Gramps

PERFORMER	Frank Oz
DEBUT	1977
DESIGN	Jim Henson designer

Gramps is the fiddler from Lubbock Lou and his Jughuggers, all of whom debuted in The Muppet Show episode 208. He remained with the band in subsequent appearances. According to The Muppets Character Encyclopedia, he doesn't actually have any grandchildren and thinks the others are calling him "Cramps".

Gramps was occasionally seen apart from the band, and with different performers, such as in "Cigarettes and Whiskey" (playing a drunk) and "For What It's Worth" (as a hunter).

Performers

• Frank Oz (Rocky Mountain Holiday)
• Jerry Nelson (Episode 221: Bob Hope)
• Richard Hunt (Episode 219: Peter Sellers)
• Rob Mills (The Jim Henson Hour Episode 109: Garbage)

Appearances

• The Muppet Show
  • Episode 208: Steve Martin
  • Episode 212: Bernadette Peters
  • Episode 217: Julie Andrews
  • Episode 219: Peter Sellers
  • Episode 221: Bob Hope
  • Episode 223: John Cleese
  • Episode 303: Roy Clark
  • Episode 317: Spike Milligan
  • Episode 324: Cheryl Ladd
  • Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie
  • Episode 424: Diana Ross (Audience)
  • Episode 501: Gene Kelly
• The Muppet Movie
• The Great Muppet Caper
• Rocky Mountain Holiday
• The Muppets Take Manhattan
• The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
• The Jim Henson Hour
  • Episode 109: Garbage
• The Today Show
  • "The Muppets Take Over Today", November 13, 2008, rebuilt and dubbed "Zeke Stillwater"
• Muppets Most Wanted

Book Appearances

• Muppet Robin Hood issue #3
• The Muppets Character Encyclopedia