Behind the Music: Electric Mayhem

Screenshot of Behind the Music: Electric Mayhem

Season: 1

Length: 2:20

Cast: Seth Green (Narrator, Janice, Kermit Actor), Dan Milano (Dr. Teeth, Animal, Floyd Pepper), Victor Yerrid (Howard Stern), Terrance Jones (Ed McMahon; uncredited)

Characters: Dr. Teeth, Janice, Floyd Pepper, Zoot, Animal, Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Tommy Lee, Howard Stern, Ed McMahon, Rowlf the Dog, The Mob, Kermit Cosplayer, Chuck E Cheese Customers, Bar Mitzvah Atendees, Kid Playing Piano, Doctor, Nurse, Japanese Police Men

Segment Summary: The Muppet Show's band is spotlighted in "Behind the Music: Electric Mayhem".

Themes: Animals, Bleeped, Callback, Death, Doctors, Drugs, Money, Music, Religion, Sexuality, Television, Violence

Allusions:

This segment is based on VH1's Behind the Music program.
This segment is all about the house band from TV's The Muppet Show.
Janice appears on TV's The Howard Stern Show.
The band appears on TV's Star Search.
Josie and the Pussycats is an American animated television series, based upon the Archie Comics comic book series of the same name created by Dan DeCarlo.
Chunk O' Cheese is a parody of the Chuck E. Cheese chain of family restaurants.
Janice says that Tommy Lee gave her hepatitis C, this is an allusion of Pamela Anderson's claim that Tommy Lee gave her hepatitis C.
Floyd's line about Zoot being picked up in Tokyo with '37 pounds of hash' is a reference to the fact that Paul McCartney was arrested in Tokyo in January 1980 for a similar offense (though McCartney only had 8 ounces of marijuana on him).

Trivia / Info:

A subtitle claims that Dr. Teeth is an Odontophiliac, which is one with a tooth fetish.
During Dr. Teeth's interview, a copy of Ode to the Nut Shot sheet music can be seen behind him.
Victor Yerrid was a puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company.
In one of the photos, Kermit's frowny face is modeled in green clay.
Ed McMahon would later die in 2009, but not from an attack by a puppet or a then-euthanized animal.
Kermit is hit in the leg with the chair and it breaks his knee.
Dr. Teeth is teaching the girl to play Ode to the Nut Shot.
In the black and white picture of Janice and Tommy Lee, Tommy Lee has a tattoo "Mayhem" on his left arm.
Janice tells Howard she only has 5 years to live even though, overall, 50–80% of people treated for hepatitis C are cured.
This sketch has the Palisades Muppet action figures.
Animal's death may be a reference to the fact that the original performers for Dr. Teeth, Janice, and Floyd are all dead.
The infamous Family Guy episode "Herpe the Love Sore" also featured a Behind the Music parody based on the Electric Mayhem.