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The team prepares to operate.

Nurse Piggy prepares to become on.

Backside the Scenes of Episode 313

Veterinarian'due south Hospital is a recurring Muppet Show sketch, loosely spoofing the atmosphere of medical soap operas.

Dr. Bob (played by Rowlf the Dog), Nurse Piggy (Miss Piggy), and Nurse Janice confer over a series of patients, telling an endless serial of bad jokes and failing to effect whatever cure. The patient was frequently a character from an earlier sketch in the episode.

In the first season, the unseen Announcer was played by John Lovelady, who opened each sketch with, "And at present, the standing story of a sometime orthopedic surgeon who'south gone to the dogs." Jerry Nelson, who occasionally substituted for Lovelady, would take over the part total fourth dimension in subsequent seasons. Nelson'due south announcer opens the sketch with, "And at present, the continuing stoooory of a quack who's gone to the dogs," and ends each sketch with "Melody in next week when you'll hear [Grapheme Name] say..."

After the completion of The Muppet Testify in 1981, the farther antics of Dr. Bob's operating room were told in the panels of The Muppets comic strip by Guy and Brad Gilchrist. Examples from the earliest strips made their debut on October 21st and 28th, and Dec eighth; the terminal two of which feature Fozzie returning to the hospital bed one time once more. Later strips took the trio outside of their familiar setting and even divide the characters upwardly to inspire a diversity of circumstances. Some of these can be found in the pages of vi book collections of the series released by Tom Doherty Assembly. More "Veterinarian's Hospital" sketches were included in the books Information technology's The Muppet Show! and The Comic Muppet Book. A Veterinary'southward Hospital comic strip was written and illustrated for Disney Adventures, but never published until the release of the trade paperback of The Muppet Bear witness Comic Book: Meet the Muppets. Additionally, Outcome #2: Fozzie's Story and Event #four: Miss Piggy's Story include the sketch.

When the Muppet gang returned to television in 1989 with The Jim Henson Hour, Vet'southward Hospital was revived in a sense equally "Merlin the Wizard, Md," two medieval sketches (seen in episode 102 and 107) in which Rowlf appeared as the magician Merlin (accompanied past a female assistant). Similar Dr. Bob, Merlin would purportedly cure people'due south medical problems (this time using magic), making jokes and slinging puns all the while. In the Muppets' 1996 serial Muppets Tonight, the Muppets, this time led by Dr. Fozzie, would again revisit the pun-filled medical sketch with the recurring segment "E-I-E-I-OR".

In 2003, Sababa Toys released a gear up of costly dolls featuring the Vet's Hospital bandage and a patient, Camilla. Palisades Toys also planned on a prepare of , just the toys were not produced.

Contents

• 1 Sketches
  • ane.1 The Muppet Show Flavor 1
  • ane.2 The Muppet Show Season 2
  • 1.3 The Muppet Show Flavor three
  • 1.iv The Muppet Show Season 4
  • 1.5 The Muppet Show Season 5
  • 1.vi Additional Sketches (Not-Muppet Bear witness)
• 2 Honorable mentions
• three Notes
• 4 See as well
• v External links

