Episode 410: Kenny Rogers

Scooter's uncle sells the mineral rights to Kenny's dressing room to Arabs, who start drilling for oil. Meanwhile, Kermit falls in a trapeze number and hurts his flipper. Later, he's pushed down the stairs, hit by a light fixture, and shot by a catapult into Statler and Waldorf's box. It's a pretty rough night for Kermit.

Highlights

• Miss Piggy sings "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" while Kermit is the trapeze artist. He falls off and injures himself after being pushed too hard by Beauregard.
• Fozzie asks if there is a doctor in the audience
• Zoot plays a few riffs onstage to keep the audience occupied. When Fozzie sends him off, he sends a few sax blats the bear's way.
• A wounded Kermit performs "Coconut" from his hospital bed, attended by The Witch Doctor and two nurses.
• Muppet News Flash: Hospital Beds Made From Pop-Up Toaster Parts
• Kermit gets sent backstage in a wheelchair, and ends up crashing down the stairs while trying to avoid Foo-Foo.
• Robin, acting as "heir apparent", introduces Kenny Rogers
• Kenny sings his classic "The Gambler" on a train accompanied by three realistic-looking old men muppets.
• UK Spot: "Knees Up Mother Brown" performed by Fozzie and others in a bar, while Fozzie's mother dances. Fozzie is very peturbed by the lyrics of the last chorus.
• Kenny and Scooter deal with the noisy Arab oil drillers in the dressing room.
• Kermit appears as the patient in "Veterinarian's Hospital", and Nurse Piggy overacts as the nurse whose lover has had a tragic accident.
• The Great Gonzo tries to shoot himself from a catapult and sky-write the Halelujah Chorus, but ends up sending Kermit and Piggy careening into Statler and Waldorf's box.
• In a moment of relative calm, Kenny & the Muppets sing "Love Lifted Me"

Cast

Guest Star:

Kenny Rogers

Muppets:

Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Scooter, Beaker, Beauregard, Rowlf the Dog, Janice, Zoot, Robin the Frog, the Newsman, Statler and Waldorf, The Witch Doctor, Nurses, The Gambler, Foo-Foo, The Arabs

Background Muppets:

Butch the Tiger, Eric the Parrot, Sopwith the Camel, Quongo, Snakes, Crocodiles, Lou, Winny the Cafeteria Bird, Lew Zealand, Whaddayasay Bird, Ohreally Bird, Ohboy Bird

Performers

Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf, the Newsman and Waldorf

Frank Oz as Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear

Jerry Nelson as Robin the Frog, Doctor, the Gambler, Arab, Cowboy and the Announcer

Richard Hunt as Scooter, Janice, Beaker, Arab and Statler

Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Zoot and Beauregard

Louise Gold as Nurse

Kathy Mullen as Nurse

Steve Whitmire as Foo-Foo

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