Doug Legacy

Doug Legacy is a puppeteer, musician, and one of the founding members of the Zydeco Party Band. His only work with the Muppets was on Muppets Tonight where he puppeteered background characters and his band was featured as the house band for the show. I've read the Doug also did the whistling for the theme song. Personally, I think that Legacy and his band gave the Muppets a little zydeco feeling since that was the only project so far when the Muppets had that kind of music. Outside of Muppets Tonight, the Zydeco Party Band won an Emmy for The Late Mr. Pete Show as the house band. Doug Legacy is probably the only puppeteer I know who does zydeco music. His band also provided music for shows such as Gilmore Girls, How I Met Your Mother, & The Bucket List. Outside of the Zydeco Party Band, he plays a pirate at Disneyland performing sea shanties on both accordion and penny whistles (whatever penny whistles are). At least Doug got to work alongside Muppet performers such as Steve Whitmire, Brian Henson, and Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, to name a few. Legacy should be considered, well, a legacy since his zydeco band has performed on many television series for many years. I hope that he will meet up with the Muppets again soon, since many Muppet performers live in California too. Doug Legacy, not only are you the only puppeteer I know who can do zydeco music, but you're also a swashbuckling guy. I hope you and Zydeco Party Band will keep performing for more television shows and if not then perhaps concerts. You really are a legacy from the work you've done. Excellent Doug. TTFN Legacy!

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