Episode 514: Mac Davis
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| The Muppet Show | |
| Guest Starring | Mac Davis |
| Production Dates | June 16-19, 1980 |
| Air Date | November 1980 |
| Home Video | Best of the Muppet Show |
Beaker tests Muppet Labs' new copier machine, ultimately falling into it and making seven copies of himself. The multiple Beakers gang up on Bunsen, and the doctor is forced to wear a disguise and hide from his assistants.
Contents |
Songs/Sketches
- Fozzie Bear, Link Hogthrob, Scooter, Lew Zealand, Gonzo and Rizzo the Rat sing "Another Opening, Another Show" as idiot stagehands Beauregard and Beaker drop curtains and backdrops in front of them.
- Mac, underwater on a hook, sings "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" with mermaid Miss Piggy.
- Muppet Labs: Copying Machine
- Mac, Link Hogthrob, and the Muppets sing "It's Hard to Be Humble."
- UK Spot: Rowlf the Dog plays Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", but gets interrupted by Beauregard.
- The Swedish Chef tries to make soup but is interrupted by Bunsen Honeydew and many versions of Beaker.
- Guest Star's Dressing Room: Mac rehearses "Poor Boy Boogie" but is interrupted by Beakers.
- Bear on Patrol (Outnumbered): Patrolbear Fozzie tries to arrest Beaker on the charge of making funny noises in public, until another duplicate Beaker shows up as his lawyer.
- Mac sings "I Believe in Music," first with the band and then as they slowly become replaced with more Beakers!
- During the closing theme, the multiple Beakers take over all of the band's instruments, and they appear in the balcony in place of Statler and Waldorf.
Notes
- This is the only episode that features a view of the stage from Statler and Waldorf's box during the finale.
Cast
Muppets:
- Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Beaker, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Scooter, Statler and Waldorf, Link Hogthrob, Rowlf the Dog, the Swedish Chef, Animal, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Zoot, Lew Zealand, Pops, Beauregard, the Turkey, Rizzo the Rat, Lips
Background Muppets:
Performers
- Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Link Hogthrob, Waldorf, the Swedish Chef, Rowlf and Beaker clones
- Frank Oz as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal and Beaker clones
- Jerry Nelson as Floyd Pepper, Lew Zealand, Pops and Beaker clones
- Richard Hunt as Beaker, Scooter, Statler, Janice, the Turkey and Beaker clones
- Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Zoot, Beauregard and Beaker clones
- Steve Whitmire as Rizzo the Rat, Lips and Beaker clones
- Louise Gold as Annie Sue and Beaker clones
- Kathy Mullen as Gaffer and Beaker clones
- Brian Muehl as Beaker clones
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