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{{episodetms|star=[[Roy Rogers]]<br>[[Dale Evans]]|production=January 23-25, [[1979]]|airdate=UK: February 23 [[1979]]<br>US: May 17 [[1979]]|video=''[[Best_of_the_Muppet_Show#volume11|Best of the Muppet Show]]''<br>''[[The Muppet Show: Season Three|Season 3]]''}}
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{{episodetms|image=Roy&Dale02.jpg|star=[[Roy Rogers]]<br>[[Dale Evans]]|production=January 23-25, [[1979]]|airdate=UK: February 23, 1979<br>NYC: May 17, 1979|video=''[[The Muppet Show: Season Three|Season 3]]''<br>''[[Best_of_the_Muppet_Show#volume11|Best of the Muppet Show]]''}}
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In honor of [[Roy Rogers|Roy]] and [[Dale Evans|Dale]], the theme of the show is cowboys, and Roy's [[cows]] mill around backstage. They're crazy for [[Fozzie Bear|Fozzie's]] cow jokes: "You cows are an udder delight! You don't know the hoof of it!" But just as he's getting rolling, they're herded onstage, [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] says that's one thing you had to worry about in the Old West: "Audience rustlers."
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In honor of [[Roy Rogers|Roy]] and [[Dale Evans|Dale]], the theme of the show is cowboys, and Roy's [[cows]] mill around backstage. They're crazy for [[Fozzie Bear|Fozzie's]] cow jokes: "You cows are an udder delight! You don't know the hoof of it!" But just as he's getting rolling, they're herded onstage. [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] says that's one thing you had to worry about in the Old West: "Audience rustlers."
   
 
==Songs/Sketches==
  
==Songs/Sketches==
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* Roy sings "[[Skyball Paint]]."
  
* Roy sings "[[Skyball Paint]]."
 
* [[Muppet Sports]]: [[Muppet Sports#Horseshoe Pitching|Horseshoe Pitching]]
  
* [[Muppet Sports]]: [[Muppet Sports#Horseshoe Pitching|Horseshoe Pitching]]
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* Dale and the [[Babies|babies]] sing "[[Deep in the Heart of Texas]]."
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* Dale and [[the Babies]] sing "[[Deep in the Heart of Texas]]."
 
* [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]]: Two cowboys sing "[[A Four-Legged Friend]]."
  
* [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]]: Two cowboys sing "[[A Four-Legged Friend]]."
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* [[Bear on Patrol]]: [[Bear on Patrol#322|Bullets Barker]] - [[Link Hogthrob|Sheriff Link]] hides from [[Bullets Barker]]. [[Fozzie Bear|Officer Bear]] tricks Barker into a jail cell.
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* [[Bear on Patrol]]: [[Bear on Patrol#322|Bullets Barker]] - [[Link Hogthrob|Sheriff Link]] hides from [[Bullets Barker]]. [[Fozzie Bear|Officer Bear]] tricks Barker into a jail cell.
 
* [[Guest Star's Dressing Room]] Roy & Kermit
  
* [[Guest Star's Dressing Room]] Roy & Kermit
 
* Sketch: [[Slim Wilson]] (Cowboy) fails to ride [[Old Skyball Paint]]
  
* Sketch: [[Slim Wilson]] (Cowboy) fails to ride [[Old Skyball Paint]]
 
* Medley: "[[Hazy Mountains]]" / "[[Tumbling Tumbleweeds]]" / "[[Happy Trails]]," Roy & Dale
  
