Episode 105: Cindy Crawford

Muppets Tonight
Air Date	April 5, 1996
Written by	Dick Blasucci, Paul Flaherty, Darin Henry, Jim Lewis, Kirk Thatcher and Patric Verrone
Director	Greg V. Fera
Prod. no.	107
(TRANSCRIPT)

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When Cindy Crawford arrives at the KMUP studios, security guard Bobo the Bear develops an instant crush on her and, with a little push from Cupid's arrow, becomes hopelessly smitten. One "60s retro montage fantasy" (and Micky Dolenz cameo) later, Bobo decides to pursue his love.

Rizzo tries to coach him, Cyrano de Bergerac-style, but Bobo gets slapped when he mistakenly asks to play with Cindy's balloons. Eventually, though, Bobo gains the courage to tell Cindy that he loves her in his own words and interrupts her duet with Kermit to confess his love.

Elsewhere, Cupid accidentally shoots Sal Minella with one of his arrows, and the little monkey develops unusual feelings for his pal Johnny Fiama. But it's nothing that a sack full of something heavy dropped on his head won't reverse.

Songs/Sketches

• "I Wanna Be Loved By You" (Heart-Shaped Butterflies)
• The Irish Rodents (Rats, Cheese)
• At the Bar (Mr. Callahan, Polly Lobster, Clueless Morgan)
• The Kermit the Frog Club
• "I'm a Believer" (Bobo, with Mickey Dolenz)
• Commercial for Johnny Fiama's Greatest Hits Album: We Hardly Heard Ya
• Bay of Pigswatch
• Game Show Swift Wits
• Porcupine Hot-Air Balloon Race
• The Eagle's Nest - Noise Pollution
• "I Remember It Well" (Cindy and Kermit)

Notes

• The Kermit the Frog Club is a parody of The Mickey Mouse Club. The sketch reveals that the fourteen-year old, brace-faced Cindy got her big break as a Frogketeer, back when she used her real name, Cinderella Crawfordopolis.

• The "Porcupine Hot-Air Balloon Race" segment only appears in the US version of the episode.

• The newspaper that Bobo reads at the beginning of this episode has an advertisement for Muppet Treasure Island.

• Songs on We Hardly Heard Ya include "Theme from New York, New York" and "Hooked on a Feeling."

Cast

Muppets:

Clifford, Bobo the Bear, Rizzo the Rat, Johnny Fiama, Sal Minella, Cupid, Kermit the Frog, Statler and Waldorf, Sam the Eagle, Andy and Randy Pig, David Hoggselhoff, Spamela Hamderson, Nigel, A. Ligator, Heart-Shaped Butterflies, Bears, Rats, Swiss Cheese, Cheese, Clueless Morgan, Polly Lobster, Seymour, Frogketeers: (Jennifer, Newt, Robbie, M! D Bolo, L. Ron, Toshiro, and Stu)

Background Muppets:

Gonzo, Pepe the King Prawn, Jowls, Zippity Zap

Audience Muppets:

Begoony, Blustering Bellowpane Monster, Buster Bergman, Butch, Chickens, Chip, Crocodile, Frackles, Gnu, Large Marvin Fraggle, a Monkey, Quongo, Rats, Shirley

Performers

Kevin Clash as Clifford, Polly Lobster

Bill Barretta as Bobo the Bear, Johnny Fiama, Clueless Morgan (UK skits), David Hoggselhoff, Carl the Big Mean Bunny

Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog, Andy Pig, Rizzo the Rat

Dave Goelz as Randy Pig, Cupid, Stu, Waldorf

Jerry Nelson as Statler, A. Ligator, Rats

Brian Henson as Sal Minella, Nigel, Seymour

Frank Oz as Sam the Eagle

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Spamela Hamderson

Tim Blaney

Thom Fountain

Bruce Lanoil

Len Levitt

Drew Massey

Joe Selph

Allan Trautman

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