Episode 224: Cloris Leachman

The pigs take over the show, kidnapping all of the non-pigs. Miss Piggy is concerned about her frog, but "Kermit the Pig" (a green, flippered pig) buys her off with promises that she'll star in the opening number. Kermit, Fozzie and Gonzo are locked in the boiler room, and Gonzo tries to tunnel through the brick wall with a spoon. Meanwhile, other pig replacements peform, including Fozzie Pig and a porcine Swedish Chef.

Miss Piggy visits the boiler room, and tells Kermit that she's refused to cooperate with the other pigs -- but when she hears that another pig will take her place in Pigs in Space, she runs off. In the end, Cloris organizes a hog-calling contest next door, the pigs run off, and the rest of the cast is freed. Unfortunately, no one tells Gonzo, who breaks through the wall with his spoon just as the show ends.

Highlights

 * The pigs perform "That's Entertainment" as the opening number.


 * Cloris gets stranded on a desert island with Sweetums and is uncertain whether she's to be the cook or the dish. She's rescued by Doglion, and the three of them sing Just in Time.  Then Doglion asks Sweetums if Cloris is the cook or the dish.  "Dish!  Ha-ha!" he responds.


 * Cloris confronts Kermit the Pig, who proves that he's the real Kermit by ribbiting.

Cast
Guest Star:
 * Cloris Leachman

Muppets:
 * Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Scooter, Statler, Waldorf, Kermit the Pig, Fozzie Pig, The Swedish Pig, Doctor Pig, Nurse Pig, The Newspig, Sweetums Pig, Annie Sue, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Chopped Liver, Sweetums, Doglion

Background Muppets:
 * Ronald Duck, Cow, Lobsters, Chickens, The Singing Food

Performers

 * Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Dr. Pig, the Newspig, Link Hogthrob, and Doglion


 * Frank Oz as Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, and the Swedish Pig


 * Dave Goelz as Gonzo and Kermit the Pig


 * Jerry Nelson as Dr. Julius Strangepork, the Announcer, and Fozzie Pig


 * Richard Hunt as Scooter, Statler, Pig Guard, Nurse Pig, and Sweetums

Edits

 * The UK sketches "Vegetarian Hospital" and "News Flash" were both edited on Nickelodeon.