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[KNOCKING]
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Beverly Sills.
Fifteen seconds to curtain, Beverly.
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Thank you, Scooter.
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[OPERATICALLY]
♪ I'm just warming up my voice ♪
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Wow. What a note!
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Oh, that's nothing.
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♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah ♪
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My glasses!
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Don't worry, dear.
I have a deal with an optician.
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It's The Muppet Show,
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with our very special guest star,
Beverly Sills.
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[CHEERING]
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[BAND PLAYING THEME MUSIC]
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♪ It's time to play the music ♪
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♪ It's time to light the lights ♪
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♪ It's time to get things started ♪
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♪ Why don't you get things started? ♪
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Hey, where'd this lobster come from?
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Newburg.
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♪ It's time to get things started
On the most sensational, inspirational ♪
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♪ Celebrational, Muppetational ♪
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♪ This is what we call ♪
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♪ The Muppet Show ♪
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[HONKS]
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I play by ear.
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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Thank you, thank you, hi-ho,
and welcome to another one.
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Tonight's guest star, believe it or not,
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is one of the great stars of opera,
Miss Beverly Sills.
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But first, an opening number.
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Oh, no. I can't take any more
of your opening numbers.
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What's wrong with them?
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They're so weird.
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Yeah, what do you have tonight?
A Chinese gorilla dancing ballet?
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[BOTH LAUGH]
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Uh, cancel the opening number.
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[SPEAKING IN MOCK CHINESE]
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Listen, I'm tired of all this criticism.
What would you do for an opening number?
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Funny you should ask.
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Yes, we do have some ideas about that.
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♪ We have a secret recipe ♪
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That's true.
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♪ Concocted with much skill ♪
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Yes.
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♪ And once you've tried our special dish ♪
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That's right.
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♪ You'll never get your fill ♪
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BOTH: ♪ Take ten terrific girls
But only nine costumes ♪
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♪ And you're cooking up something grand ♪
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[LAUGHS]
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♪ Mix in some amber lights ♪
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Yes.
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♪ And elegant scenery ♪
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♪ Then stir in a fine jazz band ♪
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♪ Then add some funny men ♪
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Ho, ho!
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♪ And pepper with laughter ♪
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♪ It's tart and tasty, I know ♪
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BOTH: ♪ Then serve it piping hot
And what have you got? ♪
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♪ A burlesque show ♪
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[DANCER WHISTLES]
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Come on, it's time for our number.
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[ALL CHATTERING]
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Okay, girls, move it. Heh-heh-heh.
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Move it.
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Come on, Beaker, lift and push.
Only three bars to go. Hurry.
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[BEAKER WHIMPERING]
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Yeah, nice, nice.
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What's going on?
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Come on, kid, move it, move it.
We'll show you how it's done. Hey, up top!
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All right, everybody ready?
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You, fly in that backdrop.
Fly in the backdrop.
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Okay, okay, raise the curtain,
raise the curtain.
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-Okay, curtain going up.
-Quiet!
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[BAND PLAYING UPBEAT BURLESQUE MUSIC]
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ALL: ♪ Take ten terrific girls
But only nine costumes ♪
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♪ And you're cooking up something grand ♪
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♪ Mix in some amber lights ♪
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♪ And elegant scenery ♪
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♪ Then stir in a fine jazz band ♪
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♪ Then add some funnymen ♪
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♪ And pepper with laughter ♪
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CHORUS:
♪ It's tart and tasty, I know ♪
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Tell me, Mr. Waldorf,
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what do you get when you pour
boiling water down a rabbit hole?
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I don't know, Mr. Statler.
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What do you get when you pour
boiling water down a rabbit hole?
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Hot cross bunnies.
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[BOTH LAUGH]
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FOZZIE:
Boo!
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Hiss! Get off the stage!
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Tell me, Mr. Statler, why do bees hum?
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I don't know, Mr. Waldorf.
Why do bees hum?
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Because they don't know the words.
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[BOTH LAUGH]
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No good! Not funny!
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-What do you know?
-Yeah!
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Bring on the bear!
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ALL: ♪ Then serve it piping hot
And what have you got? ♪
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♪ A burlesque ♪
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CHORUS: ♪ Show ♪
STATLER & WALDORF: ♪ Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah ♪
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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WALDORF: Wonderful, wonderful!
