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* Shirley Bassey's GenreSavvy entrance into the theater, pulling an alligator out of her pocket.

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* In the Lola Falanna episode, Gonzo prepares to leave the Muppet Show, and he is replaced by "Trevor the Gross," who immediately starts to hit on Camilla. Gonzo takes this in stride, until Trevor tries one of Gonzo's stunts. That's enough to make Gonzo want to stay. Of course it all goes horribly wrong, but Gonzo's artistic integrity will not be besmirched!
-->'''Gonzo''': ''That's it!'' You can steal my job, you can steal my girl, but you ''will not'' steal my act!
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* Rudolph Nureyev's appearance. During the show's first season, they had a lot of trouble getting celebrities to appear on the show and often had to appeal to personal favors. Then Nureyev actually approached Henson and asked if he could appear, and suddenly made that job a whole lot easier. For himself, Rudolph really got to shine not only in ballet, but also paying tribute to FredAstaire with a superb tap song and dance number of "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails".

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* Rudolph Nureyev's appearance. During the show's first season, they had a lot of trouble getting celebrities to appear on the show and often had to appeal to personal favors. Then Nureyev actually approached Henson and asked if he could appear, and suddenly made that job a whole lot easier. For himself, Rudolph really got to shine not only in ballet, but also paying tribute to FredAstaire Creator/FredAstaire with a superb tap song and dance number of "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails".

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* An awesome moment for the production team; during the Brooke Shields episode, in which the whole half-hour was devoted to ''AliceInWonderland'', they designed an original [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Jabberwock Jabberwock Muppet]] for a recitation of "Jabberwocky" which looked almost exactly like John Tenniel's original illustrations.

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* An awesome moment for the production team; during the Brooke Shields episode, in which the whole half-hour was devoted to ''AliceInWonderland'', ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'', they designed an original [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Jabberwock Jabberwock Muppet]] for a recitation of "Jabberwocky" which looked almost exactly like John Tenniel's original illustrations.illustrations.

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yeah, girl power too but that\'s what they\'d\'ve called it back then.


* Candice Bergen plays a frontier wife whose husband keeps demanding she do various chores while he just sits by the fire. Suddenly she swaps her clothes for a girl power outfit and threatens him with a shotgun before shooting her way out the door.

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* Candice Bergen plays a frontier wife whose husband keeps demanding she do various chores while he just sits by the fire. Suddenly she swaps her clothes for a girl power Women's Lib outfit and threatens him with a shotgun before shooting her way out the door.
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* In the George Burns episode, George handles Fleet Scribbler, a gossip column writer who, as Kermit says, will do anything for sensationalism, in truly epic fashion, using each question to segue into a joke.

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* In the George Burns episode, George handles Fleet Scribbler, a gossip column writer who, as Kermit says, will do anything for sensationalism, in truly epic fashion, using each question to segue into a joke.joke.
* An awesome moment for the production team; during the Brooke Shields episode, in which the whole half-hour was devoted to ''AliceInWonderland'', they designed an original [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Jabberwock Jabberwock Muppet]] for a recitation of "Jabberwocky" which looked almost exactly like John Tenniel's original illustrations.
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* Rich Little does a takeoff on Fozzie, to which Waldorf and Statler say he's too funny for it to be a good impression. He retaliates by doing an impression of ''them''.

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* Rich Little does a takeoff on Fozzie, to which Waldorf and Statler say he's too funny for it to be a good impression. He retaliates by doing an impression of ''them''.''them''.
* In the George Burns episode, George handles Fleet Scribbler, a gossip column writer who, as Kermit says, will do anything for sensationalism, in truly epic fashion, using each question to segue into a joke.
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* Alice Cooper's perfect response to Sam accusing him of being a sick weirdo. "Thank you!", then tallying up with his finger "One for my side!"

