Episode 304: Gilda Radner
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| The Muppet Show | |
| Guest Starring | Gilda Radner |
| Production Dates | March 7-9, 1978 |
| Air Date | UK: April 2 1978 US: December 14 1978 |
| Home Video | Best of the Muppet Show Season 3 |
Guest star Gilda Radner faces several problems: initially, her request for a seven-foot tall talking parrot gets messed up by bad handwriting, making her sing operetta with a giant carrot. Later, Bunsen Honeydew tests Muppet Labs' new super-adhesive glue on her, but the glue accidentally gets everywhere, and everyone and everything gets stuck together.
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Songs/Sketches
- Eskimo pigs sing "Lullaby of Broadway."
- Gilda sings "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General" and other selections from The Pirates of Penzance with a Seven-foot-tall Talking Carrot.
- "Muppet Melodrama" sketch, with Miss Piggy, Uncle Deadly & Wayne
- Marvin Suggs, with his Amazing Muppaphone, sings "Witch Doctor."
- UK Spot: The pigs sing "The Bird on Nellie's Hat”
- Muppet Labs: Super Adhesive
- Rowlf and Zoot play a song, but end up stuck to their instruments
- Muppet News Flash: The Glue Crisis has been solved.
- Gilda sings "Tap Your Troubles Away"
Cast
Muppets:
- Kermit the Frog, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Scooter, Wayne, Uncle Deadly, Marvin Suggs, The Muppaphone, Seven-foot-tall Talking Carrot, Statler and Waldorf, Rowlf, Zoot, The Newsman, The Witch Doctor, Floyd Pepper, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Pigs, Winky Pinkerton, Walrus, Billy the Bear, Chicken, Canary
Background Muppets:
Performers
- Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf, The Newsman, and Waldorf
- Frank Oz as Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, and Marvin Suggs
- Jerry Nelson as Floyd pepper, Dr. Strangepork, Witch Doctor, Uncle Deadly, and Walrus
- Richard Hunt as Scooter, Beaker, Wayne, Statler, Pigs, and Bear
- Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Zoot, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Pig, and Penguin
- Peter Friedman as Seven-foot-tall Talking Carrot
- Louise Gold as Pigs
Notes
- The penguin in the "Lullaby of Broadway" number was built by Brian Henson.
- Jim Henson's quote on the "carrot/parrot" joke in the episode: "It's a terrible joke, but it's worthy of us"
Edits
- Nickelodeon cut and shortened several scenes for time. Among them were:
- The backstage scene following the melodrama.
- Floyd telling Kermit that Gonzo's eyes are glued to the television set.
- CTS cut the UK spot The Bird on Nellie's Hat.
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