Episode 305: Pearl Bailey

The Muppet Show
Guest	Pearl Bailey
Production	March 14-16, 1978
Releases	Season 3 Best of the Muppet Show
(TRANSCRIPT)

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Floyd is unhappy with the closing number -- the jousting scene from Camelot -- in which he has to play a knight, complete with heavy armor. The number also includes the mysterious Black Knight, whose identity might be revealed by his distinctive, hook-nosed mask. At the last minute, they find that they can't afford the rights to Camelot's music, so they substitute tunes from West Side Story and Hello, Dolly!, not to mention My Fair Lady.

Songs/Sketches

• Pearl & the Muppets sing “My Soul Is a Witness”
• Muppet Labs: Edible Paperclips
• Two chickens play the chimes.
• Muppet News Flash: A hat factory blows up and hats fall from the sky on top of the Newsman.
• Pearl & Floyd sing “In the Good Old Summertime,” backstage in the dressing room
• UK Spot: Fozzie and Rowlf sing "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life for Me)."
• Pigs in Space (Snacko Waves): The Swinetrek passes through a field of "Snacko Waves" that turn everything into food, including the crew.
• At the Dance
• Medley: The jousting scene from Camelot- "Ascot Gavotte"/“Hello, Dolly!”/“Fugue for Tinhorns”/“Anything You Can Do”/ “A Boy Like That”/“Everything's Coming Up Roses,” performed by Pearl, Rowlf, Floyd, Gonzo, Fozzie, Scooter, Miss Piggy, Janice & others

Trivia

• Camelot 's score is actually by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner, who also wrote the score for My Fair Lady (from which the Ascot Gavotte was included in this skit).
• Jerry Nelson's head can be seen during the song "In the Good Old Summertime" as he performs Floyd.

Cast

Muppets:

Kermit the Frog, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Scooter, Mildred Huxtetter, Statler and Waldorf, Rowlf the Dog, Avocado, Pigs, Chickens

Background Muppets:

Wayne, Nigel, Zoot

Performers

Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf, Pig, Link Hoghrob, and Waldorf

Frank Oz as Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear

Jerry Nelson as Floyd Pepper, Dr. Strangepork, Chicken, and the Announcer

Richard Hunt as Scooter, Janice, Beaker, and Statler

Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and the Avocado

Louise Gold as Mildred Huxtetter

Peter Friedman as others

Edits

• Nickelodeon: Muppet Labs was cut.
• CTS: The UK Spot Hi Diddly Dee is cut.

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