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* Alice Cooper's perfect response to Sam accusing him of being a sick weirdo. "Thank you!", then tallying up with his finger "One for my side!"side!"
* Rich Little does a takeoff on Fozzie, to which Waldorf and Statler say he's too funny for it to be a good impression. He retaliates by doing an impression of ''them''.
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* The whole episode with the ''StarWars'' characters, and MarkHamill, pure concentrated genre parody silliness at its best. Perhaps climaxed by [[http://youtu.be/vSe2FD9Vn1k?t=1m58s the one thing that can stagger the Mighty Chewbacca]].

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* The whole episode with the ''StarWars'' characters, and MarkHamill, pure concentrated genre parody silliness at its best. Perhaps climaxed by [[http://youtu.be/vSe2FD9Vn1k?t=1m58s the one thing that can stagger the Mighty Chewbacca]].Chewbacca]].
* Alice Cooper's perfect response to Sam accusing him of being a sick weirdo. "Thank you!", then tallying up with his finger "One for my side!"
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* Most fans will admit that seeing Beaker finally getting back at Bunsen and chasing him around the theater with his many, many clones in the Mac Davis episode was pretty awesome and much-deserved.

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* Most fans will admit that seeing Beaker finally getting back at Bunsen and chasing him around the theater with his many, many clones in the Mac Davis episode was pretty awesome and much-deserved.much-deserved.
* The whole episode with the ''StarWars'' characters, and MarkHamill, pure concentrated genre parody silliness at its best. Perhaps climaxed by [[http://youtu.be/vSe2FD9Vn1k?t=1m58s the one thing that can stagger the Mighty Chewbacca]].
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* When Kermit found out Miss Piggy planted a false story about them getting married in Vegas, [[BewareTheNiceOnes Kermit snaps at Piggy, and fires her.]] (Guest star Loretta Swit briefly took over Piggy's roles on Veterinarian's Hospital & Pigs In Space) Yeah, Piggy gets rehired in the end but still, after five seasons of having to put up crap from Piggy & the other assorted madness behind the scenes, seeing him getting pissed & yelling at the top of the lungs was a sight to behold.

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* When Kermit found out Miss Piggy planted a false story about them getting married in Vegas, [[BewareTheNiceOnes Kermit snaps at Piggy, and fires her.]] (Guest star Loretta Swit briefly took over Piggy's roles on Veterinarian's Hospital & Pigs ''Veterinarian's Hospital'' and ''Pigs In Space) Space''.) Yeah, Piggy gets rehired in the end but still, after five seasons of having to put up crap from Piggy & and the other assorted madness behind the scenes, seeing him getting pissed & and yelling at the top of the lungs was a sight to behold.



---> '''Sam the Eagle:''' "[[ThatMakesMefeelAngry I am shocked! Shocked and appalled!]]"
** Plus his partner in "Swine Lake," who's able to keep up with one of the greatest ballet dancers ever while wearing a very bulky costume.

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appalled!]]
** Plus his partner in "Swine Lake," Lake", who's able to keep up with one of the greatest ballet dancers ever while wearing a very bulky costume.



* In the Connie Stevens episode, [[Series/SesameStreet Ernie and Bert]] guest star. Bert is nervous, Ernie tries to trick him into making a fool of himself. The result is Bert ''belting out'' "Some Enchanted Evening" and dancing with Connie Stevens. Seeing Ernie's reaction as his prank fails ''magnificently'' sells the whole thing. (Though he still gets one last dig at Bert in the end.) See it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np_aQ6a-Zis here]]

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* In the Connie Stevens episode, [[Series/SesameStreet Ernie and Bert]] guest star. Bert is nervous, Ernie tries to trick him into making a fool of himself. The result is Bert ''belting out'' "Some Enchanted Evening" and dancing with Connie Stevens. Seeing Ernie's reaction as his prank fails ''magnificently'' sells the whole thing. (Though he still gets one last dig at Bert in the end.) See it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np_aQ6a-Zis here]]here.]]
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---> '''Sam the Eagle:''' "[[ThatMakesMefeelAngry I am shocked! Shocked and appalled!]]"
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* Rudolph Nureyev's appearance. During the show's first season, they had a lot of trouble getting celebrities to appear on the show and often had to appeal to personal favors. Then Nureyev actually approached Henson and asked if he could appear, and suddenly made that job a whole lot easier.

