Gonzo's Home Planet

[snooch2thebooch]

Can anyone please help me out and tell me the name of the planet that Gonzo is from.

Thanks

[Krazedmuppet]

umm.. I dont think it was ever given a name, and if it was it was never said in Muppets From Space ;)

[Phillip Chapman]

I believe it was the planet Oznog (Gonzo spelled backwards).

[jediX]

Oznog is also the "Teppum" version of Gonzo in the "Science Fiction" episode of the Jim Henson Hour. The Teppums were the alternatively-colored, strangely dressed (and what I consider to be the alternate universe versions) versions of the characters from another planet/dimension.

[Fozzie Bear]

I posted at the other thread about Gonzo and this question a copy of the email I'm sending Henson.

http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=6030

[Buck-Beaver]

:o Not to be rude, but....this relates to the puppetry forum how?

[Phillip Chapman]

Good catch Buck. Movin' right along...

[camillachick]

I always thought Gonzo's home planet was the planet cruton. The planet became completely normal and to save his baby son from becoming normal, Gonzo' dad sent him out to another planet in a small pod. Gonzo then became known by the superheroo name of Cluck Kent.
No I didn't make this up, it is from the muppet babies.

[Fozzie Bear]

But they were always only imagining in MB. Plus, I don't put any stock of the MB stories into the history of the Muppets at all. If we did, it would knock out Jim's vision of TMM altogether. Although, TMM was only 'sort of approximately how it happened.'

[Drtooth]

Of course, the real story of the Muppets is this...

James M. Henson wanted to break into television, so he designed puppets for a local program. Kermit was made out his mother's old coat. Allong the way, Jim met Frank Oz, and the rest. they performed for the Today show, Ed Sullivan, and soon after he created characters for Sesame Street. He then flew to England to make the Muppet Show for Globally Syndicated audences... the rest is history...

[Fozzie Bear]

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT (silly goose)! LOL...

[Daffyfan2003]

But they were always only imagining in MB. Plus, I don't put any stock of the MB stories into the history of the Muppets at all. If we did, it would knock out Jim's vision of TMM altogether. Although, TMM was only 'sort of approximately how it happened.'

I believe you're referring to "The Muppets Take Manhattan," not the original "Muppet Movie." TMTM was the one with the Muppet Babies.

Muppet Babies, we make our dreams come true, Muppet Babies we'll do the same for you. (I'm doing this to kill time while I'm waiting 120 seconds) When you're room looks kind of weird and you wish that you weren't there....

[camillachick]

Well, even if Gonzo was imagining all that in Muppet Babies it shows how he had inklings even from the very beginning that he wasn't from earth.

[Fozzie Bear]

I believe you're referring to "The Muppets Take Manhattan," not the original "Muppet Movie." TMTM was the one with the Muppet Babies.

I meant the MB cartoon in response to camillachick's:

I always thought Gonzo's home planet was the planet cruton. The planet became completely normal and to save his baby son from becoming normal, Gonzo' dad sent him out to another planet in a small pod. Gonzo then became known by the superheroo name of Cluck Kent.
No I didn't make this up, it is from the muppet babies.

Then I compared the fact that I don't put stock into the stories from MB because it would change Jim's vision of how the story of the Muppets' "approximately happened" according to TMM.

However, I agree that even in the story from the MB cartoon it would show Gonzo had an inkling of an idea that he was alien, then in TMM he sang (longingly looking into the stars) that "I'm going to go back there someday."

Anyways, I emailed JHC and hopefully someone will respond about his home planet, etc.

[jediX]

Yea...Gonzo had fantasy adventures (mostly under the couch) where he pretended he was on Koozebane. I remember one episode in particular where he is trying to get the first ever picture of an alien. I don't think any of the other characters ever pretended they were in space stories, except for the Star Wars episode.

[beaker]

I think the Gonzo being an alien gimmick is canon only to MFS, as Im pretty sure in the overall Muppet canon he's still a 'whotheheckisthisblueweirdo'?

[jediX]

Agreed. He is -- and always will be -- a whatever to me.

[Fozzie Bear]

Well, just because he's now known to be an alien, we don't know what SPECIES of alien per se, so he's still a Whatever in my book.

[Erine81981]

Thats correct for me as well. He'll always be a whatever in my book too. I have this guy I work w/ and every time he says "Whayever" I end up saying either, "Whats a whatever?" then I answer w/ "Oh Gonzo is a whatever." Or I say "Quit calling urself Gonzo." Or "Whats up w/ u calling Gonzo's girlfriend?" I know it doesn't make since but when u work at GW w/ weird people u have to not make since. :concern: