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.

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

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

Fozzie was also frequently teamed up with Rowlf the Dog.

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 ).

The first main production of Perkins was Spitting Image where he met Ben Elton, and Harry Enfield whom he got to develop the character of Douglas Hurd by suggesting he adapt it along the lines of Frank Oz's character Fozzie Bear.

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.

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

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.

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

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 '.

In the first season of The Muppet Show, the show's opening featured Fozzie telling a joke during an instrumental portion of the theme song.

* The Billy Crystal episode of Muppets Tonight featured a parody entitled " City Schtickers ," with Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear in Kirby and Stern's roles.

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

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

* 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.

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.

In The Muppet Movie, Fozzie is the first Muppet that Kermit meets on his journey.

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

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

Occasionally, Fozzie uses Jewish humor on the show, presumably because of Frank Oz's Jewish ancestry.

After appearing on The Muppet Show in 1976, Williams worked closely with Jim Henson's Henson Productions on The Muppet Movie, most specifically on the soundtrack, and even had a cameo in the movie as the piano player in the nightclub where Kermit the Frog meets Fozzie Bear.

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.

When Kermit and Fozzie argue on how cold it is, the Snowman comes in asking if he can warm up as Kermit meets the Snowman.

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

# Episode Dated October 24, 1977-Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear sing with Victoria Mallory.

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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.

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

Fozzie Bear introduces Kermit the Frog to Emily who mistakens Kermit for a lizard.

* In 1989, An episode of the Muppet Babies entitled, " Skeeter and the Wolf ", where Skeeter filling in for Peter, Gonzo as the bird, Scooter as the cat, Fozzie as the duck, Nanny as the grandparent, then Kermit and Piggy as the hunters.

Fozzie got Kermit to reluctantly assist him for one of his best-known monologues, " Good Grief!

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.

) 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.

Fozzie confronts a crazed nature-show host, a laser array, and a gang of Whos after being dyed green at a Christmas tree lot and mistaken for the Grinch.

When Fozzie eventually makes it to the bank and Bitterman's office, he discovers too late that he has grabbed the wrong bag containing clothes for the Salvation Army following his incident at the Christmas tree lot.

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.

" Unbeknownst to Fozzie Bear, Emily Bear is preparing to go to Malibu for the holiday.

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

While Fozzie Bear shows the Swedish Chef to the kitchen, Gonzo is looking for Camilla when the doorbell answers again.

* Fozzie tells his mother, Emily Bear, that he is too old to have a stocking hung for him, then changes his mind.