

Newsman: “Well, actually, I am starting to feel Swedish… Smorgasbord! Stockholm! Ingmar Bergman! Meatball!” Gypsy Lady: “The boring and stupid type person!” Gypsy Lady: “There is one type person unaffected by the curse.” Newsman: “Not everyone on the show is turning Swedish! I for one have remained my normal self. The look on Alan Arkin’s face in the cold open after he sees that his milkshake is being made by the Swedish Chef shaking a cow.

Kermit pleads “There must be somebody stupid enough to go out there and face that audience.” Immediately, we hear Gonzo’s signature “whoosh” sound effect as the stupidest of all of them emerges from stage right.Īfter the “Jeepers Creepers” number the huge-eyed Muppet chorus girls come backstage and ask Kermit how he thought it went, and without missing a beat he responds “20/20.”Īs Fozzie tries to pull a rabbit out of his hat, he first summons a rabbi (“You was expecting the Pope, maybe?”) and a robot (“You were expecting the R2-D2, maybe?”).

Here are some of our notable picks in other categories from through the season…īunsen’s hand gets turned into a dog when he pulls it from a conveyor belt. Other characters who earned the MVM title once each: Then there was a tie between Fozzie (for the Shields & Yarnell and Jonathan Winters episodes), Gonzo (for the Victor Borge and Lola Falana episodes), and Scooter (for the Lynda Carter and Anne Murray episodes). That co-MVM was shared with Miss Piggy, who was also picked for the Carol Channing and John Denver episodes. Last season, it was Miss Piggy, but this season the decisive winner was Kermit the Frog, who was named MVM four times (for the Liza Minnelli, Kenny Rogers, Crystal Gayle, and Linda Lavin episodes), and co-MVM for the Andy Williams episode. This title goes to the Muppet who makes the greatest contribution to each episode.
