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Alice performed three of his classic toons with the Muppets."Welcome To My Nightmare","You & Me"(a duet with a monstrously
transformed Miss Piggy resembling some type of rainbow colored fuzzy birdthingy)& "School's Out",where they proceed to
explode a school(on a kids show?!!).
Alice's shock value with the late 70's audience was starting to wear off and he was accepted into the Hollywood scene.Guest
starring on many other shows such as "The Snoop Sisters","Hollywood Squares","Pink Lady & Jeff","The Tony Orlando &
Dawn Show"& he even had his own tv special for "Welcome To My Nightmare".But as the disinfrancised youth turned to punk
rock,Alice still-to this day-knowz how to put on a show,even to the so called "safe"Muppet Show audience-with a twisted sense
of humor,wacky dance movez and that wonderful sinister snarl!
 So why is this a great moment in Schlock N'Roll History?
I'm just bettin' that this show snuck into the brains of the youngins' that watched it-most likely without thier parents
knowing it,and spawned a new generation of Alice fans.
The rumours of Alice biting the heads off of chickens,killing babies onstage ,and his "piss drinking"contest with Frank
Zappa were still running rapant at the time,and for him to appear on a "kids"show coulda been a bad move,but The Muppet Show
was kind of a step ahead of the public.and it took guts to have him host an episode.Jim Henson gave the freaky kidz some
much needed prime time entertainment usually taken up by such droll as "The Donny & Marie Show"& "The Love Boat".
And I can just see the parents pulling thier kidz from the telly cuz Alice was on tv-ah!The Muppet Show of all thingz!
Yet just one of the many great Momentz In Schlock N'Roll History!!
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