Episode 205: Coolio & Don Rickles

Muppets Tonight
Air Date	October 19, 1997
Written by	Jennifer Barrow, Dick Blasucci, Paul Flaherty, Darin Henry, Jim Lewis, Bernie Keating, Kirk Thatcher and Patric Verrone
Director	Gary Halvorson
Prod. no.	202
(TRANSCRIPT)

File:Muppets Tonight Episode 205 - Coolio and Don Rickles

The KMUP studios have been bought by a new owner, Ernst Stavros Grouper. He believes that the Muppets are just not hip enough, and he wants to make some changes. Coolio and Don Rickles guest star; Ed McMahon, Bernard Shaw, and Fred Willard make cameo appearances.

Skit Highlights

• Cold Opening: Grouper tries to make the fact that he took over KMUP serious, but is interrupted by a bottle of laughing gas (which not only effects him, but Kermit, Clifford and Behemoth!)
• The Two Homies of Verona
• "Enter the Chowder: Manhattan Style" Movie Trailer (featuring Jean-Dodd van Clamme)
• The Real World
• Chilli Manilli: Clifford and Coolio
• "Bein' Green" sung by Don Rickles
• "Muppet Dance Party" with Steve Urkel-o.
• "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" sung by Coolio and the Muppets

Notes

• This is the first and only episode to have two announced guest stars.
• Seen on the various TV monitors throughout the show are:
  • Tales from the Vet from episode 102
  • The Irish Rodents from episode 105
  • Great Moments in Elvis History from episode 106
  • Tales from the Vet from episode 104
• Bill Barretta makes four cameos throughout the episode: as a man at the bar, in line at the unemployment office, as a drunk at the episode's end, and as a bartender during the closing credits. Leslie Carrara-Rudolph appears as a woman being hit on by Barretta at the bar.

Performers

Bill Barretta as Ernst Stavros Grouper, Pepe, Zippety Zap, Bobo

Kevin Clash as Clifford

Dave Goelz as The Great Gonzo, Waldorf, Bill the Bubble Guy, Randy Pig

Brian Henson as Nigel, Seymour

Jerry Nelson as Statler

Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Andy Pig

Leslie Carrara as Spamela Hamderson, Darci

Phil Baron

Tim Blaney

Mary Brehmer

Matthew Brooks

Brad Elliott

Paul Hartis

Len Levitt

Drew Massey

Steven Ritz

Jeff Schnell

Joe Selph

Jim Sloane

with

Sandy Fox, Judi Diamond, Mason Dragotto as the Corporate Raiderettes

Cast

Muppets:

Clifford, Kermit the Frog, Ernst Stavros Grouper, Behemoth, Seymour, Pepe the King Prawn, Statler and Waldorf, Bill the Bubble Guy, Rizzo the Rat, Gonzo, Bobo the Bear, Nigel, Beaker, Andy and Randy Pig, Jean Dodd van Clamme, Virgil the Monkey, Pickled Egg, Spamela Hamderson, Darci

Background Muppets

Muppets Tonight floor manager, Penguin, Flash

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