Gonzo
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Gonzo
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“Oh, I love it when I'm nasty.”

Professor Ratigan (voiced by Vincent Price)
in The Great Mouse Detective.

An evil, pernicious, yet suave crime lord, obsessed with his status as a mouse, but when labeled a rat, his ostentatious demeanor shatters and reveals a violent and savage mind.
September 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Danny Kaye: Thank you. Thank you. Kermit, do you mind if I bring some friends along? Come on in, fellas. There we go.

Statler:There was something thrilling about being IN the show tonight.
Waldorf: Yep. Not having to watch it.
August 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Scooter: There's a real pro. Most performers are a nervous wreck before the curtain. He takes a nap
Danny Kaye: Scooter…Hi
S: fifteen seconds to curtain
D: Fifteen seconds until curtain?! I better get my makeup on
(bumps into the dresser and collapses)
S: I wonder if that's how he took his first nap
August 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Lena Horne sings "I've Got a Name”

Waldorf: I could listen to her sing till the end of time.
Statler: She doesn't sing that. It's not her style.
Waldorf: No, no, I mean I could listen to her sing forever.
Statler: Well, she doesn't sing that either.
August 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ratatouille

Anton Ego: Yes, I think I do. After reading a lot of overheated puffery about your new cook, you know what I'm craving? A little perspective. That's it. I'd like some fresh, clear, well seasoned perspective. Can you suggest a good wine to go with that?
August 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“Everyone wants stuff, we wake up every day with list of wishes a mile long and maybe we spend our lives trying to make those wishes come true, but just because we want them doesn’t mean we need them to be happy.”

Ned, Pushing Daisies
August 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a manner that they actually look forward to the trip.
August 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Episode 122

Statler: What do you take in your tea?
Waldorf: Oh, milk, two sugars, one mouse.
Statler: One what?
Waldorf: Mouse. Take a look.

Miss Mousey appears in the teacup, and sings "Don't Sugar Me". At the end, the teacup walks off the balcony.
August 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Sam the Eagle: It is my distinct pleasure to present Wayne and Wanda, of whom composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein wrote:
"These two are a manifestation of the musical mediocrity that passes for talent in our troubled times.” Nice review.

Wayne and Wanda in a gazebo setting
The paper moon falls
August 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Bluey

Granny Mobile
Muffin is playing Grouchy Granny on an old scooter.
A real Grouchy Granny, Old Pug, wants to buy it. Muffin keeps upping the price, until:

Old Pug: Fine. Eleven hundred.
Muffin: TWELVE HUNDWED!
Muffin: And 18 lollies!
Old Pug: Oh, you cheeky little... fine. $1200 dollars.
August 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Episode 101: Juliet Prowse

Juliet dances to "Solace" with the Green Gazelles. She vanishes into the background at the end of the song.

Waldorf: Hey, she just vanished. How did she do that?

Statler: Probably like this. (vanishes)

Waldorf: Yup. That's probably how she did it.
August 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“Things are getting worse faster than we can lower our standards.”

Carrie Fisher
August 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Episode 107

Waldorf: (drowsy) Wha — wake me when the show starts.

Statler: It's already been on a while.
Waldorf: Oh. Wake me when it's over.
August 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Muppet Show

Jim Henson and Richard Hunt with Waldorf and Statler on the set of The Muppet Show.
August 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Fraggle Rock

Marjory the Trash Heap is a compost heap near the Gorg's garden. She is an oracle to the Fraggles, dispensing advice and wise sayings

Philo and Gunge introduce her as the "all-knowing, all-seeing Trash Heap! Nyeah!"

When she finishes, they say: "The Trash Heap has spoken! Nyeah!"
August 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Fragile Rock

Doc is an inventor and lives with his dog, Sprocket. His workshop is connected to Fraggle Rock via a hole in the wall

Doc is puzzled by the postcards for this "Gobo Fraggle fella” and promptly throws them away.

Sprocket often catches Gobo in the act of retrieving a discarded postcard
August 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Fraggle Rock

The Gorgs are the giant characters of Fraggle Rock.

Pa Gorg, Ma Gorg, and Junior Gorg, are a royal family living in a rundown castle and the self-proclaimed rulers of the Universe.
August 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Fraggle Rock

Doozers

Doozers spend much of their time busily constructing all manner of pointless scaffolding out of an edible candy-like substance (manufactured from radishes)
Doozers spend most of their time building, and Fraggles spend much of their time eating tasty Doozer buildings.
August 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Fraggle Rock

“Dance your cares away,
Worry's for another day.
Let the music play,
Down at Fraggle Rock.

Work your cares away,
Dancing's for another day.
Let the Fraggles play,
We're Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober, Red.“
August 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Fraggle Rock

"The center of the universe is, of course, that marvelous land known as Fraggle Rock. It is thus called because it is a Rock and Fraggles live there." Uncle Traveling Matt

Matt boards a roller coaster and Dave Goelz, who performs Uncle Traveling Matt, is sitting next to him.
August 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Follow That Bird
released August 2, 1985

Waylon Jennings/Truck Driver

Big Bird: I can't wait to get back to my real home on Sesame Street. I figure I can walk back there in, oh, about three hours
Truck Driver: Three hours? More like three weeks
Big Bird: Three weeks? Oh, no. I'll never get home!
August 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“The Muppets at Walt Disney World”

Security Guard Quinton Fitzwaller/Charles Grodin

Guard: Will you stop eating and help me capture the Muppets?
Rizzo: you gotta watch for the weird and unusual
Guard,on his phone:World Showcase? A Scandinavian Cook? A guy with a bucket on his head?
Rizzo: Bullseye
August 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Scooter the Scarecrow

The Muppets Go to the Movies, The Wizard of Oz

Miss Piggy as Dorothy, Scooter as the Scarecrow, Gonzo as the Tin Woodman, and Fozzie Bear as the Cowardly Lion
July 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Reposted by Gonzo
July 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The Muppet Movie

Scooter: Hey, don't forget about me. I'm Scooter, the band's road manager.

Yeah, we couldn't go anywhere without him.
He's the man with the contacts?
No, he's the man with the van!
….
we'd think of a clever plot device.
Like disguising their car so they won't be recognized.
July 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM