Muppet Wiki

Kermiteye.png Welcome to Muppet Wiki!


Please visit Special:Community to learn how you can collaborate with the editing community.

READ MORE

Muppet Wiki
Register
No edit summary
Gonzo14 (talk | contribs)
(30 intermediate revisions by 18 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{episodetms|star=[[Beverly Sills]]|production=June 26-28, [[1979]]|airdate=November [[1979]]|video=}}
+
{{episodetms|star=[[Beverly Sills]]|production=June 26-28, [[1979]]|airdate=|video=''[[Best_of_the_Muppet_Show#volume13|Best of the Muppet Show]]''}}
[[Image:Beverlysills.jpg|thumb|300px]]
+
[[Image:Beverly_Sills03.jpg|thumb|300px]]
  +
{{Paley-list}}
The pigs are excited that guest star [[Beverly Sills]] plans to perform "Pigoletto" as the closing number.
 
  +
 
The [[pigs]] are excited that guest star [[Beverly Sills]] plans to perform the [[opera]] "Pigoletto" as the closing number.
  +
  +
For his work in this episode, art director [[Malcolm Stone]] received the first of two [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] nominations for his work on ''[[The Muppet Show]]''.
   
 
==Songs/Sketches==
 
==Songs/Sketches==
 
* "[[Take Ten Terrific Girls]]" ([[Statler and Waldorf]])
 
* "[[Take Ten Terrific Girls]]" ([[Statler and Waldorf]])
* "[[When the Bloom is on the Sage]]" (Bev Sills)
+
* "[[When the Bloom is on the Sage]]" (Beverly Sills)
 
* [[Muppet News Flash]]
 
* [[Muppet News Flash]]
 
* "[[Muppera]]" ([[The Fuzz Brothers]])
 
* "[[Muppera]]" ([[The Fuzz Brothers]])
 
* Muppet University ([[Sam the Eagle]])
 
* Muppet University ([[Sam the Eagle]])
 
* ''[[Pigoletto]]'' (Beverly and the [[Pigs]])
 
* ''[[Pigoletto]]'' (Beverly and the [[Pigs]])
  +
{{br}}
  +
==Episode==
  +
{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8"
  +
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
  +
!Picture
  +
!Description
  +
|-
  +
|[[Image:409 broken glasses.jpg|250px|center]]||[[Cold Open]]: Guest star [[Beverly Sills]] is practicing. She hits a note so high that she breaks [[Scooter|Scooter's]] glasses.
  +
|-
  +
|[[Image:409 trumpet.jpg|250px|center]]||"[[The Muppet Show Theme]]": [[Gonzo]] plays by ear.
  +
|-
 
|[[Image:409 chinese gorilla.jpg|250px|center]]||At the start of the show, [[Statler and Waldorf]] complain that the opening numbers are too weird -- "what do you have tonight, a Chinese gorilla dancing ballet?" Embarrassed, [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] cancels the opening number, infuriating the [[Quongo|Chinese gorilla]] who was planning to dance ballet.
  +
|-
  +
|[[Image:409 kermit statler.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:409 ten terrific girls.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:409 only nine costumes.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:409 s and w joke.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:409 fozzie heckles.jpg|250px|center]]||Tired of their criticism, Kermit asks the old men what ''they'' would do for an opening number, so they throw together a burlesque number: "[[Take Ten Terrific Girls]]". The number stars ten terrific girls, but, as the lyrics suggest, only nine costumes.
  +
Statler and Waldorf share a few old [[Vaudeville]]-style jokes during the number:
   
  +
'''Statler:''' "What do you get when you pour boiling water down a rabbit hole?
==Summary==
 
[[Image:Sills02.jpg|frame]]
 
[[Image:Sills01.jpg|frame|Auditions for [[Pigoletto]].]]
 
[[Image:Sills03.jpg|frame]]
 
At the start of the show, [[Statler and Waldorf]] complain that the opening numbers are too weird -- "what do you have tonight, a Chinese gorilla dancing ballet?" Embarrassed, [[Kermit]] cancels the opening number, infuriating the [[Quongo|Chinese gorilla]] who was planning to dance ballet. Kermit asks the old men what ''they'' would do for an opening number, so they throw together a burlesque number ("[[Take Ten Terrific Girls]]"). [[Fozzie Bear]] heckles from [[Statler and Waldorf's balcony|the balcony]].
 
