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"'''Any Old Iron'''" was the [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]] for [[Episode 214: Elton John|episode 214]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. It is sung by [[Kermit the Frog]], who is then joined by [[Fozzie Bear]], two [[Whatnots]], and the audience.
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"'''Any Old Iron'''" was the [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]] for [[Episode 214: Elton John|episode 214]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. It is sung by [[Kermit the Frog]], who is then joined by [[Fozzie Bear]], two [[Whatnots]], and the audience.
   
 
One of the Whatnots is missing a pupil throughout the number. [[Louise Gold]] performed that Whatnot and said in an interview that this was the last sketch filmed for the episode, and there was only time for one take.
 
One of the Whatnots is missing a pupil throughout the number. [[Louise Gold]] performed that Whatnot and said in an interview that this was the last sketch filmed for the episode, and there was only time for one take.
 
The skecth appeared on The Muppet Show: Season Two DVD in episode 214: Elton John
 
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==

Revision as of 16:42, 17 July 2012

Written by Charles Collins, Fred Terry and E.A. Sheppard
Date 1911
Source English music hall
MS214i

"Any Old Iron" was the UK Spot for episode 214 of The Muppet Show. It is sung by Kermit the Frog, who is then joined by Fozzie Bear, two Whatnots, and the audience.

One of the Whatnots is missing a pupil throughout the number. Louise Gold performed that Whatnot and said in an interview that this was the last sketch filmed for the episode, and there was only time for one take.

Trivia

  • In 1957, Peter Sellers recorded a rendition of the old English Music Hall song, in a voice he created for The Goon Show, Willium "Mate" Cobblers. It reached #17 in the UK music charts that year.
  • Fozzie is dressed as a Pearly King[1], a traditional cockney market character.