{"id":42565,"date":"2015-11-12T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=42565"},"modified":"2022-05-04T22:58:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T02:58:13","slug":"muppets-review-episode-7-pigs-blackout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/muppets-review-episode-7-pigs-blackout\/","title":{"rendered":"The Muppets: A Review of Episode 7 &#8211; Pig&#8217;s in a Blackout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_2424-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-42566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_2424-Edit-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_2424-Edit\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_2424-Edit-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_2424-Edit.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Season 1, Episode 7: Pig\u2019s in a Blackout<\/p>\n<p>Originally Aired: Tuesday November 10<\/p>\n<p>Guest stars: Jason Bateman, Pentatonix<\/p>\n<p>While it contains throwbacks to some previous sub-plots, this episode of The Muppets focuses mainly on one storyline. Essentially, Kermit suffers a nervous breakdown after a series of hilarious mishaps, ending with Miss Piggy getting stuck in an elevator. After some attempts to make him feel better with new age medicine and lasers, Kermit is convinced by Miss Piggy and Denise to take some time for himself at a spa, leaving Scooter in charge of the show.<\/p>\n<p>At the spa, Kermit\u2019s attempts to relax are derailed by Jason Bateman, who wants help producing his daughter\u2019s elementary school production of &#8220;Wicked.&#8221; Eventually, Jason Bateman gets Kermit kicked out by forcing him to make a phone call, which is forbidden.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jason Bateman and Kermit Yoga Retreat - The Muppets\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S8wtvpU51XQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, back at the studio Scooter decides to turns down the thermostat, normally forbidden by Kermit, and the AC unit falls through the ceiling, freezing Beaker with Freon, ruining Miss Piggy\u2019s new winter collection and subsequently causing all of the lights in the studio to explode, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>In a panic, Scooter wants to give up, but eventually because the show must go on, they come up with the idea of saying the show is raising awareness for energy conservation, bringing on Pentatonix as a musical guest, since they don\u2019t need power.<\/p>\n<p>Kermit ends up a Rowlf\u2019s, and has a deep conversation while Rowlf noodles on the piano \u2013 a scene kind of reminiscent of the bar scene in The Muppet Movie. Keeping with that theme, the episode ends with Kermit playing banjo and singing \u201cRainbow Connection\u201d as stress relief.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kermit Sings &quot;The Rainbow Connection&quot; - The Muppets\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F44HRvn8tiA?list=PLDe0CguuqcMBpEi0GUz9MsBM8fhuQ_XOv\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This episode really continued the momentum of the past few weeks. It kind of seems like after using a few weeks to establish the kind of show they would make, The Muppets have settled into a routine so they can just be goofy and do their thing. This episode had several really funny moments, both visually and through dialogue, and was paced pretty well.<\/p>\n<p>They continue to use the range of Muppets pretty well. However, one thing I have noticed, and that was definitely the case with this episode, is that the creative team of this show seems to not know what to do with Fozzie some times. Earlier in the season, there were a few episodes where he was off on his own almost the whole time, and in this episode he falls down an elevator shaft and doesn\u2019t appear again. If nothing else, it is something I\u2019ll be watching as the series continues.<\/p>\n<p>I think &#8220;The Muppets&#8221; is starting to come into its potential, and I can\u2019t wait to see what they do next.<\/p>\n<p>Top quotes:<\/p>\n<p>Bobo: \u201cOoh, falafel, yeah, get me one of those would you please.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kermit: \u201cFirst of all I want everyone to know that I am fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zoot: \u201cAre you sure? You look a little green.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kermit: \u201cI\u2019m always green Zoot,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zoot: \u201cOh! You look great then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rowlf: \u201cThey tell you to relax and then they stick you outside with a million squirrels who won\u2019t mind their own damn business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rowlf: \u201cIt took me years to accept the fact that I\u2019m part Corgi \u2013 I guess that\u2019s why I can\u2019t dance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out clips and episodes of \u201cThe Muppets\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/abc.go.com\/shows\/the-muppets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>What did you think of the latest episode?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Season 1, Episode 7: Pig\u2019s in a Blackout Originally Aired: Tuesday November 10 Guest stars: Jason Bateman, Pentatonix While it contains throwbacks to some previous sub-plots, this episode of The Muppets focuses mainly on one storyline. Essentially, Kermit suffers a nervous breakdown after a series of hilarious mishaps, ending with Miss Piggy getting stuck&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":42566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4462],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-disney-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42565"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42569,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42565\/revisions\/42569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}