Dog Lion

[Gentle Giant]

Who played Dog Lion? and wasn't Jim Henson the original cookie monster

 

[Ernie101]

Yes jim was the original cookie monster and i am unsure about doglion

 

[Gorgon Heap]

DogLion didn't have a permanent performer. Of the big monsters, only Sweetums (Richard Hunt, now John Henson) and Thog (Jerry Nelson) had a single performer. The others were all flexible. Actually he only had dialogue in three episodes, all in Season Two. Here's the list of all the people who did DogLion in speaking parts on TMS:

#33 Madeline Kahn: Jerry Nelson
#35 Dom DeLuise: Frank Oz
#48 Cloris Leachman: Jim Henson

Also, Dave Goelz played in on The Cosby Show from the midnight snack induced nightmare episode.

Side commentary, only Sweetums and Thog seemed to have set personalities among the big 8 (Sweetums, Thog, DogLion, Timmy, Big Mama, the Mutations). This is probably due to the fact they didn't have multiple performers. It's part of the reason I favored a Thog figure over a DogLion figure. Sweetums and Thog have characters that can be easily and consistently described, but the rest change. Commentary over.

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

 

[Cantus Rock]

And David gets a gold star for doing all of his homework and extra credit for the side information. Awesome post man!

-Matt

 

[Gentle Giant]

Thanks David I was curious about doglion.Would you like to join my Muppets yahoo group? The Address is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thefabulousmuppets

 

[Ernie101]

I am wrtie about jim henson being the first cookie monster though?