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The Muppet Show is a comedy television series created by Jim Henson and featuring the Muppets. After two pilot episodes produced in 1974 and 1975 failed to get the attention of network executives in the United States, Lew Grade approached Henson to … more »



The Newsman:
Here's a Muppet News Flash. Dateline: London. Mrs. Lola Thomas of that city has just finished eating an entire diesel tractor.

[a screen turns on, revealing Twiggy as Lola Thomas]

The Newsman:
Tell me, Mrs. Thomas, why did you do such a thing?

Lola Thomas:
Well, the doctor told me I had an iron deficiency, you see, so I started on a couple of doorknobs and the occasional typewriter. But there's nothing really quite like a good bit of diesel tractor where you chip and pave, is there?

The Newsman:
What an extraordinary feat. I mean, how was it done?

Lola Thomas:
Oh, medium rare or thereabouts.

The Newsman:
Is this lady making a fool of me?

[on the screen, Twiggy bites into a microphone and savors it]

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