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Piano-playing dog muppet best known for his love of bad puns and his stint as the house piano player for the 1976-'81 [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0074028 The Muppet Show] TV series, but his career goes back [http://www.muppetcentral.com/Articles/RarelySeen/rowlf.htm much further]. His first gig was in a 1962 Purina Dog Chow commercial. He was a regular on the 1963-1966 [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0254906 The Jimmy Dean Show]. In 1968 he hosted (!) [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0061286 Our Place], the summer replacement series for [http://us.imdb.com/Details?0061296 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour] Then he did a stint on the first (1969) season of [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0063951 Sesame Street]. Rowlf was voiced by Jim Henson. Henson's 1990 death put a serious crimp in Rowlf's style and he was subsequently relegated to the background in later muppet movies and their 1996 TV series, [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0115279 Muppets Tonight]. Some of Rowlf's performances were collected on the album ''Ol' Brown Ears is Back.'' | Piano-playing dog muppet best known for his love of bad puns and his stint as the house piano player for the 1976-'81 [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0074028 The Muppet Show] TV series, but his career goes back [http://www.muppetcentral.com/Articles/RarelySeen/rowlf.htm much further]. His first gig was in a 1962 Purina Dog Chow commercial. He was a regular on the 1963-1966 [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0254906 The Jimmy Dean Show]. In 1968 he hosted (!) [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0061286 Our Place], the summer replacement series for [http://us.imdb.com/Details?0061296 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour] Then he did a stint on the first (1969) season of [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0063951 Sesame Street]. Rowlf was voiced by Jim Henson. Henson's 1990 death put a serious crimp in Rowlf's style and he was subsequently relegated to the background in later muppet movies and their 1996 TV series, [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0115279 Muppets Tonight]. Some of Rowlf's performances were collected on the album ''Ol' Brown Ears is Back.'' | ||
| − | See also [[Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem]] | + | ==See also== |
| + | *[[Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem]] | ||
| + | *[[Miss Piggy]] | ||
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[[Category:The Muppet Show]] | [[Category:The Muppet Show]] | ||
[[Category:Fictional pianists]] | [[Category:Fictional pianists]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:25, 24 April 2018
Piano-playing dog muppet best known for his love of bad puns and his stint as the house piano player for the 1976-'81 The Muppet Show TV series, but his career goes back much further. His first gig was in a 1962 Purina Dog Chow commercial. He was a regular on the 1963-1966 The Jimmy Dean Show. In 1968 he hosted (!) Our Place, the summer replacement series for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Then he did a stint on the first (1969) season of Sesame Street. Rowlf was voiced by Jim Henson. Henson's 1990 death put a serious crimp in Rowlf's style and he was subsequently relegated to the background in later muppet movies and their 1996 TV series, Muppets Tonight. Some of Rowlf's performances were collected on the album Ol' Brown Ears is Back.
