French flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal guest stars, and Miss Piggy finds herself in a fix when Jean-Pierre thinks they can converse in French.
Songs and Sketches
- "Rockin' Robin", sung by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
- "Lo! Hear the Gentle Lark", played and sung by Jean-Pierre Rampal and Miss Piggy
- Bear on Patrol: Car Prisoner
- Veterinarian's Hospital: Conga
- UK Spot: "La Seine"
- "The Little Shepherd", played by Jean-Pierre Rampal
- Muppet Labs: Electric Sledgehammer
- Muppet News Flash: The Electric Sledgehammer escapes and attacks really wimpy nerds
- "Ease On Down The Road", played and sung by Jean-Pierre Rampal and children
This episode has examples of
- Call-Back: Both the Charles Aznavour and Elke Sommer episodes established that Miss Piggy, despite her Gratuitous French, can't actually speak the language. She has to feign a special form of laryngitis to avoid exposing herself to Jean-Pierre.
- Fractured Fairy Tale: The final number is the "Pied Piper of Hamelin", only reversed; instead of a plague of rats, it's a horde of children rampaging through a village of rats.
- Overly Narrow Superlative: Kermit introduces the show as "the best show in the world out of all the shows hosted by frogs".
- Waldorf: Jean-Pierre has recorded an album of Frank Sinatra's hits on the flute.
Statler: What's it called?
Waldorf: "I Did It Sideways".
