Here's an excerpt from The Muppet Show -Wikepedia about The Muppet Show itself:

"The Muppet Show was a television program featuring a cast of Muppets (diverse hand-operated puppets, typically with oversized eyes and large moving mouths) produced by Jim Henson and his team from 1976 to 1981. The show stars Kermit the Frog, also one of the main Muppet characters of Sesame Street. Whereas Kermit was a happy, perky and somewhat avuncular character on Sesame Street, here he is trying to keep control of the varied, outrageous, kinetic Muppet characters (and his temper), as well as keep the human guest stars happy and secure. The television show depicted a vaudeville or music hall style song-and-dance variety show, as well as the backstage antics involved in putting the show on.

The show was well-known for outrageous, highly physical (slapstick), sometimes absurdist comedy, and particularly for using its puppet characters to create uniquely humorous parodies. Each show also featured a human guest star; after the show became popular with audiences, many major celebrities were eager to perform with the Muppets on television and in film."

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In the particular show segment that is the subject of this thread, Fozzie Bear is lamenting with Harry Belafonte about his {Fozzie's} difficulty writing songs. Fozzie is described in the abovementioned Wikipedia article as "a (questionably talented) stand-up comic bear, and Kermit's unofficial second-in-command.

Here's an excerpt from Trivia for "The Muppet Show" (1976)

"Of all the musical numbers they cooked up for the show, the one the producers were most proud of was created from Harry Belafonte's request for a meaningful piece, which had the singer singing "Turn the World Around" with puppets made to resemble traditional African tribal masks."

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In my next post, I'll add my transcription of Belafonte's introductory statement to "Turn The World Around."