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| - Big Mean Carl is a shaggy monster who continued the proud tradition of Muppet characters with voracious appetites. Although Carl made his first appearance in the 1992 Muppet Meeting Film "Think Bigger," in which he was called Chairman Budget and performed by Dave Goelz, he is best known for his role on "Muppets Tonight", where he received the name Carl and his new performer, Bill Barretta. He made six such appearances on "Muppets Tonight":
- Although Carl made his first appearance in the 1992 Muppet Meeting Film "Think Bigger", in which he was called Chairman Budget and performed by Dave Goelz, he is best known for his role on Muppets Tonight, where he received the name Carl and his new performer, Bill Barretta. He made six such appearances on Muppets Tonight: Carl also appeared regularly in one the show's recurring UK Spots, the game show Swift Wits, in which he always ate the contestants. He also performed with the Smashing Pumpkins in episode 210 and was visited by his mother, Carla the Big Mean Mom, in episode 212.
- Big Mean Carl is a large Muppet monster who was introduced in the 1990s and, like several other Muppet monsters, has a very voracious appetite and will eat anything and everything, including other Muppets. He first appeared in the 1992 Muppet Meeting Film Think Bigger, then acquired his familiar persona and became famous on Muppets Tonight in 1996. Sometimes, his name is changed to "Carl the Big Mean..." due to a different act he performs. At the end of his sketches, he thanks the audience with a "Thank you!".
- Big Mean Carl is a shaggy monster who continues the proud tradition of Muppet characters with voracious appetites. __TOC__ Although the Carl puppet made its first appearance in the 1992 Muppet Meeting Film "Think Bigger," in which he was called "Chairman Blodgett" and performed by Dave Goelz, he is best known for his role on Muppets Tonight, where he received the name Carl and his new performer, Bill Barretta. Carl appears on the television series The Muppets serving as the receptionist for the Up Late with Miss Piggy offices.
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| - Big Mean Carl is a shaggy monster who continues the proud tradition of Muppet characters with voracious appetites. __TOC__ Although the Carl puppet made its first appearance in the 1992 Muppet Meeting Film "Think Bigger," in which he was called "Chairman Blodgett" and performed by Dave Goelz, he is best known for his role on Muppets Tonight, where he received the name Carl and his new performer, Bill Barretta. On Muppets Tonight, Carl's stage name would change slightly from appearance to appearance, always starting with "Carl the Big Mean" but usually ending with a different appellation depending on what kind of act he was performing. But the acts, which ranged from Bagpipe-Eater to Ventriloquist, were usually just a cover for Carl's real intentions: to eat another character. Always a performer, though, Carl would usually end the with a triumphant "Thank you!" Carl also appeared regularly in one of the show's recurring UK Spots, the game show Swift Wits, in which he always ate the contestants. He also performed with the Smashing Pumpkins in episode 210 and was visited by his mother, Carla the Big Mean Mom, in episode 212. A modified version of the puppet with completely different facial features appeared as the Grox (performed by Leslie Carrara-Rudolph) in The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss episode "There Is Nothing To Fear In Here." In a more recent appearance, Carl played the "boss," lording it over the director Pokey and a control room full of rats on the November 13, 2008 broadcast of Today, in which the Muppets took over the show to promote the newly opened Whatnot Workshop. In this appearance, he was performed by Steve Whitmire. He also appeared in A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, the "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Stand By Me" viral videos and the feature films, The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted (his first speaking role in a Muppet movie). Carl auditioned for Kermit the Frog and Scooter as "The Amazing Carl," a magic act that makes his assistant Albert (performed by Dave Goelz) disappear (by eating him), in Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular. Carl appears on the television series The Muppets serving as the receptionist for the Up Late with Miss Piggy offices.
