The Muppet Show (1976) s02e03 Episode Script
Milton Berle
Milton Berle, Twenty seconds to curtain, Stand by for makeup, Stand by for what? - Makeup! It's The Muppet Show with our very speciaI guest star Mr Milton Berle! It's time to play the music It's time to light the light It's time to meet the Muppets on The Muppet Show tonight It's time to put on makeup It's time to dress up right It's time to get things started Another show, another headache, It's time to get things started on the most sensational, inspirational Celebrational, Muppetational This is what we call The Muppet Show! Thank you, thank you, Hi-ho, and here we go again with another edition of The Muppet Show.
Tonight's a speciaI one for us because our guest star is one of the truly great comedians, Milton Berle, So now, for tonight's opening number, here he is, one of the beautifuI people, There's something wrong with this hearing aid, What's wrong? - I can't hear with it, Oh, No wonder, It's too far away, OK, beautifuI opening number, BeautifuI, Very pretty, very pretty, Or pretty ugly anyhow, What is that? Fozzie? - Yeah, What are you doing? - I'm hiding from Milton Berle, Hiding from Milton Berle? He's your idoI, Don't you want to meet him? Meet him? Why do you think I'm hiding, Kermit? What could this lowly bear say to the king of comics? How about "hello"? - Hello? I just couldn't say "hello," No, I'd have to make a little speech and groveI a lot, Whatever you say, but I think there's one thing you should know about Milton Berle, He's coming down the stairs, Hi there, Milton, You ready for your monologue? All ready, - OK, I'm gonna go introduce you, Thank you very much, - Hey, Uncle Miltie, I hope you really knock 'em dead out there, Listen, kid, don't worry about the king, I'm not, I'm worried about you, How do you like that? I'm not even on the stage and I'm in trouble, In the golden age of television, our guest star earned the title of "Mr Television," and he deserves it to this day, Here he is, the incomparable Milton Berle! Thank you, Thank you, thank you and good evening, And I wanna thank you, Kermit, for your wonderfuI introduction, First time I've ever been introduced by an amphibious emcee, You know what "amphibious" means he can be dull on land or water, I feeI great, I feeI wonderfuI, I just got back from a pleasure trip, I took my mother-in-law to the airport, I really did, And while I was there Funny, funny, funny! I heard about them, It's beginning, You're the two guys that I heard about that heckle from the box, aren't you? There they are, ladies and gentlemen, Get a good look at 'em, Starsky and Crutch, Yeah, don't start with me, boys, Don't start with me, Hey, Berle - What? You know what? I've just figured out your style, Really? - You work like Gregory Peck, Gregory Peck's not a comedian, Well Now just a minute, please, I have been a successfuI comedian half of my life, How come we got this half? Look, did you come in here to be entertained or not? That's right, - What's right? We came in here to be entertained and we're not, Oh, yeah? I'd like to see you come down here and be funny, You first, The audience, Don't pay any attention to him, folks, He's the ninth child of a family of eight, Let me tell this story - Hey, Berle! Yes, what is it? You know what you're doing wrong? - What am I doing wrong? You're standing too close to the audience, Oh, I am? Well how's this? You're still too close, Oh, I'm sorry, Is this OK? A little more, How far back do you want me to go? You got a car? Let me tell you something, if you don't stop I'll have the usher throw you out, - He can't, he's too busy, Doing what? - Keeping people in, And you're encouraging him! You know, I got a good mind to punch you in your nose, Please, not while I'm holding it, That's pretty funny, You can use it, "You can use it," I don't need your materiaI, paI, I got a million funny lines in the back of my head, Yeah, how come they never reach your mouth? Gentlemen, would you please? Would you take it easy? Do you think I'm doing this for fun? - Not so far, Oh, I see, You think you can do better? I couldn't do worse, - All right, OK, I dare you both to come down here and entertain, Hey, we should, - Oh, yeah? Do you sing? No, - Do you dance? No, - Can you get laughs? No, - Then what would you do? Just what you're doing, OK, that's it, That's it, I'm gonna call the police, Good idea, You need all the protection you can get, Don't! I've had it with you guys, I'm not going to put up with you anymore anymore, Not anymore, Hey, how's it going, Mr Berle? - Oh, I'm gonna start with you now? How's it going? It's going terribly, These guys have been picking on me, insulting me ever since I started, Well, can I help you out? - Please, huh? Which way did you come in? - I came in Get out of here! I've had it, I've had it! Here we go again, Here's a Muppet news flash, Dateline, London, The will of the late Mary Crandall, which has been bitterly contested by her son Charles and her cat Cuteypie, was settled today, A speciaI court has ruled Charles is the sole heir and he will be awarded the entire estate ten thousand rubber mice, And now Pigs in Space! Featuring the master of the Swinetrek, the intrepid and well-fed Link Hogthrob, And his first mate and second in command, the very cute and extremely dangerous Miss Piggy.
