FROM | No, You Shut Up! |
PERFORMER | various |
Senator George Galapagos is a character on No, You Shut Up!.
He is a tortoise and a 22-term senator from North Carolina.
The character was performed by Paul Rugg in episodes 1, 29, and 31; Allan Trautman in episodes 9 and 12; and Michael Oosterom in episodes 42, 47, and 48.
He is a recycled from the tortoise puppet that was used for Penelope the Yellow-Footed Tortoise on Jim Henson's Animal Show, Jeremiah Tortoise on Bear in the Big Blue House, Fenton on That Puppet Game Show, and as a utility puppet in many Henson Alternative shows.