-Bravo! Yeah, that's the way!
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Now, why can't they do numbers like that?
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We just did.
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Oh.
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Yeah, so you did.
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Yeah. Wasn't very good after all.
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-No. Boo! Terrible!
-Boo!
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Okay, come on, that was wonderful.
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-That was very nice.
FOZZIE: Terrific. Wasn't it great, Kermit?
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-Mm-hm. It was. It was lovely.
-Yoo-hoo!
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-Hey, Kermit, Kermit.
-Yeah, Scooter?
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Somebody outside was trying to break
the combination lock on your bicycle.
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But I stopped him.
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Oh, good. What did you do?
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I told him the combination.
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-Oh, no! Fozzie?
-Huh?
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Would you introduce the next act?
I'll be right back.
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Kermit, I can't. I don't know how--
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Oh, boy. Uh, okay, Scooter, who's on next?
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Oh, Beverly Sills.
You know who she is, don't you?
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Scooter. You don't have to tell me
about Beverly Sills.
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She is a legend in music.
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Oh, boy.
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Boy, Fozzie even knows
about opera singers.
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Ahem. Uh, Kermit has asked me
to introduce tonight's guest star.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
one of the truly great singers
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of country and western music,
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the Queen of Nashville,
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here she is, Miss Bev Sills.
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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[BAND PLAYING UPBEAT COUNTRY MUSIC]
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May I have some music for this aria?
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Ah, yep, here you go, Bev.
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[OPERATICALLY]
♪ When it's roundup time in Texas ♪
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♪ And the bloom is on the sage ♪
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♪ Then I long to be in Texas ♪
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♪ Back a-riding on the range ♪
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♪ Just to smell the bacon frying ♪
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♪ When it's sizzling in the pan ♪
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♪ Hear the breakfast horn
In the early morn ♪
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♪ Drinking coffee from a can ♪
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♪ Just a-riding, rocking, roping ♪
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♪ Pounding leather all day long ♪
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♪ Just a-swaying, sweating, swearing ♪
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♪ Listen to a cowhand's song ♪
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♪ How it beckons, and I reckon ♪
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♪ I would work for any wage ♪
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♪ To be free again, just to be again ♪
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♪ When the bloom is on the sage ♪
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I wanna talk to that bear.
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That's you, Fozzie. Go in.
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-But, Scooter, I...
-Go on, go on.
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[STAMMERING]
Uh, yeah, hi, Bev.
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Now, listen,
I am Beverly Sills the opera singer.
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Oh. That Beverly Sills.
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-Yeah.
-Wow.
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Well, what are we going to do about it?
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I'll ask Kermit.
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-Wait a minute.
-Wha...?
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What am I supposed to do out here
all by myself while you do that?
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Well, I... You, uh, wouldn't know
how to tap-dance, would you?
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Well, as a matter of fact,
I do know how to tap-dance.
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Knock them dead.
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Maestro.
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[BAND PLAYING UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC]
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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You did what?! Aah!
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Please don't yell at me.
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Uh, Beverly, I'm terribly sorry.
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You don't have to sing country music
or tap-dance.
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Don't stop me now, honey.
I'm just getting the hang of it.
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[BAND PLAYING UPBEAT COUNTRY MUSIC]
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[OPERATICALLY]
♪ Just a-riding, rocking, roping ♪
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♪ Pounding leather all day long ♪
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♪ Just a-skidding, sweating, swearing ♪
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♪ Listen to a cowhand's song ♪
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ALL:
♪ How it beckons, and I reckon ♪
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♪ I would work for any wage ♪
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♪ To be free again ♪
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[TAP-DANCING]
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BAND:
♪ Just to be again ♪
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ALL:
♪ When the bloom is on the ♪
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[SINGING TRILL]
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ALL:
♪ The sage ♪
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
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Now, that's talent.
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An opera singer who tap-dances
and sings cowboy songs.
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I wonder if there's anything
she isn't good at.
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Yes. Choosing what show to be on.
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[BOTH LAUGH]
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Gee, Miss Sills seemed to have a lot
of fun in that number.