And the super brain behind this whole ghastly mistake, the inexplicable Dr Julius Strangepork.
As you recall, last week the spaceship Swinetrek was on a suicidal collision course with a mysterious celestial object.
It's coming straight at us but I can't tell what it is, It looks like the headlight on a motorcycle, We know what it looks like, We want to know what it is, Testy, testy, mon capitain.
Doc, would you look this thing up in your book? Ah, yes, yes, No, no, It's not listed here under any known objects, Look under unknown objects, How could it be in that book if it's unknown? There are some things even pigs don't know, Oh, brother, Doc, how long before we collide with this thing? Exactly 1 7 hours, - Good, Now that's the kind of man I like to have on my crew, La-di-da, Excuse me, captain, it's not exactly 1 7 hours, No? - No, It's 1 7 seconds, I have trouble with those little decimals, Seventeen seconds? - Nice going, doc, Prepare for collision, - Oh! It was a motorcycle, I told you that at the beginning of this dumb sketch! Lucky guess, Anyway I got us out of that tight pinch, Stuck pig alarm! Tune in next week for last week's chapter of Pigs in Space, This is a good place to hide from Milton Berle, Gee, I never realised how funny he really is, in relation to certain bears I could mention, I think I'll just stay here untiI the end of the show, Hey, Fozzie, that won't work, We already used that joke on Pigs in Space.
The Entertainer, right? Yep, That's the name of the song, You know, most people don't know that there are words to that song, Yeah, that's true, You know what they're about? They're about the stars and the performers and the entertainers that appeared during the heyday of vaudeville, Hey, you used to be in vaudeville, didn't you? Yeah, sure I was, but when I was a kid, Yeah, How many performances did you do in vaudeville? Oh, I'd say between 80,000 and 1 00,000, Wow, You were really The Entertainer, weren't you? One of them, yeah, One of them, Many, many fond memories, Rowlfy Would you play that song again for moi? Sure, Put somethin' in it, Rowlf! She's a born ham, Hubba hubba, Oh, yeah, Don't hog the piano, Makin' the bacon, There we go, bringing home the pork! What's this? What does it look like, small boy I have never seen before? Well, it looks like Fozzie Bear trying to hide from Milton Berle, You have penetrated my disguise, Oh, Fozzie, Fozzie, why don't you just go up to Milton Berle and introduce yourself? - Oh, I just couldn't do that, Scooter! Well, I see your point, Milton's monologue was terrific, Yeah, - As a matter of fact, he's much funnier than you are, Now if you really want to know the truth I don't, I don't! What's wrong with old-fashioned Iying? Oh, Fozzie, you look upset, - I am, Scooter, I wish I could go lie down, - Well, what's stopping you? You're standing on my beard, - Oh, Sorry, And now, straight from a three-month engagement at the Desert Springs Vermont Humane Society, here is Zelda Rose and her singing owI, Oh, Fozzie, - Yeah, yeah, yeah, Fozzie, this is your last chance to meet Milton Berle, Kermit, I keep telling you I just can't, I wouldn't know what to say to him, - Yeah, well, here he comes, Oh, oh! I'm gonna hide! Please don't tell him where I am! OK, whatever you say, Hey, Kermit, where's Fozzie Bear? Oh, Fozzie Bear, Well, funny you should mention it, he's Where is he? - He's in Death Valley, Death Valley? - Yep, Death Valley, What's he doing in Death Valley? - Well, he's He's gathering materiaI for his act, I've seen his act, He can use it, No, I'm kidding, You know, Kermit, I've always wanted to do a song and dance with Fozzie Bear, Hi there! - Fozzie! Back so soon? Yes, Kermit, - How was Death Valley? Hot, Hot, and that's funny, Nope, Nope, too hot to be funny in Death Valley, Yep, folks, once more the bear talks his way out of things, Fozzie, I was - Yes, sir? I was just telling Kermit that I've always wanted to do a song and dance with you, You, you? A song and dance with me? You, the king of the baggy pants comics, You, the the How about Top Banana? But Top Banana.
