Episode 108: Jason Alexander

Muppets Tonight
Air Date	June 30, 1996
Written by	Dick Blasucci, Paul Flaherty, Darin Henry, Jim Lewis, Kirk Thatcher, and Patric Verrone
Director	Greg V. Fera
Prod. no.	112
(TRANSCRIPT)

File:Muppets Tonight Episode 108 - Jason Alexander

Creative differences threaten to close down a revival of "Bats," a musical written by Gonzo and Jason Alexander during their college years.

Skit Highlights

• Animal's music interlude

Animal hits his head against a gong and incapacitates himself.

• Fairyland PD - The Big Crack-up

Clifford and Bobo try to prevent Humpty Dumpty from jumping off a wall and committing suicide. However, Bobo's attempts to talk him round only stiffen his resolve and the detectives decide to eat the evidence.

• Murder on the Disoriented Express

Jason Alexander stars as Hercule Poirot in an Agatha Christie spoof. Mr. Poodlepants is murdered, and Hercule is called on to solve the case. But everyone thinks he is "Hercules", the fictional Greek hero. Jason makes several in-character attempts to explain who he really is, but when Bunsen mistakes him for Superman, he loses patience, and leaves, falling off the train in the process.

• Pigs in Space: Deep Dish Nine: cameo by Vendela

Miss Piggy and her crew's spaceship is invaded by space pirates led by Vendela. Miss Piggy tells her crew that Vendela is an ugly monster princess, but she turns out to be the Swedish supermodel, and all the male members of the crew go off to be a personal slaves, leaving Miss Piggy to vent her anger on the new spaceship computer.

• At the Bar
• Muppet Bandstand
• Thor, God of Thunder
• Bats: The Musical

Notes

• According to this episode, Jason and Gonzo were in the drama club together at the South Bay Regional Polytechnic Institute for the Performing and Industrial Arts Nightschool, Downtown Campus.

Performers

Kevin Clash as Clifford, Craniac, Polly Lobster

Dave Goelz as The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf, Egghead, Snorty, Ernest Pleth

Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Mr. Poodlepants, Rizzo the Rat, Captain Pighead

Jerry Nelson as Statler, Jowls, Egghead

Brian Henson as Seymour, Thor, Nigel

Bill Barretta as Pepe, Bobo, Captain Pighead, Al-1995 Plus tax, Clueless Morgan

Frank Oz as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph

Thom Fountain

John Kennedy

Bruce Lanoil

Len Levitt

Drew Massey

Joe Selph

Allan Trautman

Cast

Muppets:

Clifford, Gonzo, Rizzo the Rat, Jowls, Kermit the Frog, Nigel, Fozzie Bear, Mr. Poodlepants, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Seymour, Pepe the King Prawn, Animal, Miss Piggy, Muppets Tonight Band, Captain Pighead, Craniac, Snorty, Bobo the Bear, Mr. Callahan, Polly Lobster, Clueless Morgan, Eggheads, Ernest Pleth, Thor, Zeus

Background:

Bobby Benson, Eugene, J.P. Grosse, Stalactites

Audience Muppets:

Begoony, Big Mean Carl, Blustering Bellowpane Monster, Buster Bergman, Butch, Chickens, Chip, Crocodile, Frackles, Gnu, Large Marvin Fraggle, a Monkey, Doris, Pigs, Rats, Quongo, The Newsman, Shirley

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