The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)

Richard Hunt: Scooter, Statler, Janice, Beaker, Dog, Baby Scooter

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• Janice : [talks on phone]  So I told him "Listen, buddy, I don't take my clothes off for anybody, even if it IS artistic".

• Statler : Well, Waldorf, they finally made it to Broadway.

  Waldorf : Yes, and I already bought tickets.

  Statler : Are they good seats?

  Waldorf : Sure are. They're on the next train out of town.

• Baby Kermit : [Muppet Babies, singing]  She's gonna be a movie star. And she's gonna learn to drive a car; she's gonna be a vet'rinarian, too.

  [to Kermit] 

  Miss Piggy : And I'm gonna always love you-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh!

  Fozzie Bear : Well, she's gonna be a singer, whoa-whoa-whoa!

  Scooter : And she's gonna learn to fly a plane!

  Rowlf : She'll be a doctor of diseases and help you with your sneezes...

  Gonzo : ...and practice neurosurgery on your brain!

• Statler : [he and Waldorf are riding a carriage in the park]  Hey, look, Waldorf, it's the frog and the pig.

  Waldorf : Yeah, it looks like they're in love.

  Statler : Yeah.

  Waldorf : Kinda makes you sick, doesn't it?

  [they laugh] 

  Waldorf : Woo-hoo!

  Statler : Hey, lovey doveys!

  Waldorf : Hubba, hubba!

• [the Muppets have shacked up in bus station lockers] 

  Janice : I'll trade with anyone who has a Jacuzzi.

• Kermit the Frog : What's going on here?

  Scooter : Well... uh... we just got job offers. Uh... right guys?

  [everyone lies with ad libs, "yeah", "sure", "job offers"] 

  Kermit the Frog : That's great. But why do you all look so sad?

  Scooter : Well, it's just... they're kind of... out of town job offers. Right guys?

  [more ad libs with "yes", "out of town", etc] 

  Gonzo : What job did I get?

  Scooter : Gonzo! Shut up!

• Gonzo : Maybe we could sell the show if you wrote in more special effects like exploding socks.

  Janice : Oh, Gonzo, like that's a really lame idea.

  Gonzo : Oh, yeah?

  Floyd : Hey man, stop yelling at her.

  Fozzie : He wasn't yelling.

  Gonzo : Yes, I was.

  Scooter : Oh, Gonzo, don't make trouble.

• Scooter : Why don't we take 'Manhattan Melodies' to New York.

  Rowlf : What?

  Fozzie Bear : Yeah. Broadway is dying to get a great musical like this.

  Miss Piggy : [dreamily]  Broadway?

• Scooter : Listen. Listen, all I'm saying is maybe it's time we went out on our own.

  Fozzie Bear : You mean, out on our own alone? Without even each other even?

• Kermit the Frog : That's it. That's what's missing from the show. That's what we need. More frogs and dogs and bears and chickens and whatever. You're not gonna watch the show, you'll be in the show. Come on, everybody.

  Kermit the Frog , Miss Piggy , Fozzie Bear , Gonzo , Camilla , Scooter , Rowlf : [singing]  Look at us, Here we are, Right where we belong, The curtain's up, And the lights are bright, And they're playing our old song

  Kermit the Frog : What better place, Could anyone be?

• Baby Fozzie : [singing]  Mama, dada, poop poop, chihuahua!

  Baby Fozzie , Baby Gonzo Honeydew : Mama, dada, poop poop, chihuahua!

  Baby Fozzie , Baby Gonzo Honeydew , Baby Scooter : Mama, dada, poop poop, chihuahuahua! Hua hau hau hau!