The Muppets Go Hollywood Original airdate: May 16, 1979. Premise:: In this one-hour special, Kermit the Frog throws a party at the Coconut Grove club in Hollywood, CA to celebrate the premiere of "The Muppet Movie". The event is hosted by Dick Van Dyke and Rita Moreno and emceed off-screen by Gary Owens. Scooter Appearances: The go-fer doesn't have a very large part in this one. He first shows up on-camera during Rita Moreno's interview with Miss Piggy poolside at the hotel, asking for more dimes for the payphone. While Piggy tries to shoo him away, Scooter goes on to say that he's only got Robert Redford and Paul Newman left on the list of people she's pretending to have call her - calls that Scooter himself has been making from the payphone - and he wants to get back to the phone before someone else grabs it.
Scooter's next on-camera appearance is when he stops by Kermit's table to summon the frog to the Coconut Grove kitchen. It seems there's a little bit of a problem with the Swedish Chef serving the meatballs - he's serving them with a tennis racket!
After the kitchen sequence Scooter isn't seen again until the last ten or so minutes of the special, when Rita Moreno and the Mutations lead the audience in a conga line. Scooter can be seen conga-ing between Link Hogthrob and Floyd Pepper. Afterwards Scooter joins Kermit, Gonzo, Piggy, Fozzie, Rowlf, Floyd and the Swedish Chef for the final number "Hooray For Hollywood", which they sing to a basically empty club. Afterwards Kermit makes the gang clean up after the party (they get a discount that way), and there are a few shots of Scooter sweeping the floor as the credits roll.
John Denver & The Muppets: A Christmas Together Original airdate: December 5, 1979 Premise:: John Denver and the Muppets get together to celebrate the Christmas holiday with song. Scooter Appearances: In the opening of the special the Muppets and John sing that old Christmas staple, "The Twelve Days of Christmas". Scooter's lyric is "Six geese a-laying". It's interesting to note that the version in the special isn't quite the same as the version that's on the original LP and subsequent re-releases of the album. The most notable difference, aside from changes in who sings what and in what order, is Fozzie forgetting his lyric ("Seven swans a-swimming") almost every time.
Scooter and John Denver duet on the song "The Peace Carol", a slow and gentle number. Scooter is also part of the chorus for "It's In Every One of Us", "When the River Meets the Sea" and "Stille Nacht/Silent Night".
The Muppets Go To the Movies Original airdate: May 20, 1981 Premise:: The Muppets are joined by Dudley Moore and Lily Tomlin in this special, a tribute to film classics. Scooter Appearances: Scooter is part of the chorus in the opening "Hey, A Movie!" number from the Muppets' second film "The Great Muppet Caper".
Scooter is in two of the Muppets' film spoofs. The first is a spoof on the Three Musketeers. Scooter is "Gummo", while Gonzo and Link Hogthrob are Athos and Porthos, respectively. In the second, Scooter plays the Scarecrow to Piggy's Dorothy, Gonzo's Tinman and Fozzie's Cowardly Lion in a tribute medley to "The Wizard of Oz".
Once again Scooter is part of the chorus for the finale number, "We'll Meet Again".
John Denver & The Muppets: Rocky Mountain Holiday Original airdate: May 12, 1983 Premise:: The Muppets and John Denver are together again, this time going on a camping trip into the Rocky Mountains. Scooter Appearances: In a flashback, Scooter joins the rest of the Muppets in singing a Piggy-centric version of "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain". Scooter's lyric goes, "She'll be towing her string section when she comes."
Later on Scooter sits around the campfire with John and the others, joining in campfire songs like "Down By the Old Mill Stream", "Poems, Prayers and Promises", "It's In Every One of Us" (previously featured in "A Christmas Together") and "Oh How Lovely is the Evening".
Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years Original airdate: January 21, 1986 Premise:: The Muppet family - everyone from the Muppet Show, Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock, gathers together at a formal banquet to celebrate 30 years of "making millions of people happy". Scooter Appearances:
A Muppet Family Christmas Original airdate: December 16, 1987 Premise:: Fozzie invites the entire cast of the Muppet Show up to his mother's farmhouse for Christmas, intending to surprise her. The surprise really is on Ma Bear, because she's preparing for a trip to the Bahamas over the holiday and is renting her house out to a gentleman and his dog - Doc and Sprocket from Fraggle Rock. The house keeps filling up as the guests - carolers from Sesame Street and the Fraggle Five from Fraggle Rock - keep on coming. Scooter Appearances: Scooter unearths an old film reel from the attic of Ma Bear's house, and it's a home movie of the "core" Muppets (Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, Rowlf, Fozzie, Scooter and Animal) celebrating Christmas when they were babies.
