Goelz: I had some input into Gonzo. The puppet was originally built by Jim [Henson] for another thing a few years before—The Great Santa Claus Switch starring Art Carney and the Muppets.

Where did the idea for Gonzo come from? While creating "The Muppet Show," our head writer Jerry Juhl suggested a character who did these dreadful stunts but thought they were high art. Jim pulled ...

Dave Goelz, a Muppet performer for 50 years, is the man behind the scratchy-voiced Gonzo, a distinctive blue puppet with the nose of an anteater. Though Goelz spends his time behind the scenes ...

"Muppet Babies ... there's a new baby joining Kermit and Gonzo on their adventures of the imagination: a purple penguin named Summer. "It was me and our art director Chris Moreno sitting in ...

A Twitter user provided a side-by-side comparison between Chalamet's wardrobe in the upcoming musical prequel and Gonzo the Great in The Muppet's Christmas Carol... and it's rather uncanny.