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* Madeline Kahn gets one in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiirjuMxzPc "Happy Woman Meets a Monster"]], itself a take on an equally-awesome ''Sesame Street'' sketch. Kahn plays a cheerful woman enjoying a sunny day in the park, only for Doglion, a monster, to repeatedly attempt to ruin her good mood. But no matter what Doglion throws at her, Kahn never loses her smile--he makes it start to pour, but she says the rain is refreshing; he tries to destroy all of the things she enjoys looking at in the park, but she always finds something else to praise. Then, when Kahn finally acknowledges Doglion, she ''congratulates'' him for being "the perfect example of beautiful awfulness" and working so hard to be mean and nasty. Her kindness proves an example of GoodHurtsEvil, as Doglion shrinks away to near-nothingness as she lays on the compliments--and as the icing on the cake, she gets a PreAsskickingOneLiner, showing that she [[GuileHero knew what she was doing all along.]]
-->'''Madeline Kahn''': Sometimes, you have to talk your troubles down to a size where you can handle them.
-->''(She whacks the now-tiny Doglion with her umbrella and continues on her merry way)''
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* Creator/BenVereen and his amazing performance of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVadsxGNWRs&ab_channel=MuppetSongs "Mr. Cellophane"]]

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* Creator/BenVereen Ben Vereen and his amazing performance of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVadsxGNWRs&ab_channel=MuppetSongs "Mr. Cellophane"]]
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* ''Creator/BenVereen'' and his amazing performance of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVadsxGNWRs&ab_channel=MuppetSongs "Mr. Cellophane"]]

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* ''Creator/BenVereen'' Creator/BenVereen and his amazing performance of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVadsxGNWRs&ab_channel=MuppetSongs "Mr. Cellophane"]]
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* ''Creator/BenVereen'' and his amazing performance of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVadsxGNWRs&ab_channel=MuppetSongs "Mr. Cellophane"]]
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** In the ending, the Beaker clones take over the orchestra and play all the instruments, as well as invade Statler and Waldorf's booth to give the final quip. To do that, they would have had to overpower and subdue at least ''eight'' different Muppets, one of whom is ''[[AxCrazy ANIMAL]]''. And yet, the Beaker clones pulled it off.
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** The icing on the cake? Kermit’s reaction: “He REALLY IS the Man of Steel!”

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** The icing on the cake? cake is Kermit’s reaction: “He REALLY IS the Man of Steel!”
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* Music/HarryBelafonte's "Turn the World Around." (And not just the song, but the unique mask-like Muppets were incredible too.)

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* Music/HarryBelafonte's Creator/HarryBelafonte's "Turn the World Around." (And not just the song, but the unique mask-like Muppets were incredible too.)
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* Harry Belafonte's "Turn the World Around." (And not just the song, but the unique mask-like Muppets were incredible too.)

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* Harry Belafonte's Music/HarryBelafonte's "Turn the World Around." (And not just the song, but the unique mask-like Muppets were incredible too.)
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGfx3QAV64M Something similar happened]] when Creator/MiltonBerle guest-starred, with the duo and Berle flinging insults back and forth. (One could see this as LaserGuidedKarma on Berle's part, as he was a notorious {{Jerkass}} and joke thief in real life.)
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* The Muppets manage to trick John Cleese into doing a musical finale, despite his protests.
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-->'''Miss Piggy:''' Put sum'n ''in it'', Rowlf!
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* After Milton Berle does a sincere and wonderful tribute to Vaudevile by performing "The Entertainer", Miss Piggy takes ''her'' turn at the song. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8SaXp30nSg And demonstrates why she's a star.]]
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** Perhaps the best part is that most versions of the song end with “Please don’t take my sunshine away.” The yellow creature’s version ends with “Do not take my sunshine away”, as if it’s telling the unconscious Hugga Wugga that messing with him was a bad idea.

