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* CoughGag: Gonzo's trumpet spews green smoke, which [[CaptainObvious he immediately points out]].
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* CoughGag: CouchGag: Gonzo's trumpet spews green smoke, which [[CaptainObvious he immediately points out]].
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* CoughGag: Gonzo's trumpet spews green smoke, which [[CaptainObvious he immediately points out]].
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-->'''Gonzo:''' ''[sing-song]'' You were listening...
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-->'''Gonzo:''' ''[sing-song]'' ''[MockingSingSong]'' You were listening...
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* HypocriticalHumor: Kermit tells Fozzie it's actually good to see competing acts and expose himself to what different performers bring to the table. The next act auditions to be the host the show, prompting current host Kermit to shout, "NEXT!" Fozzie is quick to highlight this bit of hypocrisy.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Kermit tells Fozzie it's actually good an enriching experience to see competing acts and expose himself to what different performers bring to the table. The next act auditions to be the host the show, prompting current host Kermit to shout, "NEXT!" Fozzie is quick to highlight this bit of hypocrisy.hypocrisy.
-->'''Fozzie:''' [[DeadpanSnarker It was really interesting to see how another emcee works.]]\\
'''Kermit:''' Oh, cool it.\\
'''Fozzie:''' Yeah, you ''really'' must feel enriched, Kermit.
-->'''Fozzie:''' [[DeadpanSnarker It was really interesting to see how another emcee works.]]\\
'''Kermit:''' Oh, cool it.\\
'''Fozzie:''' Yeah, you ''really'' must feel enriched, Kermit.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: Kermit opts to take a pass on Marvin Suggs's fruit and veg group, so Floyd says the Electric Mayhem have a job for them: dinner.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: When Kermit opens with a special announcement, Statler and Waldorf quip it'd be lucky if the show was cancelled. Kermit announces just that, prompting surprise from the elderly critics.
-->'''Statler:''' Have I died and gone to Heaven?
-->'''Statler:''' Have I died and gone to Heaven?
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* HypocriticalHumor: Kermit tells Fozzie it's actually good to see competing acts and expose himself to what different performers bring to the table. The next act auditions to be the host the show, prompting current host Kermit to shout, "NEXT!" Fozzie is quick to highlight this bit of hypocrisy.
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* SelfDeprecation: Halfway in, Kermit says he hasn't see any acts that are different from the usual fare, so he asks Scooter if there are any ''good'' acts.
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* RuleOfThree: Mary Louise trying to sing, before getting yanked off stage after the first verse. By the third, she knows what's in store for her, and is trembling with fear. Fear that proves justified when she is once more yanked away. This is also when we learn the identity of her abductor, and it's Miss Piggy, determined to be the only girl on the stage.
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* RuleOfThree: Mary Louise trying to sing, before getting yanked off stage after the first verse. By the third, she knows what's in store for her, and is trembling with fear.QuakingWithFear. Fear that proves justified when she is once more yanked away. This is also when we learn the identity of her abductor, and it's Miss Piggy, determined to be the only girl on the stage.
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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Since this, of course, is an audition night. Steve still gets to do a few acts here and there, though.
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* LaughTrack: This episode was supposed to dispense with the usual canned laughter, but the crew's real laughter (and Richard Hunt in particular) was so loud that pre-recorded laughter had to be added to balance things out.
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* LaughTrack: This episode was supposed to dispense with the usual canned laughter, but the crew's real laughter (and Richard Hunt Hunt's in particular) was so loud that pre-recorded laughter had to be added to balance things out.
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Animate Inanimate Object is when the object really is alive; As Long As It Sounds Foreign is when the words are just gibberish that sound like actual words in a different language; Monster Is A Mommy is when a seemingly aggressive creature is only later revealed to be a parent; merged trope with its duplicate on the main work page
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* AnimateInanimateObject: Gonzo's idea for a new act is dancing with a cheese. Not a Muppet cheese, just a regular block of cheese. Female, obviously, because dancing with a male cheese would be ''weird''.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign:
** The Zucchini Brothers speak in Italian accented gibberish.
** Likewise, Gonzo's Spanish cheese dancing act has him just yell out random Spanish words.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign:
