Bruce Forsyth guest stars, while Fozzie tries to figure out how to deal with his hecklers, Statler and Waldorf.
Songs and Sketches
- "In a Little Spanish Town"
- "All I Need Is the Girl"
- At The Dance
- UK Spot: "I'm My Own Grandpa"
- Wayne and Wanda: "Trees"
- Fozzie's Comedy Act: "Side By Side"
- Veterinarian's Hospital: Duck!
- "Let There Be Love"
This episode has examples of
- Astonishingly Appropriate Interruption: Bruce starts to perform "All I Need Is the Girl", unaware of a giant bird that has just walked onstage behind him.Bruce: [singing] Got my striped tie.
Got my hopes high.
Got the time and the place and I got rhythm.
All I need's the girl to go with 'em.
If she'll
Just appear, we'll
Take this big...
[The music stops as he turns and sees the bird.]
Bruce: ...bird! [Beat] I must stop taking those pills. It'll go away in a minute... - Brick Joke: Near the start of the episode, a duck approaches Kermit and excitedly tells him that she finally has the punchline to her act down, the punchline being "Quack!" This act turns out to be Veterinarian's Hospital, the punchline being in response to Rowlf asking her what kind of doctor she thinks he is.
- Call-Back: For the closing act, Bruce sings "Let There Be Love"; when he gets to the line "Let there be birds to sing in the trees", he adds an aside specifying that he would prefer small birds, not like the giant birds that invaded his opening number, "All I Need Is the Girl".
- The Dog Bites Back: With Bruce's help, Fozzie is able to turn the geezers' heckling back at them.
- Duck!: In the Veterinarian's Hospital sketch, Rowlf keeps thinking the duck is a chicken. Whenever Rowlf calls her a chicken, she yells, "Duck!" This leads to Rowlf, Janice, and Piggy repeatedly ducking down, thinking something is going to fall. Finally, something does fall: a lamp, which lands on Rowlf's head.
- I Am Not Weasel: Rowlf keeps calling the duck a chicken, and she keeps telling him that she's a duck.
- Lame Comeback: Backstage, Fozzie tries to prepare for Statler and Waldorf's heckling by having Kermit heckle him so he can practice his comebacks. Kermit isn't impressed with Fozzie's attempts.Fozzie: Let's see... uh, you be the audience, and I'll tell a joke, and then you insult me... and then just watch my razor-sharp wit at work. Okay, you ready, huh? Huh?
Kermit: Uh, no.
Fozzie: Good. Okay. Here we go. I wouldn't say my wife can't cook, but last night she burned the water.
Kermit: Boo! Boo! That's terrible! Terrible! Get off the stage! You are the worst!
Fozzie: [groveling] Oh, please don't heckle me.
Kermit: Uh, Fozzie, is this an example of your razor-like wit?
Fozzie: Could still use a little sharpening, huh? - Shout-Out: When giant birds invade Bruce's "All I Need Is the Girl" number, Bruce starts calling out for "Mr. Hitchcock!"
- Won't Get Fooled Again: Subverted. The duck yells, "Duck!" twice, and then Miss Piggy yells it. Rowlf says he's not falling for that again, then immediately gets hit with a falling lamp.