Listen, Mr Berle, if you want me to call you a banana I'll do it, I'll call you a Brussels sprout, a plum whatever, No, no, no, kid, You see, top banana is what they call the head comic back in the days of burlesque, - Oh! Let me tell you something, - OK, yeah, You listening, Fozzie? - Oh, yeah, yes, yes, Hey, hey, where are you going? I'm taking my case to court, Oh, no! Oh, no, oh, no! What's the matter, my good man? - Who is this? Who is this? Why, it's me, - Oh, good, I thought it was me, Hey, hey! Now where you going? I'm taking my case to a higher court, Hey, hey, now where you going, Sam? Sam? How did you know? How did you know? Have you heard it, folks? How'd you know my name was Will you wait till I tell it, folks? How'd you know my name was Sam? - I guessed it, Then guess where I'm going, Hey, hey, what happened in court? You wanna know? Stop the music, Do we have to do this joke? - You gotta do it, It's an oldie, paI, - I know, I know, Do it, You've got a lot of guts, paI, I'll tell you that, - Go, go, Do it, Well, feed me once more, please, Feed me, feed me, Hey, what happened in court? - Are you ready? I lost the suit, Well, we've reached the end of another one, folks, Let's have a big round of applause for Mr Milton Berle! Thank you, Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you, Fozzie, what are you doing out here? Milton and I are the best of friends now, right, Uncle Miltie? That's right, - Yeah, From now on, I can see it, it's the Bear and the Berle, Wrong, It's the Berle and the Bear, Yes, O master of mine, GroveI, groveI, Remember that "groveI, groveI," OK, And we'll see you all next time on The Muppet Show.
Well, I finally got my hearing aid working, Speak up, my hearing aid's not working,
Tonight's a speciaI one for us because our guest star is one of the truly great comedians, Milton Berle, So now, for tonight's opening number, here he is, one of the beautifuI people, There's something wrong with this hearing aid, What's wrong? - I can't hear with it, Oh, No wonder, It's too far away, OK, beautifuI opening number, BeautifuI, Very pretty, very pretty, Or pretty ugly anyhow, What is that? Fozzie? - Yeah, What are you doing? - I'm hiding from Milton Berle, Hiding from Milton Berle? He's your idoI, Don't you want to meet him? Meet him? Why do you think I'm hiding, Kermit? What could this lowly bear say to the king of comics? How about "hello"? - Hello? I just couldn't say "hello," No, I'd have to make a little speech and groveI a lot, Whatever you say, but I think there's one thing you should know about Milton Berle, He's coming down the stairs, Hi there, Milton, You ready for your monologue? All ready, - OK, I'm gonna go introduce you, Thank you very much, - Hey, Uncle Miltie, I hope you really knock 'em dead out there, Listen, kid, don't worry about the king, I'm not, I'm worried about you, How do you like that? I'm not even on the stage and I'm in trouble, In the golden age of television, our guest star earned the title of "Mr Television," and he deserves it to this day, Here he is, the incomparable Milton Berle! Thank you, Thank you, thank you and good evening, And I wanna thank you, Kermit, for your wonderfuI introduction, First time I've ever been introduced by an amphibious emcee, You know what "amphibious" means he can be dull on land or water, I feeI great, I feeI wonderfuI, I just got back from a pleasure trip, I took my mother-in-law to the airport, I really did, And while I was there Funny, funny, funny! I heard about them, It's beginning, You're the two guys that I heard about that heckle from the box, aren't you? There they are, ladies and gentlemen, Get a good look at 'em, Starsky and Crutch, Yeah, don't start with me, boys, Don't start with me, Hey, Berle - What? You know what? I've just figured out your style, Really? - You work like Gregory Peck, Gregory Peck's not a comedian, Well Now just a minute, please, I have