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{{episodetms|image=Langham01.jpg|star=[[Chris Langham]]|production=August 5-8, [[1980]]|airdate=UK: March 1, 1981<br>US: January 31, 1981|video=}}
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{{episodetms|image=Langham01.jpg|star=[[Chris Langham]]|production=August 5-8, [[1980]]|airdate=UK: March 1, 1981<br>NYC: January 31, 1981|video=}}
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[[Image:Langham3.jpg|thumb|300px]]
 
   
 
A messenger brings a message from the scheduled guest star -- Benny Brillstein, the Yiddish yodeler. Benny refuses to be on the show, so [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] asks [[Chris Langham|Chris]], the messenger boy, to be the guest. Chris knows a joke, so Kermit introduces him as a comedian.
 
A messenger brings a message from the scheduled guest star -- Benny Brillstein, the Yiddish yodeler. Benny refuses to be on the show, so [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] asks [[Chris Langham|Chris]], the messenger boy, to be the guest. Chris knows a joke, so Kermit introduces him as a comedian.
   
 
Chris' bizarre acts include owl impersonation and odd magic tricks -- "Pick a sausage, any sausage." Finally, doing an escape act in his dressing room, Chris locks himself in a wardrobe and can't get out. He has to do his final number, "Hawaiian Cowboy," from within the wardrobe.
 
Chris' bizarre acts include owl impersonation and odd magic tricks -- "Pick a sausage, any sausage." Finally, doing an escape act in his dressing room, Chris locks himself in a wardrobe and can't get out. He has to do his final number, "Hawaiian Cowboy," from within the wardrobe.
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Backstage, a magnetic [[Mickey Moose|moose]] attracts various objects.
   
 
==Songs/Sketches==
 
==Songs/Sketches==
* Kermit and [[Robin the Frog]] sing "[[Friendship]]" with [[Molly and Melville]].
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* "[[Friendship]]"
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* [[Muppet News Flash]]
* Chris performs his impression of Autumn in [[Scotland]] and tries to catch a peanut in his mouth.
 
* [[Muppet News Flash]]: Stars fell on [[Alabama]]
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* [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]]: "[[Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner]]"
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* "[[The Gnu]]"
* [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]]: "[[Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner]]."
 
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* "[[Hawaiian Cowboy]]"
* Chris introduces his [[Time travel|Time Travel Apparatus]].
 
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* "[[The Gnu]]" -- a [[British Chap]] and a [[Gnu]]
 
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==Episode guide==
* Chris attempts to display he can dramatically burst out of a wardrobe, but gets stuck inside. As he must appear in the closing number to sing "[[Hawaiian Cowboy]]," the Muppets are forced to put on a cowboy hat on top of the wardrobe and move it on stage so Chris can sing from inside. However, Chris does manage to free himself in spectacular fashion to finish the song properly.
 
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! Picture !! Description
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|-
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| [[Image:TMS519.coldopen.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Chris, a messenger, brings a telegram from tonight's guest star who has canceled at the last minute. Kermit immediately hands over the guest star duties to Chris.
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|-
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| [[Image:Gonzo open 423.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[The Muppet Show Theme]]: Gonzo is blown away in an Autumn storm.
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|-
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| [[Image:TMS519.opening.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Kermit, not quite sure how to introduce Chris, brings him onstage to introduce the opening number.
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|-
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| [[Image:Song.friendship.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:TMS519.opening-2.jpg|250px|center]]
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| For the opening number, Kermit and Robin sing "Friendship" while fishing on the ocean. They dive into the water, where they meet a mother whale and her baby, who join in the song with them. They suddenly hear a bang. Above, a gang of pig whalers sail along, singing "[[We'll Meet Again]]". They notice Kermit and Robin sitting on what looks like a boulder, but is actually the mother whale.
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|-
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| [[Image:TMS519.backstage1.jpg|250px|center]]
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| After witnessing a fiasco involving Melissa and her Magnetic Moose, Kermit tells a wisecracking Floyd to be nice to Chris, since he's a newcomer.
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|-
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| [[Image:TMS519.scotsman.jpg|250px|center]]<br>[[Image:TMS519.scotsman-1.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Chris, dressed as a Scotsman, does some of his standard prop comedy schtick, which culminates in him getting rained on by peanuts.
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|-
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| [[Image:TMS519.backstage2.jpg|250px|center]]
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| An audience member comes backstage because he wants his watch back. Kermit learns, to his horror, that the magnetic moose is in the canteen. The moose runs away, with pots and pans stuck to it, chased by an angry Swedish Chef.
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|-
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| [[Image:TMS519.newsflash.jpg|250px|center]]
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| [[Muppet News Flash]]: Metallic stars fall on the Newsman.
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|-
 
| [[Image:Langham3.jpg|250px|center]]
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| In the dressing room, Sam the Eagle witnesses Chris doing some "zen skiing". Chris does a card trick for Sam using sausages.
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|-
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| [[Image:Song.londoner.jpg|250px|center]]
 
