Episode 204: Pierce Brosnan

Muppets Tonight
Air Date	October 12, 1997
Written by	Dick Blasucci, Paul Flaherty, Darin Henry, Jim Lewis, Kirk Thatcher and Patric Verrone
Director	Gary Halvorson

Pierce Brosnan is depressed over the fact that he isn't as debonair as his James Bond character, but he finally gets a chance to prove himself when the Crustacean Liberation Army attempts to take the Muppet Studios hostage and only he can save them.

Skit Highlights

• The Dancing Grandmas
• The Spy in the Casino Sketch (first appearance of Ernst Stavros Grouper)
• Bay of Pigswatch
• Pierce juggles with Andy and Randy Pig
• "Rock Lobster" sung by the Rock Lobsters
• "A cheap knockoff of a James Bond song" sung by Johnny Fiama

Trivia

• When Brosnan performed the fire breathing trick at the end of the episode, he ended-up burning his mouth.
• This episode was shot as part of the first season (production number 113), but was not aired until the second.

Performers

Kevin Clash as Clifford.

Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Randy Pig, and Rizzo the Rat.

Dave Goelz as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Andy Pig, and Waldorf.

Bill Barretta as Pepe and David David Hoggselhoff.

Brian Henson as Seymour.

Jerry Nelson as Statler, Dr. Strangepork, and Lobster.

Leslie Carrara as Spamela Hamderson.

Frank Oz as Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear

Cast

Muppets:

Clifford, Lobsters, Rats, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Seymour, Pepe the King Prawn, Kermit the Frog, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Andy Pig, Randy Pig, Statler and Waldorf, David Hoggselhoff, Spamela Hamderson, Rizzo the Rat

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Quotes

[Pierce Brosnan is cleaning his ear with a cotton swab in Bunsen's lab.]

Bunsen: Now where did I put that High Powered Laser of Death Cotton Swab?

Kermit: Say, what?

[A laser comes out of Pierce Brosnan's other ear and blows a hole in the wall and sees Bobo the Bear taking a bath]

Bobo the Bear: Hey! This is the reason I moved out of the Y!