been a successfuI comedian half of my life, How come we got this half? Look, did you come in here to be entertained or not? That's right, - What's right? We came in here to be entertained and we're not, Oh, yeah? I'd like to see you come down here and be funny, You first, The audience, Don't pay any attention to him, folks, He's the ninth child of a family of eight, Let me tell this story - Hey, Berle! Yes, what is it? You know what you're doing wrong? - What am I doing wrong? You're standing too close to the audience, Oh, I am? Well how's this? You're still too close, Oh, I'm sorry, Is this OK? A little more, How far back do you want me to go? You got a car? Let me tell you something, if you don't stop I'll have the usher throw you out, - He can't, he's too busy, Doing what? - Keeping people in, And you're encouraging him! You know, I got a good mind to punch you in your nose, Please, not while I'm holding it, That's pretty funny, You can use it, "You can use it," I don't need your materiaI, paI, I got a million funny lines in the back of my head, Yeah, how come they never reach your mouth? Gentlemen, would you please? Would you take it easy? Do you think I'm doing this for fun? - Not so far, Oh, I see, You think you can do better? I couldn't do worse, - All right, OK, I dare you both to come down here and entertain, Hey, we should, - Oh, yeah? Do you sing? No, - Do you dance? No, - Can you get laughs? No, - Then what would you do? Just what you're doing, OK, that's it, That's it, I'm gonna call the police, Good idea, You need all the protection you can get, Don't! I've had it with you guys, I'm not going to put up with you anymore anymore, Not anymore, Hey, how's it going, Mr Berle? - Oh, I'm gonna start with you now? How's it going? It's going terribly, These guys have been picking on me, insulting me ever since I started, Well, can I help you out? - Please, huh? Which way did you come in? - I came in Get out of here! I've had it, I've had it! Here we go again, Here's a Muppet news flash, Dateline, London, The will of the late Mary Crandall, which has been bitterly contested by her son Charles and her cat Cuteypie, was settled today, A speciaI court has ruled Charles is the sole heir and he will be awarded the entire estate ten thousand rubber mice, And now Pigs in Space! Featuring the master of the Swinetrek, the intrepid and well-fed Link Hogthrob, And his first mate and second in command, the very cute and extremely dangerous Miss Piggy.
And the super brain behind this whole ghastly mistake, the inexplicable Dr Julius Strangepork.
As you recall, last week the spaceship Swinetrek was on a suicidal collision course with a mysterious celestial object.
It's coming straight at us but I can't tell what it is, It looks like the headlight on a motorcycle, We know what it looks like, We want to know what it is, Testy, testy, mon capitain.
Doc, would you look this thing up in your book? Ah, yes, yes, No, no, It's not listed here under any known objects, Look under unknown objects, How could it be in that book if it's unknown? There are some things even pigs don't know, Oh, brother, Doc, how long before we collide with this thing? Exactly 1 7 hours, - Good, Now that's the kind of man I like to have on my crew, La-di-da, Excuse me, captain, it's not exactly 1 7 hours, No? - No, It's 1 7 seconds, I have trouble with those little decimals, Seventeen seconds? - Nice going, doc, Prepare for collision, - Oh! It was a motorcycle, I told you that at the beginning of this dumb sketch! Lucky guess, Anyway I got us out of that tight pinch, Stuck pig alarm! Tune in next week for last week's chapter of Pigs in Space, This is a good place to hide from Milton Berle, Gee, I never realised how funny he really is, in relation to certain bears I could mention, I think I'll just stay here untiI the end of the show, Hey, Fozzie, that won't work, We already used that joke on Pigs in Space.
