From Muppets Now
Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) was an actor and director of stage and screen best known for his many Shakespearean roles (reprising Hamlet for the film version he directed), as well as other theater work and films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca.
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- Kermit the Frog introduces Phyllis Diller in The Muppet Show episode 118 as making "The Great Gonzo seem like Sir Laurence Olivier."
- Sam the Eagle, regretting his interview with "proper English gentleman" Spike Milligan in episode 317, wonders if it's too late to get Laurence Olivier.
- In the Farscape episode "That Old Black Magic," John Crichton calls Maldis a "regular Laurence Olivier."
- Uncle Deadly, recounting his stage career in the Muppets Now episode "The I.T. Factor," says he performed in Steel Mags with Olivier. Walter starts to say Laurence, but Deadly corrects him that it was Carl Olivier, not "the other one."