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* Rudolph Nureyev's appearance. During the show's first season, they had a lot of trouble getting celebrities to appear on the show and often had to appeal to personal favors. Then Nureyev actually approached Henson and asked if he could appear, and suddenly made that job a whole lot easier. For himself, Rudolph really got to shine not only in ballet, but also paying tribute to FredAstaire with a superb tap song and dance number of "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails".
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* Harry Belafonte singing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLqb64Pb9So "Turn the World Around"]] on ''TheMuppetShow''. (And not just the song, but the unique mask-like Muppets were incredible too.)

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* Harry Belafonte singing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLqb64Pb9So "Turn the World Around"]] on ''TheMuppetShow''.''Series/TheMuppetShow''. (And not just the song, but the unique mask-like Muppets were incredible too.)
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* In the fifth season episode with Marty Feldman, they had an awesome song "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight". During the song, a good number of ''SesameStreet'' characters come out and sing their theme with Fozzie and the others joining, then another verse of "Hot Time". To top it all off, the song featured Fozzie, Cookie Monster, Grover, and Bert singing. All of them are voiced by Frank Oz (and usually puppetered, although that obviously wasn't a possibility for this). That meant Frank Oz had to sing at least a portion of the musical number four times. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWFWlzOR5YI&t=3m30s See it here.]]

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* In the fifth season episode with Marty Feldman, they had an awesome song "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight". During the song, a good number of ''SesameStreet'' ''Series/SesameStreet'' characters come out and sing their theme with Fozzie and the others joining, then another verse of "Hot Time". To top it all off, the song featured Fozzie, Cookie Monster, Grover, and Bert singing. All of them are voiced by Frank Oz (and usually puppetered, although that obviously wasn't a possibility for this). That meant Frank Oz had to sing at least a portion of the musical number four times. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWFWlzOR5YI&t=3m30s See it here.]]



* In the Connie Stevens episode, [[SesameStreet Ernie and Bert]] guest star. Bert is nervous, Ernie tries to trick him into making a fool of himself. The result is Bert ''belting out'' "Some Enchanted Evening" and dancing with Connie Stevens. Seeing Ernie's reaction as his prank fails ''magnificently'' sells the whole thing. (Though he still gets one last dig at Bert in the end.) See it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np_aQ6a-Zis here]]

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* In the Connie Stevens episode, [[SesameStreet [[Series/SesameStreet Ernie and Bert]] guest star. Bert is nervous, Ernie tries to trick him into making a fool of himself. The result is Bert ''belting out'' "Some Enchanted Evening" and dancing with Connie Stevens. Seeing Ernie's reaction as his prank fails ''magnificently'' sells the whole thing. (Though he still gets one last dig at Bert in the end.) See it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np_aQ6a-Zis here]]
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* Harry Belafonte singing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2TZhruT-Xs "Turn the World Around"]] on ''TheMuppetShow''. (And not just the song, but the unique mask-like Muppets were incredible too.)

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* Harry Belafonte singing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2TZhruT-Xs com/watch?v=PLqb64Pb9So "Turn the World Around"]] on ''TheMuppetShow''. (And not just the song, but the unique mask-like Muppets were incredible too.)
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* In the Connie Stevens episode, [[SesameStreet Ernie and Bert]] guest star. Bert is nervous, Ernie tries to trick him into making a fool of himself. The result is Bert ''belting out'' "Some Enchanted Evening" and dancing with Connie Stevens. Seeing Ernie's reaction as his prank fails ''magnificently'' sells the whole thing. (Though he still gets one last dig at Bert in the end.) See it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np_aQ6a-Zis here]]

