Dr. Honeydew's Hyde potion keeps being left out and causes various people who drink it to become rampaging monsters.Dr. Honeydew's Hyde potion keeps being left out and causes various people who drink it to become rampaging monsters.Dr. Honeydew's Hyde potion keeps being left out and causes various people who drink it to become rampaging monsters.
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Frank Oz
- Fozzie Bear
- (voice)
- …
Richard Hunt
- Scooter
- (voice)
- …
Dave Goelz
- Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
- (voice)
- …
Louise Gold
- Angel
- (voice)
- …
Jim Henson
- Kermit the Frog
- (voice)
- …
June Foray
- By
- (uncredited)
The Muppets
- Themselves
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" number had Alan Arkin in his Mr. Hyde form destroying the scenery and attacking the characters. This caused Ha! (Henson Associates) to get angry letters from fans and mothers of fans over how horrible and violent it was. Henson wrote back apology letters that read: Dear...., Thank you for sharing with us your concern about the violence on "The Muppet Show" on which Alan Arkin was our guest. We are very sorry that you found this particular show disturbing. When we were taping the particular segment, we had to do it in one take - in other words, because Alan was going to smash the scenery - we could only do it once. As it happened, Alan got a bit carried away. Which, at the time, we all thought it was very funny. It was only later when we edited the show together, that we realized that we went a bit overboard. The Muppet's humor has always included a certain "harmless violence" - as have many of the classical forms of comedy and children's fairy tales throughout the ages. I am afraid that this show may have gotten out-of-balance. Yours is one of the number of letters we have received about this show. I am very grateful that you care enough to write. Sincerely, Jim Henson.
- Quotes
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: Drink this and you can say toodly-binky-boos to that nasty old tummy upset.
Alan Arkin: Toodly-binky-boos, eh? All right.
- Crazy creditsOn Disney+ the Italian dubbing credits for the Andy Williams episode mistakenly appear at the end of this episode.
- ConnectionsReferences Song of the South (1946)
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Zip-a-dee-doo AUGH!
The Alan Arkin episode is vintage Muppets. I understand some people didn't like the level of violence in this episode, which actually isn't that bad. The Muppets isn't supposed to be Sesame Street, anyway. The whole plot revolves around Arkin (and later Kermit) taking some of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's Jekyll and Hyde potion, which turns them into monsters. Arkin goes berserk both on Beaker (natch), then the bunny rabbits in the "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" sketch, which allows some quirky physical humour. And, Kermit is rather funny looking as Hyde.
Before Arkin shows up, the Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah number is plenty good in Muppet-style, but the big highlight of this episode is the Muppets' take on the great song, The Devil Went Down to Georgia, which tells the story engagingly and is fantastic in its puppetry and effects. The Devil shows up later in another number, this time set in heaven, and this is also highly enjoyable. Again, the Muppets isn't Sesame Street, and as with what we saw in the Alice Cooper episode, The Muppets isn't afraid to get Satanic once in a while.
There are some other numbers in this episode not quite as memorable. The Alan Arkin episode is worth its place in the Muppet canon, though, for the Devil sketches alone.
Before Arkin shows up, the Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah number is plenty good in Muppet-style, but the big highlight of this episode is the Muppets' take on the great song, The Devil Went Down to Georgia, which tells the story engagingly and is fantastic in its puppetry and effects. The Devil shows up later in another number, this time set in heaven, and this is also highly enjoyable. Again, the Muppets isn't Sesame Street, and as with what we saw in the Alice Cooper episode, The Muppets isn't afraid to get Satanic once in a while.
There are some other numbers in this episode not quite as memorable. The Alan Arkin episode is worth its place in the Muppet canon, though, for the Devil sketches alone.
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- gizmomogwai
- Sep 26, 2021
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