Episode 313: Helen Reddy

Kermit tells his new janitor, Beauregard, to clean up the theater and use some elbow grease. Unfortunately, the utterly incompetent Bo uses axle grease, which causes everyone to slip around. "Bo, what kind of idiot are you?" Kermit shouts. "I didn't know there was a choice!" Bo answers.

Later, Bo greases up a spot on the stage, which ruins Fozzie's dance number. Kermit tells Bo to spread a little sand around the greasy areas, and Bo covers the backstage in huge sand dunes. Then he sweeps the sand onto the stage -- so at the last minute, Kermit changes the closing number to an Arab desert number, in which Helen dances with Sopwith the Camel.

Songs/Sketches

 * Miss Piggy, dressed as Marie Antoinette, sings "Stayin' Alive" with a group of French Revolution-era pigs as the opening number
 * Helen sings "Blue" with The Electric Mayhem in The Recording Studio
 * Animal and the Swedish Chef sing a raucous "Happy Birthday to You" in Helen's dressing room; when she says it's not her birthday, they switch to "Jingle Bells".
 * Fozzie does a dance number
 * Muppet News Flash: Over-hand Refrigerator Throwing
 * UK Spot: Rowlf plays Beethoven's "Pathétique"
 * Helen and Kermit sing "You and Me Against the World"
 * Veterinarian's Hospital: Recording Room Sound Guy
 * "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"
 * Helen and Sopwith the Camel sing "We'll Sing in the Sunshine"

Cast
Muppets:
 * Kermit the Frog, Beauregard, Miss Piggy, The Pigs, Sopwith the Camel, Statler and Waldorf, Fozzie Bear, Scooter, Animal, The Swedish Chef, Rowlf, Janice, Floyd Pepper, Whatnots, Roger, The Arab, Kangaroo, The Newsman, Gladys, Bust of Beethoven

Background Muppets:
 * Annie Sue Pig, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Zoot

Performers

 * Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf, Waldorf, the Newsman, one of the Australians and the Swedish Chef
 * Frank Oz as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Animal
 * Dave Goelz as Beauregard
 * Jerry Nelson as Floyd Pepper, a Pig, the Bust of Beethoven, Sopwith the Camel and the Announcer
 * Richard Hunt as Scooter, Janice, Statler, Gladys, a Pig, The Arab and Roger
 * Steve Whitmire as the Soundman
 * Louise Gold as Pigs one of the Australians