GENERIC INTRO: FOZZIE'S JOKES

Brian Henson: "Hi, I'm Brian Henson. Fozzie Bear was originally conceived as a Bear who just told terrible, horrendously bad, unfunny jokes. But when Frank Oz got a hold of the character he added a layer of empathy so that Fozzie is always telling terrible jokes, but he's just trying so hard you've got to love him."

"The Muppet Show head writer Jerry Juhl points to one Fozzie sketch that crystallizes the Fozzie we all know and love. In this sketch there are more laughs in the interaction between Fozzie and Kermit than there are in the actual punch lines. Here's that fabulous, furry funny-man, Fozzie Bear in another episode of The Muppet Show."

[The now famous "Comedian's a Bear" sketch is originally from the Harvey Korman episode and featured on the original Muppet Show soundtrack and Muppet Hits Take Two.]