Episode 322: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans

	The Muppet Show
Guest	Roy Rogers; Dale Evans
Production	January 23-25, 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

A crowd of Prairie Dogs harmonize on "Blue Skies."
Roy sings "Skyball Paint."
Muppet Sports: Horseshoe Pitching
Dale and the babies sing "Deep in the Heart of Texas."
UK Spot: Two cowboys sing "A Four-Legged Friend."
Bear on Patrol: Bullets Barker - Sheriff Link hides from Bullets Barker. Officer Bear tricks Barker into a jail cell.
Guest Star's Dressing Room Roy & Kermit
Sketch: Slim Wilson (Cowboy) fails to ride Old Skyball Paint
Medley: "Hazy Mountains" / "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" / "Happy Trails," Roy & Dale

Episode

Picture	Segment	Description
	Cold Open	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.”
	Theme	"The Muppet Show Theme": A Whatnot offers to take Statler and Waldorf’s seats. Gonzo’s trumpet sounds like a horse’s whinny.
	Intro	Kermit introduces the show as “The Muppet Cowboy Show,” making a few western jokes which a cowboy protests to.
	Song	The Prairie Dogs sing “Blue Skies”
	Backstage	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.
	Song	Roy sings “Skyball Paint.”
	Backstage	Link 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.
	Sketch	Muppet Sports: Louis Kazagger reports on “Horseshoe pitching.” Unfortunately, the pitcher forgot to take the horseshoes off the horse first.
	Song	Dale Evans and the babies sing “Deep in the Heart of Texas.”
	Song	In the UK Spot, Jim and Jerry sing “A Four-Legged Friend” atop their faithful steeds.
	Sketch	Bear on Patrol: Bullets Barker comes for Sheriff Link, who hides from the outlaw. Patrolman Bear tricks Barker into a jail cell.
	Backstage	Roy and Kermit sing part of “Froggy Went A Courtin'.” Roy then tries to teach Kermit how to yodel.
	Sketch	Slim Wilson tries to ride Old Skyball Paint.
	Backstage	Fozzie tells the cows a few more jokes, but they are taken away by “audience rustlers.”
	Song	Roy and Dale sing a medley of songs, including “Hazy Mountains,” “Tumbling Tumbleweeds,” and “Happy Trails.”
	Closing	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: “That’s ‘boo!’”