Episode 307: Alice Cooper
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| The Muppet Show | |
| Guest Starring | Alice Cooper |
| Production Dates | March 28-30, 1978 |
| Air Date | UK: November 24 1978 US: November 2 1978 |
| Home Video | Best of the Muppet Show Monster Laughs... |
The spooky Alice offers the Muppets contracts with the Devil, promising them anything they want in exchange for their souls. Kermit shudders at the idea, but Miss Piggy considers it, and Gonzo is all for it.
As with episode 119 with Vincent Price, this episode is based on spookiness, monsters, ghouls and ghosts. The difference is that in the Alice Cooper episode, ghouls and spooky events are essentially present in the guest star's numbers and in the backstage skits. Most of the other sketches have still a weird atmosphere : the monstrous germ attacking Beaker in Muppet Labs, the "Toothache" with talking speleothems, and the Pigs in Space sketch, in which Link, Miss Piggy and Strangepork become sorts of transparent ghosts.
Contents |
Songs/Sketches
- Alice sings "Welcome to My Nightmare," with the Vile Bunch
- Muppet Labs: Germ Enlarger
- "Toothache" sketch
- Robin the Frog sings "Over the Rainbow"
- UK Spot: A group of monsters sing "Once a Year Day"
- After singing his hit "You and Me" to a vicious-looking bird monster (Beakie), Alice changes the bird back into Miss Piggy.
- Pigs in Space: Outlines
- Alice and the Vile Bunch sing "School's Out"
Notes
- This was the first episode that Steve Whitmire performed in.[1]
Edits
- When released on the video Monster Laughs with Vincent Price, Robin's number, "Over the Rainbow", was cut.
Cast
Muppets:
- Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Scooter, Statler and Waldorf, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Sam the Eagle, Gladys, Robin the Frog, Thog, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Link Hogthrob, William Tell, William Tell's Son, Stalagmites/Stalactites, Blue Frackle, Shark Drummer, Chopped Liver, Beakie, The Germ
Background Muppets:
- Flower-Eating Monster, Purple Heap, Silver Beak, Mutation, Timmy Monster, Doglion, Sweetums, Big Mama, Thog
Performers
- Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Link Hogthrob, Waldorf and Monster
- Frank Oz as Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy and Sam the Eagle
- Jerry Nelson as Dr. Julius Strangepork, the Announcer, Robin, Stalagmite, William Tell and Monster
- Richard Hunt as Scooter, Statler, Beaker, Gladys, Blue Frackle, Sweetums and Stalagmite
- Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, William Tell's Assistant and Monster
- Louise Gold as Beakie
- Steve Whitmire as Thog
References
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