Sketches

The Muppet Show Flavour 1
Picture	Patient	Episode	Description
	Fozzie Carry	Episode 105: Rita Moreno	Janice is late considering she was operating in the other booth. ("I know, it's the talk of the hospital," says Dr. Bob.) Fozzie is the patient, and when he considers leaving, Janice tells him that Dr. Bob is the only one who can salve him. Dr. Bob claims to have saved over 500 terminal year (dollars, not patients), merely he too lost over 100 pounds (not in weight, only in England).
	Dead Patient	Episode 109: Charles Aznavour	The patient, a furry blue affair, is expressionless.
	Hiccuping Patient	Episode 110: Harvey Korman	A patient has the hiccups, but Dr. Bob is more concerned with his ain problems, such every bit being overworked and underpaid. The patient eventually explodes, and decides to quit while he's ahead.
	Duck	Episode 113: Bruce Forsyth	The patient is a duck, but Dr. Bob keeps confusing information technology with a chicken. The duck constantly yells "Duck!" when someone says he's a craven, but the doctors take information technology as a sign that something is nigh to fall down. Finally, something does fall down: a lamp, which lands on Dr. Bob's head.
	One-time Man	Episode 114: Sandy Duncan	Dr. Bob leaves his watch within an old blueish Whatnot.
	Behemoth	Episode 115: Candice Bergen	Behemoth is at the hospital for a tummy ache and a sore pharynx. Dr. Bob hits his tummy with a hammer, giving him a tummy ache, but the patient explains that he has a sore throat and wants it to go away. Turns out he has a frog in his throat, and it's Kermit. Kermit, quite annoyed, threatens to cancel the skit.
	Chicken	Episode 116: Avery Schreiber	Dr. Bob operates on a chicken (the chicken puppet only has one eyelid).
	George the Janitor	Episode 117: Ben Vereen	George is the patient, only he doesn't feel any better at this hospital. Dr. Bob is told that he has given the hospital a bad name, and he agrees...Fred is a terrible proper noun for a hospital. An alternate take of this sketch was included on The Muppet Prove album.
	Bread	Episode 118: Phyllis Diller	The patient is a talking loaf of bread. What does Dr. Bob brand of it? Toast!
The Muppet Show Flavor 2
Film	Patient	Episode	Description
	Affair	Episode 201: Don Knotts	The Screaming Thing from "The Windmills of Your Heed" is the patient. He has 3 left anxiety, just also left ii feet in Cincinnati.
	Fozzie Returns	Episode 204: Rich Niggling	Fozzie is dorsum in the hospital.
	At the Dance	Episode 206: Nancy Walker	Two sketches are accidentally scheduled at once: Veterinarian's Infirmary and At the Dance.
	Telephone	Episode 210: George Burns	Dr. Bob operates on a telephone and prescribes a local anaesthetic -- "Long distance costs too much!"
	Moo-cow	Episode 211: Dom DeLuise	The audition demands to run across Miss Piggy. The patient is a cow, and Dr. Bob and both nurses make several cow jokes. This sketch was released on Information technology's The Muppets: More Muppets, Please!
	Shoe	Episode 212: Bernadette Peters	Dr. Bob operates on a shoe with a coated tongue, while exchanging 'shoe business organisation' jokes. This sketch was released on Muppet Moments.
	Shakespeare Jokes	Episode 213: Rudolf Nureyev	While operating on a piglet, Dr. Bob and visitor recite a string of Shakespearean puns.
	Baskerville the Hound	Episode 214: Elton John	Dr. Bob and visitor try to effigy out what brood Baskerville is.
	Dr. Bob Does a Sketch Twice	Episode 215: Lou Rawls	Dr. Bob lost another one of his patients. By the end of the sketch, he asks who the Announcer is, and the Announcer answers, "I'yard the guy who says, 'Welcome to Veterinarian's Infirmary, the continuing stoooory of a quack who'south gone to the dogs...'" and the sketch is repeated (with slightly adjusted jokes). This sketch was released on Muppet Treasures.
	Hungry Operating Table	Episode 220: Petula Clark	Dr. Bob's patient is sinking... into the operating table, that is.
	Vegetarian's Hospital	Episode 224: Cloris Leachman	Dr. Bob and Nurse Janice accept been replaced by Md Pig and Nurse Pig. This sketch was a Uk Spot.
The Muppet Show Season 3
Picture	Patient	Episode	Description
	Train Conductor	Episode 308: Loretta Lynn	The patient is a train conductor, who tin only say "All aboard!"
	The Swedish Chef	Episode 309: Liberace	What starts as a Swedish Chef sketch finishes with Vet's Hospital, as the hospital staff find the chef has a rare case of in-grown coffee pot.
	Castilian Dancer	Episode 312: James Coco	I of the Spanish Dancers who have been showing up throughout the prove has acute appendicitis. Meanwhile, James Coco thinks the sketch needs "razzle-dazzle" and sends in some dancing chorus-girls.
	Recording Room Sound Guy	Episode 313: Helen Reddy	Ane of the audio men from the "Bluish" number appears as the patient.
	Hawaiian Pig	Episode 320: Sylvester Stallone	I of the pigs from the "Hawaiian War Dirge" number is the patient.
