The Muppet Show (TV Series)

Arlo Guthrie (1979)

Jim Henson: Kermit the Frog, The Swedish Chef, Zeke, Muppet Newsman, Rowlf, Waldorf

Quotes 

• Waldorf : Well, as they say in France, "Adíos."

  Statler : No, that's Spanish.

  Waldorf : I know, I don't speak French.

• The Newsman : And now, direct from the Chicago Livestock Board, here are the gestation periods.

  Baby : [watching the newsman on TV]  Gestation...

  The Newsman : Yes. Anyhow, gestation periods. Pigs: 113 days; cows: 284 days; horses: 337 days; and elephants: 645 days. Elsewhere on the agricultural news front, the recent bumper crop has been causing problems for farmers. Widespread dumping of produce has resulted from this bumper crop. And now -

  [suddenly, a bunch of car bumpers are dumped on him and his desk] 

• Fozzie Bear : Anyway, Kermit, my-my poetry's just as good as my comedy.

  Kermit the Frog : It's that bad, huh?

• Kermit the Frog : Good evening, good evening, good evening! I am the frog, you are the audience and this is The Muppet Show. It works out kinda nice that way.