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{{episodetms|star=[[Crystal Gayle]]|production=May 1-4, [[1979]]|airdate=October [[1979]]}}
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{{episodetms|image=Crystal_Gayle_finale.png|star=[[Crystal Gayle]]|production=May 1-4, [[1979]]|airdate=UK: November 2, 1979<br>US: October 11, 1979|video=}}
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The [[Prairie Dogs|Prairie Dog Glee Club]] sings very well, but [[Scooter]] says they have "pack rat blood in 'em -- they keep stealing everything!" The prairie dogs go wild, taking everything [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] has -- including his [[Kermit the Frog's collar|collar]], which leaves him [[Naked Muppets|naked]] on stage.
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[[Image:Paperbag.jpg|thumb|300px|Naked Kermit.]]
  
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The [[Prairie Dogs|Prairie Dog Glee Club]] sings very well, but [[Scooter]] says they have "pack rat blood in 'em -- they keep stealing everything!" The prairie dogs go wild, taking everything [[Kermit]] has -- including his collar, which leaves him naked on stage.
  
   
 
==Songs/Sketches==
  
==Songs/Sketches==
 
* German [[penguins]], [[pigs]], [[dogs]], a [[goat]], and a [[walrus]] sing an oom-pah version of ''[[Swanee]]''.
  
* German [[penguins]], [[pigs]], [[dogs]], a [[goat]], and a [[walrus]] sing an oom-pah version of ''[[Swanee]]''.
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* Crystal sings "[[River Road]]" where she plays a young runaway who is persuaded by an old woman to return home by the end of the song.
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* Crystal sings "[[River Road]]," where she plays a young runaway who is persuaded by an old woman to return home by the end of the song.
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* [[Guest Star's Dressing Room]]: [[Beauregard]] asks Crystal for her autograph.
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* [[Pigs in Space]] ([[Pigs in Space#Dearth Nadir|Dearth Nadir]]): [[The Swinetrek]] is invaded by [[Dearth Nadir]], the evil scourge of the galaxy, who hides behind a distinctive hook-nosed mask. Nadir orders his chicken stormtroopers to peck the crew to death.
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* [[Pigs in Space]] ([[Pigs in Space#402|Dearth Nadir]]): [[The Swinetrek]] is invaded by [[Dearth Nadir]], the evil scourge of the galaxy, who hides behind a distinctive hook-nosed mask. Nadir orders his chicken stormtroopers to peck the crew to death.
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* [[UK Spot]]: "[[Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)]]" performed by [[Rowlf]], a [[shark]], a lobster, [[Lew Zealand]] and 3 fish
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* [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]]: "[[Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)]]" performed by [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]], a [[shark (Muppet Show)|shark]], a lobster, [[Lew Zealand]] and 3 fish
 
* [[The Gills Brothers]] sing "[[Sixty Seconds Got Together]]"
  
* [[The Gills Brothers]] sing "[[Sixty Seconds Got Together]]"
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* The [[Prairie Dogs]] sing "[[The Best Things in Life Are Free]]"
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* The [[Prairie Dogs]] sing "[[The Best Things in Life Are Free]]", only to encounter [[Bear on Patrol|Patrol Bear]] attempting to arrest them for their stealing.
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* [[Muppet Labs]]: ([[Muppet_Labs#Banana_Sharpener|Banana Sharpener]]): [[Bunsen Honeydew]] solves "the banana problem" -- the fact that bananas can't be reinserted into the bunch -- with a giant mechanical banana sharpener.
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* [[Muppet Labs]]: [[Muppet_Labs#402|Banana Sharpener]]
 
* Crystal sings "[[We Must Believe in Magic]]"
  