	Cluckitis	Episode 321: Roger Miller	Everyone in the theater catches "Cluckitis" and turns into chickens, including the Vet'due south Infirmary bandage and their patient.
The Muppet Testify Season 4
Picture	Patient	Episode	Description
	Old Lady	Episode 404: Dyan Cannon	One of the quondam ladies from Geri and the Atrics is the patient.
	Robin the Frog	Episode 406: Linda Lavin	In accolade of Kermit's altogether, Robin makes an advent on the operating table. Piggy demands that he will call her Aunt Piggy.
	Kermit the Frog	Episode 410: Kenny Rogers	Kermit is the patient. Dr. Bob and Nurse Janice cleft jokes nearly both Kermit's status and Nurse Piggy'south dear for him. This sketch was released on It'due south The Muppets: Encounter the Muppets.
	Best Sketch of the Year?	Episode 412: Phyllis George	Veterinarian'due south Hospital and Pigs in Space are nominated for Best Sketch in the Fred Awards, so Doctor Bob practices his acceptance speech.
	Pig Patient	Episode 413: Empty-headed Gillespie	A squealer keeps coming dorsum into the operating room because he has fallen in love with Nurse Piggy.
	Dr. Bob	Episode 418: Christopher Reeve	Christopher Reeve replaces Dr. Bob while Bob is the patient.
	Bunnies	Episode 421: Doug Henning	As a result of Fozzie's magic trick gone incorrect, bunnies keep coming out of the operating table.
	Rabbit	Episode 422: Andy Williams	This sketch was released on Muppet Treasures.
	On the Swinetrek	Episode 423: Carol Channing	On Pigs in Space, Piggy's feet injure because her shoes are as well small. Dr. Bob and Nurse Janice come up to the rescue, only can't seem to break through the invisible shield.
The Muppet Show Flavor 5
Pic	Patient	Episode	Description
	Beauregard	Episode 501: Cistron Kelly	Beauregard is worried sick because he thinks that the globe is coming to an end. The sketch ends with "a sign" he was waiting for: the Announcer falling on him.
	Nurse Loretta	Episode 502: Loretta Swit	Loretta Swit replaces Nurse Piggy. This sketch was released on The Kermit and Piggy Story.
	Pinocchio	Episode 508: Señor Wences	Pinocchio is at the infirmary because his nose grows every time he tells a lie.
	Conga	Episode 510: Jean-Pierre Rampal	Marvin Suggs lies on the operating table and starts a conga line to the beat of his center and the operating instruments, along with Dr. Bob, Nurse Janice, Nurse Piggy and several patients. This sketch was not introduced as a Veterinarian's Hospital sketch.
	Gonzo	Episode 511: Paul Simon	Gonzo is only in the hospital for laughs. This sketch was a Uk Spot.
	The Weather Man	Episode 516: Gladys Knight	The theater's roof has been removed. The patient is a singing weatherman, who predicts the atmospheric condition in vocal.
	In the Dark	Episode 522: Buddy Rich	While all the lights are out, Dr. Bob tries to operate on one of the electricians who tried to fix the lighting problem in the theater and got a shock.
	Viking	Episode 524: Roger Moore	The patient is 1 of the sus scrofa vikings from the opening number "In the Navy".
Additional Sketches (Not-Muppet Show)
Flick	Description
	The Muppet Show Comic Volume : See the Muppets #2 and #4 The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson #4 On the Road #1 and #iii Family Reunion #5 Muppet Mash #8 and #11 The Four Seasons #ii
	The Muppets episode "Generally Inhospitable" Rowlf guest stars on Up Tardily with Miss Piggy and performs as Dr. Bob with Janice.
	The Muppets Accept the Bowl Danny Trejo appears as the patient in a pre-taped sketch.
	Muppet Babies episode "The Muppet Babies Show" Baby Rowlf and Infant Piggy operate on Baby Fozzie's rubber chicken.

Honorable mentions

• In episode 222, Nurse Janice can be seen pulling Fauna away from his drumkit during the song "Wild Thing". Also, Miss Piggy dons her nurse outfit while weighing herself.

• The Pigs in Space sketch from episode 423 features a cameo advent past Dr. Bob and Nurse Janice who appear to help convalesce First Mate Piggy's sore anxiety, thus merging two of the more well-known recurring Muppet Evidence sketches. (When the Announcer closes the sketch, Dr. Bob comments, "We have him at the hospital, too.")

• In episode 424, Dr. Bob and Nurse Janice deport Gonzo offstage after beingness harassed past a hostile audience.

Notes

From A Muppet Crew Presentation

• The production staff of The Muppet Show parodied the segment in a wrap party video shot at the end of the show's start season. The sketch featured Richard Holloway as "Nurse Richard" with the team performing surgery on a script.

Encounter besides

External links

• Miranda's Veterinarian'southward Hospital Page - with sketch transcripts

spraguesucim1946.blogspot.com

Source: https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Veterinarian%27s_Hospital

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