Episode 318: Bald Eagle

Today's show is about the bald eagle, with the featured guest being movie and TV star Sam the Eagle. However, Armstrong is upset that he doesn't get to be a guest and tries his best to point out he's a bird of prey like the eagle. After Sam leaves in disgust on seeing how bald eagles in the wild live, Armstrong steps up to be featured - only he is forced to talk about eagles in Sam's absence. Sam comes back and agrees to sing a song in exchange for help to get his car out of the parking garage; Armstrong gets his ego inflated when he has Sam briefly drop in a line about how great chicken hawks are.
==Performers==
*Steve Whitmire as Jake the Polar Bear 
*Dave Goelz as Stinky the Skunk
*Bill Barretta as Armstrong, Dullard, and baby fish eagle (VO)
*Louise Gold as Bunnie Bear, Rhonda Rat, and Yvette
*John Eccleston as Yves St. La Roache 
*Katherine Smee as grasshopper mouse
*Frank Oz as Sam the Eagle (voice only)
==Notes==
* Sam is the only recurring classic Muppet character to appear on The Animal Show in its three-season run. However, Jake is the only one aware of what a big star Sam is.
* When told he must sing for the show, Sam tells Jake that he only knows "Tit Willow," a reference to the UK Spot from episode 120 of The Muppet Show.
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