Bob Hope guest stars, or at least, he will if he can find time in his busy schedule. Meanwhile, Animal starts taking up different hobbies.
Songs and Sketches
- "Pig Calypso"
- "For What It's Worth"
- Muppet Newsflash: Fishing Season.
- The Swedish Chef: Pressed Duck.
- Muppet Newsflash: Opera Season.
- Beethoven's "Pathetique".
- UK Spot: "Long Long Ago" and other songs Medley.
- Muppet Labs: Automatic Wastebasket.
- "Nola"
- "Don't Fence Me In"
This episode has examples of
- Anvil on Head: The Swedish Chef presents an iron to make pressed duck. The duck escapes, steals the iron when the Chef is distracted, then drops it on his head, knocking him out.
- "Be Quiet!" Nudge: Kermit hurriedly shoves Gonzo out of the room when the latter spills the beans to Bob about the "lousy" cowboy sketch.
- The Cover Changes the Meaning: "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield goes from being about protests over Los Angeles' curfews to an anti-hunting message.
- Human Cannonball: How Bob returns from the cannonball agency.Bob: Eat your heart out, Concord.
- Left the Background Music On: In "Don't Fence Me In", Bob wonders where the background music is coming from if he and his horse are in the middle of the desert. Turns out there's a tape deck in the horse's saddle.
- Never Smile at a Crocodile: Inverted. Animal takes up alligator wrestling, and seems to be winning.
- Real Life Writes the Plot: According to Brian Henson, the subplot of Hope being too busy for the show was born of the difficulty the show makers had working around Bob's schedule.
- Self-Deprecation: A Hope specialty.Bob: Kermit, you just did my whole act!
Kermit: Yes, but without the jokes.
Bob: [looking at audience] That's my act.
- Waldorf: Hey, doesn't Hope usually sing "Thanks for the Memory"?
Statler: Why would he want to remember this?
