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    A Fraggle Rock writer's blog

    Sugith Varughese, the writer behind such episodes as "The Beast of Bluerock", "Sir Hubris and the Gorgs", "Home is Where the Trash Is" and "Sprocket's Big Adventure", to name a few, has a blog about writing, found here. He's always looking for new topics, so questions about writing for FR may...
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    TMS Script - Leon Redbone!

    Why has it been so long? Because, as sometimes happens, I discovered I had enough material to keep going until I had a full episode. For those of you who aren't familiar with Mr. Redbone, he's an eclectic, old-fashioned performer with a down-to-earth/oddball sense of humor, a style of...
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    Need baby puns for VH

    Hi all, Yes, I've been gone a while, haven't posted a TMS outline in ages. That's because I wrote a screenplay earlier this year and have been busy rewriting my first screenplay (not to mention having a new job and other life changes). I'm almost done with the rewrite and am getting back...
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    TV Comeback for Muppets?

    Can't believe I'm the first to find this: http://us.imdb.com/news/ni0557857/ It's IMDb, so take it with a grain of salt. Still... David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole
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    Episode ID help

    There's a scene in "Down at Fraggle Rock", just after the explanation of how the Gorgs work, where they show the Gorgs in action in a scene from an episode: Pa & Ma are wearing bathing suits and are going to frolic in the creek, and Junior wants to come too but is made to stay behind. Anyone...
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    Anyone seen these UK Spots?

    From the episodes with Phyllis George and Jean-Pierre Rampal. The first is apparently Lewis Kazagger interviewing the Zucchini Brothers and other acts, the second a French sidewalk cafe scene. I saw on the Muppet Wiki that the other groups in the first scene were named, and the second scene...
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    "Never Before, Never Again" sheet music

    Hello all, I'm trying to find sheet music of "Never Before, Never Again" in order to arrange it for barbershop quartet. If anyone has a line on the sheet music for this selection, a scan thereof, or the Muppet Movie songbook, please respond in this thread or via email or PM. Thanks...
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    Big Mean Carl's Big Mean Mother

    I caught a clip on YouTube of Carl's mother eating a pink male Whatnot, but don't remember this clip from the episode. Can anyone describe this scene to me? Thanks. David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole
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    TMS outline- Andy Kaufman!

    The late Andy Kaufman, for those of you who don't know, was a very different sort of comedian who, well, basically amused himself at the expense of the audience. In his early acts, he'd lip-synch to "Mighty Mouse" and other assorted records, and he'd pretend he was a foreigner and do lousy...
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    Incidental music in the Mummenschanz episode

    Need some help identifying some music. There's a neat little instrumental in the Muppet Show episode with guest stars Mummenschanz; it's the one in their first sketch, the Notepad Faces. Anyone have any idea if this piece has a name, and if so, how someone can find a recording? I've always...
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    TMS Season 3 broadcast order - help

    Does anyone have a reference with the Season 3 broadcast order on it? Specifically wanting to know the running order of approx. the first half. Much appreciated. David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole
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    Need Spanish-speaking help

    I need to know how to say "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen" in Spanish. It's for a TMS outline guest starring Desi Arnaz. I know "Buenos Noches" is good night, don't know if it's also good evening (or if that's "Buenos Tardes"). I know "Senor" is man and "Senorita" is girl, or woman...
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    Another TMS guest wins Oscar: Alan Arkin!

    Alan Arkin, guest star on TMS in the late 4th season, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor last night for "Little Miss Sunshine"; it was his 3rd nomination overall, his prior two being 38 and 40 years ago. This brings the overall total of Oscar-winning actors on TMS to 10: Joel Grey, Rita...
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    Episodes you wanted to like (but for whatever reason, didn't)

    When I was growing up, my local video rental had the Playhouse "Muppet Home Video" series, which were one-hour 'greatest hits' compilations of sketches and songs from TMS. This gave me a big build-up for certain bits I had a fondness for, dreaming of the day I'd see that episode (and all the...
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    Under-used guest stars

    Thread for commentaries on guest stars you would've liked to see more out of in their appearances on "The Muppet Show". Some of mine: -Kenny Rogers: the only guest star I'd ever heard of before knowing he was on TMS, I listened to a lot of his music and was very disappointed when they only...
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    TMS outline- Kenneth Mars!

    Tall, broad comic actor known especially for his foreign dialects and zany, over-the-top characters. He played Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in Mel Brooks's first film "The Producers" (1968), has provided numerous animation voices, including King Triton in Disney's "The Little Mermaid", and...
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    "Never Before and Never Again" sheet music

    Hi all! I'm trying to arrange this song for barbershop harmony, but it would help a lot if I could get my hands on a scan of the sheet music. Can anyone help me out? P.S. Also looking to arrange "Doin' the Pigeon", if anyone has sheet music and/or an mp3. David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole
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    Best singing by non-recording artist guest stars

    I refer to those guests who weren't singers by trade, the guests who never released a solo album, per se. That omits the following: Season One: Connie Stevens, Jim Nabors, Paul Williams, Charles Aznavour, Lena Horne, Ben Vereen Season Two: Teresa Brewer, Bernadette Peters, Elton John, Lou...
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    TMS outline- Dan Fogelberg!

    One of my favorite singers and recording artists, Dan Fogelberg, who I grew up on, and darned if I didn't wish he'd been on TMS. This is an idea I had a while back and forgot about, but here it is. Submitted for your approval: "It's The Muppet Show, with our very special guest star, Dan...
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    Features intended to become regulars?

    We know Vet's Hospital, Pigs in Space, Muppet News, Muppet Labs, Swedish Chef etc. were regular features. Season One had a number of regular features (Wayne & Wanda, panel discussion, The Houses, Guest Star Gag) that were dropped. Season Three found the addition of lesser-used regular features...
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