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** Perhaps the best part is that most versions of the song end with “Please don’t take my sunshine away.” The yellow creature’s version ends with “Do not take my sunshine away”, as if it’s telling the unconscious Hugga Wugga that messing with him was a bad idea. When the two head backstage after the sketch, we see that Hugga Wugga is ''still'' out cold and George the Janitor has to carry him off.

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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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** 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. The ballerina pig was played by Royal Ballet dancer Graham Fletcher, who, later on in the series, would gain his own dancing character, the namesake Fletcher Bird.
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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!

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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.stunts (tap-dancing in a vat of oatmeal). 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!
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** The icing on the cake? Kermit’s reaction: “He REALLY IS the Man of Steel!”
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* Harry Belafonte singing "Earth Song (Turn the World Around)" on ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. (And not just the song, but the unique mask-like Muppets were incredible too.)

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* Harry Belafonte singing "Earth Song (Turn Belafonte's "Turn the World Around)" on ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. Around." (And not just the song, but the unique mask-like Muppets were incredible too.)
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* In Johnny Cash's episode, it's Scooter who manages to get rid of the obnoxious Big Tiny Tallsaddle by telling him his horse has a puncture, tricking the guy into leaving the theatre. While Scooter admits he panicked and thought up the first thing he could, it still ''[[CrazyEnoughToWork works]]''.
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* In the Roy Rodgers episode, Fozzie manages to trick the outlaw looking to shoot Sheriff Hogthrob into getting into a jail cell, then locking him in. All the more impressive since this is ''Fozzie'' we're talking about.

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* In the Roy Rodgers Rogers & Dale Evans episode, Fozzie manages to trick Bullets Barker, the outlaw looking to shoot Sheriff Hogthrob Link Hogthrob, into getting into a jail cell, then locking him in. All the more impressive since this is ''Fozzie'' we're talking about.
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* In the Roy Rodgers episode, Fozzie manages to trick the outlaw looking to shoot Sheriff Hogthrob into getting into a jail cell, then locking him in. All the more impressive since this is ''Fozzie'' we're talking about.
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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 Scribbler (a gossip column writer who, as Kermit says, will do anything for sensationalism, sensationalism) in truly epic fashion, using each question to segue into a joke.
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** Which crosses over into heartwarming: the Swine Lake number came about because the one thing he wanted to do more than ''anything'' (which is basically impossible because she usually doesn't have legs) was dance a duet with Miss Piggy.
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* In the Cloris Leachman episode the pigs take over the theater and lock Kermit, Fozzie, and Gonzo in the boiler room. Gonzo proudly displays a teaspoon that he plans to dig an escape tunnel with, which is played for laughs...but then he actually does it.
-->"FREEDOM IS MINE!"
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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 Creator/RichLittle 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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* Harry Belafonte singing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLqb64Pb9So "Turn the World Around"]] on ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. (And not just the song, but the unique mask-like Muppets were incredible too.)

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* Harry Belafonte singing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLqb64Pb9So "Turn "Earth Song (Turn the World Around"]] Around)" on ''Series/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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*** This performance was so beloved by Henson that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9Em3vVwsm0 Belafonte performed the song at his funeral.funeral]].
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-->'''Harry Belafonte:''' I discovered that song in Africa. I was in a country called Guinea. I went deep into the interior of the country, and in a little village, I met with a storyteller. That storyteller went way back in African tradition and African mythology and began to tell this story about the fire, the sun, the water, the Earth. He pointed out the whole of these things put together turns the world around. That all of us are here for a very, very short time. In that time that we’re here, there really isn’t any difference in any of us, if we take time out to understand each other. The question is: Do I know who you are, or who I am? Do we care about each other? Because if we do, together we can turn the world around.
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* In the Pearl Bailey episode, nothing could be more fierce than Pearlie Mae and Sgt. Floyd jamming backstage to a SWINGIN' cover of "In the Good Old Summertime."

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* In the Pearl Bailey episode, nothing could be more fierce than Pearlie Mae and Sgt. house bassist Floyd jamming backstage to a SWINGIN' cover of "In the Good Old Summertime."

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