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* MesACrowd: Roy plays "Rocky Top", at first with members of Lubbock Lou and his Jughuggers, but gradually the band is replaced with clones of Roy playing the banjo, the mandolin, the electric guitar, the fiddle, and the trumpet. When Waldorf expresses amazement at Roy's cloning, Statler shows him how it's done.

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* MesACrowd: Roy plays "Rocky Top", at first with members of Lubbock Lou and his Jughuggers, but gradually the band is replaced with clones of Roy playing the banjo, the mandolin, the electric guitar, the fiddle, and the trumpet. When Waldorf expresses amazement at Roy's cloning, Statler shows him how it's done. Afterwards, Roy and a few of his clones pass by backstage and Floyd comments that Roy is a ''numerous'' person.
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* TheUnintelligible: When Kermit wants to know why there's smoke backstage, Fozzie has the Swedish Chef explain it to him, knowing that Kermit couldn't understand him.

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* TheUnintelligible: When Kermit wants to know why there's smoke backstage, Fozzie has the Swedish Chef explain it to him, knowing that Kermit couldn't can't understand him.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kermit claimed that Roy Clark being the guest star meant the show was "going country", as in, using a country western aesthetic. Fozzie thought he meant they were ''going'' to the country and sent the stagehands out ahead of time.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kermit claimed had said that Roy Clark being the guest star meant the show was "going country", as in, using a country western aesthetic. Fozzie thought he meant they were ''going'' to the country and had sent the stagehands out ahead of time.



'''Fozzie:''' ''[rushing out with a life preserver]'' Don't worry, I'll save you!\\
''[He rushes offscreen and comes back with the moaning chicken in the life ring.]''\\

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'''Fozzie:''' ''[rushing out onscreen with a life preserver]'' Don't worry, I'll save you!\\
''[He rushes hurries offscreen and comes back with the moaning chicken in the life ring.]''\\
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* MoodWhiplash: Fozzie starts freaking out because the theatre has caught fire! Cue the Swedish Chef bit, where Chef sings his opening jingle as if nothing is wrong.
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* SarcasticWellWishing: Fozzie does this to the firemen when they sing instead of putting out the fire.
-->''[Offscreen, a chicken is heard clucking pathetically.]''\\
'''Fozzie:''' ''[rushing out with a life preserver]'' Don't worry, I'll save you!\\
''[He rushes offscreen and comes back with the moaning chicken in the life ring.]''\\
'''Fozzie:''' ''[to the firemen]'' Are you proud of yourselves? You made this chicken a nervous wreck!
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* PoliceAreUseless: Or rather ''firemen'' are useless as instead of putting out the fire, [[SkewedPriorities they came to audition and sing]], forcing Fozzie to deal with the fire himself [[FunnyBackgroundEvent during the song]].

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* PoliceAreUseless: Or rather rather, ''firemen'' are useless as instead useless. Instead of putting out the fire, [[SkewedPriorities they came they've come to audition and sing]], forcing Fozzie to deal with the fire himself [[FunnyBackgroundEvent during the song]].

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* LiteralMetaphor: During the opening, Scooter tells someone in the rafters to kill a light. A second later, the sound of a machine gun is heard and one of the lights falls from above.



* TheUnintelligble: When Kermit wants to know why there's smoke backstage, Fozzie has the Swedish Chef explain it to him, knowing that Kermit couldn't understand him.

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* TheUnintelligble: TheUnintelligible: When Kermit wants to know why there's smoke backstage, Fozzie has the Swedish Chef explain it to him, knowing that Kermit couldn't understand him.
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* TheUnintelligble: When Kermit wants to know why there's smoke backstage, Fozzie has the Swedish Chef explain it to him, knowing that Kermit couldn't understand him.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Or rather ''firemen'' are useless as instead of putting out the fire, [[SkewedPriorities they came to audition and sing]], forcing Fozzie to deal with the fire himself [[FunnyBackgroundEvent during the song]].
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* PlankGag: Kermit narrowly avoids being hit in the head with a plank by Fozzie as he attempts to fix a hole in the stage. He then falls down the hole.