** The Zucchini Brothers speak in Italian accented gibberish.
** Likewise, Gonzo's Spanish cheese dancing act has him just yell out random Spanish words.
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* AnimateInanimateObject: Gonzo's idea for a new act is dancing with a cheese. Not a Muppet cheese, just a regular block of cheese. Female, obviously, because dancing with a male cheese would be ''weird''.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign:
**AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The Zucchini Brothers speak in Italian accented gibberish.
** Likewise, Gonzo's Spanish cheese dancing act has him just yell out random Spanish words.Italian-accented gibberish.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign:
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** Likewise, Gonzo's Spanish cheese dancing act has him just yell out random Spanish words.
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* HopeSpot: Sam thinks Statler and Waldorf's act means the show can became more cultural. He's then told that Marvin Suggs and his singing food are next.
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* CompanionCube: Gonzo's idea for a new act is dancing with a cheese. Not a Muppet cheese, just a regular block of cheese. Female, obviously, because dancing with a male cheese would be ''weird''.
* HopeSpot: Sam thinks that Statler and Waldorf's act means that the show can became more cultural. He's then told that Marvin Suggs and his singing food are next.
* HopeSpot: Sam thinks that Statler and Waldorf's act means that the show can became more cultural. He's then told that Marvin Suggs and his singing food are next.
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* LaughTrack: This episode was supposed to dispense with the usual canned laughter, but the crew's real laughter (and Richard Hunt in particular) were so loud that pre-recorded laughter had to be added to balance things out.
* MonsterIsAMommy: After his balloon act, Steve Martin explains how he collects his balloons out in the wild by tricking their dumb parents. At that moment, a giant balloon appears and attacks him.
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Inverted. Kermit declares he's ''not'' listening to Gonzo pitching his newest ridiculous act, but Gonzo takes great glee in noting Kermit obviously was when he responds.
* MonsterIsAMommy: After his balloon act, Steve Martin explains how he collects his balloons out in the wild by tricking their dumb parents. At that moment, a giant balloon appears and attacks him.
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Inverted. Kermit declares he's ''not'' listening to Gonzo pitching his newest ridiculous act, but Gonzo takes great glee in noting Kermit obviously was when he responds.
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* LaughTrack: This episode was supposed to dispense with the usual canned laughter, but the crew's real laughter (and Richard Hunt in particular) were was so loud that pre-recorded laughter had to be added to balance things out.
* MonsterIsAMommy: After his balloon act, Steve Martin explains how he collects his balloons out in the wild by tricking their dumb parents. At that moment, a giant balloon appears and attacks him.
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Inverted. Kermit declares that he's ''not'' listening to Gonzo pitching his newest ridiculous act, but Gonzo takes great glee in noting that Kermit obviously was when he responds.
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* ReCut: The number with Gonzo and the dancing cheese was only shown in the UK and didn't air in North America until Creator/DisneyChannel reran it in the early 90s.
* RuleOfThree: Mary Louise trying to sing, before getting yanked off-stage after the first verse. By the third, she knows what's in store for her, and is trembling with fear. Fear that proves justified when she is once more yanked away.
* SimilarSquad: Baskerville the Hound does an act imitating everyone's favorite stand-up bear, right down to an off-key version of his introduction jingle, the hat, and "hiya-hiya-hiya". Fozzie does not approve. Kermit's insistence it doesn't mean anything is shot down when Lenny the Lizard takes the stage imitating ''Kermit''.
* RuleOfThree: Mary Louise trying to sing, before getting yanked off-stage after the first verse. By the third, she knows what's in store for her, and is trembling with fear. Fear that proves justified when she is once more yanked away.
* SimilarSquad: Baskerville the Hound does an act imitating everyone's favorite stand-up bear, right down to an off-key version of his introduction jingle, the hat, and "hiya-hiya-hiya". Fozzie does not approve. Kermit's insistence it doesn't mean anything is shot down when Lenny the Lizard takes the stage imitating ''Kermit''.
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* ReCut: The number with Gonzo and the dancing cheese was only shown in the UK and didn't air in North America until Creator/DisneyChannel reran it the episode in the early 90s.
