe want to discuss that with a chicken. But that would be a tabloid angle I appreciate you coming to me directly. Because chickens aren't too articulate, and their memories aren't that good. So what's with me and the chickens? Truthfully, it's mostly physical.

Frith and built by Caroly Wilcox and John Lovelady. A baby chick that first appeared in episode of The Muppet Show as Robin with "cluck-itis.

Muppet Wiki Explore. Main Page All Pages Community. Snuffleupagus Oscar the Grouch More characters Random Muppet. What's New. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? History Talk 4. Musical chickens from The Muppet Show. Brown chickens from Sesame Street. Gonzo performs with the chickens Muppet chickens in the workshop. Drtooth Well-Known Member. Joined Apr 16, Messages 31, Reaction score 6, Redsonga Well-Known Member.

Joined Feb 7, Messages 4, Reaction score Many times they said he might be a type of bird so it is really not that weird. Ignorance Well-Known Member.

Joined Jun 1, Messages Reaction score 0. The froggy protagonist has a thing for the pig. AnimatedC Well-Known Member. Joined Apr 25, Messages Reaction score Jim thought Dave's ad lib was hilarious. Actually, Jim found chickens hilarious. CensoredAlso Well-Known Member. Joined Sep 16, Messages 14, Reaction score 2, AnimatedC said:.

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