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Yeah, I think so. It was a change for her.
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We're doing an opera piece
later in the show.
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Oh, I know.
Guess who wants to be in it with her?
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[OPERATICALLY]
♪ Me, me, me, me, me, me, me ♪
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Oh.
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♪ Me, me, me, me, me, me ♪
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♪ Oh, hello, Kermit
I didn't know you were there ♪
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Uh, hello, Miss Piggy.
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♪ How is the show going? ♪
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Uh, Piggy, please,
if you're thinking about that opera piece,
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as far as I'm concerned,
you are in the opera number.
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I am? Oh, Kermie, what a surprise.
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But it's not up to me,
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because Beverly Sills
is holding some auditions a little later.
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Well, uh, dear, I am not worried.
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I just hope we're doing something
suitable for my talents.
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Piggy, you're gonna love it.
It's called Pigoletto.
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♪ Pigoletto ♪
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♪ Oh, thank you, Kermit ♪
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♪ You're very welcome ♪
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NEWSMAN:
Here's a Muppet News Flash.
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Soprano Beverly Sills
withdrew her announced plans
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to retire from the operatic stage.
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"I'll be singing opera
until the cows come home,"
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she said today in a--
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[COWS MOO AND NEWSMAN YELLS]
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Beverly, I wanna thank you
for having this meeting with me.
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Oh, that's all right.
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What's this important matter
you want to talk to me about?
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Well, ahh, I have created a new art form.
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Really?
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Yes. This will rank
with the creation of the first opera.
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It's a cultural breakthrough.
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Well, what is it?
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Spoon hanging.
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Spoon hanging?
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Yes. Look, let me show you how it's done.
Here, take a spoon.
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Okay, now, where do we hang it?
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A-ha, that's the cultural part.
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Now, do you swear that Beverly Sills
is in this dressing room?
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-Uh, cross my heart, Sam.
-Oh!
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-The Beverly Sills?
-Mm-hm.
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World-famous soprano
and director of the New York City Opera?
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The very one.
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Oh, I must go in and worship at her feet.
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Miss Sills,
I want you to know what a thrill--
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What's the matter? Don't you like art?
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[YELLING]
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Poor fellow. He's obviously a lowbrow.
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[BAND PLAYING DRAMATIC CLASSICAL MUSIC]
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[SINGING GIBBERISH OPERATICALLY]
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[SINGING GIBBERISH OPERATICALLY]
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[BOTH SINGING GIBBERISH]
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[CREATURE WHISTLING]
248
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[SINGING GIBBERISH]
249
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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
250
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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
251
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Come in.
252
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-Ahem. Miss Sills.
-Oh, hello, Miss Piggy.
253
00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:55,205
Hello. May I call you Beverly?
254
00:15:55,288 --> 00:15:56,748
Of course. And I'll call you--
255
00:15:56,831 --> 00:15:58,833
Miss Piggy will do just fine.
256
00:15:58,917 --> 00:16:00,585
Oh. Yes, of course.
257
00:16:00,669 --> 00:16:02,629
-Um...
-What can I do for you, Miss Piggy?
258
00:16:02,712 --> 00:16:07,342
Well, Kermie told me
that, uh, you were doing an opera?
259
00:16:07,425 --> 00:16:10,220
We are.
We're doing an opera called Pigoletto.
260
00:16:10,303 --> 00:16:12,806
-Yes, and--
-And I bet I know why you're here.
261
00:16:12,889 --> 00:16:15,809
Well, I am a, uh, ahem, pig.
262
00:16:15,892 --> 00:16:19,020
Yes, and I know you want to audition
for the opera.
263
00:16:19,104 --> 00:16:21,690
Oh! Yes. How did you guess?
264
00:16:21,773 --> 00:16:23,566
Oh, honey,
they're coming out of the woodwork.
265
00:16:23,650 --> 00:16:26,152
[PIGS SINGING OPERA MUSIC IN ITALIAN]
266
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Um...
267
00:16:30,281 --> 00:16:32,617
You see what I mean? I hate auditions.
268
00:16:32,701 --> 00:16:35,787
Yes, I can understand what you mean.
It must be difficult.
269
00:16:35,870 --> 00:16:40,166
It is. There are so many talented singers.
