Minor Muppetz' TMS outline: Carl Reiner

[minor muppetz]

This outline takes place in the second season of The Muppet Show.

Cold Opening/ Dressing Room
Scooter: Carl Reiner! Oh, carl Reiner! Fifteen seconds 'till curtain, Mr. Reiner!

(Scooter notices carl whining)

Carl Reiner: (Whinning) It's not fair! It's not fair! It's not fair! (blows his nose)

Scooter: Oh, gee, I thought you were Carl Reiner, not Carl Whiner.

Introduction
Kermit introduces the Jugband.

Opening Number: Let's Spend The Night Together
Jerry leads the jugband in their version of the Rolling Stones song.

Balcony
Statler wouldn't want to spend the night with them.

Prop room
Fozzie goes to the prop room to get an oversized comb for the closing number, but he gets locked in the prop room.

Backstage
Carl Reiner tells Kermit that he refuses to do the next sketch, so in a last minute change Gonzo replaces Carl.

Introduction
"The next act was going to feature our guest star, Carl Reiner, but he has refused to do it, but we hope that you don't notice his replacement."

Sketch
Gonzo plays a gypsy who gives a service to janice, who wants to learn to fly. Unfortunately, instead of flying, she learns to fall. The audience goes wild over the sketch, and cheers, "Gonzo! Gonzo! Gonzo!"

Wings
carl can't beleive that the audience liked that sketch with Gonzo instead of him.

Gonzo: I can't beleive they liked it.

Carl Reiner: neither can I.

Pigs In Space
The swinetrek crew are on their way to a rainbow-colored ray of light, which only appears for 20 minutes a year. When they get there, they will get unlimited ice cream. Unfortunately, the swinetrek breaks down before they get there (and only ten feet away).

balcony
Statler: I don't think the ship will be fixed in time.
Waldorf: Neither do I.

Pigs In Space (cont.)
Dr. Strangepork gets the ship working again, but the ray of light changes from being rainbow-colored to dark green right before they get there, and instead of unlimited ice cream, they get unlimited spinach.

U.K. Spot
Rowlf plays an instrumental version of the theme song. Animal arrives and bangs his head on the piano to the tune of the theme song. Eventually, Rowlf gets Animal to jump up and down and shout "Yeah!" to the tune of the theme song.

prop room
Fozzie is still locked in the prop room. He thinkls maybe he was turning the door the wrong way (either by pulling when he shpuld have been pushing, or vice versa), but that isn't the case.

The Swedish Chef
The swedish Chef makes eggs and ham, but accidently makes green eggs and ham instead. Sam comes to the set, outraged.

Sam: That is disgusting!
Swedish Chef: doo yu loke grun eggs und hyum?
Sam: I do not like green eggs and ham!
Swedish Chef: Wood yu eat dum heer ir thure, wood yu eat dum unyware?
Sam: I would not eat them here or there, I ould not eat them anywhere!

Balcony
Waldorf: Do you like the muppet show?
Statler: I do not liek the muppet show.
waldorf: would you watch it here or there?
Statler: I would not watch it anywhere.

Sketch
Carl Reiner finally does a sketch! Carl plays a security guard, guarding a bank. However, a muppet gold bar tries to sneak it's way out of the bank. Carl catches it and puts it back in the safe that it escaped from. However, as he puts the gold bar in the safe, a quarter escapes without the guard seeing him.

Prop Room
Fozzie thinks that he will never get out of the prop room. Fortunately, Sweetums crashes through the door for no apparant reason, and Fozzie is freed.

Introduction
kermit introduces the closing number.

Closing Number
Zoot plays a wild saxaphone solo in this instrumental act, where Fozzie and carl scrub each other with giant combs. They run from eahc other and get caughed and cobed, really fast. Zoot eventually runs out of breath and stops playing before the act is over.

Good Night
Kermit and Carl Reiner are joined by Fozzie, Miss Piggy, The Swedish Chef, and Gonzo.

 

[minor muppetz]

If you are wondering, the Gold Bar is supposed to be performed by Jim henson. The quarter is just a normal quarter and doesn't talk.

 

[MartyMuppets]

I love the Swedish Chef and Sam quoting Green eggs and ham.
And the hecklers bit is a black joke: Statler saying I wouldn't watch the show anywhere.
DUHH What does he think he does in almost every TMS episode? Sit in his seat contemplating his navel? LOL

 

[minor muppetz]

I love the Swedish Chef and Sam quoting Green eggs and ham.
And the hecklers bit is a black joke: Statler saying I wouldn't watch the show anywhere.
DUHH What does he think he does in almost every TMS episode? Sit in his seat contemplating his navel? LOL

What do you mean it's a black joke?

 

[MartyMuppets]

I'm not implying anything racist minor if that's what is concerning you.

I just thought it struck me as a slight touch of dark style humour that Statler would talk about how he wouldn't watch the show anywhere when all the time that is precisely what he does do.
He and Waldorf are always saying how bad the show is yet they always watch it in most episodes. I just find it darkly amusing that they would submit themselves to something they can't stand so much.

 

[minor muppetz]

I'm not implying anything racist minor if that's what is concerning you.

No, I wasn't concernec about you implying anyhting racist. I just didn't know what you meant. I didn't know if you thought it sounded racist or like the kind of joke that a black person would tell, and I re-read it trying to see if there was anything that could be mistaken as a hint of racism.