Episode Guide

Regulars (in alphabetical order)

Also Appearing

Episode One 4/1/95

Backstage: Morty Pavlov is headlining the first show, but he's not here yet

Bruce's Ideas: Sea-something; door-to-door salesman selling doors; table tennis using real tennis equipment

Opening

Siggy's Monologue

"The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations"

Musical Guest: Colorblind James Experience

The Amazing Kevin

Backstage: Kevin didn't work too well on radio; Morty Pavlov found; the real Morty Pavlov shows up

The Really Bad Stand-Up Comedian

Backstage: Really bad comedian was just a comedian from off the street

Cap'n Owen: Special guest parrot Orson Welles

The Seven Magnificent People: Diseased village

Siggy Llama: Siggy goes to the bank to get a toaster

Backstage: Morty Pavlov prepares to go on

Funnyman Morty Pavlov

Backstage: Morty Pavlov ran short

Musical Guest: Colorblind James Experience

The Sea-Food Sketch

The Door-to-Door Salesman Sketch

Musical Guest: Colorblind James Experience

Backstage: Filling up the time this week and in the future; sound effects girl only has two wooden sticks

Siggy plays "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," "Ana Ng," Vapo jingle on autoharp

Closing

Backstage: Discussion of the highs and the lows

Episode Two 4/8/95

Backstage: Siggy gets a leftover script from another show; Cletus Warbat is stuck in a clown suit

Bruce's Ideas: Swiss watchmaker makes counterclockwise-running watches; Scary game show; Sad sack, always losing keys, buys a key ring

Opening

Siggy's Monologue

Musical Guest: The Nelories

"Natural Preserve Killers"

Leftover sketch from "The Swilly Boy Beer Chevy Chase Show"

Backstage: Previous sketch ruined whole show; Cletus still stuck

Musical Guest: The Nelories

Calling 1-800 Collect

"Cool as Ice": The History of Curling

Musical Guest: The Nelories

Backstage: How was the curling sketch snuck in?; 1-800 sketch wasn't Bruce's

Musical Guest: The Nelories

"The Jerky Babies"

Siggy Llama: Siggy competes on "The $1,000,000 Rhombus"

Closing

Backstage: Good show this week; Cletus gets out of his clown suit

Episode Three 4/15/95

Backstage: No female voices tonight; various items are missing; Bruce pitches ideas to Mr. Sucktoad for the first time; baby Nibbles is found

Bruce's Ideas: Sad sack trying to become superhero is electrocuted; William Tell shoots son through the Adam's apple; O.J. song parody

Opening

Siggy's Monologue

Siggy Goes Skydiving

"The World Where Everyone's Name Was Melvin"

Cap'n Owen: Special guest parrot Bill Cosby; Cap'n Owen goes to the dentist

Musical Guest: Oil Can

The Seven Magnificent People: Search for Bloody Sam

Thompson Family Celebrates Easter

Backstage: Who slipped in that blasphemous sketch?; Problems with Bill Cosby

Musical Guest: Oil Can

"Chicago Tribune"

Siggy Llama: Siggy competes in a bake-off

Closing

Backstage: Nibbles is being friendly with Cletus; Bruce's scripts haven't been used; everyone but Siggy has a guaranteed contract

Episode Four 4/22/95

Backstage: Vapo Cigarette girl Patsy can play female parts; Siggy wants to close the show in a bathrobe, but Rich's bathrobe is pink; show is going out over the Western Baseball (WB) radio network; Mr. Announcer gives Siggy hand signals

Bruce's Ideas:

Opening

Siggy's Monologue

PSA: Support for the advertising arts

Cap'n Owen: Special guest parrot Norman Fell; Cap'n Owen gets a new tattoo

Backstage: The first sketch was really a PSA; Patsy doing a good job

"The Amazing Accountant Man"

Musical Guest: Drink Me

Backstage: One affiliate has dropped show; Bruce says no further sketches are offensive; Patsy dreams of glass and diamonds; another affiliate has dropped show

PSA: "Soda" vs. "Pop"

Siggy Llama: Siggy goes back to school

Backstage: More affiliates dropped show; Mr. Sucktoad can't read

Musical Guest: Drink Me

"The Jerky Babies"

Closing

Backstage: WB Radio Network went out of business; Patsy has to be let go

Episode Five 4/29/95

Backstage: Mr. Sucktoad tells Siggy about Russell Lehrer; Annie has her voice back; Bruce's comedy idea actually a ripoff

Bruce's Ideas: Man wants to become fireman instead of firefighter; world's ugliest man becomes superhero; sad sack has small pink penis

Opening<

Siggy's Monologue: Appalachian Mountains fall on Siggy

Backstage: Rich's friend can fill in for Siggy; Sid the cleanup man appears

Musical Guest: Chaz and the Motorbikes

Russell Lehrer

Cap'n Owen: Special guest parrot Shari Lewis; Lambchop is taking over Shari's life

Backstage: Rich's friend Hank shows up; Hank practices being Siggy

Musical Guest: Chaz and the Motorbikes

Backstage: Nibbles bothers Sid; Nibbles' faith moves the mountains; Siggy has amnesia; Rich thinks Siggy is Hank; Siggy meets Hank in the men's room

"San Pedro Beach Bums"