* Crystal sings "[[We Must Believe in Magic]]"
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==Episode==
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!Picture
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!Description
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| [[File:Crystal_Gayle_Scooter.jpg|250px]]
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| [[Cold Open]]: [[Scooter]] stops by Crystal's dressing room and helps her practice her lines.
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| [[File:GOnzo_theme.jpg|250px]]
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| "[[The Muppet Show Theme]]": [[Gonzo]] [[Gonzo's Muppet Show Openings|plays as bubbles come out of his trumpet]]
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|-
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| [[File:Character.walrus.jpg|250px]]
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|German [[penguins]], [[pigs]], [[dogs]], a [[goat]], and a [[walrus]] sing an oom-pah version of [[Swanee]].
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|-
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| [[File:Scooter_praire_dogs.jpg|250px]]
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| As Scooter finishes conducting [[Prairie Dogs|The Prairie Dog Glee Club]] in [[The Canteen]] [[Kermit]] comes down as Scooter explains to him that the Prairie Dogs keep stealing things from the theatre.
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|-
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| [[File:River_road.jpg|250px]]
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| Crystal sings "River Road," where she plays a young runaway who is persuaded by an old woman to return home by the end of the song.
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|-
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| [[File:SCooter_and_Kermit.jpg|250px]]
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| Scooter explains to Kermit that the Prairie Dogs are still stealing things.
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|-
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| [[File:Beauregard_and_Crystal.jpg|250px]]
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| [[Beauregard]] asks Crystal for an Autograph
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|-
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| [[File:DearthNadir-Piggy.jpg|250px]]
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|"[[Pigs in Space]]" (Dearth Nadir): The Swinetrek is invaded by Dearth Nadir, the evil scourge of the galaxy, who hides behind a distinctive hook-nosed mask. Nadir orders his chicken stormtroopers to peck the crew to death.
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|-
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| [[File:Hold_tight.jpg|250px]]
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| [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]]: "[[Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)]]" performed by [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]], a [[shark (Muppet Show)|shark]], a lobster, [[Lew Zealand]] and 3 fish
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|-
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| [[File:Paperbag.jpg|250px]]
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| Kermit explains to Crystal that the reason he has a bag over his head is because the Prairie Dogs stole his collar.
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|-
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| [[File:Sixty_Seconds_Got_Together.JPG|250px]]
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| [[The Gills Brothers]] sing "[[Sixty Seconds Got Together]]"
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|-
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| [[File:KErmit_and_miss_piggy_403.jpg|250px]]
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| Kermit and Miss Piggy notice that many of her things have been stolen by the Prairie Dogs
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| [[File:Patrol_Prairie.jpg|250px]]
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| The [[Prairie Dogs]] sing "[[The Best Things in Life Are Free]]", only to encounter [[Bear on Patrol|Patrol Bear]] attempting to arrest them for their stealing.
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| [[File:BananaBeaker.JPG|250px]]
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| On [[Muppet Labs]] [[Dr. Bunsen Honeydew]] and [[Beaker]] test out the Banana Sharpener.
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| [[File:TMS.402.WeMustBelieve.jpg|250px]]
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| Crystal Gayle performs "[[We Must Believe in Magic]]"
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|-
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| [[File:Crystal_Closing.jpg|250px]]
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| At the Closing Kermit gives Crystal her feather boa back but another Prairie dog comes and steals it.
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|}
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==Notes==
  
==Notes==
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==Cast==
  
==Cast==
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'''Muppets:'''
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'''Muppets:'''
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:[[Kermit the Frog]], [[Miss Piggy]], [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Gonzo]], [[Scooter]], [[Beauregard]], [[Link Hogthrob]], [[Dr. Julius Strangepork]], [[Dr. Bunsen Honeydew]], [[Beaker]], [[Statler and Waldorf]], [[Gills Brothers]], [[Prairie Dogs]], [[Walrus]], [[Goat]], [[Afghan Hound]], [[Wolfhound]], [[Pigs]], [[Penguins]], [[Brown Dog]], [[Chickens]], [[Rowlf]], [[Lew Zealand]], [[Shark]], [[Fish]], [[Lobsters|Lobster]]
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:[[Kermit the Frog]], [[Miss Piggy]], [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Gonzo]], [[Scooter]], [[Beauregard]], [[Link Hogthrob]], [[Dr. Julius Strangepork]], [[Dr. Bunsen Honeydew]], [[Beaker]], [[Statler and Waldorf]], [[Gills Brothers]], [[Prairie Dogs]], [[Walrus]], [[Goat]], [[Afghan Hound]], [[Wolfhound]], [[Pigs]], [[Penguins]], [[Brown Dog]], [[Chickens]], [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]], [[Lew Zealand]], [[Shark (Muppet Show)|Shark]], [[Fish]], [[Lobsters|Lobster]]
   
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'''Background Muppets:'''
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'''Background Muppets:'''
 
:[[Baby]], [[Old Skyball Paint]], [[Ghosts]]
  
:[[Baby]], [[Old Skyball Paint]], [[Ghosts]]
   
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:[[Louise Gold]] as Afghan Hound, Prairie Dog, Whatnot and Fish
  
