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Or, after the Muppet Sports sketch with the porcupine grooming: S: "Well, what did you think of that sketch?" W: "I was on pins and needles the whole time!" S & W: (laughter) Love the Archduke Ferdinand line. The sketches are all good. Agree with Marty about the subtle running cactus theme...

Very appropriate use of The Mutations in the opening number. Liked Muppet Labs and the pancakes/roofing joke. It is a bit short. The fewest number of sketches in any Season Two episode is 7; usually it's more like 8 or 9. Why does Gonzo want to be Gwen's bodyguard? It seems a rather odd...

I think I said it wrong. Between the two, Carvey was the one who did more impressions, was goofier overall, had the longer tenure on SNL, and was probably the one who the public expected to be a star after SNL. Could anyone have predicted the success that Myers has had post-SNL? I was...

I kid you not, I was thinking about a Peter Cook "Muppet Show" just the other day, probably because I watched part of their episode of SNL, in which not only is there a Muppet appearance (Scred with Gilda Radner) but they do those latter two sketches. Funny how the straight man is the one who...

I agree with this statement for a few reasons, not the least of which is my fondness for the characters themselves. I wanted to like "Muppets Tonight!" but I didn't; the writing was off (lack of Jerry Juhl), characters new and old alike lacking in dimension, direct parody too frequent, overall...

Has there been a conscious effort to change, update, and/or modernize the writing style of the Muppets, and if so, what have these changes entailed and what is your opinion of same? David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

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...

I revisited this special not long ago, and thought the script was a lot better than I remembered. The dialogue sounded very Jerry Juhl, so much so that I was convinced he'd written it. I took a look and, as it turns out, he didn't. It was Jim Lewis & some others. Also the songs, at least...

Isn't anyone going to mention that another TMS guest star, the terrific Alan Arkin, just became an Oscar-winner? That makes 10 Oscar-winning actors to guest on "The Muppet Show": Joel Grey, Rita Moreno, Peter Ustinov, George Burns, Julie Andrews, Cloris Leachman, Liza Minnelli, Alan Arkin...

Ahhhh, forgot about that one! Oh yeah, I was crazy about her. Liked Maria before that. David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

Updated list: -Piggy (sometimes) -Wanda (a favorite) -Sexy Muppet -the two purple sopranos from SS; one was named Mme. Alma Gluck, I think she was from the Front & Back "Blue Danube" sketch and played by Louise Gold. The other was played by Richard Hunt and sang F-AN and N-ET; at the fan bit...

ToughPigs has transcripts and articles on the Gorch sketches. It's also interesting to note their interactions with the guests on SNL. Lily Tomlin clearly loved the Muppets, and while she never appeared on TMS (amazingly), she was in the TV special "The Muppets go to the Movies" with Dudley...

Hadn't planned on it. I see him more as an early-to-mid Season Three guest, anyway. David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

What was it you didn't like about this one? David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

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...

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...

I am. Alice Cooper was my second-ever concert. In reality, Alice Cooper has been known to remark that "The Muppet Show" was the most fun he ever had performing. I agree about the devil thing, that weirded me out when I saw it as an adult (I remember seeing the episode as a kid but...

Careful, Barry: one might get the idea that you have something against bearded fat guys! ;) No, actually I agree with you to an extent. I think both episodes have the same problem: the guest star acts AT the Muppets instead of WITH them. In Ustinov's case, it was clearly their doing...

Oo, I like this one. May I take on this idea for one of my outlines? David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

Close. In the Avery Schreiber episode, she says her real name is 'Pigathius' (sp?) It's in the Jim Nabors episode, also in the Talk Spot, that Kermit, offhand and almost under his breath, refers to Piggy as 'Piggy Lee'. Fans have amalgamated the two references to mean that her original full...