Episode 107: Florence Henderson

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The Muppet Show
Guest Starring	Florence Henderson
Production Dates	June 15-16, 1976
Home Video	Season One

Kermit experiences various pig problems; first with the swine acrobats of the opening number and then with Miss Piggy, who tries to woo him backstage and confronts Florence Henderson when she thinks the guest is horning in on her frog.

Contents 1 Songs/Sketches 2 Notes 3 Cast 4 Performers 5 Edits

Songs/Sketches

• The Bouncing Borcellino Brothers
• Talking Houses: Haunted House
• Florence performs "Elusive Butterfly."
• At the Dance
• Talk Spot: Miss Piggy gets jealous of Florence when Kermit tries to flirt with her.
• UK Spot: Rowlf sings "Cottleston Pie."
• Panel Discussion: Was Shakespeare Really Bacon?
• Fozzie's Monologue: Impressions
• Florence sings "Happy Together" with a bunch of monsters.
• Blackout: Sweetums falls for Florence, literally.
• Planet Koozebane: Kermit reports on the Koozebanian Mating Ritual, in which a male and female alien run headlong into each other and explode, leaving a litter of babies behind.

Notes

• The Koozebane sketch is the first appearance of this planet on the show; they return to Koozebane on a recurring basis throughout the series.

Cast

Muppets:

Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Rowlf the Dog, Statler and Waldorf, The Bouncing Borcelino Brothers, George the Janitor, Mildred Huxtetter, Red-Haired Woman, The Shouting Lady, Whatnot, Talking Houses, Brewster, Floyd Pepper, Hilda, Wayne, Zoot, Lenny the Lizard, Sweetums, Male Koozebanian Creature, Female Koozebanian Creature, Baby Koozebanian Creatures, Muppy, Frackles, Purple Heap, Green Heap, Miss Kitty, Rats

Background Muppets:

Droop, Wanda

Performers

Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf, Waldorf and Green Frackle

Frank Oz as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Mildred, George the Janitor, Blue Frackle, Borcellino Brother and Male Koozebanian Creature

Jerry Nelson as Borcellino Brother, Shouting Lady, Shouting Lady's dancing partner, Floyd Pepper, Lenny the Lizard, two of the Houses and Female Koozebanian Creature

Richard Hunt as Statler, Sweetums, Borcellino Brother, Green Hunchback Frackle and Wayne

Dave Goelz as Purple Heap, Muppy, Zoot, Borcellino Brother, Brewster and Miss Kitty

Eren Ozker as Hilda and Rowlf's Dancing Partner

John Lovelady as Blue Scoff and Rats

Edits

• On Nickelodeon, the second backstage sequence was cut.
• On CTS, the UK skit Cottleston Pie was cut.

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