It's hard for me to say no.
270
00:16:40,250 --> 00:16:42,210
I'm glad you said that.
271
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[OPERATICALLY]
♪ La, la, la-la-la ♪
272
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But in your case,
I'll be glad to make an exception.
273
00:16:47,674 --> 00:16:50,093
[PIGS CONTINUE SINGING]
274
00:16:50,176 --> 00:16:53,388
Is this where you're having auditions
for the basketball team?
275
00:16:53,471 --> 00:16:56,725
Well, why not? Might just as well.
276
00:17:00,395 --> 00:17:01,604
It's going up and down--
277
00:17:01,688 --> 00:17:03,064
[DYNAMITE EXPLODES]
278
00:17:05,316 --> 00:17:07,694
Okay, okay.
279
00:17:07,777 --> 00:17:09,696
You can all be in Pigoletto.
280
00:17:09,779 --> 00:17:12,032
[PIGS CHEERING]
281
00:17:13,658 --> 00:17:16,369
Bev-- Would you please--? Bev.
282
00:17:16,453 --> 00:17:19,205
Beverly, shall I keep my tambourine?
283
00:17:19,289 --> 00:17:21,583
Oh, absolutely, Miss Piggy.
284
00:17:21,666 --> 00:17:24,502
Why, you play that tambourine
almost as well as you sing.
285
00:17:24,586 --> 00:17:26,004
[GASPS]
286
00:17:26,087 --> 00:17:28,089
Ah! Thank you. Oh!
287
00:17:30,925 --> 00:17:32,719
[ANIMALS CLAMORING]
288
00:17:32,802 --> 00:17:34,512
Hey, hey, wait, what's going--?
289
00:17:34,596 --> 00:17:37,390
Hold it, wait a minute.
What's going on here?
290
00:17:37,474 --> 00:17:40,393
We're angry
because you're doing Pigoletto tonight.
291
00:17:40,477 --> 00:17:41,686
What's wrong with that?
292
00:17:41,770 --> 00:17:44,105
Well, there's an opera for us cows.
293
00:17:44,189 --> 00:17:45,273
What's that?
294
00:17:45,357 --> 00:17:46,733
Madame Buttermilk.
295
00:17:46,816 --> 00:17:48,360
Yeah, yeah.
296
00:17:48,443 --> 00:17:51,321
-Hey, there's one for us goats too.
-Hmm?
297
00:17:51,404 --> 00:17:53,782
-Goatterdämmerung.
-Yeah.
298
00:17:53,865 --> 00:17:55,992
-Watch your language.
-Bah.
299
00:17:56,076 --> 00:17:58,495
And there's even an opera
for us otters too.
300
00:17:58,578 --> 00:17:59,621
What's that?
301
00:17:59,704 --> 00:18:02,040
La Traviotter.
302
00:18:02,123 --> 00:18:04,834
That's enough.
Back to your dressing rooms.
303
00:18:04,918 --> 00:18:09,172
Get out of here. Go on, go on, go on.
Scram, scram, scram. Whew.
304
00:18:09,255 --> 00:18:10,840
-Uncle Kermit?
-Yeah?
305
00:18:10,924 --> 00:18:14,010
There's an opera
for little frogs like me too.
306
00:18:14,094 --> 00:18:15,428
Really?
307
00:18:15,512 --> 00:18:17,055
Low 'n' Green.
308
00:18:18,473 --> 00:18:23,019
Robin, you're as bad as they are.
Now get out of here. Mm.
309
00:18:23,103 --> 00:18:24,729
Low 'n' Green.
310
00:18:24,813 --> 00:18:27,565
Gee, I could play the lead
if I scrunched down.
311
00:18:29,025 --> 00:18:30,902
♪ Mi, mi, mi, mi, mi, mi ♪
312
00:18:34,406 --> 00:18:37,784
SAM:
Welcome to Muppet University.
313
00:18:40,662 --> 00:18:42,122
Hello.
314
00:18:42,205 --> 00:18:47,043
Today's lecture
will be on microscopic life forms.
315
00:18:47,127 --> 00:18:50,714
Underneath this
terribly expensive scientific...