- Big Mean Carl is a large Muppet monster who was introduced in the 1990s and, like several other Muppet monsters, has a very voracious appetite and will eat anything and everything, including other Muppets. He first appeared in the 1992 Muppet Meeting Film Think Bigger, then acquired his familiar persona and became famous on Muppets Tonight in 1996. Sometimes, his name is changed to "Carl the Big Mean..." due to a different act he performs. At the end of his sketches, he thanks the audience with a "Thank you!". In There is Nothing to Fear in Here on The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss The monster was modified for "The Glox" leaving out the horns and nose. The eyes were also replaced and the fur tuft on the stick was temporarily on the head. The puppet was performed by Leslie Carrara-Rudolph where the monster was portrayed as a monster who eats socks and rocks in Sarah Hall Small's closet who disappears with the drum she banged on to make monsters leave.
- Big Mean Carl is a shaggy monster who continued the proud tradition of Muppet characters with voracious appetites. Although Carl made his first appearance in the 1992 Muppet Meeting Film "Think Bigger," in which he was called Chairman Budget and performed by Dave Goelz, he is best known for his role on "Muppets Tonight", where he received the name Carl and his new performer, Bill Barretta. On "Muppets Tonight", Carl's stage name would change slightly from appearance to appearance, always starting with "Carl the Big Mean" but usually ending with a different appellation depending on what kind of act he was performing. But the acts, which ranged from Bagpipe-Eater to Ventriloquist, were usually just a cover for Carl's real intentions: to eat another character. Always a performer, though, Carl would usually end the with a triumphant "Thank you!" He made six such appearances on "Muppets Tonight": John Goodman episode: Carl the Big Mean Bagpipe-Eater Tony Bennett episode: Carl the Big Mean Bunny Whoopi Goldberg episode: Carl the Big Mean Ventriloquist The Artist Formerly Known as Prince episode: Carl the Big Mean Bubble Guy Paula Abdul episode: Carl the Big Mean Porcupine-Eater Andie MacDowell episode: Carl the Big Mean Psychic Carl also appeared regularly in one the show's recurring UK Spots, the game show Swift Wits, in which he always ate the contestants. He also performed with the Smashing Pumpkins in the episode "The Gary Cahuenga Show" and was visited by his mother, Carla the Big Mean Mom, in the episode "Johnny Fiamma Leaves Home". Another appearance for this monster has been found on The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss episode "There is Nothing to Fear in Here as "The Grox". Though, it is a female and one of Sarah's problematic monsters who eat her accessories such as socks.
- Although Carl made his first appearance in the 1992 Muppet Meeting Film "Think Bigger", in which he was called Chairman Budget and performed by Dave Goelz, he is best known for his role on Muppets Tonight, where he received the name Carl and his new performer, Bill Barretta. On Muppets Tonight, Carl's stage name would change slightly from appearance to appearance, always starting with "Carl the Big Mean" but usually ending with a different appellation depending on what kind of act he was performing. But the acts, which ranged from Bagpipe-Eater to Ventriloquist, were usually just a cover for Carl's real intentions: to eat another character. Always a performer, though, Carl would usually end the with a triumphant "Thank you!" He made six such appearances on Muppets Tonight:
* Episode 104: Carl the Big Mean Bagpipe-Eater
* Episode 106: Carl the Big Mean Bunny
* Episode 109: Carl the Big Mean Ventriloquist
* Episode 201: Carl the Big Mean Bubble Guy
* Episode 206 : Carl the Big Mean Porcupine-Eater
* MacDowell Episode 211: Carl the Big Mean Psychic Carl also appeared regularly in one the show's recurring UK Spots, the game show Swift Wits, in which he always ate the contestants. He also performed with the Smashing Pumpkins in episode 210 and was visited by his mother, Carla the Big Mean Mom, in episode 212. A modified version of the puppet appeared as "The Grox" (performed by Leslie Carrara-Rudolph) in The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss episode, "There Is Nothing To Fear In Here". In a more recent appearance, Carl played the "boss," lording it over the director Pokey and a control room full of rats on the November 13, 2008 broadcast of Today, in which the Muppets took over the show to promote the newly opened Whatnot Workshop. He also appeared in A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa and "Bohemian Rhapsody" and starred in the viral video "Stand By Me".
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