* RuleOfThree: Mary Louise trying to sing, before getting yankedoff-stage off stage after the first verse. By the third, she knows what's in store for her, and is trembling with fear. Fear that proves justified when she is once more yanked away.
away. This is also when we learn the identity of her abductor, and it's Miss Piggy, determined to be the only girl on the stage.
* SimilarSquad: Baskerville the Hound does an act imitating everyone's favorite stand-up bear, right down to an off-key version of his introduction jingle, the hat, and "hiya-hiya-hiya". Fozzie does not approve. Kermit's insistence that it doesn't mean anything is shot down when Lenny the Lizard takes the stage imitating ''Kermit''.
* RuleOfThree: Mary Louise trying to sing, before getting yanked
* SimilarSquad: Baskerville the Hound does an act imitating everyone's favorite stand-up bear, right down to an off-key version of his introduction jingle, the hat, and "hiya-hiya-hiya". Fozzie does not approve. Kermit's insistence that it doesn't mean anything is shot down when Lenny the Lizard takes the stage imitating ''Kermit''.
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* VaudevilleHook: Used a few times, mostly by Miss Piggy at the expense of Mary Louise.
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* VaudevilleHook: Used a few times, mostly by Miss Piggy at the expense of Mary Louise.Louise so the former will stay the only female singer in the show.
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Creator/SteveMartin is supposed to guest star, but Kermit started the show in disappointment with the news he has found out, the show has been cancelled because he has misread the calendar. There was supposed to be an audition for new acts. He told the audience they are welcome to see the new act. Unfortunately there won't be any excitement. So, the audience left in disappointment. The rest of the episode is the auditions.
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Creator/SteveMartin is supposed to guest star, but Kermit started has misread the show in disappointment with the news he has found out, the calendar. The show has been cancelled because he has misread the calendar. There was supposed to be an audition tonight they're holding auditions for new acts. He told the audience they are welcome to see the new act. Unfortunately there won't be any excitement. So, the audience left in disappointment. The rest of the episode is the auditions.
acts.
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-->'''Gonzo:''' ''(sing-song)'' You were listening...
* PetTheDog: Marvin Suggs is far nicer to the fruit and veg than he ever is to his muppaphones.
* PetTheDog: Marvin Suggs is far nicer to the fruit and veg than he ever is to his muppaphones.
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-->'''Gonzo:''' ''(sing-song)'' ''[sing-song]'' You were listening...
* PetTheDog: Marvin Suggs is far nicer to the fruit and veg than he ever is tohis muppaphones.the Muppaphones.
* PetTheDog: Marvin Suggs is far nicer to the fruit and veg than he ever is to
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* RuleOfThree: Mary Louise trying to sink, before getting yanked off-stage after the first verse. By the third, she knows what's in store for her, and is trembling with fear. Fear that proves justified when she is once more yanked away.
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* RuleOfThree: Mary Louise trying to sink, sing, before getting yanked off-stage after the first verse. By the third, she knows what's in store for her, and is trembling with fear. Fear that proves justified when she is once more yanked away.
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Steven Martin is supposed to guest star, but Kermit started the show in disappointment with the news he has found out, the show has been cancelled because he has misread the calendar. There was supposed to be an audition for new acts. He told the audience they are welcome to see the new act. Unfortunately there won't be any excitement. So, the audience left in disappointment. The rest of the episode is the auditions.
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* AnimateInanimateObject: Gonzo's idea for a new act is dancing with a cheese. Not a Muppet cheese, just a regular block of cheese. Female, obviously, because dancing with a male cheese would be ''weird''.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign:
** The Zucchini Brothers speak in Italian accented gibberish.
** Likewise, Gonzo's Spanish cheese dancing act has him just yell out random Spanish words.
* BluntNo: When Gonzo asks Kermit to give his new idea a chance, Kermit's response is an immediate "no".
* BuffySpeak: The Zucchini Brothers use a lot of this, such as the "boomba-boomba" (the cannon).
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign:
** The Zucchini Brothers speak in Italian accented gibberish.
** Likewise, Gonzo's Spanish cheese dancing act has him just yell out random Spanish words.
* BluntNo: When Gonzo asks Kermit to give his new idea a chance, Kermit's response is an immediate "no".
