George the Janitor is a fictional character in The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show is a British television programme produced by American puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring Muppets. After two pilot episodes were produced in 1974 and 1975, the show premiered on 5 September 1976 and five series were produced until 15 March 1981, lasting 120 episodes...

. He is a crusty old custodian who cleans up after the Muppets on He seems to have no affection for anyone or anything except his trusty mop. The single exception is an act where a vocal group of singing mops perform "Rag Mop

Rag Mop

"Rag Mop" was a popular American song of the late 1940s-early 1950s.The song, a 12-bar blues, was written by Johnnie Lee Wills and Deacon Anderson and published in 1949...

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George would appear regularly on the first couple of seasons of The Muppet Show until the custodian's job was taken over by Beauregard

Beauregard (Muppet)

Beauregard is a Muppet from The Muppet Show. He is a back-stage janitor of indeterminate species. He tries to be helpful, but his dimwitted efforts frequently result in disaster. He first appeared in Episode 310 of The Muppet Show. His slow wit is often preyed upon by other characters who use him...

, played by Dave Goelz

Dave Goelz

Dave Goelz is a puppeteer best-known for his association with The Muppets, and in particular with the Muppet character Gonzo. His other Muppet characters include Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot , Beauregard the janitor and Tiny...

, in Season 3 of the show. George would make a cameo appearance, though, in The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol is a 1992 musical comedy film adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, starring Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge, directed by Brian Henson, produced by The Jim Henson Company, and released by Walt Disney Pictures...

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George is performed by Frank Oz

Frank Oz

Frank Oz is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer who is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show, Cookie Monster, Bert and Grover in Sesame Street, and for directing films, including the 1986 Little Shop of...

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Filmography

• The Muppets Valentine Show
  The Muppets Valentine Show
  The Muppets Valentine Show aired on ABC on January 30, 1974. It was one of two pilots produced during the planning stages for The Muppet Show...
  
  (TV) (1974)
• The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence
  The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence
  The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence aired on ABC on March 19, 1975. It was one of the two pilots produced for The Muppet Show. The other pilot, The Muppets Valentine Show, aired in 1974....
  
  (TV) (1975)
• The Muppet Show
  The Muppet Show
  The Muppet Show is a British television programme produced by American puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring Muppets. After two pilot episodes were produced in 1974 and 1975, the show premiered on 5 September 1976 and five series were produced until 15 March 1981, lasting 120 episodes...
  
  (TV) (2 seasons, 1976–78)
• The Muppet Christmas Carol
  The Muppet Christmas Carol
  The Muppet Christmas Carol is a 1992 musical comedy film adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, starring Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge, directed by Brian Henson, produced by The Jim Henson Company, and released by Walt Disney Pictures...
  
  (1992)
• Muppets Tonight
  Muppets Tonight
  Muppets Tonight is a live-action/puppet television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. Much like the "MuppeTelevision" segment of The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight was a continuation of The Muppet Show, set in a television studio, rather than a theater.-Format:The...
  
  (TV) (2 episodes, 1996)
• Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody