The Roles: Cynical, aging Yiddish stop-motion puppet Gumby/grown-up version of Buckwheat from “Little Rascals”/poor but street wise children’s TV show host, Mr. Robinson.

Number of Eddies: Scores of Eddies, imbuing each character he played with his soon-to-be trade mark wit, and often receiving criticism for the harsh and insensitive portrayals of real-life characters.

Left the show in 1984 to concentrate on movies and hasn't looked back, literally.