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* In the Connie Stevens episode, [[SesameStreet Ernie and Bert]] guest star. Bert is nervous, Ernie tries to trick him into making a fool of himself. The result is Bert ''belting out'' "Some Enchanted Evening" and dancing with Connie Stevens. Seeing Ernie's reaction as his prank fails ''magnificently'' sells the whole thing. (Though he still gets one last dig at Bert in the end.) See it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np_aQ6a-Zis here]]here]]
* Most fans will admit that seeing Beaker finally getting back at Bunsen and chasing him around the theater with his many, many clones in the Mac Davis episode was pretty awesome and much-deserved.
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* In the Connie Stevens episode, [[SeasameStreet Ernie and Bert]] guest star. Bert is nervous, Ernie tries to trick him into making a fool of himself. The result is Bert ''belting out'' "Some Enchanted Evening" and dancing with Connie Stevens. Seeing Ernie's reaction as his prank fails ''magnificently'' sells the whole thing. (Though he still gets one last dig at Bert in the end.)

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* In the Connie Stevens episode, [[SeasameStreet [[SesameStreet Ernie and Bert]] guest star. Bert is nervous, Ernie tries to trick him into making a fool of himself. The result is Bert ''belting out'' "Some Enchanted Evening" and dancing with Connie Stevens. Seeing Ernie's reaction as his prank fails ''magnificently'' sells the whole thing. (Though he still gets one last dig at Bert in the end.)) See it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np_aQ6a-Zis here]]
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* The epic pirate battle at the end of the Glenda Jackson episode.

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* The epic pirate battle at the end of the Glenda Jackson episode.episode.
* In the Connie Stevens episode, [[SeasameStreet Ernie and Bert]] guest star. Bert is nervous, Ernie tries to trick him into making a fool of himself. The result is Bert ''belting out'' "Some Enchanted Evening" and dancing with Connie Stevens. Seeing Ernie's reaction as his prank fails ''magnificently'' sells the whole thing. (Though he still gets one last dig at Bert in the end.)
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* Candice Bergen plays a frontier wife whose husband keeps demanding she do various chores while he just sits by the fire. Suddenly she swaps her clothes for a girl power outfit and threatens him with a shotgun before shooting her way out the door.

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* Candice Bergen plays a frontier wife whose husband keeps demanding she do various chores while he just sits by the fire. Suddenly she swaps her clothes for a girl power outfit and threatens him with a shotgun before shooting her way out the door.door.
* The epic pirate battle at the end of the Glenda Jackson episode.
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** Plus his partner in "Swine Lake," who's able to keep up with one of the greatest ballet dancers ever while wearing a very bulky costume.
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* Rudolph Nureyev's appearance. During the show's first season, they had a lot of trouble getting celebrities to appear on the show and often had to appeal to personal favors. Then Nureyev actually approached Henson and asked if he could appear, and suddenly made that job a whole lot easier.

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* Rudolph Nureyev's appearance. During the show's first season, they had a lot of trouble getting celebrities to appear on the show and often had to appeal to personal favors. Then Nureyev actually approached Henson and asked if he could appear, and suddenly made that job a whole lot easier.easier.
* Candice Bergen plays a frontier wife whose husband keeps demanding she do various chores while he just sits by the fire. Suddenly she swaps her clothes for a girl power outfit and threatens him with a shotgun before shooting her way out the door.
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* When Kermit found out Miss Piggy planted a false story about them getting married in Vegas, [[BewareTheNiceOnes Kermit snaps at Piggy, and fires her.]] (Guest star Loretta Swit briefly took over Piggy's roles on Veterinarian's Hospital & Pigs In Space) Yeah, Piggy gets rehired in the end but still, after five seasons of having to put up crap from Piggy & the other assorted madness behind the scenes, seeing him getting pissed & yelling at the top of the lungs was a sight to behold.