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* PlankGag: Kermit narrowly avoids being hit in the head with a plank by Fozzie as he the bear attempts to fix a hole in the stage. He then stage made by Gonzo's pogo stick. On top of that, Kermit falls down the hole.hole. He isn't too badly hurt, though—he's landed on Gonzo.
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* MesACrowd: Roy plays "Rocky Top", at first with members of Lubbock Lou and his Jughuggers, but gradually the band is replaced with clones of Roy playing the banjo, the mandolin, the fiddle, the electric guitar, and the trumpet. When Waldorf expresses amazement at Roy's cloning, Statler shows him how it's done.

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* MesACrowd: Roy plays "Rocky Top", at first with members of Lubbock Lou and his Jughuggers, but gradually the band is replaced with clones of Roy playing the banjo, the mandolin, the fiddle, the electric guitar, the fiddle, and the trumpet. When Waldorf expresses amazement at Roy's cloning, Statler shows him how it's done.
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* MesACrowd: Roy is somehow duplicated into four clones for the "Rocky Top" number, playing various instruments. When Waldorf expresses amazement, Statler shows him how it's done.

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* MesACrowd: Roy is somehow duplicated into four clones for the plays "Rocky Top" number, Top", at first with members of Lubbock Lou and his Jughuggers, but gradually the band is replaced with clones of Roy playing various instruments. the banjo, the mandolin, the fiddle, the electric guitar, and the trumpet. When Waldorf expresses amazement, amazement at Roy's cloning, Statler shows him how it's done.



--> '''Statler''': I thought for once the show really caught fire!\\
'''Waldorf''': I thought it burnt itself out, same as always.

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--> '''Statler''': '''Statler:''' I thought for once the show really caught fire!\\
'''Waldorf''': '''Waldorf:''' I thought it burnt itself out, same as always.
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* MesACrowd: Roy is somehow duplicated into five clones for the "Rocky Top" number, playing various instruments. When Waldorf expresses amazement, Statler shows him how it's done.

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* MesACrowd: Roy is somehow duplicated into five four clones for the "Rocky Top" number, playing various instruments. When Waldorf expresses amazement, Statler shows him how it's done.
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* LamePunReaction: Kermit's response to Roy's duck joke.
-->'''Roy:''' Uh, you have any soup to go with these quackers?\\
''[Kermit grimaces.]''\\
'''Roy:''' You know what kind of joke we call that in Virginia?\\
'''Kermit:''' Bad?
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kermit claimed that Roy Clark being the guest star meant the show was "Going country", as in, using a country western aesthetic. Fozzie thought he meant they were ''going'' to the country and sent the stagehands out ahead of time.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kermit claimed that Roy Clark being the guest star meant the show was "Going "going country", as in, using a country western aesthetic. Fozzie thought he meant they were ''going'' to the country and sent the stagehands out ahead of time.
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* MesACrowd: Roy is somehow duplicated into five clones for the "Rocky Top" number, playing different instruments. When Waldorf expresses amazement, Statler shows him how it's done.

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* MesACrowd: Roy is somehow duplicated into five clones for the "Rocky Top" number, playing different various instruments. When Waldorf expresses amazement, Statler shows him how it's done.
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* MesACrowd: Roy is somehow duplicated for the "Rocky Top" number. When Waldorf expresses amazement, Statler shows him how it's done.

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* MesACrowd: Roy is somehow duplicated into five clones for the "Rocky Top" number.number, playing different instruments. When Waldorf expresses amazement, Statler shows him how it's done.
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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Fozzie calls the fire department. When the firemen show up, they sing "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" instead of putting out the fire.
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--> '''Statler''': I thought for once the show really caught fire! ''[chuckles]''\\

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--> '''Statler''': I thought for once the show really caught fire! ''[chuckles]''\\fire!\\
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Roy Clark guest stars, and a misunderstanding on Fozzie's part leaves the show without stagehands. Now Fozzie must single-handily do the crew's work, and if anything else goes wrong, Fozzie will be fired. As luck would have it, the theater catches fire!