The Entertainer, right? Yep, That's the name of the song, You know, most people don't know that there are words to that song, Yeah, that's true, You know what they're about? They're about the stars and the performers and the entertainers that appeared during the heyday of vaudeville, Hey, you used to be in vaudeville, didn't you? Yeah, sure I was, but when I was a kid, Yeah, How many performances did you do in vaudeville? Oh, I'd say between 80,000 and 1 00,000, Wow, You were really The Entertainer, weren't you? One of them, yeah, One of them, Many, many fond memories, Rowlfy Would you play that song again for moi? Sure, Put somethin' in it, Rowlf! She's a born ham, Hubba hubba, Oh, yeah, Don't hog the piano, Makin' the bacon, There we go, bringing home the pork! What's this? What does it look like, small boy I have never seen before? Well, it looks like Fozzie Bear trying to hide from Milton Berle, You have penetrated my disguise, Oh, Fozzie, Fozzie, why don't you just go up to Milton Berle and introduce yourself? - Oh, I just couldn't do that, Scooter! Well, I see your point, Milton's monologue was terrific, Yeah, - As a matter of fact, he's much funnier than you are, Now if you really want to know the truth I don't, I don't! What's wrong with old-fashioned Iying? Oh, Fozzie, you look upset, - I am, Scooter, I wish I could go lie down, - Well, what's stopping you? You're standing on my beard, - Oh, Sorry, And now, straight from a three-month engagement at the Desert Springs Vermont Humane Society, here is Zelda Rose and her singing owI, Oh, Fozzie, - Yeah, yeah, yeah, Fozzie, this is your last chance to meet Milton Berle, Kermit, I keep telling you I just can't, I wouldn't know what to say to him, - Yeah, well, here he comes, Oh, oh! I'm gonna hide! Please don't tell him where I am! OK, whatever you say, Hey, Kermit, where's Fozzie Bear? Oh, Fozzie Bear, Well, funny you should mention it, he's Where is he? - He's in Death Valley, Death Valley? - Yep, Death Valley, What's he doing in Death Valley? - Well, he's He's gathering materiaI for his act, I've seen his act, He can use it, No, I'm kidding, You know, Kermit, I've always wanted to do a song and dance with Fozzie Bear, Hi there! - Fozzie! Back so soon? Yes, Kermit, - How was Death Valley? Hot, Hot, and that's funny, Nope, Nope, too hot to be funny in Death Valley, Yep, folks, once more the bear talks his way out of things, Fozzie, I was - Yes, sir? I was just telling Kermit that I've always wanted to do a song and dance with you, You, you? A song and dance with me? You, the king of the baggy pants comics, You, the the How about Top Banana? But Top Banana.
Listen, Mr Berle, if you want me to call you a banana I'll do it, I'll call you a Brussels sprout, a plum whatever, No, no, no, kid, You see, top banana is what they call the head comic back in the days of burlesque, - Oh! Let me tell you something, - OK, yeah, You listening, Fozzie? - Oh, yeah, yes, yes, Hey, hey, where are you going? I'm taking my case to court, Oh, no! Oh, no, oh, no! What's the matter, my good man? - Who is this? Who is this? Why, it's me, - Oh, good, I thought it was me, Hey, hey! Now where you going? I'm taking my case to a higher court, Hey, hey, now where you going, Sam? Sam? How did you know? How did you know? Have you heard it, folks? How'd you know my name was Will you wait till I tell it, folks? How'd you know my name was Sam? - I guessed it, Then guess where I'm going, Hey, hey, what happened in court? You wanna know? Stop the music, Do we have to do this joke? - You gotta do it, It's an oldie, paI, - I know, I know, Do it, You've got a lot of guts, paI, I'll tell you that, - Go, go, Do it, Well, feed me once more, please, Feed me, feed me, Hey, what happened in court? - Are you ready? I lost the suit, Well, we've reached the end of another one, folks, Let's have a big round of applause for Mr Milton Berle! Thank you, Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you, Fozzie, what are you doing out here? Milton and I are the best of friends now, right, Uncle Miltie? That's right, - Yeah, From now on, I can see it, it's the Bear and the Berle, Wrong, It's the Berle and the Bear, Yes, O master of mine, GroveI, groveI, Remember that "groveI, groveI," OK, And we'll see you all next time on The Muppet Show.
Well, I finally got my hearing aid working, Speak up, my hearing aid's not working,