Bongo

Bongo is the resident daredevil performance artiste on The Comedy Stars Show. He is a number 4 and He takes pride in his uniqueness and enjoys everything that he does -- no matter how painful or ill-advised it may be.

Early Life
Accounts of Bongo's early life are sketchy and often contradictory. For example, in episode 210 of The Muppet Show, he explains that his mother died before he was born, leaving a note to his father regarding the matter of his name. However, this is contradicted in episode 108 of Muppets Tonight, when Gonzo claims his mother liked his unique college interpretation of Death of a Salesman. Again it is contradicted on Muppets.com in a video where he answers a question about his first stunt--his birth. He proceeds to explain it as if his mother was giving birth to him.

Career
Bongo’s acts frequently attempted to combine bizarre performance art with high culture: "I shall now eat a rubber tire to the music of 'The Flight of the Bumblebee'...music, maestro!" Another famous performance is best summed up by his quote, "I shall now defuse this highly explosive bomb while simultaneously, and at the same time, reciting from the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley." Other acts include dancing "Top Hat" in a vat of oatmeal, hypnotizing chickens, and being hammered feet first into a railway tie by two American Gladiators on Comedy Stars Tonight.

What is Bongo?
The exact name of Bongo's species has never been revealed. The character originally evolved from Snarl, a Frackle from The Great Santa Claus Switch. However when "The Great Bongo" appeared on the The Comedy Stars Show, the frackle species trait did not carry over.

Bongo the "Wired”
It was in 1981 during The Great Muppet Caper that Bongo solidified himself as a formal "Whatever." When Carl, Herb and Bongo were shipped to England in crates. Carl's crate was labeled "Star", Herb's was "Octopus", and Bongo’s crate read "Number 4."

Bongo the "Weirdo"
On Comedy Stars Kids, Bongo's species was often cited as "Weirdo." However, in the episode "What's New at the Zoo?," Bongo eventually became worried that he was an endangered species, and briefly imagined himself as an anteater. In "Herb's Family Tree," Bongo imagined that he came from another planet and his family sent him to Earth because everything on his home planet was turning normal, and his parents didn't want him to become normal.

Bongo the Nothing
In Comedy Stars from Space, Bongo began to have disturbing dreams of abandonment and a feeling of aloneness in the world. He stated that he was "tired of being a one-of-a-kind freak." Bongo lamented that he didn't know where he came from or what he truly was. Contradicting all past accounts of Bongo's youth, it is established that Bongo has never known his family (or anyone of his species) and feels that he is not just a unique and distinct individual, but also part of a species on the brink of extinction. Bongo is contacted by aliens channeling his breakfast cereal, and a pair of Cosmic Fish soon reveal to him that he is, in fact, an alien from outer space, the planet Oznog according to the novelization. It is later revealed that many "zotons" ago as a baby, Bongo was lost, and his family has been looking for him.