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Roy Clark guest stars, and a misunderstanding on Fozzie's part leaves the show without stagehands. Now Fozzie must single-handily singlehandedly do the crew's work, and if anything else goes wrong, Fozzie will be fired. As luck would have it, the theater catches fire!

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* Pigs in Space: Dr. Strangepork uses the parts from the toaster to fix the ''Swinetrek.''

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* Pigs in Space: Dr. Strangepork uses the parts from the toaster to fix the ''Swinetrek.''''Swinetrek''.



'''Fozzie:''' …the theater's on fire... [{{beat}}] ''The theater's on FIRE!?''

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'''Fozzie:''' …the '''Fozzie:''' ...the theater's on fire... [{{beat}}] ''The ''[{{beat}}] The theater's on FIRE!?''FIRE!?''
* IWantMyMommy: Link Hogthrob says this word for word while sucking his thumb after getting popped back out from who knows where by the malfunctioning control panel in the Pigs in Space sketch.



--> '''Statler''': I thought for once the show really caught fire! (''chuckles'')\\

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--> '''Statler''': I thought for once the show really caught fire! (''chuckles'')\\''[chuckles]''\\

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'''Waldorf''': I thought it burnt itself out, same as always.\\
(''Both chuckle'')

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'''Waldorf''': I thought it burnt itself out, same as always.\\
(''Both chuckle'')
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Roy Clark guest stars, and a misunderstanding on Fozzie's part leaves the show without stagehands. Now Fozzie must single-handily do the crew's work, a hard task made harder when a fire breaks out!

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Roy Clark guest stars, and a misunderstanding on Fozzie's part leaves the show without stagehands. Now Fozzie must single-handily do the crew's work, a hard task made harder when a fire breaks out!
and if anything else goes wrong, Fozzie will be fired. As luck would have it, the theater catches fire!
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* PlankGag: Kermit narrowly avoids being hit in the head with a plank by Fozzie as he attempts to fix a hole in the stage. He then falls down the hole.

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* PlankGag: Kermit narrowly avoids being hit in the head with a plank by Fozzie as he attempts to fix a hole in the stage. He then falls down the hole.hole.
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--> '''Statler''': I thought for once the show really caught fire! (''chuckles'')\\
'''Waldorf''': I thought it burnt itself out, same as always.\\
(''Both chuckle'')
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Fozzie's ComicallyMissingThePoint leaves the show without stagehands.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Fozzie's ComicallyMissingThePoint leaves the show without stagehands.stagehands.
* PlankGag: Kermit narrowly avoids being hit in the head with a plank by Fozzie as he attempts to fix a hole in the stage. He then falls down the hole.
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* DelayedReaction:
-->'''Fozzie:''' Still, [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong what could go wrong?]] I mean, the stage is set, the star has arrived, the audience is happy...\\
'''Scooter:''' The theater's on fire.\\
'''Fozzie:''' …the theater's on fire... [{{beat}}] ''The theater's on FIRE!?''
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Roy Clark guest stars, and a misunderstanding on Fozzie's part leaves the show without stagehands. Now Fozzie must single-handily do the crew's work, a hard task made harder when a fire breaks out!

!!Songs and Sketches

* "Rocky Top"
* Swedish Chef: Living dough
* Pigs in Space: Dr. Strangepork uses the parts from the toaster to fix the ''Swinetrek.''
* "Yesterday When I Was Young"
* UK Spot: "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire"
* Talk Spot: Kermit and Roy.
* Sketch: "At The-Barn-Dance"
* Gonzo's Act: Gonzo yodels "Rimsky-Korsakov" while riding on a motorized pogo-stick.
* "Sally Was a Good Old Girl"

!!This episode has examples of

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kermit claimed that Roy Clark being the guest star meant the show was "Going country", as in, using a country western aesthetic. Fozzie thought he meant they were ''going'' to the country and sent the stagehands out ahead of time.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Fozzie spends the episode desperately keeping Kermit unaware of the fire that's broken out.
* MesACrowd: Roy is somehow duplicated for the "Rocky Top" number. When Waldorf expresses amazement, Statler shows him how it's done.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Fozzie's ComicallyMissingThePoint leaves the show without stagehands.

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