Zero Mostel
Statler and Waldorf decide to watch TV in their box, instead of watching the show. Meanwhile, Kermit can't make payroll ($27.14), but Muppet Theatre owner J. P. Grosse says he'll give him the money if he puts "good old-fashioned e...
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"There are certainly better episodes of the Muppet Show as a whole, but only few of its acts can stand next to Zero Mostel's sketch "Fear of Zero". Nothing short of magnificent, this Poe-esque ("And the accidental walling of myself / Up inside a clammy, dank old dingy cellar") bit of a man sitting at night in his study confronting his manifest fears is a blend of comedy and creeping existential dread that works to perfection. The lyrics mix the joke-fears with the actual horror perfectly, and Zero Mostel's performance alternates between goofy and Klaus Kinski level..."
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Zero Mostel died three months before this show aired, making it his last television performance.
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Statler and Waldorf decide to watch TV in their box, instead of watching the show. Meanwhile, Kermit can't make payroll ($27.14), but Muppet Theatre owner J. P. Grosse says he'll give him the money if he puts "good old-fashioned e...