Pie

Pie in Humor
The "pie in the face" gag has been around since the days of Vaudeville. The Keystone Kops were credited with bringing it to the big screen. The "art" of the pie fight was later amplified in 1927 with Laurel and Hardy's short film The Battle of the Century. Monty Python, Charlie Chaplin, Bugs Bunny, The Three Stooges, and Mel Brooks have all used pie gags in their productions.


 * Sesame Street
 * Episode 0006: Bert holds the number 4 in hand and asks Ernie what it is. When Ernie keeps guessing that it is a pie, Bert hits him in the face with a pie.
 * Episode 3105: Linda signs the word “pie,” and is then hit with one.
 * Episode 4185: Chris is hit with pies by the Help-O-Bots.
 * “Three Whipped Cream Pies on the Wall”: David, Luis and Bob all get a pie in the face, served up by Maria. At the end of the song, Maria herself is pelted with pies.
 * The Muppet Show:
 * Episode 115: Fozzie bothers Kermit with deliveries for the sake of a running gag. At the end of the episode, Kermit finally gets Fozzie back by hitting him with a pie (and by extension, Candice Bergen).
 * Episode 119: Kermit promises “no silliness,” and is then immediately hit with a pie.
 * Episode 511: As Paul Simon sings "Scarborough Fair," Fozzie approaches relating the "Simple Simon" rhyme with Fozzie playing the part of the pie man. When Simon asks Fozzie for a custard pie to go, Fozzie asks, "To go where?" Simon shows him where, putting the pie in his face.
 * Bert and Ernie's Word Play: Bert is hit with a pie by the pie-flying machine.
 * Time Piece: Don Sahlin gets a pie in the face.
 * The Muppet Movie: Fozzie crashes his Studebaker into an advertisement for … The pie goes flying onto Doc Hopper’s car.

General References

 * “Cottleston Pie”: A song by Winnie the Pooh.
 * Number Song Series: in a variation of the classic pie gag, a Baker falls down a flight of stairs while carrying the tasty treat:
 * 2 chocolate cream pies
 * 7 pumpkin pies
 * 9 coconut custard pies
 * In the viral video “Cårven Der Pümpkîn,” The Swedish Chef prepares pumpkin pie with a bazooka.
 * Peach pie with garlic is one of Junior Gorg’s favorites.
 * Boober Fraggle's recipes include Doozer dust pie and turnip pie.
 * Good Morning America: An IRS auditor questions Fozzie about his deducting custard pies from his taxes.

Merchandise

 * The Muppet*Vision 3D poseable figures set had Fozzie holding a banana cream pie.
 * “The Fraggles Alphabet Pie”