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 and Miss Piggy in The Spy in the Casino Sketch.

James Prawn tries to stop the Rock Lobsters from taking over the studio.

Pierce Brosnan performs the fire eating trick.

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
• Swift Wits
• At the Bar - Knight School
• 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 eating 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.
• As part of a long history of words as music cues on the show, whenever someone refers to Istanbul and Constantinople, several rats pop up and sing the rather obvious song.

Performers

Bill Barretta - Pepe, Johnny Fiama, Bobo, Clueless Morgan, David Hoggselhoff, Ernst Stavros Grouper (Blowfish), Snookie Blyer, Big Mean Carl, Zippity Zap

Kevin Clash - Clifford, Arthur Modell, Polly Lobster

Dave Goelz - Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Randy Pig, Waldorf, Lobster

Brian Henson - Seymour, Sal Manilla, Nigel, KMUP camera man

Jerry Nelson - Statler, Dr. Strangepork, Rock Lobster, Penguin

Frank Oz - Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear

Steve Whitmire - Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Andy Pig, Rizzo the Rat

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - Spamela Hamderson

Alice Dinnean-Vernon

Thom Fountain

John Kennedy - Female Rock Lobster

Bruce Lanoil

Len Levitt

Drew Massey

Joe Selph

Allan Trautman

Cast

Muppets:

Clifford, Lobsters, Rats, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Seymour, Pepe the King Prawn, Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Andy Pig, Randy Pig, Statler and Waldorf, David Hoggselhoff, Sal Manilla, Johnny Fiama, Spamela Hamderson, Rizzo the Rat, Bobo, Nigel, Mr. Callahan, Polly Lobster, Clueless Morgan, Snookie Blyer, Big Mean Carl, Arthur Modell, Rufus, Ernst Stavros Grouper, Zippity Zap, Agnes Stonewick, Penguins

Background Muppets

Clarissa, Chip, Guitar Atric, Muppets Tonight floor manager

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