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Recap / Muppets Tonight S 2 E 8

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Arsenio Hall guest stars- at least, until he dies from Bobo's cold medicine. Now the Muppets need to cover up his demise and get a new guest star before anyone finds out.

Songs and sketches

  • Johnny Fiama's Past Playhouse
  • EIEIO-R
  • Tales From The Vet
  • The Real World Muppets
  • Boarshead Revisited
  • "I Hear You Knocking" Performed by Little Richard.

This episode has examples of

  • The Cameo: As the episode title indicates, this episode features cameos from many celebrities; Little Richard, Kathy Ireland, Christopher Darden, Jay Leno, Kevin Eubanks.
  • Did Not Think This Through: Bobo kills Arsenio Hall by giving him a standard dose of his cold medicine. As Bunsen Honeydew determines, a standard dose prescribed for 500-pound bears might be stronger than a human can handle.
  • Oh, Crap!: Clifford and Rizzo's understandable reaction when they meet Kermit's guest; Christopher Darden, one of the prosecutors from the O.J. Simpson trial, while they are trying to hide Arsenio Hall's body.
  • Sarcastic Confession: How Clifford and company hide the fact that they've killed their guest star and are trying to hide it; Playing it up as a joke.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: With nothing on stage and their guest star dead, Nigel has a meltdown and leaves. He then comes back after Zippity Zap takes control.

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