Muppet Show S2 E14 P2 - Elton John

[straightemmeshow]

I couldnt stop starring at Elton's teeth....

[yerdua1126]

The GREATEST TALENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE, ELTON JOHN!!!!!!!! Aieeeeeee!!!

[KingKastschei]

I believe the song that Rowlf and Fozzie are playing is "Shepherd's Hey" by Percy Grainger. At least, I know Grainger did a version of this, but it may be a variation on an old Irish folk song for all I know.

[RuthThreeEleven]

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". I played keyboards in this song at our jazz show! :-)

[gto66solstice08]

Many Thanks to Elton , Jim @ all the Muppets! Thanks for the memories.

[kachinababe]

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road! My FAVORITE song by Elton John! YAY!!!!!

[TherealRNO]

@kachinababe: well, both henson & mr. john ARE oz fans, so...

[Stephen10528]

During the Vet's Hospital scene I'm surprised Dr. Bob makes no mention of being a dog himself.

[YeLlPr]

The Swedish Chef is my favorite character.

[Nightwing20]

Goodbye Yellow Brick road... always makes me cry..

[mohinderbauer]

What's the name of the song that Rowlf and Fozzie are playing?

[trailmixgang]

What's Miss Mousey doing in the audience? I thought she was one of the actors?

[NaiTaiDai]

That hotdog joke was tastless, wasn't it?

[CCMrJones]

whats the elton john song called?

[celticpoet21]

@CCMrJones Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

[CCMrJones]

13 years before my time was the best time... wtf srsly!! i need a time machine

[TheClaudHamilton]

I see Waldorf, Statler and Sam the Eagle have hit the DISLIKE button, the cultural, heckling idiots.

Doubtlessly those three dislikers don't know what they're thinking; that sketch with Rowlf, Fozzie and the piano for example was brilliant, particularly on the glissandro at the end. I truly cracked up on seeing that first time.

[TheClaudHamilton]

Correction to that comment - "glissando" without the "r". {:)

[futuremadonna6]

Ive looked all over for the rowlf and fozzies sketch :D

[ChristineBailey91]

Fossie playing the piano? Wow!

[SweetJen2009]

GOODBYE Yellow BricK!!!!!!!!

[realar]

I LOVE this version of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road!!!!

[JuddonPlatoon]

Go Fozzie and Rowlf

[mechasaurus]

That song Rowlf and Fozzie play, isn't it the English Country Garden?

[comicbookgirl17]

@mechasaurus Yes, it is.

[gingernorton]

can u play hatless?

i dont know, who wrote it?

lol

[HSRunnerFan09]

R: I didn't know you could play piano.

F: Neither did I.

Rowlf and Fozzie's duet...awesome!

[dharmaseed]

@HSRunnerFan09 Yeah, it was kind of reminiscent of Chico and Harpo Marx.

[collgoff]

Elton John sounds differant now.

And he's also wrote the song for the lion king too.

[kblair7]

@collgoff

He had surgery in the 1990s..he can't hit the range he used to.

[sturmtigerDMW]

woot! 7:42 a minimoog

[mylovelydame21]

He's not dead... in fact, I heard he was touring still. Good for him!

I love the duet with Rowlf and Fozzie... genius!

[bigludo22]

AAAARGH!! COCKNIES!!!! RUN!

[Chaos2ThaWorld1]

fozzie and rolf r my favorite 2 lol

[zacandtaylorrule]

Thanks for posting this. I love it. Not only is Elton in it but it has the sketch with Rolf and Fozzie at the piano. Classic.

[pockypurse]

I love how the Muppet Show always had old-timey songs. :D

[weirdguy75]

Elton is far from the tombstone

[TheTerminalMoose]

I know, if I had to pick one adjective to describe him, it would be ALIVE!!! Woot, Elton is AMAZING!

[spinynorman230]

now that i'm doing theatre, i really appreciate how well Elton John can sing and how hard he must've worked just for the aplause, i now fully apreciate his voice, good job Elton John,and rest in peace :(

[Zerovarth]

he died!?

[spinynorman230]

well,actualy i'm not so sure,but the point is he's really good

[HOBRtheBailiff]

lol no...

[59771006]

Very funny show

[MWolfL]

Veterinarian's Hospital is one of my favorite sketches!

