Episode 520: Wally Boag



In honor of vaudeville-influenced guest star Wally Boag, the Muppets salute vaudeville, with a balloon animal act, a bagpipe player and a hypnotist. Wally performs acts he made famous at the Golden Horseshoe Revue at Disneyland, including the Pecos Bill teeth-spitting sketch.

Songs/Sketches

 * The Flying Zucchini Brothers
 * Lottie Lemon and her Singing Wig sing "Just Squeeze Me"
 * Wally Boag makes balloon animals
 * Miss Piggy does a dog act with the supremely untalented Foo-Foo, while Rowlf plays the piano and heckles the act.
 * UK Spot: The Leprechaun Brothers, or the Swedish Chef, Beaker and Animal, mangle "Danny Boy".
 * Wally plays the bagpipes
 * "The Ying Tong Song": a gibberish lullaby
 * The astounding Dr. Salamander, hypnotist and newt, puts Pops in a trance (which isn't hard, because he's asleep anyway). Pops floats to the ceiling, but then doesn't hear Dr. Salamander's command to wake up. The hypnotist shrugs, "Never levitate the hard-of-hearing."
 * Annie Sue Pig & others sing "Pecos Bill" to Wally Boag, playing Pecos Bill, reprising his role from the Disneyland shows.

Quotes

 * Rowlf: "Maybe that trick's too hard for her. Have her do something simple, like roll over and play dead."
 * Piggy: "If I wanted her to do something simple, I would have had her play the piano and make dumb remarks."

Cast
Muppets:

Background Muppets:

Performers

 * Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf, Waldorf, and the Swedish Chef
 * Frank Oz as Miss Piggy and Animal
 * Jerry Nelson as Pops
 * Richard Hunt as Scooter, Janice, and Beaker
 * Dave Goelz as Dr. Salamander and Zoot
 * Steve Whitmire as Foo-Foo and Lips