| [[UK Spots (The Muppet Show)|UK Spot]]: A pack of dogs ride in a double decker bus and sing "[[Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner]]".''
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|-
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| [[Image:Langham-timeapparatus.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Chris displays a time travel apparatus, which carries him backwards through his speech.''
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|-
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| [[Image:TMS.519.Gnu.jpg|250px|center]]
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| A British chap sings about his encounter with "[[The Gnu]]" at the zoo.
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|-
 
| [[Image:Langham2.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Backstage, Chris shows Kermit and Gonzo his imitation of an owl. Statler and Waldorf briefly ponder the brief pauses in the show.
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|-
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| [[Image:TMS519.dressingroom.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Gonzo enters Chris's dressing room to worship him. Chris shows him a trick involving a wardrobe closet and the magic word "Hoopla!" which goes awry with him becoming trapped inside. Regardless, Chris insists that the show must on.
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|-
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| [[Image:Song.hawaiiancowboy.jpg|250px|center]]
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| Still stuck in the wardrobe closet, Chris somehow makes it onstage for the closing number, "[[Hawaiian Cowboy]]," with a cowboy hat on top of the wardrobe. He is able to be audible from it, aided by breaking a hole to speak clearly out of the structure. It suddenly occurs to Chris that he can turn around and escape the closet from the back, which has an opening for him to simply step through. At the end of the number, it rains peanuts on Chris once again.
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|-
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| [[Image:TMS519.goodnights.jpg|250px|center]]
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| At the closing, Chris demonstrates his new electronic larynx, which begins to malfunction.
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|}
   
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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* The name of the cancelled guest star is a backstage reference; [[Bernie Brillstein]] was [[Jim Henson]]'s agent.
 
* The name of the cancelled guest star is a backstage reference; [[Bernie Brillstein]] was [[Jim Henson]]'s agent.
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* This episode is not included on [[Disney+]].
   
 
==Cast==
 
==Cast==
 
'''Muppets:'''
 
'''Muppets:'''
:[[Kermit the Frog]], [[Scooter]], [[Gonzo]], [[Pops]], [[Gnu]], [[Whales]], [[Pigs]], [[Floyd Pepper]], [[Melissa]], [[Mickey Moose]], [[The Newsman]], [[Sam the Eagle]], [[Wolfhound]], [[Afghan Hound]], [[Muppy]], [[Mutt]], [[Molly and Melville]], [[Robin the Frog]], [[Whatnots]], [[Goldfish]], [[Newsman]], [[The Swedish Chef]]
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:[[Kermit the Frog]], [[Scooter]], [[Gonzo]], [[Pops]], [[Gnu]], [[Whales]], [[Pigs]], [[Floyd Pepper]], [[Melissa]], [[Mickey Moose]], [[The Newsman]], [[Sam the Eagle]], [[Wolfhound]], [[Afghan Hound]], [[Muppy]], [[Mutt]], [[Molly and Melville]], [[Robin the Frog]], [[Whatnots]], [[Goldfish]], [[The Newsman|Newsman]], [[The Swedish Chef]]
   
 
'''Background Muppets:'''
 
'''Background Muppets:'''
:[[Deer]], [[Shark (Muppet Show)|Shark]], [[Billy the Bear]], [[Raccoon]], [[Foxes|Fox]], [[Penguins]], [[Baskerville the Hound]], [[Brown Dog]], [[Lyle (dog)|Lyle the Dog]], [[French Poodle]], [[Dogs]]
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:[[Beauregard]], [[Rizzo the Rat]], [[Deer]], [[Shark (Muppet Show)|Shark]], [[Billy the Bear]], [[Raccoon]], [[Foxes|Fox]], [[Penguins]], [[Baskerville the Hound]], [[Spaniel]], [[Lyle (dog)|Lyle the Dog]], [[French Poodle]], [[Dogs]]
   
 
==Performers==
 
==Performers==
:[[Jim Henson]] as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, the Newsman and The Swedish chef
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:[[Jim Henson]] as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, the Newsman and The Swedish Chef
 
:[[Frank Oz]] as Sam the Eagle
 
:[[Frank Oz]] as Sam the Eagle
 
:[[Jerry Nelson]] as Pops, Robin, Floyd Pepper, Mickey Moose, the Wolfhound and the Gnu
 
:[[Jerry Nelson]] as Pops, Robin, Floyd Pepper, Mickey Moose, the Wolfhound and the Gnu
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:[[Steve Whitmire]] as Tommy the Goldfish, Melville and British Chap
 
:[[Steve Whitmire]] as Tommy the Goldfish, Melville and British Chap
 
:[[Kathryn Mullen]] as Melissa and the Afghan Hound
 
:[[Kathryn Mullen]] as Melissa and the Afghan Hound
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==Gallery==
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<gallery orientation=square widths=200 spacing=small>
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Image:Langham02.jpg
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Image:Chrislangham.jpg
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Image:Langham03.jpg
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</gallery>
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2013/08/09/871980/ Jim's Red Book - 8/7/1980 - Chris Langham (MS)]
 
*[http://www.henson.com/jimsredbook/2013/08/09/871980/ Jim's Red Book - 8/7/1980 - Chris Langham (MS)]
   
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Revision as of 23:54, 3 June 2021

The Muppet Show
Langham01
Guest Chris Langham
Production August 5-8, 1980
Premiere UK: March 1, 1981
NYC: January 31, 1981

(TRANSCRIPT)

A messenger brings a message from the scheduled guest star -- Benny Brillstein, the Yiddish yodeler. Benny refuses to be on the show, so Kermit asks Chris, the messenger boy, to be the guest. Chris knows a joke, so Kermit introduces him as a comedian.