Opening Day at Wrigley Field

Backstage: Nibbles explains what's going on; Test to see who's really Siggy; Both Hank and Siggy will play Siggy during next sketch

Siggy Llama: Siggy sues a fast-food restaurant

Closing

Backstage: Appalachians drop on Hank and Siggy; Siggy gets his memory back; Hank is really Rush Limbaugh

Episode Six 5/6/95

Backstage: Part of Bruce's walnut sculpture is missing; noise is coming from the walls; ratings are up due to Nibbles; contest to see who can trap the squirrel first

Bruce's Ideas: Baby version of world's ugliest man; human dartboard; man trapped in revolving door

Opening

Siggy's Monologue: Squirrel attacks Siggy

Cap'n Owen: Special guest parrot Bruce Jenner; trip to Izneeland

Musical Guest: Susan Smentek

"The Man Who Knows What You Want For Breakfast"

Backstage: Attempts to trap squirrel; Mr. Sucktoad is wearing his aunt's pants; last-minute script addition

Dr. Captain Science

Musical Guest: Susan Smentek

The Seven Magnificent People: Fish or loaf?

Backstage: Last sketch a little long; more attempts to trap squirrel; sending out the dancers

The Vapo Cigarette Dancers

Backstage: Differences of opinion about the dancers; Siggy's scream stuns the squirrel

Musical Guest: Susan Smentek

Siggy Llama: Trip to the zoo

Closing

Backstage: Siggy complains about last sketch; Bruce brings in dingos to hunt squirrel; dingos nibble Nibbles

Episode Seven 5/13/95

Charles Foster Bates interviews Bill Cosby

Backstage: Cletus's codpiece is missing; Rich found some old tapes to play; Cap'n Owen complains about not being on this week; Mr. Sucktoad brings new Aerosweet aerosol sweetener

Opening

Siggy's Monologue

"Conspiracy": The O.J. Simpson case

Musical Guest: Drink Me

Backstage: Everyone's addicted to Aerosweet; remembering Nibbles

Funeral for Nibbles

Dr. Captain Science

Musical Guest: Drink Me

"The Happy Woodland Creatures Show"

Backstage: Aerosweet has attracted ants; Bruce has gone blind

Musical Guest: Drink Me

Siggy Llama: Siggy's dancing lessons

Closing

Backstage: Aerosweet cans need to be shaken up

Episode Eight 5/20/95

Backstage: Attempting to set a record by doing 15 sketches quickly; Cletus has a cold; lots of media people around

Opening

Siggy's Monologue

Cap'n Owen: Special guest parrot Max Wright; real pirates take over radio station

Backstage: Ideas on getting rid of the pirates

World Record: 15 sketches in 3 minutes, 24 seconds

Musical Guest: Five Chinese Brothers

Vacuum cleaner salesman with unusual name

Backstage: Pirates still hanging around; Rich talks to the reporters

"The Tall-Tale Teller Tells All"

Musical Guest: Five Chinese Brothers

"I Witness 911 Sightings of America's Most Wanted Emergency Cops"

Backstage: Pirates are taking over; Cap'n Owen has left the building; Siggy tries to drive pirates away

Fish out of water

Musical Guest: Five Chinese Brothers

Siggy Llama: Siggy runs for mayor

Closing

Backstage: Cast walks the plank; Siggy confronts the pirates; Cap'n Owen was a double agent; studio has been demolished

Preempted 5/27/95

Episode Nine 6/3/95

Backstage: Siggy and Mr. Announcer attempt to read a letter from Hugh Jasper; digestion and excretion are on everyone's mind

Mr. Sucktoad goes to a talent agent

Backstage: Lawsuit means Vapo Cigarettes must be called "mint-like"

Opening

Backstage: There's no studio audience; problems with new studio

PSA: Helium

Musical Guest: Flat Old World

Backstage: Charles Foster Bates visits; that was Bizarro Cap'n Owen on the last show; cast visits Bizarro World

McClurg and Agent H2O

"The Tall-Tale Teller Tells All"

Musical Guest: Flat Old World

Backstage: Return from Bizarro World

"Three for the Road"

Siggy Llama: Mr. Announcer's Announcers' School

Closing

Backstage: Are we in Bizarro World?

Episode Ten 6/10/95

Backstage: Practicing opening song; Mr. Sucktoad wants more Vapo references in the skits; Cap'n Owen sketch needs cleaning up

Bruce's Idea: Retard leads soccer team to World Cup victory

Opening

Siggy's Monologue

Cap'n Owen: Special guest parrot Richard Simmons; Cap'n Owen leaves show

"News on the March": Cigarettes may cause harm

Backstage: Mr. Sucktoad tries to suppress the news; rush to remove cigarette references from skits

Siggy Llama: Siggy gets revenge

Musical Guest: The Ramones

America's Funniest Home Audio Recordings

"News on the March": Bulletin

Musical Guest: The Ramones

Backstage: Concern over the cigarette issue

"The Smelly, Smelly Man"

The Seven Magnificent People: The man with no name

"News on the March": Bulletin

The Seven Magnificent People (continued)

Backstage: Getting rid of cigarettes; Consolidated Limited, Inc. may have known about the problem all along

Musical Guest: The Ramones

World Cup

Closing

Backstage: Show is ruined; Cletus disposes of cigarettes; goodbye