Gary is the main character on the 1987 sitcom pilot Puppetman. Gary leads the puppeteer cast on the show in the show, Dragon Time. He performs the main character Butane, along with Candle and the full bodied muppet Clyde. He and the other puppeteers are led by the producer, Bud Stone. Gary not only puppeteers for Dragon Time, but he provides almost every single sound effects for the show, such as horns and cuckoo sounds. At one point, when he learns that his son Zack likes waffles instead of pancakes, he ends up placing the pancake in a waffle iron and providing the sound effects.