Richard Simmons
Richard Simmons (1948-2024) was a well-known fitness instructor and host of The Richard Simmons Show and the Sweatin' to the Oldies video series.
In 1992, he performed the voice of a dinosaur spoof of himself in the third season Dinosaurs episode "Nature Calls".
In 2006, Simmons appeared on Martha with Kermit the Frog. (YouTube)
In 2011, Simmons appeared in an Air New Zealand advertising campaign focusing on the murder of its mascot, Rico (a rodent character created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop). He was revealed to have been the murderer of Rico for doing more jumping jacks than him.
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- Miss Piggy browses through one of Simmons' workout books in the October 19, 1982 entry of The Muppets comic strip.
- Simmons was spoofed in Sesame Street Episode 2422 as "Richard Slimens," a worm exercise instructor.