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PERFORMER | Fozzie Bear character |
Eric Jacobson puppeteer | |
DEBUT | 2005 |
The Cowardly Lion is a character in The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, as well as other Oz books and movies. In The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, he wants to be a stand-up comedian, much like Fozzie Bear in real life.
Other portrayals[]
- Fozzie also performed the role when the Muppets performed a Wizard of Oz medley in The Muppets Go to the Movies.
- For Muppet Babies, Baby Fozzie played the lion in "By the Book." He also played him in the photo puppet book Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales.
- In "The Wizard of Foz," a comic from Muppet Magazine issue 4, the role was played by Animal.