Fozzie also has a cousin who appeared in the first season of The Muppet Show, also performed by Frank Oz.

Kermit and Fozzie have also frequently been paired together in countless movies, books, and specials.

Fozzie was also frequently teamed up with Rowlf the Dog.

" The young incarnations of Fozzie and Rowlf are also frequently paired together on Muppet Babies.

Fozzie also appeared alongside his fellow Muppets in the Halloween 2011 episode of WWE Raw, where he and Gonzo encountered Jack Swagger, Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero backstage.

* Fozzie also has an encounter with the citizens of Whoville from the live action version of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

A loose rendition of it was also sung by Fozzie Bear and the " Moopets ".

Fozzie was only a supporting character in the Muppet films of that decade, and only appeared in six episodes of Muppets Tonight.

Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy appeared only intermittently, as their performer Frank Oz was busy with a directorial career.

His Fozzie has appeared on Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel Live !, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

) In The Muppet Show, the two were always trashing Fozzie Bear's poor jokes, except for one occasion where Fozzie, with help from Bruce Forsyth, heckled them back.

The land was to feature two main attractions ; one was Muppet * Vision 3D and the other was The Great Muppet Movie Ride, a parody of The Great Movie Ride featuring Muppet characters such as Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Gonzo re-enacting scenes from famous films such as Frankenstien and Peter Pan.

However, he returned to prominence when Eric Jacobson took over beginning with It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, in which Fozzie was the focus of a number of scenes.

In Episode 115, Fozzie constantly annoys Kermit with a running gag, delivering a number of pun items, such as a " wire " and a " letter " for Kermit the Frog which turned out to be a clothes wire and the letter R, respectively.

Fozzie was often featured in a sketch where he did a comedy monologue, in which Statler and Waldorf would heckle him ( he was their favorite victim ).

Fozzie was featured on the # 10 Valvoline Pontiac of Mike Wallace ( who was filling in for the car's regular driver Johnny Benson ) in the 2002 Tropicana 400 in an advertising campaign in which he and his fellow Muppets were featured on a select few race cars.

was released on the band's own Happi Tyme Records, and contained one of their most popular songs ; " Good Times a Goo Goo ", which sampled extensively from Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear's performance of " Moving Right Along " from The Muppet Movie.

Just then, Fozzie Bear and the other Muppets enter which disrupts Emily and Doc's plans for the holidays.

Rowlf finds a piano which he plays as Fozzie Bear sings " Sleigh Ride " with a Snowman that came to life while doing comedy before the Penguins and the Woodland Creatures.

After the call from Miss Piggy, Fozzie approaches Kermit stating that now is a good time to show him his new comedy act with the Snowman which is outside.

During the 1986-1987 season of Muppet Babies, there was a segment in the episode " The Weirdo Zone " upon which Baby Fozzie deals with how he once faced an ' Attack of the Silly Tomatoes '.

Fozzie Bear and Rowlf the Dog perform " English Country Garden " on episode 2. 18 of The Muppet Show

Fozzie Bear and Rowlf the Dog perform " English Country Garden " on Episode 218 of The Muppet Show

In Episode 218, Rowlf learns that Fozzie could play the piano, and they play the piano together in a performance of " English Country Garden ".

During the latter number, Rowlf attempts to help Fozzie with his singing but is finally reduced to changing the hapless bear's lyrics to " I Don't Got Rhythm.

The series stars Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Scooter, Skeeter, Rowlf the Dog, and Gonzo as the main muppets.

While Piggy sang, baby versions of Rowlf, Fozzie, Scooter, and Gonzo acted as backup singers.

* The snowman and Fozzie joke and sing the song " Sleigh Ride " when hearing Rowlf inside playing the piano.

* The home movie featuring Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo and Scooter as babies singing " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town " with baby Rowlf playing a toy piano.

Fozzie is assisted by Dr.

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew became a rapper, Beaker became a nightclub bouncer, Scooter and Sam the Eagle are club-dancing ravers, and Fozzie Bear is now a thief living on the streets.

Fozzie Bear is driving Kermit the Frog, Gonzo the Great, Camilla the Chicken, Animal, Rizzo the Rat and his fellow Rats, Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, Scooter, Robin the Frog, Beauregard, Lew Zealand, Sam the Eagle, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Marvin Suggs, and the other chickens up to his mother Emily's farm for Christmas while they sing " We Need a Little Christmas.

The curtains then parted to reveal Fozzie Bear who each week tells a joke before the curtain abruptly closes on him.

Kermit and Fozzie run to the left and right sides of the logo respectively behind the arches so they wouldn't get hidden out of the shot.

* Bear on Patrol – Fozzie is an unlucky police officer and Link Hogthrob is his incompetent superior who always get into the silliest situations with the criminals brought in.

* Fozzie's Act – Fozzie Bear gets on stage and performs his famously bad jokes.

In one first season episode however, Fozzie turned the tables on his rivals with help from Bruce Forsyth and they waved the white flag in surrender.

* Muppet Treasures-Hosted by Kermit and Fozzie as they once again clean out the attic, with guest stars Zero Mostel, Loretta Lynn, Paul Simon, Peter Sellers, and Ethel Merman.

* Fozzie's Muppet Scrapbook-Hosted by Fozzie in the attic as he looks through a scrapbook of his material from the show, with guest stars Raquel Welch, Beverly Sills, and Milton Berle.

* Muppet Moments-Once again hosted by Kermit and Fozzie as they clean the attic, with guest stars Pearl Bailey, Bernadette Peters, Andy Williams, Zero Mostel, and Liza Minnelli.

Raymond Barre, Barzzie as Fozzie Bear.

Frank Oz ( born Frank Richard Oznowicz ; born May 25, 1944 ) is a film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer who is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show, as well as Cookie Monster, Bert and Grover in Sesame Street.

His characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street, among many others.

Fozzie Bear is a Muppet, created by Jim Henson.

Though it is often believed Fozzie's name is a play on Frank Oz ( F. Oz ), he was actually named after Faz Fazakas, the person who created the mechanism that allowed Fozzie to wiggle his ears.

Fozzie Bear was originally Oz's main character.

In The Great Muppet Caper, Kermit the Frog and Fozzie are questionable news reporters and apparently twin brothers.

In the Muppet Movie Fozzie makes reference to his uncle, whose Studebaker he traded in while his uncle was hibernating.

In one episode of the Muppet Show he begged the other audience members not to insult his cousin Fozzie.

Since the early days of The Muppet Show, Fozzie has often interacted with Kermit as he is Kermit's best friend.