* BuffySpeak: The Zucchini Brothers use a lot of this, such as the "boomba-boomba" (the cannon).
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* MonsterIsAMommy: After his balloon act, Steve Martin explains how he collects his balloons out in the wild. At that moment, a giant balloon appears and attacks him.
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* MonsterIsAMommy: After his balloon act, Steve Martin explains how he collects his balloons out in the wild. wild by tricking their dumb parents. At that moment, a giant balloon appears and attacks him.him.
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Inverted. Kermit declares he's ''not'' listening to Gonzo pitching his newest ridiculous act, but Gonzo takes great glee in noting Kermit obviously was when he responds.
-->'''Gonzo:''' ''(sing-song)'' You were listening...
* PetTheDog: Marvin Suggs is far nicer to the fruit and veg than he ever is to his muppaphones.
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Inverted. Kermit declares he's ''not'' listening to Gonzo pitching his newest ridiculous act, but Gonzo takes great glee in noting Kermit obviously was when he responds.
-->'''Gonzo:''' ''(sing-song)'' You were listening...
* PetTheDog: Marvin Suggs is far nicer to the fruit and veg than he ever is to his muppaphones.
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* RuleOfThree: Mary Louise trying to sink, before getting yanked off-stage after the first verse. By the third, she knows what's in store for her, and is trembling with fear. Fear that proves justified when she is once more yanked away.
* SimilarSquad: Baskerville the Hound does an act imitating everyone's favorite stand-up bear, right down to an off-key version of his introduction jingle, the hat, and "hiya-hiya-hiya". Fozzie does not approve. Kermit's insistence it doesn't mean anything is shot down when Lenny the Lizard takes the stage imitating ''Kermit''.
* SimilarSquad: Baskerville the Hound does an act imitating everyone's favorite stand-up bear, right down to an off-key version of his introduction jingle, the hat, and "hiya-hiya-hiya". Fozzie does not approve. Kermit's insistence it doesn't mean anything is shot down when Lenny the Lizard takes the stage imitating ''Kermit''.
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* TerritorialSmurfette: Miss Piggy turns out to be sabotaging Mary Louise because she refuses to let any other singing female anythings on the show.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Due to Kermit not reading his calendar, he cancels the show because he is auditioning new acts. As a result, this is the only episode not to have a LaughTrack, with the exception of the beginning. The only laughter heard is from the puppeteers.
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'''Together:''' But different.
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'''Together:''' But different (''laugh'')
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'''Together:''' But different (''laugh'')different.
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* VaudevilleHook: Used a few times, mostly by Miss Piggy at the expense of Mary Louise.
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* VaudevilleHook: Used a few times, mostly by Miss Piggy at the expense of Mary Louise.Louise.
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--> '''Statler:''' Well, ''that'' was different.\\
'''Waldorf:''' Yep. Lousy...\\
'''Together:''' But different (''laugh'')
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--> '''Statler:''' Well, ''that'' was different.\\
'''Waldorf:''' Yep. Lousy...\\
'''Together:''' But different (''laugh'')
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* MonsterIsAMommy: After his balloon act, Steve Martin explains how he collects his balloons out in the wild. At that moment, a giant balloon appears and attacks him.
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* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: While Statler and Waldorf dance onstage, Fozzie is heckling them from the balcony.
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Kermit started the show in disappointment with the news he has found out, the show has been cancelled because he has misread the calendar. There was supposed to be an audition for new acts. He told the audience they are welcome to see the new act. Unfortunately there won't be any excitement. So, the audience left in disappointment.
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Steven Martin is supposed to guest star, but Kermit started the show in disappointment with the news he has found out, the show has been cancelled because he has misread the calendar. There was supposed to be an audition for new acts. He told the audience they are welcome to see the new act. Unfortunately there won't be any excitement. So, the audience left in disappointment.
disappointment. The rest of the episode is the auditions.
!!Songs and Sketches
* "Garbage Can-Can"
* "Swanee Ribbit"
* Balloon Guy
* "Tie A Yellow Ribbit 'Round the Old Oak Tree"
* Baskerville the Hound and Lenny the Lizard audition.
* The Fazoobs
* UK Spot: Gonzales and Yolanda.
