8 terrifying kids' TV characters that still haunt our nightmares
Gonzo, The Muppet Show
Gonzo isn’t the weirdest or wildest muppet, but the case could be made that he’s the edgiest.
He’ll do anything for a stunt. He’ll eat a tyre. He’ll wrestle a brick with the tenacity of Andy Kaufman. He shares a name with the style of journalism that favours substance abuse over objective fact.
In short, you never know what Gonzo’s going to do next. Add in his determination to meet the demands of the stunt, however colossal, and he becomes a wild, creative, dangerous blur. Fear him.