[TamTheHamster]

Wow, Fozzie is a natural at the piano! - and that duet was so cute and funny! fozzie and Rowlf are two of my favourites...

[eltonj4ever]

he sounds so great !!!

[theMCRmybaby]

i'm loving animals drum kit, you'd need three feet to use all the pedals lol

[Izabelsniezek]

i love elton johonnnnnnnnnnnns songs

[eltonj4ever]

same here :)

[Chiscringle]

Fozzie looks like Chico Marx when he plays piano.

[darksymphony]

Fozzie and Rowlf duet = EPIC! And cute, too. :)

[LunaGirl2001]

That's probably why they used it twice.

[EctoBuzz]

It's been ages since The Muppets were on originally and some of those sketches still make me laugh. That piano duet is memorably hilarious. A special thank to Jim Henson for making me laugh throughout my childhood, teen years and further on!

[SmilinSweetpea]

That was the best piano duet I've ever seen. I really did LOL! Man, I miss the Muppet Show. I miss Jim Henson, too. :(

[aliceisnt]

One of the best live performances of GYBR!

[Nightcrawlerchick]

To you, Elton John. I light my lighter for you. *waves light* ELTON JOHN FOREVER!

[moonbeam61789]

The piano piece is called 'Country Gardens' composed by Percy Grainger

[pccbassbone]

Didn't they do the Fozzie and Rowlf piano bit in another episode?

[RowBadMovies]

Interesting that they removed the "Vodka and Tonic" lyric from "Goodbye Yellowbrick Road"

[mezzogal]

What's that song Elton John sang at the end of this clip? it's nice. :)

[adog262]

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road."

[TheBadbury]

I think it is called "The English Garden".

[Kakarot21591]

Does anyone know if the Fozzie Bear part is a real piano piece. If so, who wrote it?

[dsjn19]

Can you play Hatless?!? No, who wrote it?!? nyahaha!...

[sailorkwii64]

Elton John is so cool! My mom loves him so much!

[silverthrill]

You don't see this type of entertainment anymore. Sheer genius.

[radioman970]

The Fozzie Bear piano bit was genius! It seems so spontaneous.  Henson magic at work!

[WeezieB69]

I was 8 years old when this aired. I remember it coming on at 7:00 pm on Saturday night. Loved Elton back then and still do. The Muppets rule!

[WaltDisneyWorldboy1]

ELTON JOHN IS OLD NOW

[RingtailStudios]

Way before my time, as '86 was my year. I bought the first season set out of curiosity and liked it so much that I got the Second season, which proved even better. Here's hoping Seasons 3 is released in the near future. :)

BTW, they really need to bring stuff like this back on TV nowadays.

[radioman970]

Season 3 is out. Go get it!!

[RingtailStudios]

Huh? It's out now?? I thought it was coming out in May. :/

[radioman970]

My bad. May 20th. But you can pre-order!

[Anacardiff]

his voice it's excellent

[demonwolfie]

OMG! Yellow Brick Road!

[flipponzin24]

It's such a beautiful song.

[Bootvi]

This is one of the best Muppets show, defo one of the classic episodes

[Zealotta]

I wasn't born yet either. This was 15 years before my birth. Sometimes I wish I had ben born earlier so I could have grown up with stuff like this. Heck, when I was born, Jim Henson (rest in peace, bold hero) had already been dead for two years. So nice to see that people stil care about this.

[FutureAbe]

yeah it sounds beatiful. does anyone know what year this is? like 1972 or something id guess

[DrJuliusStrangepork]

October 25th 1977 according to IMDB. I would have been about 10 months old.

[scienceguy8]

I wouldn't be born for another 11 years, but I would still get to see this and other Muppet Show episodes as reruns in the early 90s.

[blackrose367]

Same here. Early 90's reruns with my Grandparents. We used to do rock-paper-scissors for this show or Lawrence Welk. I won more often (I think they used to let me). Thank you so much for putting these on here, Dr Strangepork! Greatly appreciated!

[Fankarlin]

I wouldn't be born yet either. Born 79. Damn I feel old, or young. Now I am confiused.

[b4ifly2paradise]

1977

[Fetch26291]

@FutureAbe Muppet Show: 1976-1981

[huntress1863]

"goodbye, yellow brick road"... that sounds beautiful!!!!!

[NY4Life]

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