Episode 106: Socialized

Muppets Now
Air Date	September 4, 2020
Written by	Matthew Barnette, Marcos Gabriel, Jim Lewis, Jamilyn Rosales, Noah Smith, Joanna Truman, Andrew Williams, Kelly Younger
Director	Rufus Scot Church, Vito Massaro, Christopher Alender

"Socialized" is the sixth episode of Muppets Now.

Official description

“Muppets Now social media intern, Robin the Frog, makes Scooter co-moderator of the social media accounts. Scooter attempts to carry out this week’s upload amidst a flood of alerts, requests, and notifications.

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant, Beaker, receive legal lectures and accidental assistance from Muppet attorney, Joe the Legal Weasel. The Swedish Chef faces his competitor, Marina Michelson, to prove his family recipe makes the most magnificent meatball. Fozzie Bear talks shop with fellow comedian Seth Rogen, while babysitting some bad babies. Linda Cardellini and Taye Diggs indulge Miss Piggy more than usual for this installment of Lifestyle with Miss Piggy.”

Skit highlights

• Muppet Labs Field Test: Chemistry
• Økėÿ Døkęÿ Køøkïñ: Marina Michelson
• Mup Close and Personal: Seth Rogen
• Lifesty(le) with Miss Piggy

Muppets

Muppet Characters:

Scooter, Robin, Kermit the Frog, Joe the Legal Weasel, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, The Swedish Chef, Beverly Plume, Fozzie Bear, The Babies, Miss Piggy, Uncle Deadly, Walter, Pigeon, Snake, Snail, Goldfish, Esther, Mary

Cast

Muppet Performers:

• Bill Barretta as The Swedish Chef, Baby
• Dave Goelz as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
• Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear
• Peter Linz as Joe the Legal Weasel, Robin, Walter
• David Rudman as Scooter, Beaker, Baby
• Matt Vogel as Kermit the Frog, Uncle Deadly

Additional Muppet Performers:

• Julianne Buescher as Beverly Plume, Esther, Mary the cow
• Mike Quinn

Guest Stars:

• Linda Cardellini
• Taye Diggs
• Marina Michelson
• Seth Rogen

Gallery

Notes

Walter's "Gaffer" comment, still barely legible.

Disney's "FxFactory Pro Trial" editing goof.

• As in previous episodes, several files on Scooter's desktop are labeled "ProblemsWithKen_" followed by numerics. Other files are titled "80s Robot Repair Manual Blueprints," "Johnny Fiama Best Of," "Muppet Newsflash Fact Checks," "Mahnamahna.dododododo," "Miss Piggy Contract," "Muppet Labs Blueprints," and "Muppets Now Finals" (this episode being the season finale of the show).

• During Robin's live stream of the show, reactions of a plethora of Muppets pop up as likes and comments. Pepe the King Prawn posts an image of himself by the pool, starting a hashtag with a notebook screen reading "#HurryUpScooper."

• The end credits list every cat's name appearing in Scooter's "Live Cat," with Walter commenting "Maybe Gaffer shows up!"

• An animated version of The Swedish Chef appears as Antoine Lavoisier, conveying the science of chemistry.

• When the episode was first released, the creative team left in an editing goof, appearing several times throughout Miss Piggy's Lifesty(le) segment, with a thin font overlaying the screen, reading "FxFactory Pro Trial."

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