   
  +
'''Waldorf:''' "I don't know. What do you get when you pour boiling water down a rabbit hole?"
[[Backstage]], [[Scooter]] tells Kermit that his bike is being stolen. Kermit runs outside, leaving Fozzie to introduce the next act. Confused about who the guest star is, Fozzie introduces her as "one of the great singers of country and western music," Miss Bev Sills. Beverly sings "[[When the Bloom is on the Sage]]" in opera style, and also tap dances.
 
   
  +
'''Statler:''' "Hot cross bunnies!"
Between numbers, [[Miss Piggy]] practices her soprano on Kermit when she finds out Beverly will be doing an opera number at the end of the show. He tells her that Beverly is holding auditions later, and Piggy should love the opera -- it's called "Pigoletto."
 
   
  +
'''Waldorf:''' "Tell me, Mr. Statler, why do bees hum?"
[[The Newsman]] rushes on for a [[Muppet News Flash]] to announce that Beverly will be singing opera until the cows come home.
 
   
  +
'''Statler:''' "I don't know, Mr. Waldorf, why do bees hum?"
[[Gonzo]] meets with Beverly in [[Guest Star's Dressing Room|her dressing room]] to demonstrate his new art form -- spoon-hanging. When [[Sam the Eagle]] arrives to worship at Beverly's feet, he's scandalized to find her practicing spoon-hanging.
 
   
  +
'''Waldorf:''' "Because they don't know the words!"
The [[UK Spot]] for the episode is an opera number performed by [[the Fuzz Brothers]].
 
   
  +
[[Fozzie Bear]] heckles from [[Statler and Waldorf's balcony|the balcony]], calling for them to "bring on the bear."
Miss Piggy visits Beverly in her dressing room to audition for "Pigoletto." Soon, the room is filled with auditioning [[pigs]], including [[Strangepork]] playing the kazoo and [[Link Hogthrob]] trying out for the basketball team. Beverly tells them that they'll all have a part in the closing number. That doesn't sit well with the other animals, who complain to Kermit that they can sing opera too -- suggesting "Goat-erdammerung" (''Götterdämmerung''), "La Traviotter" (''La Traviata'') and "Madame Buttermilk" (''Madama Butterfly''). [[Robin the Frog]] claims that he's perfect for "Low 'n Green" (''Lohengrin'').
 
  +
|-
  +
|[[Image:409 scooter fozzie.jpg|250px|center]]||[[Backstage]], [[Scooter]] tells Kermit that his bike is being stolen. Kermit runs outside, leaving Fozzie to introduce the next act. Fozzie assures Scooter that he knows all about Beverly Sills.
  +
|-
 
|[[Image:409 sills and fozzie.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:409 country western tapping.jpg|250px|center]]||Confused about who the guest star is, Fozzie introduces her as "one of the great singers of country and western music," Miss Bev Sills. Beverly sings "[[When the Bloom is on the Sage]]" in opera style, and also tap dances. She is accompanied by [[Lubbock Lou and his Jughuggers]].
  +
|-
 
|[[Image:409 backstage 2.jpg|250px|center]]||Between numbers, [[Miss Piggy]] practices her soprano on Kermit when she finds out Beverly will be doing an opera number at the end of the show. He tells her that Beverly is holding auditions later, and Piggy should love the opera -- it's called "Pigoletto."
  +
|-
 
|[[Image:409 newsman cows.jpg|250px|center]]||[[The Newsman]] rushes on for a [[Muppet News Flash]] to announce that Beverly will be singing opera until the cows come home. Just then, he gets run over by a herd of cows.
  +
|-
 
|[[Image:409 kermit sam.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:409 spoon hanging.jpg|250px|center]]||[[Gonzo]] meets with Beverly in [[Guest Star's Dressing Room|her dressing room]] to demonstrate his new art form -- spoon-hanging. When [[Sam the Eagle]] arrives to worship at Beverly's feet, he's scandalized to find her practicing spoon-hanging.
  +
|-
 
|[[Image:409 muppera.jpg|250px|center]]||The [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]] for the episode is an opera number performed by [[the Fuzz Brothers]].
  +
|-
  +
|[[Image:Sills01.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:409 opera auditions.jpg|250px|center]]||Miss Piggy visits Beverly in her dressing room to audition for "Pigoletto."
   
