The Telephone Pole Bit

The Telephone Pole Bit was a recurring topic in episode 108 of The Muppet Show. Scooter suggests to Fozzie Bear that he do "The Telephone Pole Bit", telling Fozzie that it's a classic. The routine features Fozzie as a telephone. After being mistaken for a telephone pole while rehearsing backstage, Fozzie reluctantly performs the bit on stage.
The bit consists of Fozzie dressed as a telephone pole on stage. Scooter enters and asks Fozzie his name, to which Fozzie replies "Mike Oznowiczsky." Scooter delivers the punchline "Ah, so you're the telephone Pole!"
After seeing the performance, Statler comments that Fozzie has never been better, while Waldorf adds that Fozzie also hasn't been shorter. Statler says "Same difference".
The segment and backstage scenes appear in Fozzie's Muppet Scrapbook, which includes a subplot in which Scooter wants Fozzie to show the sketch but Fozzie being against it, until Beaker wants to see it.
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Category:Muppet Show Sketches