Episode 311: Raquel Welch

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The Muppet Show
Guest Starring	Raquel Welch
Production Dates	April 25-27, 1978
Home Video	Season 3 Best of the Muppet Show

Fozzie goes to group therapy to become more assertive. He says he won't do his monologue, because he doesn't need to use humor to buy friends anymore. When Kermit tells the audience that there won't be a monologue, Fozzie misinterprets their cheers as a sign that they love him, and he goes on anyway. Later, Raquel tells him that he's very sexy, and she sings him a song that boosts his confidence, to the point that he decides to write "the world's funniest joke".

Contents 1 Songs/Sketches 2 Trivia 3 Cast 4 Performers

Songs/Sketches

• Raquel sings "Baby It's Me" with a Giant Spider
• Gonzo sings "Jamboree"
• At the Dance
• UK Spot: Kermit interviews Marvin Suggs and The Muppaphone
• Raquel sings "Confide in Me" to Fozzie
• The Swedish Chef: chicken in a basket
• Miss Piggy, jealous of Raquel's "sex symbol" status, inserts herself into Raquel's final number, "I'm a Woman".

"Baby It's Me"	"Jamboree"
"At the Dance"	"Confide in Me"
Kermit and Marvin Suggs

Trivia

• The CBS show 60 Minutes visited the Muppet Show in an episode which aired on March 17, 1979. This was the episode filming at the time of their visit, and the 60 Minutes piece shows behind-the-scenes footage of the opening dialogue between Kermit and Miss Piggy, the Swedish Chef sketch, and the production numbers "Jamboree", "Confide in Me" and "I'm a Woman".

• Statler and Waldorf don't make any critical comments during the episode, appearing only in the closing theme. The old codgers don't even appear during the theme song; Beauregard appears in their place. This is the second time that Statler and Waldorf took a break from criticizing the show; the first was in episode 115.

Cast

Muppets:

Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Scooter, Statler and Waldorf, Beauregard, Floyd Pepper, Animal, Gladys, Fleet Scribbler, Pigs, Whatnots, Marvin Suggs, The Muppaphone, The Swedish Chef

Background Muppets:

Dr. Teeth, Quongo the Wild Mountain Gorilla, Green Frackle, Beauregard, Forcryingoutloud Bird, Green Heap, Giant Spider, Ronald Duck, Mickey Moose, Afghan Hound, Chopped Liver, Harold, Koozebanian Phoob, Chickens, Cow, Winky Pinkerton, Rats

Performers

Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, the Swedish Chef, and Dr. Teeth

Frank Oz as Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Animal, and Marvin Suggs

Jerry Nelson as Floyd Pepper, Fleet Scribbler, Chicken, and Muppaphones

Richard Hunt as Scooter, Statler, Gladys, Muppaphones, and Pigs

Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Muppaphones, and the Monks

Louise Gold as others

Steve Whitmire as others

Graham Fletcher as The Spider

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