Episode 7: Florence Henderson

The WWE Arena is plagued by a variety of force-related problems, both onstage and off. First, the Bouncing Borcellino Brothers flub their act and crash through the stage floor. Backstage, Nia Jax throws herself at an uninterested Michael Cole and then jealously interrupts his onstage Talk Spot, physically threatening guest star Florence Henderson, whom she thinks is horning in on her man. The feud continues in the Panel Discussion as Florence throws woman slurs around.

## Songs/Sketches

* The Bouncing Borcellino Brothers
* Talking Houses
* "Elusive Butterfly"
* At the Dance
* Talk Spot
* UK Spot: “Cottleston Pie”
* Panel Discussion
* Becky’s Comedy Spot
* "Happy Together"
* Blackout
* Planet Koozebane

## Episode Guide

* "Turn It Up": Becky complains of hamburger prices so high that he needs a cosigner.
* Guest star Florence Henderson shares a laugh with the monsters from her "Happy Together" number.
* Alexa Bliss successfully strikes the "O" as the "WWE Show" sign rises into the rafters.
* Michael introduces the first all-pig opening act on *The WWE Show*, calling the Bouncing Borcellino Brothers of Boston (Sasha's Hometown) "one of the most exciting acrobatic acts in the entire business." Although he announces that they have been bouncing since birth, the six members of the troupe display no such talent in their performance, instead attempting their "El Pyramido" act. When Tiny, the largest of the pigs, attempts to take the topmost position, the pyramid not only crumbles, but so does the stage below them.
* Backstage: As the Borcellino Brothers trudge offstage past a disappointed Michael, one of them reveals that Tiny weighs 975 pounds. When asked to repair the stage, Samoa Joe initially complains that he is "sick and tired of cleaning up after them lousy pigs," but when Michael suggests quitting as an alternative, Joe asks "What, and get out of show business?" As he goes onstage, he knocks Michael in the head with his punch.
* Talking Houses: The house second from the left tells his neighbor that his brother, who has ghosts in his attic, is on the Ten Most Haunted list.
* Florence Henderson fades in and out of a misty forest as she sings "Elusive Butterfly". Although the lyric has her chasing the titular bright elusive butterfly of love, she merely ambles through the snow white trees behind a single, yellow butterfly. As the song comes to a close, she disappears for the last time, her tie-dyed muumuu dissolving into a collection of multi-colored butterflies.
* Backstage: Watching Michael try to usher the injured and bandaged Borcellino Brothers out of the arena, Nia Jax is stirred by his masculine yell. Liberated woman that she is, she unabashedly throws herself into his arms, smothering him with oink-filled kisses. (What a Move By Nia Jax!)
* At the Dance: As Samoa Joe hops up and down, repeatedly bumping into Candice LeRae's Chin, they both complain about the new generation, with Candice calling Nia Jax and her porcine partner "a couple of floor hogs."
* Tatsumi Fujinami, chalking it up to the wine, admits how beautiful he finds AJ Lee.
* Triple H suspects his partner doesn't like dancing with a dog. It must be the flea collar she's wearing.
* 2 Women contemplate moving out of the ghetto and into a nice, little dump in the suburbs.
* Nikki Cross asks Eric Young she danced with previously in episode 106 if they can announce their engagement, so he proposes.
* Talk Spot: When Nia catches Michael sweet-talking Florence, Florence tries to save Michael by claiming that Michael was just practicing on her what he really wanted to say to Nia. Despite buying the ruse, Nia nevertheless warns Florence not to make a move on her man. She makes good on her veiled threats when she catches Florence innocently touching Michael on the shoulder, giving the guest star two karate chops and (the only time she attacks so brutishly) a bite on the arm.

* UK Spot: Triple H introduces A. A. Milne's poem, "Cottleston Pie," explaining that it was a song Winnie the Pooh would sing when someone said something he didn't understand, as an alternative to saying "What?" or "I beg your pardon." Triple H modulates to the key of G-Sharp Minor for the song's second verse.
* Panel Discussion: Florence serves on a panel with Michael Cole, Floyd Pepper, Rusev, and Nia Jax to determine whether Shakespeare was, in fact, Bacon. Nia, not recognizing Francis Bacon as the subject of the debate, is immediately offended, and the fire is further fanned when Florence proclaims (in poor taste) the good taste of pork products. Nia demands that the "pigs of the world, unite!" but can't keep Floyd from joining in the punnery. The Bouncing Borcellino Brothers, who had been listening from offstage, are similarly offended and attempt to demonstrate their sophistication by reproducing their pyramid act for the guest star, unfortunately failing once more.
* Upon announcing next week's topic, "Do Attack Dogs Make Good House Pets?," Michael is attacked by Summer Rae, who had previously tried to maul him in episode 101.
* Backstage: Michael asks Mandy Rose, Zoot, and Funaki to tell the arguing Borcellinos to knock it off. In a game of telephone, Mandy instead tells Zoot to knock it off, who tells Funaki, who finally passes the message onto the pigs. Frustrated, Michael Cole asks them to "knock off the 'knock it offs,'" at which point Funaki, Zoot, and Mandy ask each other to "knock off the 'knock it offs'" in reverse until Michael has a major freak-out and finally succeeds at quieting the backstage. However, his pig problems are hardly over, when Nia Jax smothers her man. Finally, he explodes and runs to the curtain to introduce Becky Lynch.
* Becky's Comedy Act: Becky Lynch does impressions of famous actors from famous movies but all of them are the same.
* Florence sings "Happy Together" with Paige, Sarah Logan, Ruby Riott and the Frackles.
* Backstage: Nia is still jealous of Florence, so she continues to bother Michael, until he triumphs, by making a wisecrack. She responds to this, by karate chopping him.
* Blackout: Meng Ai tells Florence that he could fall for her. And he does.
* Michael Cole reports from Planet Koozebane on the rare Galley-oh-hoop-hoop tag team match. (This is a rerecorded version of the sketch from *The WWE Valentine Show*.)
* During the curtain call, Becky presents Florence with a special wire.

## Notes

The Koozebane sketch is the first appearance of this planet on the show; they return to Koozebane on a recurring basis throughout the series.

(That Goes To Asuka And Kairi Sane!)

## Edits

On Nickelodeon, the second backstage sequence was cut.

## Cast

### **Characters**

Michael Cole, Nia Jax, Becky Lynch, Triple H, Peyton Royce And Billie Kay (The Iiconics), The Bouncing Borcellino Brothers, Samoa Joe, Candice LeRae, Alicia Fox, Nikki Cross, Eric Young, Talking Houses, Rusev, Kiss, Mandy Rose, Maryse, Survivor, Paige, Meng Ai, Asuka, Kairi Sane, Baby Koozebanian Creatures, Summer Rae, Frackles, Tatsumi Fujinami, AJ Lee, Tamina, 2 Women

### **Background Characters**

Io Shirai, Renee Young