:[[Louise Gold]] as Afghan Hound, Prairie Dog, Whatnot and Fish
   
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==Gallery==
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{{Ep-nav|prev=[[Episode 401: John Denver|John Denver]]|next=[[Episode 403: Shields & Yarnell|Shields & Yarnell]]}}
  
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<gallery>
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Image:Gayle04.jpg|Behind the scenes of 'River Road' number.
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Image:Gayle05.jpg
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Image:Gayle03.jpg
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Image:Gayle02.jpg
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Image:Gayle06.jpg
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Image:Crystalgayle_and_jim.JPG|Behind the scenes with [[Jim Henson]].
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Image:Gayle01.jpg
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</gallery>
   
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{{Ep-nav|prev=[[Episode 401: John Denver|John Denver]]|next=[[Episode 403: Shields & Yarnell|Shields & Yarnell]]}}
 
[[Category:Muppet Show Episodes|402]]
  
[[Category:Muppet Show Episodes|402]]

Revision as of 05:27, 5 April 2016

The Muppet Show
File:Crystal Gayle finale.png
Guest Crystal Gayle
Production May 1-4, 1979
Premiere UK: November 2, 1979
US: October 11, 1979

(TRANSCRIPT)

The Prairie Dog Glee Club sings very well, but Scooter says they have "pack rat blood in 'em -- they keep stealing everything!" The prairie dogs go wild, taking everything Kermit has -- including his collar, which leaves him naked on stage.

Songs/Sketches

Episode

Picture Description
Crystal Gayle Scooter Cold Open: Scooter stops by Crystal's dressing room and helps her practice her lines.
File:GOnzo theme.jpg "The Muppet Show Theme": Gonzo plays as bubbles come out of his trumpet
Character.walrus German penguins, pigs, dogs, a goat, and a walrus sing an oom-pah version of Swanee.
Scooter praire dogs As Scooter finishes conducting The Prairie Dog Glee Club in The Canteen Kermit comes down as Scooter explains to him that the Prairie Dogs keep stealing things from the theatre.
River road Crystal sings "River Road," where she plays a young runaway who is persuaded by an old woman to return home by the end of the song.
SCooter and Kermit Scooter explains to Kermit that the Prairie Dogs are still stealing things.
Beauregard and Crystal Beauregard asks Crystal for an Autograph
DearthNadir-Piggy "Pigs in Space" (Dearth Nadir): The Swinetrek is invaded by Dearth Nadir, the evil scourge of the galaxy, who hides behind a distinctive hook-nosed mask. Nadir orders his chicken stormtroopers to peck the crew to death.
Hold tight UK Spot: "Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)" performed by Rowlf, a shark, a lobster, Lew Zealand and 3 fish
Paperbag Kermit explains to Crystal that the reason he has a bag over his head is because the Prairie Dogs stole his collar.
Sixty Seconds Got Together The Gills Brothers sing "Sixty Seconds Got Together"
KErmit and miss piggy 403 Kermit and Miss Piggy notice that many of her things have been stolen by the Prairie Dogs
Patrol Prairie The Prairie Dogs sing "The Best Things in Life Are Free", only to encounter Patrol Bear attempting to arrest them for their stealing.
BananaBeaker On Muppet Labs Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker test out the Banana Sharpener.
TMS.402.WeMustBelieve Crystal Gayle performs "We Must Believe in Magic"
Crystal Closing At the Closing Kermit gives Crystal her feather boa back but another Prairie dog comes and steals it.


Notes

Cast

Muppets:

Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Scooter, Beauregard, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Statler and Waldorf, Gills Brothers, Prairie Dogs, Walrus, Goat, Afghan Hound, Wolfhound, Pigs, Penguins, Brown Dog, Chickens, Rowlf, Lew Zealand, Shark, Fish, Lobster

Background Muppets:

Baby, Old Skyball Paint, Ghosts

Performers

Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Link Hogthrob, Waldorf, Rowlf, Gills Brother, Pig and Prairie Dog
Frank Oz as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Runaway
Jerry Nelson as Dr. Julius Strangepork, Penguins, Gills Brother, Prairie Dog, Whatnot, Shark, Lew Zealand and the Announcer
Richard Hunt as Scooter, Beaker, Statler, Penguins, Gills Brother, Wolfhound, Pigs and Prairie Dog
Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beauregard, Walrus and Prairie Dog
Steve Whitmire as Penguins, Goat, Gills Brother and Prairie Dog
Kathy Mullen as Prairie Dog and Fish
Louise Gold as Afghan Hound, Prairie Dog, Whatnot and Fish

Gallery

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