The Jimmy Dean Show: Episode 223

It's Rowlf's birthday, and Jimmy Dean (figuring it's his turn after all the tricks Rowlf has played on him) pretends he doesn't know about it. Rowlf tells him it's the birthday of someone whose name begins with R: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (or maybe Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindog). Rowlf tries a different tactic, saying that Marconi invented the radio, which gave way to television, which airs The Jimmy Dean Show which features a dog whose name begins with R. So who's birthday is it today? Jimmy says it's Marconi's ("Happy birthday, Marco Baby.")
Rowlf is sobbing and decides to leave, with Jimmy finally saying happy birthday. "Why, you you... you.. you're a regular ol' you-you!" Rowlf has received cards from the episode's guest stars, as well as Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb, Minnie Pearl, Flatt and Scruggs, Grandpa Jones... and the electric company (a poem wishing him a happy birthday and threatening to shut off his lights). Jimmy asks Rowlf how old he is, and the dog admits he doesn't know. Rowlf doesn't know what year, month, or day he was born on or if he even was born: "Maybe they got me at a fire sale." Rowlf says he picked March 4th just so he could have a birthday like everyone else (he could have picked February 12th, but that's Lincoln's: "Sorry, Abe.") 
Jimmy is touched and proclaims March 4th officially Rowlf's birthday and unveils a cake: Rowlf's own edible likeness. Rowlf asks what kind of cake it is, and Jimmy gets to his obligatory bad dog joke: "I think it's a pound cake. I got it at the dog pound." Rowlf tastes the cake: "Mmmm, I'm delicious!" Jimmy said he figured a marble statue wasn't good enough for Rowlf. Rowlf: "I have been immortalized in marshmallow goo!" Jimmy asks the audience and crew to join in singing "Happy Birthday to You" while a visibly moved Rowlf dabs at his eyes.
==Notes==
*As Rowlf throws out potential birth dates he could have given himself, he mentions September 24th, Jim Henson's own birthday, and June 16th, Jane Henson's birthday.
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Category:Birthday Episodes