Flat Eric

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Built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Flat Eric was a low-tech, yellow puppet character from Levi's commercials for Sta-Prest One Crease Denim Clothing. He would ride with his friend Angel in California, wanted by the police.

His name comes from an idea for a commercial that included having a car run over his head and flattening it. The idea was not used but the name stuck.

He was featured in the music video for "Flat Beat" by French artist Mr. Oizo and he also appeared as a prop in series 1 of the 2001-2003 BBC comedy The Office. In 2004, he co-starred with David Soul in a TV advert for Auto Trader magazine.

He was based on a puppet called Stephane that was similar but with ears. Stephane appeared in some short films by Mr. Oizo.

Flat Eric was made by Janet Knechtel for Creature Shop, in the UK and was performed by Drew Massey for all the Levi's commercials.