At the end of the special Scooter participates in the Carol Sing Medley, soloing on "Ding Dong, Merrily On High".
The Muppets At Walt Disney World Original airdate: May 6, 1990 Premise:: Kermit and Robin bring their friends to Paradise Swamp in Florida, for the annual Fly Festival and Bug Fry. Upon learning that Walt Disney World is just past the bog, the gang decides that they'd much rather spend their vacation at the Magic Kingdom than in the swamp. Although they have no money the group enters the park anyway. They wind up pursued not only by Kermit trying to get them to go back to the swamp, but by a security guard (played by Charles Grodin) attempting to salvage his job. Scooter Appearances: When Kermit introduces his aunts and uncles to the group Scooter politely says hello, but manages to mess up the litany of names that Kermit has just rattled off. One of the swamp frogs comments on how cute Bean Bunny is, and Scooter pipes up that it's Bean's job to be cute; "Everyone else was tired of doing it, so we hired him."
When the Muppets learn that Walt Disney World is beyond Paradise Swamp, Scooter shouts "Let's go!" and leads the charge over to the Magic Kingdom.
Once the Muppets gain entry to the park, Scooter is dragged off in the direction of the "It's a Small World" ride by Bean. Either after that or on their way there the two of them stop by the leaping fountains at Epcot's Journey into Imagination pavilion. When Bean cracks a tennis joke Scooter remarks that "cute" is Bean's middle name. Bean corrects him, saying his middle name is actually Norman. Scooter facepalms.
Scooter and Bean aren't seen again until the group gathers together at the Indiana Jones stunt show. Scooter recognizes Piggy out on the set, but Bean points out that all lady pigs look alike.
Scooter is presumably arrested up with the other Muppets by the security guard and his "team" (actually the Seven Dwarves) and like everyone else looks to be thrown either out of the park or into the pokey. Instead the Muppets get to go to Mickey Mouse's office and meet the main mouse himself when it's revealed that Kermit and Mickey are actually friends.
Scooter participates in the final number, "We're Not Gonna Stop", paired up with Bean again and back at the leaping fountains at Epcot.
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson Original airdate: November 21, 1990 Premise:: A retrospective to honor Muppets' creator Jim Henson. Fozzie and the others are unsure of what to do, so they attempt to learn more about Jim. Then in the mailbag they find a stack of letters addressed to Kermit; they are condolance letters about Jim's death. At first Fozzie decides to cancel the show, but Robin encourages him to go on. Scooter Appearances: At the beginning of the special Scooter comes in as Fozzie and Gonzo are wondering who the tribute is for, and he's carrying a postcard from Kermit. He reads the postcard off to everyone, letting everyone know the tribute is for Jim Henson. Like everyone else, Scooter doesn't know who Jim Henson is. He reads more on the postcard, which directs them to watch the monitor. When Robin points out that he remembers Jim always hanging around "down there" (i.e. underneath the puppets), Scooter confirms that he's right.
There are brief glimpses of Scooter in the clip montage from the Muppet Show and the three Muppet movies. At one point Scooter points out Piggy in her big dance number from "The Great Muppet Caper". At the end Scooter is surprised that Jim was responsible for "all that". When Gonzo points out that they were in most of those clips Scooter asks, "You mean Jim Henson was responsible for us?" During Carol Burnett's interview, Scooter tells Robin that Carol says the Muppets are like a family.
Among the clips shown in the next montage is a clip of Scooter (dressed as Super Scooter) coaching the other Muppets (all perched on top of a ladder) in a flying lesson.
After a statement from John Denver about Jim, Scooter comes up to Fozzie and asks how the tribute is going. He nods in approval of Fozzie's hiring a Dixieland band for the tribute. A little bit later (following Ray Charles' rendition of "Bein' Green"), Scooter and Fozzie watch the Dixieland Band and the tapdancing Whoopie Cushions rehearsing; the go-fer turns to the bear and asks, "This is what you've got for the production number, huh?" Fozzie suggests that they should make it a biking number. But obviously Scooter misheard him, as later Scooter returns with a Viking boat for the Viking number. Remarks Scooter, "We don't have a Schwinn, but we have a Sven." Later, as Rizzo's marching accountants march through the backstage, Scooter warns them to watch out for the sets onstage but they crash anyway.
Scooter is standing next to Fozzie when the bear reads one of the condolance letters and they find out Jim Henson died. Scooter reads one letter about Jim's genius and his ability to see "wonder far off in crazy directions." When Fozzie cancels the tribute, Scooter is one of those who walks away. When Robin starts to sing "Just One Person", Scooter joins in next to "make it two".
