Episode 5: Scooter

 

In this episode we are joined by fellow podcaster Jarrah to discuss our favorite gofer, Scooter! Jarrah is one of the hosts of Women at Warp, a bi-weekly Star Trek podcast Exploring Intersectional Diversity in Infinite Combinations. You can follow her on Twitter. You can also find Women at Warp on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Kerry shares a five facts about Scooter, taken from Muppet Wiki and The Barretta Brothers Vodcast Podcast show. 

1. He was played by Richard Hunt from 1976-1991 and David Rudman from 2008 to the present. David was recently on The Barretta Brothers Vodcast Podcast and shared that he and Richard traveled to Perú together. They also collaborated on Sesame Street and played Leo the Party Monster. 

2. His uncle J. P. Grosse is the owner of the Muppet theater on The Muppet Show.

3. Scooter's position on The Muppet Show was part-time performer and gofer. "...I'll go for coffee; I'll go for sandwiches; I'll go for anything you need..."

4. Scooter is prominently featured in Muppets Now for Disney+.  episode is show from the perspective of his computer.

5. In the first three Muppet movies Scooter is seen working with popcorn. He sells popcorn during the film screening in The Muppet Movie, in The Great Muppet Caper he sells popcorn during the baseball diamond fight scene, and in The Muppets Take Manhattan he works in a movie theater where the Swedish Chef runs the concession stand.

Finally, we go into everyone's picks for best Scooter moments!

Jarrah's Picks

The opening scene from The Muppet Show's Robin Hood episode

Scooter's Flying Correspondence School from the Lynda Carter episode of The Muppet Show

Scooter as the son in the Jabberwocky sketch on the Brooke Shields episode of The Muppet Show

On Her Door Step

Six String

Mr. Bassman

Justin's Picks 

 Scooter dates Chelsea Handler on The Muppets

Scooter's first appearance on The Muppet Show

Kermit and Scooter at Scooter's Create A Class on The Muppets

The Rhyming Song

Jim Henson Muppet Memorial: Just One Person

Kerry's Picks 

Scooter, Kermit, and Jim Henson at the 1986 Oscars

Cold open of The Muppet Show's Star Wars episode

          

   Scooter and Lew Zealand in The Muppet's Take Manhattan 

Scooter singing Maroon Five's "Moves Like Jagger" in Muppets Most Wanted

Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear on the Juliet Prowse episode of The Muppet Show

At the Hop on the Teresa Brewer episode of The Muppet Show

That's all for this episode! Join us next time for when we discuss Scooter's twin sister, Skeeter!

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