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* When Kermit found out Miss Piggy planted a false story about them getting married in Vegas, [[BewareTheNiceOnes Kermit snaps at Piggy, and fires her.]] (Guest star Loretta Swit briefly took over Piggy's roles on Veterinarian's Hospital & Pigs In Space) Yeah, Piggy gets rehired in the end but still, after five seasons of having to put up crap from Piggy & the other assorted madness behind the scenes, seeing him getting pissed & yelling at the top of the lungs was a sight to behold.behold.
* Rudolph Nureyev's appearance. During the show's first season, they had a lot of trouble getting celebrities to appear on the show and often had to appeal to personal favors. Then Nureyev actually approached Henson and asked if he could appear, and suddenly made that job a whole lot easier.
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** Animal, the most manic Muppet ever, ''tires out'' and Buddy continues playing for an entire minute afterwards, to Animal's goggle-eyed shock.
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* Buddy Rich vs. Animal: [[http://youtu.be/n_BmeBfV-O4 Drum Battle of the Century!]]

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* Buddy Rich vs. Animal: [[http://youtu.be/n_BmeBfV-O4 Drum Battle of the Century!]]Century!]]
* When Kermit found out Miss Piggy planted a false story about them getting married in Vegas, [[BewareTheNiceOnes Kermit snaps at Piggy, and fires her.]] (Guest star Loretta Swit briefly took over Piggy's roles on Veterinarian's Hospital & Pigs In Space) Yeah, Piggy gets rehired in the end but still, after five seasons of having to put up crap from Piggy & the other assorted madness behind the scenes, seeing him getting pissed & yelling at the top of the lungs was a sight to behold.
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** Gonzo actually performed his trumpet ''correctly''.
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* Buddy Rich vs. Animal: [[http://youtu.be/n_BmeBfV-O4 Drum Battle of the Century!]]

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* Harry Belafonte singing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2TZhruT-Xs "Turn the World Around"]] on ''TheMuppetShow''.

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* Harry Belafonte singing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2TZhruT-Xs "Turn the World Around"]] on ''TheMuppetShow''. (And not just the song, but the unique mask-like Muppets were incredible too.)


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*** This performance was so beloved by Henson that Belafonte performed the song at his funeral.
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* In the fifth season episode with Marty Feldman, they had an awesome song "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight". During the song, a good number of ''SesameStreet'' characters come out and sing their theme with Fozzie and the others joining, then another verse of "Hot Time". To top it all off, the song featured Fozzie, Cookie Monster, Grover, and Bert singing. All of them are voiced by Frank Oz (and usually puppetered, althought that obviously wasn't a possibility for this). That meant Frank Oz had to sing at least a portion of the musical number four times. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWFWlzOR5YI&t=3m30s See it here.]]

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* In the fifth season episode with Marty Feldman, they had an awesome song "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight". During the song, a good number of ''SesameStreet'' characters come out and sing their theme with Fozzie and the others joining, then another verse of "Hot Time". To top it all off, the song featured Fozzie, Cookie Monster, Grover, and Bert singing. All of them are voiced by Frank Oz (and usually puppetered, althought although that obviously wasn't a possibility for this). That meant Frank Oz had to sing at least a portion of the musical number four times. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWFWlzOR5YI&t=3m30s See it here.]]
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* Harry Belafonte singing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2TZhruT-Xs "Turn the World Around"]] on ''TheMuppetShow''.
** How awesome was that song? Statler and Waldorf didn't even snark at it. Instead ''they joined in''.
* In the fifth season episode with Marty Feldman, they had an awesome song "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight". During the song, a good number of ''SesameStreet'' characters come out and sing their theme with Fozzie and the others joining, then another verse of "Hot Time". To top it all off, the song featured Fozzie, Cookie Monster, Grover, and Bert singing. All of them are voiced by Frank Oz (and usually puppetered, althought that obviously wasn't a possibility for this). That meant Frank Oz had to sing at least a portion of the musical number four times. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWFWlzOR5YI&t=3m30s See it here.]]

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