* "Old Man Ribbit"
* Rambling Guy
* "The Varsity Drag"
* "Yes We Have No Bananas"
* Juggling Guy
* The Zucchini Brothers' human cannonball act.
* Dueling Banjos
!!Songs and Sketches
* "Garbage Can-Can"
* "Swanee Ribbit"
* Balloon Guy
* "Tie A Yellow Ribbit 'Round the Old Oak Tree"
* Baskerville the Hound and Lenny the Lizard audition.
* The Fazoobs
* UK Spot: Gonzales and Yolanda.
* "Old Man Ribbit"
* Rambling Guy
* "The Varsity Drag"
* "Yes We Have No Bananas"
* Juggling Guy
* The Zucchini Brothers' human cannonball act.
* Dueling Banjos
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* HopeSpot: Sam thinks Statler and Waldorf's act means the show can became more cultural. He's then told that Marvin Suggs and his singing food are next.
-->'''Sam:''' For one brief moment, there was light at the end of the tunnel.
-->'''Sam:''' For one brief moment, there was light at the end of the tunnel.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Due to Kermit not reading his calendar, he cancels the show because he is auditioning new acts. As a result, this is the only episode not to have a LaughTrack, with the exception of the beginning. The only laughter heard is from the puppeteers.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Due to Kermit not reading his calendar, he cancels the show because he is auditioning new acts. As a result, this is the only episode not to have a LaughTrack, with the exception of the beginning. The only laughter heard is from the puppeteers.puppeteers.
* VaudevilleHook: Used a few times, mostly by Miss Piggy at the expense of Mary Louise.
* VaudevilleHook: Used a few times, mostly by Miss Piggy at the expense of Mary Louise.
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* ReCut: The number with Gonzo and the dancing cheese was only shown in the UK and didn't air in North America until Creator/DisneyChannel reran it in the early 90s.
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* ReCut: The number with Gonzo and the dancing cheese was only shown in the UK and didn't air in North America until Creator/DisneyChannel reran it in the early 90s.90s.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Due to Kermit not reading his calendar, he cancels the show because he is auditioning new acts. As a result, this is the only episode not to have a LaughTrack, with the exception of the beginning. The only laughter heard is from the puppeteers.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Due to Kermit not reading his calendar, he cancels the show because he is auditioning new acts. As a result, this is the only episode not to have a LaughTrack, with the exception of the beginning. The only laughter heard is from the puppeteers.
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Kermit started the show in disappointment with the news he has found out, The show has been cancelled because he has misread the calendar. There was supposed to be an audition for new acts. He told the audience they are welcome to see the new act. Unfortunately there won't be any excitement. So, The audience left in disappointment.
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Kermit started the show in disappointment with the news he has found out, The the show has been cancelled because he has misread the calendar. There was supposed to be an audition for new acts. He told the audience they are welcome to see the new act. Unfortunately there won't be any excitement. So, The the audience left in disappointment.
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* ReEdits: The number with Gonzo and the dancing cheese was only shown in the UK and didn't air in North America until Creator/DisneyChannel reran it in the early 90s.
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* ReEdits: ReCut: The number with Gonzo and the dancing cheese was only shown in the UK and didn't air in North America until Creator/DisneyChannel reran it in the early 90s.
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* ReEdit: The number with Gonzo and the dancing cheese was only shown in the UK and didn't air in North America until Creator/DisneyChannel reran it in the early 90s.
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* ReEdit: ReEdits: The number with Gonzo and the dancing cheese was only shown in the UK and didn't air in North America until Creator/DisneyChannel reran it in the early 90s.
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Kermit started the show in disappointment with the news he has found out, The show has been cancelled because he has misread the calendar. There was supposed to be an audition for new acts. He told the audience they are welcome to see the new act. Unfortunately there won't be any excitement. So, The audience left in disappointment.
!! This episode provides the example of:
* ReEdit: The number with Gonzo and the dancing cheese was only shown in the UK and didn't air in North America until Creator/DisneyChannel reran it in the early 90s.
!! This episode provides the example of:
* ReEdit: The number with Gonzo and the dancing cheese was only shown in the UK and didn't air in North America until Creator/DisneyChannel reran it in the early 90s.
