Funny / A Hippie in the House of Mouse

• During the 1984 ACC takeover, arbitrageur Ivan Boesky is one of the many who acquires Disney stock, and he starts calling Disney Chairman Ray Watson and CEO Ron Miller, only to get frequently ignored after several of them. But in one instance, Frank Oz is nearby and learns that "Piggy" (Boesky's Wall Street moniker) is on the line from Lucille Martin. After being explained the situation, Oz takes the call, as Miss Piggy. The resulting conversation is hilarious, and sends the room into hysterical laughter, especially with Oz's finishing statement:
  Frank Oz (speaking as Miss Piggy): Listen, pal, there’s only room for one "Piggy" in this outfit! And that’s moi. So, beat it! Hai-Yah! (Slams phone down)
• The post documenting Out of the Vault and Animaniacs gives one example of a gag in the former. In it, Kermit loses patience with Jim Henson and quits, removing himself from his right hand and walking off with Steve Whitmire, slamming the door behind them. Jim's hand asks, "Now what?" in Kermit's voice.
• As Jerry Falwell enters the WDW Convention Center during the Good Shepherd Group's proxy battle over Disney, Jerry Nelson uses the Devil Muppet to taunt him:
  Devil Muppet: Hey, Jerry! Keep up the great work! I appreciate what you’ve done for me all these years!
  Falwell: (annoyed) Get thee behind me!
  Devil Muppet: You kidding? I’ve been behind you this whole time, Jerry!
• When Card Walker retires as CEO and Chairman of the Board in 1983, Jim Henson is tasked with managing his "send-off", and in March 1983, with all the Disney Board of Directors and most of the employees looking on, Muppet versions of David Lazer and Bernie Brillstein (performed by Jim and Richard Hunt) appear and introduce "a fully accurate recreation of a typical meeting of the Disney Board of Directors", depicted by Muppet versions of the board members, namely Card Walker (performed by Frank Oz), Donn Tatum (performed by Jerry Nelson), Ron Miller (performed by Richard Hunt), Dick Nunis (performed by Caroll Spinney), Ray Watson (performed by Dave Goelz), Al Gottesman (performed by Brian Henson), Phil Hawley (performed by Steve Whitmire), Sam Williamson (performed by Kathryn Mullen), Roy Disney (performed by Karen Prell), Jim Henson (performed by himself) and Caroline Ahmanson (performed by Fran Brill). The resulting sketch has numerous of hilarious, running gags, including Caroline Ahmanson's ever-changing location and outfit (due to Ahmanson's frequent absences from the board and call-in attendances via her jet-setting ways), Ron's tendency to include football references in his speeches, Roy's raising his finger and opening his mouth, only to sit back in silence, Jim trying to introduce absolutely ridiculous ideas in a "hippie-dippy" voice, only for Card to slam a gravel and reject it with a flat "no".
  • Later, in 1995, Ron Miller retires as CEO, and is given a Muppets reenactment of his career, which is said to have made Card's retirement "look boring".