The Muppet Show (TV Series)

Roger Moore (1980)

Dave Goelz: Beauregard, Spy, Mackerel, Baskerville the Hound, Viking Pig, Figurehead

Quotes 

• The Newsman : Here is a Muppet News Flash. An international spy ring is trying to sneak ridiculous stories into the news. Fortunately, with the tight security in the Muppet Newsroom, it can't happen here.

  [picks up another paper] 

  The Newsman : In other news, a black-and-yellow-striped mackerel was elected king this morning and...

  [stops and looks perplexed; Bruno runs up] 

  The Newsman : Huh?

  Bruno : Yes?

  The Newsman : Where have you been?

  Bruno : Oh, I've been showing His Majesty around the newsroom.

  [a mackerel walks up, dressed in royalty; the Newsman sees him] 

  The Newsman : Holy mackerel!

  Mackerel : No, Your Highness will do. Would you like to be knighted?

  The Newsman : Oh, well, of course.

  Mackerel : Okay. Good night!

  [the mackerel hits the Newsman on the head, knocking him out]