  +
Soon, the room is filled with auditioning [[pigs]], including [[Strangepork]] playing the kazoo and [[Link Hogthrob]] trying out for the basketball team. Beverly tells them that they'll all have a part in the closing number.
Onstage, Sam the Eagle presents [[Muppet University]], a classy educational feature. He looks through a microscope at a water drop -- and is horrified to see [[Kermit the Protozoa]] and [[Fozzie Amoeba]] performing vaudeville schtick.
 
  +
|-
 
|[[Image:409 cow opera.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:409 frog opera.jpg|250px|center]]||That doesn't sit well with the other animals, who complain to Kermit that they can sing opera too -- suggesting "Goat-erdammerung" (''Götterdämmerung''), "La Traviotter" (''La Traviata'') and "Madame Buttermilk" (''Madama Butterfly''). [[Robin the Frog]] claims that he's perfect for "Low 'n Green" (''Lohengrin''), to which Kermit believes he could play the lead if he scrunches down.
  +
|-
  +
|[[Image:409 sam lecture.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:409 ameoba kermit.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:409 ameoba fozzie.jpg|250px|center]]||Onstage, Sam the Eagle presents [[Muppet University]], a classy educational feature.
 
He looks through a microscope at a water drop -- and is horrified to see [[Kermit the Protozoa]] and [[Fozzie Amoeba]] performing [[Vaudeville|vaudeville]] schtick.
  +
|-
  +
|[[Image:409 sam kermit.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:409 spear carriers.jpg|250px|center]]||Kermit tells Sam he thinks things went well in his act, especially with the protozoa.
   
  +
Scooter arrives to tell Kermit that everything is set for the closing number, except for with the spear carriers; they're demanding money. Kermit says no until he is pursuaded (by the spears) to change his mind.
For the closing number, Beverly performs "[[Pigoletto]]," with a chorus of upstaging pigs, including [[Link Hogthrob]], [[Julius Strangepork]], and Miss Piggy as [[Cleopatra]]. Although the name is a spoof of ''Rigoletto'', the music being performed is also taken from ''La Traviata'', ''Carmen'', ''Aida'', and ''Die Walkure''. Beverly gets involved in a "who can sing higher" contest with Piggy, which ends when Piggy drops to a dramatic low note.
 
  +
|-
 
|[[Image:409 pigoletto 1.jpg|250px|center]]<br />[[Image:409 pigoletto 2.jpg|250px|center]]||For the closing number, Beverly performs "[[Pigoletto]]," with a chorus of upstaging pigs, including [[Link Hogthrob]], [[Julius Strangepork]], and Miss Piggy as [[Cleopatra]]. Although the name is a spoof of ''Rigoletto'', the music being performed is also taken from ''La Traviata'', ''Carmen'', ''Aida'', and ''Die Walkure''. Beverly gets involved in a "who can sing higher" contest with Piggy, which ends when Piggy drops to a dramatic low note.
  +
|-
  +
|[[Image:409 closing.jpg|250px|center]]||At the closing, Beverly Sills tells Kermit that she enjoyed doing ''The Muppet Show'' almost as much as performing opera. Gonzo arrives to ask her if that means she'll be giving up great art such as spoon hanging for lesser mediums.
  +
|}
  +
 
==Edits==
  +
[[Image:Beverly_Sills01.jpg|thumb|300px]]
 
[[Image:Sills02.jpg|thumb|300px]]
 
* Nickelodeon: Muppet University was cut.
   
 
==Cast==
 
==Cast==
'''Muppets:'''
+
'''Muppets:'''
:[[Kermit]], [[Miss Piggy]], [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Gonzo]], [[Scooter]], [[Statler]], [[Waldorf]], [[Beauregard]], [[Beaker]], [[the Newsman]], [[Robin the Frog]], [[Sam the Eagle]], [[Link Hogthrob]], [[Julius Strangepork]], [[Lubbock Lou and His Jughuggers]], [[Kermit the Protozoa]], [[Fozzie Amoeba]], [[the Fuzz Brothers]], [[Goat]], [[Cow]], [[Otter]]
+
:[[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]], [[Miss Piggy]], [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Gonzo]], [[Scooter]], [[Statler and Waldorf]], [[Beauregard]], [[Beaker]], [[the Newsman]], [[Robin the Frog]], [[Sam the Eagle]], [[Beauregard]], [[Beaker]], [[Link Hogthrob]], [[Julius Strangepork]], [[Lubbock Lou and His Jughuggers]], [[Kermit the Protozoa]], [[Fozzie Amoeba]], [[the Fuzz Brothers]], [[Goat]], [[Cow]], [[Otter]]
   
