Episode 202: Rick Moranis

Muppets Tonight
Air Date	September 14, 1997
Written by	Jennifer Barrow, Dick Blasucci, Paul Flaherty, Darin Henry, Jim Lewis, Bernie Keating, Kirk Thatcher and Patric Verrone
Director	Brian Henson

Rick Moranis desperately wants to fit his musical "Salute to Late Fifties Crooners, Obscure British Bands, and Bill Withers" into the program; Seymour and Pepe get their own cooking show; and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker create havoc with their Micro Shrink-o-Matic Machine.

Skit Highlights

• Whip It
• The Muppet Odd-Squad
• Lash Holstein: Space Cowdet
• "High Hopes" sung by Rick
• Co-dependence Day: CD4
• The Tubmans of Porksmith - Apple Butter
• Hey What Smells
• "Salute to Late Fifties Crooners, Obscure British Bands, and Bill Withers" sung by Rick
• Muppet Labs: Micro Shrink-o-Matic Machine

Trivia

• Clifford mentions a list of family films that Rick Moranis is known for, to which Dr. Phil van Neuter adds Little Shop of Horrors. Clifford says he doesn't know his movies: Little Shop of Horrors isn't a family film. However, Clifford included Parenthood in his own list, a film rated PG-13 by the MPAA for it's sexually explicit content, Little Shop of Horrors is also rated PG-13.
• A clip of Great Moments in Elvis History from episode 101 is playing on the monitors in the commissary.
• The Shrink-o-Matic Machine was a reference to Moranis' hit family-film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
• This episode is production number 207

Performers

Kevin Clash as Clifford and Moo-Ing's henchman

Bill Barretta as Pepe and The Cow Announcer

Brian Henson as Seymour and Nigel

Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Andy Pig, and Meepzorp

Dave Goelz as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Randy Pig, Waldorf, Morty, and Gary Cahuenga

Jerry Nelson as Statler, Moo-Ing, Phil, and The President

Leslie Carrara as Spamela Hamderson, Dorothy BoVine, Pullover sweater, and Muppets Tonight floor manager

Cast

Muppets:

Seymour, Pepe the King Prawn, Clifford, Kermit the Frog, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Nigel (Muppets Tonight), Statler and Waldorf, Zippety Zap, Lash Holstein, Moo-Ing, Dorothy Bovine, Meepzorp, The President, Bread Monster, The Cow Announcer, Phil, Morty, Anthony, Devo Muppets, Eugene, Gary Cahuenga, Co-Dependence Day therapist, Moo-Ing's henchman, Muppets Tonight floor manager, Pullover sweater

Background Muppets:

J.P. Grosse

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