Episode 102: Fever Pitch

Muppets Now
Air Date	August 7, 2020
Written by	Matthew Barnette, Marcos Gabriel, Jim Lewis, Jamilyn Rosales, Noah Smith, Joanna Truman, Andrew Williams, Kelly Younger
Director	Rufus Scot Church, Vito Massaro

"Fever Pitch" is the second episode of Muppets Now.

Official description

“Fozzie Bear has some big ideas for Muppets Now, and there’s no time like the deadline to start pitching! He’s found a very tough audience in Scooter, who just wants to finish uploading the latest delivery.

We see the very first episode of a game show that Pepe the King Prawn totally just made up. The Swedish Chef tries to cook a better molé sauce than his competitor, Danny Trejo. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew has replaced Beaker with a new smart assistant, and things get fired up. Miss Piggy and her guests, Taye Diggs and Linda Cardellini, show viewers how to work it out when they share the secret to staying healthy.”

Skit highlights

• Pepe's Unbelievable Game Show
• Økėÿ Døkęÿ Køøkïñ: Danny Trejo
• Muppet Labs Field Test: Thermodynamics
• Lifesty(le) with Miss Piggy

Muppets

Muppet Characters:

Scooter, Fozzie Bear, Pepe the King Prawn, Beauregard, Penguins, Carol, Gonzo, Camilla the Chicken, Priscilla, Miss Stephens, Beverly Plume, The Swedish Chef, Mole, Kermit the Frog, Joe the Legal Weasel, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Miss Piggy, Uncle Deadly, Bobo the Bear, Yolanda Rat, Bubba the Rat

Cast

Muppet Performers:

• Bill Barretta as Pepe the King Prawn, The Swedish Chef, Bobo the Bear, Bubba the Rat
• Dave Goelz as Beauregard, Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
• Eric Jacobson as Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Mole
• Peter Linz as Joe the Legal Weasel
• David Rudman as Scooter, Beaker
• Matt Vogel as Camilla the Chicken, Kermit the Frog, Uncle Deadly

Additional Muppet Performers:

• Julianne Buescher as Beverly Plume, Yolanda Rat, Beak-R, Priscilla
• Mike Quinn

Guest Stars:

• Linda Cardellini
• Taye Diggs
• Danny Trejo

Game Show Contestants:

• Brie Carter
• Artoun Nazerith

Gallery

Notes

• Fozzie's emailed list of "100 pitches" to Scooter includes 49 unique parody titles before repeating itself. The titles listed include:

The Bear-chelor The Panda-lorian Cash Crab Squeal or no Squeal Agents of S.H.T.I.C.K. A Long Days Journey into Night Clubs So You Think You Can Wear Pants? America's Furriest Home Videos Breaking Bread Diff'rent Jokes House of Carbs Are You Smarter Than a Tadpole American (Eagles) Got Talons The Gags Beasley Comedy Hour You Asked for it... To STOP! Leave It to Beaker Orange-is Is the New Black-ish Married... With Chickens The Adventures of Fozzie and Harriet The Amazing Face Teen Rowlf Snark Tank The Groan Wars Squirrel Meets World Polliwog Pals

Piggy Little Liars Big Hero Sandwich Kim Probably FroggleBox Keeping up with the Crustaceans The Walking Bread The Incredible Dr.'s Bill Hog Whisperer The Loud Family Grumptown Fresh off the Goat The Bear-chelor-ette Who Wants to Hear a Million Jokes? Croak & Frogger National Geothermic Explorer Really Tiny House Hunters Wereburgers Prawn Stars Squeaky Blinders The Frown Poulty Towers PestWorld MonsterChef Voyage to the Bottom of the Barrel

• The titles of several shows pitched by Fozzie Bear were previously used in the "MuppStream" segments of The Muppets Take the Bowl and The Muppets Take the O2 — titles including "FroggleBox," "Keeping Up with the Crustaceans," "The Walking Bread," "The Frown," "Poultry Towers," "Pestworld" and "MonsterChef."

• Files on Scooter's desktop include a Pigs in Space spec script, a file of "Swedish Chef Recipes (translated)," and a document entitled "Raise Request."

• An animated Gonzo appears as Sir Benjamin Thompson, conveying the science of thermodynamics.

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