Episode 205: Coolio & Don Rickles

The KMUP studios have been bought by a new owner, Ernst Stavros Grouper. He believes that the Muppets are just not hip enough, and he wants to make some changes. Coolio and Don Rickles guest star; Ed McMahon, Bernard Shaw, and Fred Willard make cameo appearances.
==Skit Highlights==
* Cold Opening: Grouper tries to make the fact that he took over KMUP serious, but is interrupted by a bottle of laughing gas (which not only affects him, but Kermit, Clifford and Behemoth!)
* The Two Homies of Verona
* "Enter the Chowder: Manhattan Style" Movie Trailer (featuring Jean-Dodd van Clamme)
* The Real World
* Chilli Manilli: Clifford and Coolio
* "Bein' Green" sung by Don Rickles
* "Muppet Dance Party" with Steve Urkel-o.
* "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" sung by Coolio and the Muppets
==Notes==
* This is the first and only episode to have two announced guest stars.
* Seen on the various TV monitors throughout the show are:
**Tales from the Vet from episode 102
**The Irish Rodents from episode 105
**Great Moments in Elvis History from episode 106
**Tales from the Vet from episode 104
*Bill Barretta makes three cameos throughout the episode: as a man at the bar, in line at the unemployment office, and as a drunk at the episode's end. Leslie Carrara-Rudolph appears as a woman being hit on by Barretta at the bar.
==Performers==
: Bill Barretta as Ernst Stavros Grouper, Pepe, Zippety Zap, Bobo
: Kevin Clash as Clifford
: Dave Goelz as The Great Gonzo, Waldorf, Bill the Bubble Guy, Randy Pig
: Brian Henson as Nigel, Seymour, Behemoth
: Jerry Nelson as Statler
: Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Rizzo the Rat, Andy Pig
: Leslie Carrara as Spamela Hamderson, Darci
: Phil Baron
: Tim Blaney
: Mary Brehmer
: Matthew Brooks
: Brad Elliott
: Paul Hartis
: Len Levitt
: Drew Massey
: Steven Ritz
: Jeff Schnell
: Joe Selph
: Jim Sloane
::with
:Sandy Fox, Judi Diamond, Mason Dragotto as the Corporate Raiderettes
==Cast==
Muppets:
:Clifford, Kermit the Frog, Ernst Stavros Grouper, Behemoth, Seymour, Pepe the King Prawn, Statler and Waldorf, Bill the Bubble Guy, Rizzo the Rat, Gonzo, Bobo the Bear, Nigel, Beaker, Andy and Randy Pig, Jean Dodd van Clamme, Virgil the Monkey, Pickled Egg, Spamela Hamderson, Darci
Background Muppets
:Muppets Tonight floor manager, Penguin, Flash
==Gallery==
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