316
00:18:51,756 --> 00:18:53,341
doohickey, ahem,
317
00:18:53,425 --> 00:18:57,095
is a single drop of pond water.
318
00:18:58,054 --> 00:18:59,681
A-ha!
319
00:18:59,764 --> 00:19:05,937
Leaving frivolity behind, let us now
explore the world of the water drop.
320
00:19:06,021 --> 00:19:07,897
Lights, please.
321
00:19:07,981 --> 00:19:11,818
Ah, what wonders await our eyes?
322
00:19:11,901 --> 00:19:13,987
[BAND PLAYING MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
323
00:19:15,405 --> 00:19:18,825
Hi-ho, Kermit the Protozoa here,
324
00:19:18,908 --> 00:19:21,161
and what a show we have for you.
325
00:19:21,244 --> 00:19:25,665
And now to kick things off, here he is,
the king of the single-celled comics,
326
00:19:25,749 --> 00:19:29,252
Fozzie Amoeba! Yay!
327
00:19:30,837 --> 00:19:35,050
Hey, hey, hey. A funny thing happened
to me on the way to the microscope.
328
00:19:35,133 --> 00:19:39,346
This blob came up to me and said,
"I haven't had a disease in weeks."
329
00:19:39,429 --> 00:19:41,473
So I bit him. Ah!
330
00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:45,643
[SAM GROANS]
331
00:19:47,896 --> 00:19:51,191
Class dismissed. Ugh.
332
00:19:52,609 --> 00:19:53,902
[SAM GROANING]
333
00:19:53,985 --> 00:19:55,945
Okay, that was very nice, Sam.
334
00:19:56,029 --> 00:19:57,739
It was a fiasco.
335
00:19:57,822 --> 00:20:02,160
No, no, no, it was educational.
I learned a lot from that.
336
00:20:02,243 --> 00:20:04,287
You did? Oh, bless you, Kermit.
337
00:20:04,371 --> 00:20:06,247
Tell me, what did you learn from that?
338
00:20:06,331 --> 00:20:10,210
I learned that those little green protozoa
have a lot of talent.
339
00:20:11,252 --> 00:20:13,171
[SAM MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY]
340
00:20:13,254 --> 00:20:17,717
Oh, Kermit, everybody's on-stage
for the opera except the spear carriers.
341
00:20:17,801 --> 00:20:19,344
-Huh?
-They want more money.
342
00:20:19,427 --> 00:20:20,804
No way.
343
00:20:22,180 --> 00:20:24,224
-Uh, see how much they want.
-Right.
344
00:20:28,937 --> 00:20:30,480
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
345
00:20:30,563 --> 00:20:35,318
we present a totally unknown
and unrehearsed opera, Pigoletto,
346
00:20:35,402 --> 00:20:37,529
sung to the music of La Traviata
347
00:20:37,612 --> 00:20:41,449
and performed for you
by the Muppetopolitan Opera Company.
348
00:20:41,533 --> 00:20:43,952
It's all very strange,
but the good thing about it
349
00:20:44,035 --> 00:20:47,997
is that it stars Miss Beverly Sills. Yay!
350
00:20:53,294 --> 00:20:55,380
[BAND PLAYING LIVELY OPERA MUSIC]
351
00:21:05,432 --> 00:21:07,600
[SINGING OPERA MUSIC IN ITALIAN]
352
00:21:25,368 --> 00:21:27,495
[SINGING OPERA MUSIC IN FRENCH]
353
00:21:33,585 --> 00:21:37,464
ALL:
♪ This is only opera that I know ♪
354
00:21:37,547 --> 00:21:41,259
♪ I learned this one in school ♪
355
00:21:41,343 --> 00:21:43,636
♪ We learned the words in French ♪
356
00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:48,266
♪ And even still
I don't know what it means ♪
357
00:21:48,350 --> 00:21:51,227
[CONTINUES SINGING OPERA MUSIC IN ITALIAN]
358
00:22:08,912 --> 00:22:10,997
[BAND PLAYING MARCH]
359
00:22:15,168 --> 00:22:19,005
PIGGY:
Stroke! Stroke! Stroke!
360
00:22:20,423 --> 00:22:22,884
Stroke! Go!