* Medley: "[[Hazy Mountains]]" / "[[Tumbling Tumbleweeds]]" / "[[Happy Trails]]," Roy & Dale
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| [[Image:322-1.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:322-2.jpg|250px|center]]
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| The Muppets put a target in the [[Guest Star's Dressing Room]] to help [[Roy Rogers]] and [[Dale Evans]] feel more "at home on the range."
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| [[Image:322-3.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:322-4.jpg|250px|center ]]
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| "[[The Muppet Show Theme]]": A [[Whatnots|Whatnot]] theater patron asks if [[Statler and Waldorf|Statler and Waldorf's]] seats are taken, with a predictable reply.<br><br>[[Gonzo|Gonzo's]] [[Gonzo's Muppet Show Openings|trumpet]] sounds like a horse's whinny.
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|-
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| [[Image:322 kermit.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:322-5.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] introduces the show as "The Muppet Cowboy Show," making a few western jokes which a cowboy protests to.
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|-
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| [[Image:TMS.322.BlueSkies.jpg|250px|center]]
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| The [[Prairie Dogs]] sing "[[Blue Skies]]."
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|-
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| [[Image:322-6.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:322-7.jpg|250px|center]]
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| When Kermit complains about the [[cows]] backstage, he is informed by another cowboy that "some fella by the name of Rogers ordered them." [[Scooter]] tells Kermit that they're for the closing number. [[Fozzie Bear|Fozzie]] then shares a few bad cow jokes... which the cows love.
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| [[Image:322-8.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Roy sings "[[Skyball Paint]]."
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| [[Image:322-9.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Backstage, [[Link Hogthrob]] tells [[Floyd Pepper|Floyd]] about the cowboys who have kicked him out of his dressing room. When Floyd tells Link to get tough with them, we discover he's already tried, and was branded for his efforts.
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|-
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| [[Image:322-10.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Muppet Sports]]: [[Louis Kazagger]] reports on "Horseshoe pitching." Unfortunately, the pitcher forgot to take the horseshoes off the horse first.
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|-
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| [[Image:DeepintheHeartofTexas.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Dale Evans and [[the Babies]] sing "[[Deep in the Heart of Texas]]."
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|-
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| [[Image:TMS.322.4LeggedFriend.jpg|250px|center]]
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| In the [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]], [[Jim]] and [[Jerry]] sing "[[A Four-Legged Friend]]" atop their faithful steeds.
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|-
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| [[Image:322-11.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:322-12.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Bear on Patrol]]: [[Bullets Barker]] comes for Sheriff Link, who hides from the outlaw. [[Fozzie Bear's Alternate Identities|Patrolman Bear]] tricks Barker into a jail cell.
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|-
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| [[Image:322-13.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Roy and Kermit sing part of "[[Froggy Went A Courtin']]." Roy then tries to teach Kermit how to yodel.
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| [[Image:322-14.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Slim Wilson]] tries to ride [[Old Skyball Paint]].
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|-
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| [[Image:322-15.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Fozzie tells the cows a few more jokes, but they are taken away by "audience rustlers." (Fozzie told similar jokes in [[Jim Frawley's Camera Tests]] for ''[[The Muppet Movie]]''.)
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|-
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| [[Image:TMS.322.Campfire.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:322-16.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:322-17.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Roy and Dale sing a medley of songs, including "[[Hazy Mountains]]," "[[Tumbling Tumbleweeds]]," and "[[Happy Trails]]."
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| [[Image:322-18.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:322-19.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Kermit asks Roy to say goodnight his way: "Until we meet again on screen or in person, good night, good luck, and may the good Lord take a likin' to you."<br><br>In the balcony after the credits, a cow moos, but Statler corrects him: "No! 'Boo!'"
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==Notes==
  
==Notes==
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:''Kermit:'' "Wow... You know, I've only made one. 188 to go."
  
:''Kermit:'' "Wow... You know, I've only made one. 188 to go."
   
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* Unusual for a third season episode, [[Miss Piggy]] doesn't make an appearance.
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* Unusually for a third season episode, [[Miss Piggy]] [[Muppet_Show_episodes_that_didn't_feature_main_characters|doesn't make an appearance]].
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* The closing theme begins later, starting with [[Floyd Pepper]]'s shot.
   
 
==Cast==
  
==Cast==
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'''Muppets:'''
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'''Muppets:'''
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:[[Kermit the Frog]], [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Gonzo]], [[Scooter]], [[Beauregard]], [[Statler and Waldorf]], [[Link Hogthrob]], [[Bullets Barker]], [[Louis Kazagger]], [[Slim Wilson]], [[Old Skyball Paint]], [[Prairie Dogs]], [[Cows]], [[Babies]], [[Whatnots]], [[Jim Henson Muppet]], [[Jerry Nelson Muppet]], [[Floyd Pepper]]
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:[[Kermit the Frog]], [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Scooter]], [[Beauregard]], [[Statler and Waldorf]], [[Link Hogthrob]], [[Bullets Barker]], [[Louis Kazagger]], [[Slim Wilson]], [[Old Skyball Paint]], [[Prairie Dogs]], [[Cows]], [[The Babies|Babies]], [[Jim]], [[Jerry]], [[Floyd Pepper]], [[Whatnots]]
   
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'''Background Muppets:'''
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'''Background Muppets:'''
 
:[[Bobby Benson]], [[Muppy]], [[Zeke]], [[Lobsters]]
  
:[[Bobby Benson]], [[Muppy]], [[Zeke]], [[Lobsters]]
   
 
==Performers==
  
==Performers==
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:[[Jim Henson]] as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Link Hogthrob, Jim, Prairie Dog, Mexican
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:[[Jim Henson]] as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Link Hogthrob, Jim Henson Muppet and Prairie Dog
  
 
:[[Frank Oz]] as Fozzie Bear and Slim Wilson
  
:[[Frank Oz]] as Fozzie Bear and Slim Wilson
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:[[Jerry Nelson]] as Floyd Pepper, Louis Kazagger, Jerry Nelson Muppet, Old Skyball Paint, Cowboy, Prairie Dog, Whatnot, Cow and the Announcer
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:[[Jerry Nelson]] as Floyd Pepper, Louis Kazagger, Jerry, Old Skyball Paint, Cowboy #2, Prairie Dog, Muppet Theater Patron, Cow and the Announcer
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:[[Richard Hunt]] as Scooter, Statler, Prairie Dog and Cowboy
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:[[Richard Hunt]] as Scooter, Statler, Prairie Dog and Cowboy #1
 
