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| PERFORMER | Richard Hunt |
| DEBUT | 1977 |
| DESIGN | Jim Henson designer |
for other uses, see Bubba (disambiguation)
Bubba was the jug blower from the Lubbock Lou and his Jughuggers jug-band.
Bubba debuted in The Muppet Show episode 208.
In Jim Henson's original design sketch for the jugband, Bubba is named "Willy."[1] He's referred to by the name "Bubba" in episodes 223 and 408. He also refers to himself in the third person on the soundtrack version of "Take 'Em Away" from Rocky Mountain Holiday.
Filmography
- The Muppet Show
- Episode 208: Steve Martin ("Dueling Banjos")
- Episode 211: Dom DeLuise ("Henrietta's Wedding")
- Episode 212: Bernadette Peters ("Apple Jack")
- Episode 217: Julie Andrews ("Borneo")
- Episode 219: Peter Sellers ("Cigarettes and Whiskey")
- Episode 223: John Cleese ("Somebody Stole My Gal")
- Episode 303: Roy Clark ("Rocky Top")
- Episode 308: Loretta Lynn
- Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie ("A Horse Named Bill")
- Episode 501: Gene Kelly ("Cool Water")
- Episode 521: Johnny Cash ("Egg Eating Dog," "Riders in the Sky")
- The Muppet Movie (the "Rainbow Connection" finale)
- The Great Muppet Caper
- Rocky Mountain Holiday
- The Muppets Take Manhattan (Wedding Finale)