Muppet Jazz Riff

Episode 413 of The Muppet Show featured four short sketches in which Floyd Pepper and Zoot sit on a bench (possibly at a bus stop) and, after somebody asks them a question, they respond with a joke. All of these sketches appeared in Rock Music with the Muppets.

Sketch #1

 * Floyd and Zoot play their instruments on the bench as Jerry walks by.
 * Jerry: Hey, can you tell me how to get to carnegie hall?
 * Floyd: Practice, man, practice.
 * Floyd and Zoot lauhg
 * Zoot: The old ones are the best ones.

Sketch #2

 * Animal joins Floyd and Zoot by playing the drums next to the bench.
 * Old Lady: (sticking head out window) Hey! Do you know there's a little old lady sleeping up here?
 * Zoot: No, but hum a few bars and we'll fake it.
 * Zoot and Floyd laugh
 * Animal: (shouting it out as if it were a tune) There's an Old Lady, Sleeping Up Here!

Sketch #3

 * Floyd and Zoot play their instruments as a passer-by walks past them
 * Passer-by: Excuse me. Crosstown buses run all night?
 * Floyd and Zoot: Do-dah, do-dah!
 * They laugh.

Sketch #4

 * 'Floyd is sleeping while Zoot is looking at something off-camera. A car crash is heard off-screen.
 * Floyd: (waking up) What was that?
 * Zoot: B-flat. (blows note on saxaphone)
 * Floyd and Zoot laugh.

Performers

 * Jerry Nelson (Floyd Pepper)
 * Dave Goelz (Zoot)
 * Frank Oz (Animal and Passer-by)
 * Jim Henson (Jerry)
 * Louise Gold (Old Lady)