'''Background Muppets:'''
+
'''Background Muppets:'''
:[[Janice]], [[Annie Sue]], [[Beauregard]], [[Beaker]]
+
:[[Janice]], [[Annie Sue]]
   
 
==Performers==
 
==Performers==
:[[Jim Henson]] as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Link Hogthrob, and the Newsman
+
:[[Jim Henson]] as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Fuzz Brother, Link Hogthrob, and the Newsman
:[[Frank Oz]] as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and Animal
+
:[[Frank Oz]] as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal and Sam the Eagle
:[[Jerry Nelson]] as Robin and Dr. Julius Strangepork
+
:[[Jerry Nelson]] as Robin, Fuzz Brother and Dr. Julius Strangepork
:[[Richard Hunt]] as Scooter and Statler
+
:[[Richard Hunt]] as Scooter, Beaker, Cow, and Statler
:[[Dave Goelz]] as Gonzo
+
:[[Dave Goelz]] as Gonzo, Otter,  and Beauregard
:[[Steve Whitmire]] as others
+
:[[Steve Whitmire]] as Goat
 
:[[Louise Gold]] as others
 
:[[Louise Gold]] as others
 
:[[Kathy Mullen]] as others
 
:[[Kathy Mullen]] as others
 
==Video releases==
 
* ''[[The Best of the Muppet Show]]''
 
 
==Edits==
 
* Nickelodeon: Muppet University was cut.
 
* CTS: The UK spot with the Fuzz Brothers singing opera is cut.
 
   
 
{{Ep-nav|prev=[[Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie|Arlo Guthrie]]|next=[[Episode 410: Kenny Rogers|Kenny Rogers]]}}
 
{{Ep-nav|prev=[[Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie|Arlo Guthrie]]|next=[[Episode 410: Kenny Rogers|Kenny Rogers]]}}
 
 
[[Category:Muppet Show Episodes|409]]
 
[[Category:Muppet Show Episodes|409]]

Revision as of 17:40, 26 January 2015

The Muppet Show
Guest Beverly Sills
Production June 26-28, 1979
Releases Best of the Muppet Show

(TRANSCRIPT)

Beverly Sills03

Template:Paley-list

The pigs are excited that guest star Beverly Sills plans to perform the opera "Pigoletto" as the closing number.

For his work in this episode, art director Malcolm Stone received the first of two Emmy Award nominations for his work on The Muppet Show.

Songs/Sketches


Episode

Picture Description
409 broken glasses
Cold Open: Guest star Beverly Sills is practicing. She hits a note so high that she breaks Scooter's glasses.
409 trumpet
"The Muppet Show Theme": Gonzo plays by ear.
409 chinese gorilla
At the start of the show, Statler and Waldorf complain that the opening numbers are too weird -- "what do you have tonight, a Chinese gorilla dancing ballet?" Embarrassed, Kermit cancels the opening number, infuriating the Chinese gorilla who was planning to dance ballet.
409 kermit statler

409 ten terrific girls

409 only nine costumes

409 s and w joke

409 fozzie heckles
Tired of their criticism, Kermit asks the old men what they would do for an opening number, so they throw together a burlesque number: "Take Ten Terrific Girls". The number stars ten terrific girls, but, as the lyrics suggest, only nine costumes.

Statler and Waldorf share a few old Vaudeville-style jokes during the number:

Statler: "What do you get when you pour boiling water down a rabbit hole?

Waldorf: "I don't know. What do you get when you pour boiling water down a rabbit hole?"

Statler: "Hot cross bunnies!"

Waldorf: "Tell me, Mr. Statler, why do bees hum?"

Statler: "I don't know, Mr. Waldorf, why do bees hum?"

Waldorf: "Because they don't know the words!"

