Sketches and Characters
- Holy Moley!: A sketch where a simple-minded man (Ron Coden) tries to outwit problems, but gets socked back.
- Name That Feeling: Professor Emotion (Ron Coden) hosts a parody of Name That Tune with puppet contestants watching a video clip of other puppets and trying to guess how they feel. This is shown in two parts with an in-show commercial sandwiched in-between.
- Write On!/Newsreel/Unreasonable Report: News sketches featuring Harry Unreasonable, a parody of news anchor Harry Reasoner.
- Hot Fudge Gang/The Mits/Happening!: Various sketches featuring children and adults.
- Detective Tomato (Ron Coden) giving advice to children then leaving through the door behind him, only to have something happen to him when he goes through.
- Elton Seymour: Seymour playing a tune in the guise of Elton John, usually featured at the beginning of the show.
- Mr. Nasty (Ron Coden), who loves being booed by his audience, gives tips on how to be as nasty as him.
- Amanda Caruthers (later replaced by Yolanda Williams) portraying various characters in sketches, often giving kindly advice to the inquiring puppets.
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