Episode 103: Joel Grey

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| "[[The Muppet Show Theme]]": [[Gonzo]] swings and misses the O, toppling over out of frame.

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| The Muppets perform a rather violent version of "[[Comedy Tonight]]." [[Frackles]] and [[Whatnots]] run around threatening each other and capturing [[Mary Louise (little girl)|Mary Louise]] (and a clown), and [[Crazy Harry]] blows things up.

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| Backstage, [[Fozzie Bear]] tries to impress [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] with his new act: Jokes on any subject. He throws out jokes based on any word Kermit gives him, on subjects as diverse as dressing rooms and tired frogs. Kermit leaves Fozzie to work on the act.

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| [[At the Dance]]: [[Zoot]] and [[Janice]] discuss The Five Temptations. [[George the Janitor]] and [[Mildred Huxtetter]] argue over whose family is older. [[Miss Piggy|Miss Piggy's]] partner tells of his brother who has girls eating out of his hand (he's a waiter), and a [[Frackles|Green Frackle]] reveals to his dance partner that he is "stuck" on her. And, in the end, Mildred gets stuck in the chandelier.

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| [[Muppet News Flash]]: [[The Newsman]] reports on Boffo the Human Cannonball, the daredevil who fired himself into a crowd of holiday shoppers. No one was hurt, except for Boffo, whose wife must "pick up the pieces and move on."

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| [[Joel Grey]] and the Muppets perform "[[Willkommen]]."

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| When [[Hilda]] loses her glasses, Fozzie tries his new act out on her: "I once knew a minister who was so religious, when he read the Bible, he wore stained glasses!" Nothing stops the old Fozzie Bear! Though, Hilda wishes something would.

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| [[Talk Spot]]: Kermit tries to talk to Joel about his life, but ends up telling everything for him.

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| A tourist visiting Turkey sings "[[Pachalafaka]]," spurred on by a "lovely Eastern maiden."

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| [[Wayne and Wanda]] perform "[[Stormy Weather]]."

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| Hilda, Piggy and George gather to get Kermit to put an end to Fozzie's jokes on any subject. Kermit suggests that they just stop talking around Fozzie. Unfortunately, this just leads to jokes about silence.

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| [[Blackouts]]: Gonzo takes things too literally, so Joel tries to explain to him about "figures of speech." He explains that one doesn't bite the hand that feeds him, nor does one talk through one's hat. His hat then chimes in, saying that he can speak for himself.

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| [[Fozzie's Comedy Acts]]: Fozzie finally gets to perform his jokes on any subject, but is nearly stumped when [[Statler and Waldorf]] shout out "amoeba."

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| [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]]: [[Rowlf the Dog]] appears in [[Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Disappearing Clues]]. A murder has been committed, but as [[Gorgon Heap]] continues to eat all of the clues (and eventually Miss Piggy and [[Baskerville the Hound]]), Rowlf determines that without any clues, no crime could have been committed.

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| Muppet News Flash: The Newsman reports that [[New York]] is being held hostage, and has only enough food and water for ten more days.

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| [[Gonzo's stunts]]: Gonzo demolishes an automobile to the tune of the "[[Anvil Chorus]]." When the audience boos, Gonzo is ready to give up show business for good, but Joel teaches him how to give 'em "[[Razzle Dazzle]]."

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| At the closing, Kermit tells Joel that he is always "willkommen" on ''The Muppet Show''.

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