The Muppet Show (TV Series)

Milton Berle (1977)

Frank Oz: Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Crocodile

Quotes 

• [Rowlf is playing "The Entertainer" slowly] 

  Milton Berle : "The Entertainer", right?

  Rowlf : Yep, that's the name of the song.

  Milton Berle : You know, most people don't know that there are words to that song.

  Rowlf : That's true.

  Milton Berle : You know what they're about? They're about the stars and the performers and the entertainers that appeared during the heyday of Vaudeville.

  Rowlf : You used to be in Vaudeville, didn't you?

  Milton Berle : Yeah, sure I was, but when I was a kid.

  Rowlf : How many performances did you do in Vaudeville?

  Milton Berle : Oh, I'd say between 80,000 and 100,000.

  Rowlf : Wow, you were really the entertainer, weren't you?

  Milton Berle : One of them... yeah, one of them. Many, many fond memories.

  [speaking, soulfully] 

  Milton Berle : Now the curtain is going up. The Entertainer is taking a bow. He does his dance step and sings his song, he even gets the audience to sing along. Yes, he knows just what to do, he knows how to brings down the house when he's through. Snappy patter and jokes, he knows what pleases the folks. The Entertainer: the Star of the Show.

  [tempo increases and the Muppets come on the stage] 

  Muppets : [singing]  It was in Vaudeville and he was on the bill with all the singers, dancers, acrobats and clowns.

  Fozzie Bear : There was a dancing bear.

  Rowlf : Even a dog act there.

  Scooter : And a comedian who never let them down.

  Muppets : But when he came on to do his favorite song, he really wowed them in the cities and the towns. They came from near and far to see the Vaudeville star: The Entertainer!

  [tempo slows] 

  Milton Berle : [speaking, soulfully]  Now the curtain is going down on the Entertainer: the artist, the pro. He was put on this earth to bring us laughter and mirth. The Entertainer: the Star of the Show.