{"id":42664,"date":"2015-11-19T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=42664"},"modified":"2022-05-04T22:57:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T02:57:05","slug":"muppets-review-episode-8-hot-handler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/muppets-review-episode-8-hot-handler\/","title":{"rendered":"The Muppets: A Review of Episode 8 – Too Hot to Handler"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Season 1, Episode 8: Too Hot to Handler<\/p>\n

Originally Aired: Tuesday November 17<\/p>\n

Guest stars: Chelsea Handler, Riki Lindhome<\/p>\n

This episode features Chelsea Handler, whom Scooter has developed an enormous crush. Scooter is, however, incredibly nervous and awkward, even when his date with Chelsea goes well. He eventually wants her to slow it way down (to her Junior High School moves) and they agree to talk on the phone while she is on the road.<\/p>\n

This episode also features a re-occurrence of Riki Lindhome as Fozzie\u2019s girlfriend Becky, who Fozzie wants to invite to move in with him, much to Kermit\u2019s unease. To check out the situation Kermit and Denise join Fozzie and Becky at trivia night at Rolf’s. During their evening, Kermit tries to bring up fun table conversation like criminal records and credit scores, and while he doesn\u2019t discover anything unusual about Becky, however, Denise is full of less than desirable tidbits. Kermit does, however, think Becky is cheating at the trivia night and is conflicted about telling Fozzie. Later, he tries to trap Becky by asking random trivia, but other staff members keep yelling out the answers. In the end, Kermit makes a fool of himself.<\/p>\n

With this episode, The Muppets is starting to solidify some of its strengths. Quick one liners, especially from \u201cminor\u201d characters are great. Besides the quotes I have below, for example, there is some great interplay with the Electric Mayhem and the silliness of Fozzie taping regional promos while he and Kermit talk it out is hilarious.<\/p>\n

Additionally, they continue to really effectively use Bobo and Uncle Deadly. Deadly has a quick wit that really fits the show well and Bobo is sweet, goofy, and caring, but also quite funny. On top of that, some of the character groupings, like the writing team of Rizzo and Pepe, are really coming into their own.<\/p>\n