Fozzie Bear heckles from the balcony, calling for them to "bring on the bear."

409 scooter fozzie
Backstage, Scooter tells Kermit that his bike is being stolen. Kermit runs outside, leaving Fozzie to introduce the next act. Fozzie assures Scooter that he knows all about Beverly Sills.
409 sills and fozzie

409 country western tapping
Confused about who the guest star is, Fozzie introduces her as "one of the great singers of country and western music," Miss Bev Sills. Beverly sings "When the Bloom is on the Sage" in opera style, and also tap dances. She is accompanied by Lubbock Lou and his Jughuggers.
409 backstage 2
Between numbers, Miss Piggy practices her soprano on Kermit when she finds out Beverly will be doing an opera number at the end of the show. He tells her that Beverly is holding auditions later, and Piggy should love the opera -- it's called "Pigoletto."
409 newsman cows
The Newsman rushes on for a Muppet News Flash to announce that Beverly will be singing opera until the cows come home. Just then, he gets run over by a herd of cows.
409 kermit sam

409 spoon hanging
Gonzo meets with Beverly in her dressing room to demonstrate his new art form -- spoon-hanging. When Sam the Eagle arrives to worship at Beverly's feet, he's scandalized to find her practicing spoon-hanging.
409 muppera
The UK Spot for the episode is an opera number performed by the Fuzz Brothers.
Sills01

409 opera auditions
Miss Piggy visits Beverly in her dressing room to audition for "Pigoletto."

Soon, the room is filled with auditioning pigs, including Strangepork playing the kazoo and Link Hogthrob trying out for the basketball team. Beverly tells them that they'll all have a part in the closing number.

409 cow opera

409 frog opera
That doesn't sit well with the other animals, who complain to Kermit that they can sing opera too -- suggesting "Goat-erdammerung" (Götterdämmerung), "La Traviotter" (La Traviata) and "Madame Buttermilk" (Madama Butterfly). Robin the Frog claims that he's perfect for "Low 'n Green" (Lohengrin), to which Kermit believes he could play the lead if he scrunches down.
409 sam lecture

409 ameoba kermit

409 ameoba fozzie
Onstage, Sam the Eagle presents Muppet University, a classy educational feature.

He looks through a microscope at a water drop -- and is horrified to see Kermit the Protozoa and Fozzie Amoeba performing vaudeville schtick.

409 sam kermit

409 spear carriers
Kermit tells Sam he thinks things went well in his act, especially with the protozoa.

Scooter arrives to tell Kermit that everything is set for the closing number, except for with the spear carriers; they're demanding money. Kermit says no until he is pursuaded (by the spears) to change his mind.

409 pigoletto 1

409 pigoletto 2
For the closing number, Beverly performs "Pigoletto," with a chorus of upstaging pigs, including Link Hogthrob, Julius Strangepork, and Miss Piggy as Cleopatra. Although the name is a spoof of Rigoletto, the music being performed is also taken from La Traviata, Carmen, Aida, and Die Walkure. Beverly gets involved in a "who can sing higher" contest with Piggy, which ends when Piggy drops to a dramatic low note.
409 closing
At the closing, Beverly Sills tells Kermit that she enjoyed doing The Muppet Show almost as much as performing opera. Gonzo arrives to ask her if that means she'll be giving up great art such as spoon hanging for lesser mediums.

Edits

Beverly Sills01
Sills02
  • Nickelodeon: Muppet University was cut.

Cast

Muppets:

Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Scooter, Statler and Waldorf, Beauregard, Beaker, the Newsman, Robin the Frog, Sam the Eagle, Beauregard, Beaker, Link Hogthrob, Julius Strangepork, Lubbock Lou and His Jughuggers, Kermit the Protozoa, Fozzie Amoeba, the Fuzz Brothers, Goat, Cow, Otter

Background Muppets:

Janice, Annie Sue

Performers

Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Fuzz Brother, Link Hogthrob, and the Newsman
Frank Oz as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal and Sam the Eagle
Jerry Nelson as Robin, Fuzz Brother and Dr. Julius Strangepork
Richard Hunt as Scooter, Beaker, Cow, and Statler
Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Otter,  and Beauregard
Steve Whitmire as Goat
Louise Gold as others
Kathy Mullen as others

Template:Ep-nav