:[[Dave Goelz]] as Bullets Barker and Prairie Dog
  
:[[Dave Goelz]] as Bullets Barker and Prairie Dog
 
:[[Steve Whitmire]] as Prairie Dog
  
:[[Steve Whitmire]] as Prairie Dog
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:[[Kathryn Mullen]] as Prairie Dog
  
:[[Kathryn Mullen]] as Prairie Dog
   
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Revision as of 03:07, 1 December 2019

The Muppet Show
Roy&Dale02
Guest Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Production January 23-25, 1979
Premiere UK: February 23, 1979
NYC: May 17, 1979
Releases Season 3
Best of the Muppet Show

(TRANSCRIPT)

In honor of Roy and Dale, the theme of the show is cowboys, and Roy's cows mill around backstage. They're crazy for Fozzie's cow jokes: "You cows are an udder delight! You don't know the hoof of it!" But just as he's getting rolling, they're herded onstage. Kermit says that's one thing you had to worry about in the Old West: "Audience rustlers."

Songs/Sketches


Episode

Picture Description
322-1

322-2
 The Muppets put a target in the Guest Star's Dressing Room to help Roy Rogers and Dale Evans feel more "at home on the range."
322-3

322-4
 "The Muppet Show Theme": A Whatnot theater patron asks if Statler and Waldorf's seats are taken, with a predictable reply.

Gonzo's trumpet sounds like a horse's whinny.
322 kermit

322-5
 Kermit introduces the show as "The Muppet Cowboy Show," making a few western jokes which a cowboy protests to.
TMS.322.BlueSkies
 The Prairie Dogs sing "Blue Skies."
322-6

322-7
 When Kermit complains about the cows backstage, he is informed by another cowboy that "some fella by the name of Rogers ordered them." Scooter tells Kermit that they're for the closing number. Fozzie then shares a few bad cow jokes... which the cows love.
322-8
 Roy sings "Skyball Paint."
322-9
 Backstage, Link Hogthrob tells Floyd about the cowboys who have kicked him out of his dressing room. When Floyd tells Link to get tough with them, we discover he's already tried, and was branded for his efforts.
322-10
 Muppet Sports: Louis Kazagger reports on "Horseshoe pitching." Unfortunately, the pitcher forgot to take the horseshoes off the horse first.
DeepintheHeartofTexas
 Dale Evans and the Babies sing "Deep in the Heart of Texas."
TMS.322.4LeggedFriend
 In the UK Spot, Jim and Jerry sing "A Four-Legged Friend" atop their faithful steeds.
322-11

322-12
 Bear on Patrol: Bullets Barker comes for Sheriff Link, who hides from the outlaw. Patrolman Bear tricks Barker into a jail cell.
322-13
 Roy and Kermit sing part of "Froggy Went A Courtin'." Roy then tries to teach Kermit how to yodel.
322-14
 Slim Wilson tries to ride Old Skyball Paint.
322-15
 Fozzie tells the cows a few more jokes, but they are taken away by "audience rustlers." (Fozzie told similar jokes in Jim Frawley's Camera Tests for The Muppet Movie.)
TMS.322.Campfire

322-16

322-17
 Roy and Dale sing a medley of songs, including "Hazy Mountains," "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," and "Happy Trails."
322-18

322-19
 Kermit asks Roy to say goodnight his way: "Until we meet again on screen or in person, good night, good luck, and may the good Lord take a likin' to you."

In the balcony after the credits, a cow moos, but Statler corrects him: "No! 'Boo!'"

Notes

Kermit: "I know you've made a lot of films..."
Roy: "A hundred and eighty-nine."
Kermit: "Wow... You know, I've only made one. 188 to go."
  • The closing theme begins later, starting with Floyd Pepper's shot.

Cast

Muppets:

Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Scooter, Beauregard, Statler and Waldorf, Link Hogthrob, Bullets Barker, Louis Kazagger, Slim Wilson, Old Skyball Paint, Prairie Dogs, Cows, Babies, Jim, Jerry, Floyd Pepper, Whatnots

Background Muppets:

Bobby Benson, Muppy, Zeke, Lobsters

Performers

Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Link Hogthrob, Jim, Prairie Dog, Mexican
Frank Oz as Fozzie Bear and Slim Wilson
Jerry Nelson as Floyd Pepper, Louis Kazagger, Jerry, Old Skyball Paint, Cowboy #2, Prairie Dog, Muppet Theater Patron, Cow and the Announcer
Richard Hunt as Scooter, Statler, Prairie Dog and Cowboy #1
Dave Goelz as Bullets Barker and Prairie Dog
Steve Whitmire as Prairie Dog
Louise Gold as Prairie Dog
Kathryn Mullen as Prairie Dog

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