Chris' bizarre acts include owl impersonation and odd magic tricks -- "Pick a sausage, any sausage." Finally, doing an escape act in his dressing room, Chris locks himself in a wardrobe and can't get out. He has to do his final number, "Hawaiian Cowboy," from within the wardrobe.

Backstage, a magnetic moose attracts various objects.

Songs/Sketches

Episode guide

Picture Description
TMS519.coldopen
Chris, a messenger, brings a telegram from tonight's guest star who has canceled at the last minute. Kermit immediately hands over the guest star duties to Chris.
Gonzo open 423
The Muppet Show Theme: Gonzo is blown away in an Autumn storm.
TMS519.opening
Kermit, not quite sure how to introduce Chris, brings him onstage to introduce the opening number.
Song.friendship

TMS519.opening-2
For the opening number, Kermit and Robin sing "Friendship" while fishing on the ocean. They dive into the water, where they meet a mother whale and her baby, who join in the song with them. They suddenly hear a bang. Above, a gang of pig whalers sail along, singing "We'll Meet Again". They notice Kermit and Robin sitting on what looks like a boulder, but is actually the mother whale.
TMS519.backstage1
After witnessing a fiasco involving Melissa and her Magnetic Moose, Kermit tells a wisecracking Floyd to be nice to Chris, since he's a newcomer.
TMS519.scotsman

TMS519.scotsman-1
Chris, dressed as a Scotsman, does some of his standard prop comedy schtick, which culminates in him getting rained on by peanuts.
TMS519.backstage2
An audience member comes backstage because he wants his watch back. Kermit learns, to his horror, that the magnetic moose is in the canteen. The moose runs away, with pots and pans stuck to it, chased by an angry Swedish Chef.
TMS519.newsflash
Muppet News Flash: Metallic stars fall on the Newsman.
Langham3
In the dressing room, Sam the Eagle witnesses Chris doing some "zen skiing". Chris does a card trick for Sam using sausages.
Song.londoner
UK Spot: A pack of dogs ride in a double decker bus and sing "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner".
Langham-timeapparatus
Chris displays a time travel apparatus, which carries him backwards through his speech.
TMS.519.Gnu
A British chap sings about his encounter with "The Gnu" at the zoo.
Langham2
Backstage, Chris shows Kermit and Gonzo his imitation of an owl. Statler and Waldorf briefly ponder the brief pauses in the show.
TMS519.dressingroom
Gonzo enters Chris's dressing room to worship him. Chris shows him a trick involving a wardrobe closet and the magic word "Hoopla!" which goes awry with him becoming trapped inside. Regardless, Chris insists that the show must on.
Song.hawaiiancowboy
Still stuck in the wardrobe closet, Chris somehow makes it onstage for the closing number, "Hawaiian Cowboy," with a cowboy hat on top of the wardrobe. He is able to be audible from it, aided by breaking a hole to speak clearly out of the structure. It suddenly occurs to Chris that he can turn around and escape the closet from the back, which has an opening for him to simply step through. At the end of the number, it rains peanuts on Chris once again.
TMS519.goodnights
At the closing, Chris demonstrates his new electronic larynx, which begins to malfunction.

Notes

  • Chris was the only British writer on The Muppet Show. He was hastily made the guest for this episode after the original guest, Richard Pryor, was unable to make the taping.
  • Sam Eagle is the only Muppet performed by Frank Oz in this episode.
  • This episode is not included on Disney+.

Cast

Muppets:

Kermit the Frog, Scooter, Gonzo, Pops, Gnu, Whales, Pigs, Floyd Pepper, Melissa, Mickey Moose, The Newsman, Sam the Eagle, Wolfhound, Afghan Hound, Muppy, Mutt, Molly and Melville, Robin the Frog, Whatnots, Goldfish, Newsman, The Swedish Chef

Background Muppets:

Beauregard, Rizzo the Rat, Deer, Shark, Billy the Bear, Raccoon, Fox, Penguins, Baskerville the Hound, Spaniel, Lyle the Dog, French Poodle, Dogs

Performers

Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, the Newsman and The Swedish Chef
Frank Oz as Sam the Eagle
Jerry Nelson as Pops, Robin, Floyd Pepper, Mickey Moose, the Wolfhound and the Gnu
Richard Hunt as Scooter, Statler, Muppy, Pig and British Chap
Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Pig and Whatnot
Louise Gold as Molly and the Mutt
Steve Whitmire as Tommy the Goldfish, Melville and British Chap
Kathryn Mullen as Melissa and the Afghan Hound

Gallery

External links


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