361
00:22:24,344 --> 00:22:27,889
[CLEARING THROAT]
362
00:22:31,768 --> 00:22:34,020
[SINGING OPERA MUSIC IN GERMAN]
363
00:22:39,651 --> 00:22:41,736
[SINGING OPERA MUSIC IN GERMAN]
364
00:22:47,534 --> 00:22:49,202
♪ I can sing higher ♪
365
00:22:49,285 --> 00:22:50,912
[VOCALIZING IN HIGHER KEY]
366
00:22:50,995 --> 00:22:52,747
[IN HIGHER KEY]
♪ I can sing higher ♪
367
00:22:52,831 --> 00:22:54,582
[VOCALIZING IN HIGHER KEY]
368
00:22:54,666 --> 00:22:56,918
[VOCALIZING IN HIGHER KEY]
369
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,341
♪ Oh, yeah! ♪
370
00:23:06,636 --> 00:23:08,680
[SINGING OPERA MUSIC IN ITALIAN]
371
00:23:27,657 --> 00:23:32,829
♪ Let me apologize
For all these other guys ♪
372
00:23:32,912 --> 00:23:37,876
♪ They've done it wrong again
Sung the wrong song again ♪
373
00:23:37,959 --> 00:23:40,545
♪ Tell her that you're sorry ♪
374
00:23:40,628 --> 00:23:43,214
PIGS:
♪ Beverly, we're sorry ♪
375
00:23:43,298 --> 00:23:48,636
♪ Won't you please excuse us
For being here at all? ♪
376
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,431
[CONTINUES SINGING OPERA MUSIC IN ITALIAN]
377
00:23:59,230 --> 00:24:02,275
PIGS: ♪ God bless America ♪
-♪ Ah ♪
378
00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,694
♪ God bless America ♪
379
00:24:04,778 --> 00:24:06,863
[VOCALIZING]
380
00:24:12,243 --> 00:24:14,704
[ALL SINGING OPERA MUSIC IN ITALIAN]
381
00:24:37,936 --> 00:24:40,021
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
382
00:24:47,237 --> 00:24:50,156
Okay, well, you saw the beginning
and middle of The Muppet Show,
383
00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,075
so this must be the end.
384
00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:55,620
Which means it is time to say thank you
to our very special guest star.
385
00:24:55,704 --> 00:24:59,082
Ladies and gentlemen, Beverly Sills! Yay!
386
00:24:59,165 --> 00:25:01,042
[MUPPETS CHEERING]
387
00:25:01,126 --> 00:25:03,253
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]
388
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,298
And thank you, Kermit.
389
00:25:07,382 --> 00:25:08,800
Oh, thank you, Beverly.
390
00:25:08,883 --> 00:25:11,511
You're a great sport
to put up with all of our goofiness.
391
00:25:11,594 --> 00:25:14,097
-Oh, not at all. I really enjoyed it.
-Oh, good.
392
00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:17,267
As a matter of fact, doing The Muppet Show
is almost as much fun
393
00:25:17,350 --> 00:25:18,893
as doing a serious opera.
394
00:25:18,977 --> 00:25:21,771
Wow. Does that mean
you'd like to come back next week?
395
00:25:21,855 --> 00:25:23,440
I said "almost."
396
00:25:24,691 --> 00:25:25,817
Beverly, Beverly!
397
00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:28,403
Does this mean
you are forsaking spoon hanging
398
00:25:28,486 --> 00:25:30,822
for some lesser art form?
399
00:25:30,905 --> 00:25:31,948
Gonzo!
400
00:25:32,032 --> 00:25:34,701
We'll see you next time
on The Muppet Show.
401
00:25:34,784 --> 00:25:36,870
Wonderful, Beverly.
402
00:25:36,953 --> 00:25:38,872
[ALL CHATTERING]
403
00:25:39,789 --> 00:25:42,000
[BAND PLAYING THEME MUSIC]
404
00:26:19,704 --> 00:26:20,747
Wake up.
405
00:26:20,830 --> 00:26:22,540
Huh? Who's the guest star tonight?
406
00:26:22,624 --> 00:26:23,792
Beverly Hills.
407
00:26:23,875 --> 00:26:26,002
-I've been there before.
-Oh.
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