Teresa Brewer guest stars, and Miss Piggy tries to lose weight.
Songs and Sketches
- "Cotton Fields"
- Pigs in Space: Out of Swill
- "Wild Thing"
- Gonzo's Act: Gonzo recites Shakespeare while hanging by his nose from a feather boa nine feet in the air
- At the Dance
- UK Spot: "Cheese Cake"
- Muppet Labs: Electric Nose Warmer
- "At the Hop"
- "Spinning Wheel"
- "Music Music Music"
This episode has examples of
- Anthropomorphic Food: Dr. Teeth sings "Cheese Cake", along with monsters and the cheesecake itself. At the end, the cheesecake flees from the monsters, who are joined by a diet-defying Miss Piggy.Monsters: Cheesecake! Mmmm! Oh, cheesecake!
Cheesecake: I'm getting out of here while the getting's good.
[Enter Miss Piggy, who sees the cheesecake and sets off in hot pursuit.] - Diet Episode: Upon hearing that Kermit is planning to cancel her ballet number due to her getting too fat for the costume, Piggy decides to go on a diet. Many of the following sketches have to do with food or exercise.
- I Have This Friend: Piggy uses this approach when she tries to ask Teresa Brewer for dieting tips.
- Out-of-Character Moment: Kermit is surprisingly mean to Piggy in this episode, making all kinds of snide remarks about her weight.
- Pie in the Face: Piggy rams Kermit face first into a cake after he makes a crack about her weight.
- Readings Blew Up the Scale: Literally! When Miss Piggy steps on a scale, it malfunctions.
- Swing Low, Sweet Harriet: Teresa attempts to do this during "Spinning Wheel", with Sweetums pushing her. Naturally, it goes completely wrong, with Sweetums getting knocked over or Teresa getting thrown off the swing.
- Waldorf: Well, they did it again!
Statler: Yeah, whatever it was.
