The Muppet Movie (1979)
Jerry Nelson: Floyd Pepper, Crazy Harry, Robin the Frog, Lew Zealand, Camilla, Blue Frackle
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Quotes
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Floyd Pepper : We am, is, are, and be, they whom as are known as: The Electric Mayhem!
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Robin the Frog : Uncle Kermit, is this how the Muppets *really* got started?
Kermit : Well, it's sort of approximately how it happened.
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[Animal roars and scares Kermit and Fozzie]
Floyd Pepper : Oh, yeah, that's Animal. Show 'em what you do, Animal.
Animal : I want to - eat drums!
[chews on a cymbal]
Dr. Teeth : No, no. Beat drums, beat drums!
Animal : [stops chewing] Beat drums! Beat drums!
[Starts beating his head against that same cymbal]
Floyd Pepper : Down, Animal!
Animal : DOWN!
Floyd Pepper : Back!
Animal : BACK!
Floyd Pepper : Sit!
Animal : SIT!
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Kermit : [whispering] This is the patriotic part.
Robin the Frog : [whispering back] Should we stand up?
Kermit : No.
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Kermit : What's happening?
Floyd Pepper : At the moment, *we're* what's happenin'.
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Floyd Pepper : What in the name of Fats Waller is that?
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew : A four foot prune!
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Animal : IR-RI-TA-TED! IR-RI-TA-TED!
Kermit : Don't worry, Animal, your big scene is coming up.
Floyd Pepper : Yeah, just be cool and eat another seat cushion.
Animal : SEAT CUSHION!
[rips off some upholstery and stuffing at the corner of his chair and eats it]
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[the members of The Electric Mayhem are introducing themselves one by one]
Zoot : I'm, uh, uhh...
Floyd Pepper : Zoot. Sax is your axe. Uh-oh, Zoot skipped a groove again.
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Crazy Harry : Crazy Harry plays with electricity! AH-HA-HA-HA-HA!
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Floyd Pepper : [about the Insta-Grow pills] Yeah, man, well, what else do these pills make big?
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew : Oh, they'll work on anything, but the effect is, sadly, temporary.
Beaker : Sadly temporary.
[sighs]
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Floyd Pepper : Yeah, the road manager. We couldn't go anywhere without him.
Fozzie : He's the man with the contacts?
Dr. Teeth : No, he's the man with the van.
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[Kermit and the Muppets arrive in Hollywood]
Miss Piggy : Oh, Kermie, look, it's wonderful. Like a dream come true.
Kermit : Well, don't count your tadpoles until they've hatched, I still have to audition, you know.
Floyd Pepper : Hey, there ain't nothin' to it but to do it!
Lord's Secretary : [closes the door] And where do you think you're going?
Kermit : Oh, hi there. We're here to audition for Lew Lord.
Lord's Secretary : You just can't walk in here off the street you know, especially with all these animals.
Kermit : Animals? Wh-What's wrong with animals?
[Muppets mutter indignantly but indistinctly]
Lord's Secretary : This is a movie studio, not a zoo. Besides...
[sneezes]
Lord's Secretary : ...I'm allergic to animal hair. Now get along all of you.
Kermit : Now wait a second, miss. I may not be one of your fancy Hollywood frogs, but I deserve a chance, and we're going to stay right here in this office until you let us in to see Lew Lord. Aren't we, gang?
[the Muppets shout "Yes" indistinctly]
Lord's Secretary : [on the phone] Security, Miss Tracey. I want to report a...
[the Muppets shake their fur, causing the secretary to sneeze convulsively until she finally opens the office door]
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Gonzo : All right, Camilla, I'll get you a balloon, but *you* have to pick the color: red or green?
Balloon Vendor : Can I give you a word of advice?
Gonzo : What?
Balloon Vendor : Why not take both?
[smiles encouragingly]
Gonzo : [gasps] What a wild idea!
Balloon Vendor : Yeah, a beautiful chicken like that deserves two balloons.
Gonzo : You're right.
Balloon Vendor : I have guys come in all the time. Sometimes, they'll get a buncha balloons for their girls, and they go gaga for it.
Gonzo : Gaga? I'll take the whole bunch!
Camilla : Gaga! Gaga!
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Janice : Oh, wow.
Floyd Pepper : [as he and Janice hug] Oh, my main squeeze knows how to squeeze.
Janice : Really. Oh, Animal.
Animal : WOMAN! WOMAN!
Janice : For sure.
Floyd Pepper : Come on, baby.
Janice : For sure.
Animal : For sure, really. For sure, really.
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Kermit : What do you think, Robin?
Robin the Frog : Uncle Kermit. I think you're a great actor.
Kermit : That wasn't acting that was real life.
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Crazy Harry : [laughs maniacally] Crazy Harry plays with electricity!
