Harry Belafonte guest stars, bringing his music, and Fozzie tries his hand at being the show's scriptwriter.
Songs and Sketches
- "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", sung by Harry Belafonte and the Muppets.
- "Tea for Two", performed by Rowlf and Lew Zealand.
- Pigs in Space: Dr. Strangepork tests out his Dissolvatron.
- UK Spot: "Honeysuckle Rose", performed by Floyd and Zoot.
- A drum battle with Harry Belafonte and Animal.
- Muppet Sports: The blindfold sprint.
- "Turn the World Around", sung by Harry and African Mask Muppets.
This episode has examples of
- An Aesop:
- For a live show, it's not always best to strictly adhere to a script. Let life and comedy happen and flow naturally.
- "Turn the World Around" comes with the inspiring message for everyone to come together and realize we're all one people and can turn the world around if we join together.
- Comically Missing the Point: At one point, Fozzie gets his tie jammed in his typewriter. When he tells Rowlf that he's stuck, the dog assumes that Fozzie has writer's block.
- Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: In The Teaser, Harry tells Scooter that people are insulting him; he heard someone outside his dressing room say, "Crazy Harry's in there." Scooter is halfway through explaining that Crazy Harry refers to their resident Mad Bomber when he realizes what being in close proximity of Crazy Harry results in.
- "Freaky Friday" Flip: The Dissolvatron, when used on people (or Muppets, in this case), causes their minds to switch around. Then it starts affecting those who weren't zapped and the sketch goes Off the Rails.
- Harpo Does Something Funny: In-Universe. Fozzie's "script" for Rowlf and Lew Zealand's act reads, "Curtains open. Lew Zeeland and Rowlf do something funny. Curtains close."
- Man, I Feel Like a Woman: After Link and Miss Piggy swap bodies Link comments on how "cute" he is now. Miss Piggy yells at him, "Don't you dare touch you!"
- Name-Tron: The "Pigs in Space" sketch revolves around Dr Strangepork's new invention, the Dissolvatron.
- Out-of-Character Moment: Statler and Waldorf sing along to "Turn the World Around" at the end, rather than their snide, sarcastic heckling.
- Pet the Dog: Statler and Waldorf love the final number and refuse to heckle it. They also greatly enjoy "Day-O".
- Special Edition Title: Instead of the usual ending, the credits play over a continuation of "Turn the World Around". Statler and Waldorf even drop their usual heckling comments to join the cast in song.
- Voices Are Mental: When several characters switch bodies following a mishap with Dr. Strangepork's Dissolvatron, they all still have their original voices in their new bodies.
