Episode 501: Muppets Not Included

The kids find a strange object and imagine various uses for it. Gonzo thinks it's an Intergalactic Burger-maker, and Fozzie imagines it's a Mup-O-Matic (a Veg-O-Matic parody). Other possibilities are a microphone, a banjo, and a dinosaur bone. Finally, Nanny reveals that the object is a tea strainer, but the kids prefer to keep imagining new uses.
==Songs==
*"Gismo"
==Notes==
*Baby Piggy's game show, "Celebrity Circles," includes "one hundred Hollywood stars," including Dr. Teeth. Also featured are clips of Tom Selleck (recycled from "What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?"), Shirley Temple, Bob Hope (from My Favorite Brunette), Cary Grant, Ed Wynn, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Mickey Rooney, John Wayne, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Gary Cooper (from Meet John Doe), Mae West, James Stewart (from It's a Wonderful Life), Dorothy Lamour, Groucho and Harpo Marx, and Laurel and Hardy, plus voice only imitations of Peter Lorre and Bill Cosby (by Frank Welker).
*Outside of the above and public domain clips, the episode also featured clips from Batteries Not Included (1987), which the episode's title references, and two of the Star Wars films.
==Gallery==
Image:501 Muppets Not Included.jpg|
Image:MB501 Dr Teeth.jpg|Dr. Teeth
Image:Bergenmccarthy-muppetbabies.jpg|Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
Image:Barbarastanwyck.jpg|Barbara Stanwyck
Image:Shirley Temple MB501.jpg|Shirley Temple
Image:John Wayne Muppet Babies.jpg|John Wayne
Image:Maewest.jpg|Mae West
Image:Edwynn.jpg|Ed Wynn
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