Eric the Parrot

PERFORMER	Jerry Nelson
	Dave Goelz cold open

Eric the Parrot is a heartless pirate parrot who disguises himself as a penguin in episode 507.

Eric is performed primarily by Jerry Nelson except for the show's cold open. While Nelson performed Pops, he's manipulated by Dave Goelz who hides behind Jackson holding the penguin in a full body shot.

The parrot puppet is seen, unnamed, throughout the run of The Muppet Show, but often with slightly different features.

Filmography[]

• The Muppet Show
  • Episode 223: John Cleese (Pigs in Space)
  • Episode 302: Leo Sayer ("She Was One of the Early Birds")
  • Episode 314: Harry Belafonte
  • Episode 320: Sylvester Stallone
  • Episode 324: Cheryl Ladd
  • Episode 410: Kenny Rogers
  • Episode 424: Diana Ross
  • Episode 506: Brooke Shields
  • Episode 507: Glenda Jackson
• The Muppet Movie

Notes[]

• In The Muppets episode "Generally Inhospitable," Yolanda mentions that she once dated a parrot named Eric who taught her how to mimic voices. It is unknown if he is any relation to the Eric the Parrot from The Muppet Show.