<P> Animal 's bushy eyebrows and hair , outrageous behavior , and wild drumming style can be associated with classical hard - partying rock drummers , such as The Who 's Keith Moon , Led Zeppelin 's John Bonham and Cream 's Ginger Baker , with whom Animal shares his pink hair , skirt chasing , and violent outbursts . The original Animal sketches point to one Grammy Award - winning drummer named Steve Mitchell , a friend of Jim Henson 's . Animal is a savant , versatile session drummer , to back Muppet tunes , capable even of finishing a slow song , if the singer is nice lady . He can match both Buddy Rich and Harry Belafonte in drum - offs on The Muppet Show , and on Questlove on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in 2011 . He shows a talent for jazz in a television advert for the Renault Clio car with French footballer Thierry Henry . </P>
<P> Animal 's bushy eyebrows and hair , outrageous behavior , and wild drumming style can be associated with classical hard - partying rock drummers , such as The Who 's Keith Moon , Led Zeppelin 's John Bonham and Cream 's Ginger Baker , with whom Animal shares his pink hair , skirt chasing , and violent outbursts . The original Animal sketches point to one Grammy Award - winning drummer named Steve Mitchell , a friend of Jim Henson 's . Animal is a savant , versatile session drummer , to back Muppet tunes , capable even of finishing a slow song , if the singer is nice lady . He can match both Buddy Rich and Harry Belafonte in drum - offs on The Muppet Show , and on Questlove on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in 2011 . He shows a talent for jazz in a television advert for the Renault Clio car with French footballer Thierry Henry . </P>
who is animal from the muppets based on
who is animal from the muppets based on
Steve Mitchell
Steve Mitchell