History Recap / TheMuppetShowS5E15

** Kermit brings up how [[Recap/TheMuppetShowS2E17 when Julie Andrews was on the show]] she sang "When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish".

* "Watch What Happens", attempted to be sung by Carol Burnett

* "Watch What Happens", attempted by Carol Burnett

* SkewedPriorities: In "Pigs in Space", [[SwallowedWhole Piggy gets eaten by a Weird Alien Thing. ]]Gonzo rushes in... to tell her she has to keep dancing or she'll be disqualified.

'''Carol:''' Oh, rats.

** Piggy tries to get Kermit to dance with her, but Kermit resists... that is until Gonzo tries to get Kermit to dance with him.

* OnSecondThought: Carol tries to get out of dancing on the excuse that she doesn't have a partner. Gonzo immediately finds her one: Animal.
-->'''Carol:''' Oh, no, no. Now, look, look, I am not dancing.\\

* SkewedPriorities: In "Pigs in Space", Piggy gets eaten by a Weird Alien Thing. Gonzo rushes in... to tell her she has to keep dancing or she'll be disqualified.

* LoopholeAbuse: The Cleaning Lady is approached by Gonzo, who asks her if she's dancing. She reveals that she is, and then Gonzo says that if she's dancing, she must have a partner. She reveals that her broom is ''also'' a dancer.

* MusicalisInterruptus: During a rest period, Carol starts to sing "Watch What Happens", but in the middle of the song, Gonzo calls for a polka. She yells at the dancers to knock it off, actually stopping both the music and dancing for a few moments, and continues singing... but then Gonzo calls for a can-can.

** Kermit brings up how [[Recap/TheMuppetShowS2E17 when Julie Andrews was on the show]] she sang, "When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish".

'''Gonzo:''' Yes, but it goes on ''forever''! Ha ha! Yowza yowza!

-->'''Kermit:''' [[LampshadeHanging This is just like our regular "At the Dance" spot.]]\\

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Subverted. Carol threatens to leave in the middle of the show, but Kermit gets her to stay by promising that she can do her famous "Lonely Asparagus" sketch as soon as the marathon is over. To speed up the marathon, she sings "I Was Made for Dancin'", encouraging the contestants to dance faster and faster, until all but one couple [[PlayerElimination has dropped out by collapsing from exhaustion]].

* NoFairCheating: An in-universe example. In the closing moments, Dr. Honeydew reveals that the winning couple is a pair of robot dancers that he invented in Muppet Labs, and Gonzo tells him that robots are against the rules. Making it worse, this means Gonzo decides that no one has won. [[EveryoneChasingYou The enraged dancers begin chasing him around the stage.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Subverted. Carol threatens to leave in the middle of the show, but Kermit gets her to stay by promising that she can do her famous "Lonely Asparagus" sketch as soon as the marathon is over. To speed it up, she sings "I Was Made for Dancin'", encouraging the contestants to dance faster and faster, until all but one couple [[PlayerElimination has dropped out by collapsing from exhaustion]].

-->'''Carol:''' Oh, what a sad and lonely asparagus am I! Most of my [[{{Pun}} hollandaise]] are behind me...\\

* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Instead of the usual format, we get a dance marathon that was arranged in the same time slot by mistake—essentially an episode-long "At the Dance" sketch.

* NoFairCheating: An in-universe example. In the closing moments, Dr. Honeydew reveals that the winning couple is a pair of robot dancers that he invented in Muppet Labs, and Gonzo tells him that robots are disqualified. Making it worse, this means Gonzo decides that no one has won. [[EveryoneChasingYou The enraged dancers begin chasing him around the stage.]]

* NoFairCheating: An in-universe example. In the closing moments, Dr. Honeydew tries winning the competition by building a pair of robot dancers, but Gonzo tells him that robots are disqualified. Making it worse, this means that Gonzo decides that no one has won. [[EveryoneChasingYou The enraged dancers begin chasing him around the stage.]]

* NoFairCheating: An in-universe example. Dr. Honeydew tries winning the competition by building a pair of robot dancers, but Gonzo tells him that robots are disqualified. Making it worse, this means that Gonzo decides that no one has won. [[EveryoneChasingYou The enraged dancers begin chasing him around the stage.]]

'''Carol:''' ...speed it up! ''[She turns to another couple]'' Oh, good! Yeah! Faster, faster, faster, faster!

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Subverted. Carol threatens to leave in the middle of the show, but Kermit gets her to stay by promising that she can do her famous "Lonely Asparagus" sketch as soon as the marathon is over.