Muppets Tonight [15/03/1996]

Synopsis: Television series featuring The Muppets. In this episode Clifford is about to introduce Garth Brooks when Rizzo comes out to tell him that Garth is wearing an effeminate shirt, tights, and bloomers. Clifford says he can’t let Garth go on looking like that, and Rizzo suggests they put on Bill the Bubble Guy. So Clifford introduces Garth "as you’ve never seen him before." Instead of singing ‘Surrey With a Fringe On Top’ with Miss Piggy, he decides to do the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. Miss Piggy has to put on reading glasses to read her lines off the cue cards, and gives a hopeless performance. Andy and Randy Pig enter, wearing Shakespearean costume (including bloomers), and introduce themselves as "the two gentlemen from Bologna". Piggy remarks, "more like the two meatheads from Bologna." After Piggy fails to deliver her final line correctly, Andy and Randy notice that the balcony isn’t very secure, and proceed to bring it down on Garth’s head.

Statler: "Shakespeare woulda hated that."
Waldorf: "You should know, you dated his sister!"
They laugh
Statler: "Boy, was she ugly."
Series: Muppets Tonight
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Television
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Notes: UCLA holds a 3/4" conservation copy, no viewing material (12/2006).
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: animals; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Puppets

Director

Greg V. Fera

Producer

Martin G. Baker

Writer

Cast

British Universities Film & Video Council