The Muppet Show (TV Series)

Zero Mostel (1977)

Zero Mostel: Self - Special Guest Star

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Quotes 

• Sam the Eagle : Excuse me, Mr. Mostel.

  Zero Mostel : Yes?

  Sam the Eagle : I am Sam the Eagle.

  Zero Mostel : I am glad to know you.

  Sam the Eagle : Yes, glad to know you. I am the upholder of decency and dignity for this show.

  Zero Mostel : Are you really?

  Sam the Eagle : Yes.

  [behind Sam, Zero mocks him, though Sam doesn't know it] 

  Sam the Eagle : I believe this program is trivial and not fit for family viewing.

  [looks behind him and sees Zero not mocking him anymore] 

  Sam the Eagle : It is disgracefully lacking in culture.

  Zero Mostel : [mockingly]  It is disgracefully lacking in culture.

  Sam the Eagle : Hmm, I'm glad you agree with me. Yes.

  [Zero takes a hammer and raises it over Sam's head] 

  Sam the Eagle : I personally have always felt that this program...

  [looks at Zero again, who drops hammer behind] 

  Sam the Eagle : ... must... must, I say, be cleansed of all nonsense...

  [Zero now takes a gun and aims it at Sam] 

  Sam the Eagle : ... and silliness!

  [looks at Zero once more, who puts gun in his own mouth] 

  Sam the Eagle : Don't you agree with me, sir?

  Zero Mostel : [taking a glass of water and pouring it out]  Of course! It must be cleansed!

  Sam the Eagle : Now, it seems to me that you and I...

  [behind Sam, Zero continues to mock him] 

  Sam the Eagle : ... think alike.

  [looks at Zero again, who stops mocking him] 

  Sam the Eagle : True?

  Zero Mostel : True.

  Sam the Eagle : A pleasure talking to you, sir. A man of dignity.

  [walks off] 

  Zero Mostel : [mockingly]  Dignity! Always dignity! Dignity, dignity!

  [mimics squawking like an eagle]