Turtle Trails

Gonzo & Pepe


Assuming you actually have a soul and are even moderately familiar with Jim Henson's Muppets, chances are that you will recall one of it's most bizarre cast members, Gonzo. This character first arrived on the scene in 1970 and unlike most other Muppets, no one really knows how to classify him except for being a weirdo or a whatever. Despite his appearance, which include blue fur, bug eyes and a hooked nose, Gonzo also has many human attributes. He has always struggled with the notion that he isn't sure what he is or where he belongs. His self image has undergone many changes over time, at one point he reinvented himself as a daredevil, Evel Knievel like stunt Muppet, and referred to himself as Gonzo The Great. Later, after being struck by lightening, he becomes conveinced that his alphabet breakfast cereal is sending him messages from out space. He further plunges into schizophrenia when he has the delusion of being visited by creatures from outer space, creatures that closely resemble fish except that they have the ability to swim through space and time. These otherworldly visitors have made contact with Gonzo to reveal to him that he is actually a space being himself and that there are more of his kind somewhere in the universe. Once Gonzo received this revelation he devotes himself to contacting his long lost extra terrestrial relatives. In all of his wackiness, Gonzo is about the most entertaining of Muppets, save Pepe, who despite what you may think is not a shrimp but a King Prawn.