7. Season 2, Episode 24 (Cloris Leachman)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9NaSMp8muY Pigs may have taken over, but theres one thing that hasnt changedits still not funny-Statler After being served a vegetarian meal that questions the herbivore adage I dont eat anything with a face, Cloris Leachman takes the stage and gets quite the surprise. Maybe the farm animals feel empowered by Leachmans vegetarianism, or maybe the producers just needed a way to make Season 2s finale memorable, but in this episode, the classic Muppets that viewers love get locked in the Muppet Theatres boiler room and the show is usurped by pigsgreen pigs, singing pigs, pigs big enough to pass as Sweetums (this all leaves Miss Piggy quite conflicted, as shes free to leave the boiler room to perform, but doesnt want to betray Kermit).Many of the shows usual skits are transformed into porcine equivalents, such as Vegetraians Hospital and a cooking show by the Swedish Pig. In the end, Leachman rescues the Muppets via a simple diversion: she holds a hog calling contest.
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