The National Comedy Center is an interactive and immersive museum in Jamestown, NY featuring artifacts from legendary comedians like Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball, Ernie Kovacs, Charlie Chaplin, Rodney Dangerfield, and George Carlin.
Frank Oz, who originated our our favorite ursinae comedian, was interviewed about Fozzie's inclusion.
“It’s wonderful that The National Comedy Center, which I love, is highlighting Fozzie in the context of comedy’s heritage,” Oz said. “Fozzie is very close to my heart. A part of me is in him – the part of me that as a young boy loved show business, or as Fozzie would put it, ‘The Show Business.’ But the similarity ends there. Fozzie wants to be the funniest bear in the world. Never mind the heckling, the fumbling of punch lines, the paltry laughter at his jokes. He has a desperate need to get love from laughter. So he will never quit. He will never succeed in being funny. But he will never quit.”
National Comedy Center Executive Director Journey Gunderson said, “We are thrilled to welcome Fozzie Bear to the National Comedy Center. As the country’s official cultural institution dedicated to comedy, this is the perfect home for Fozzie, where he is surrounded by comedy legends across all eras and genres of the art form.”
The National Comedy Center is open from 10-5 Thursdays through Mondays.
Tickets can be reserved in advance at ComedyCenter.org.
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