Muppets Mayhem Easter Eggs: Tracks 4 & 5!

The Muppets Mayhem is filled with many hidden and not so hidden Easter eggs for fans to discover. 

There are so many in fact that we're going track by track (episode by episode) to help you spot them.

Track 4: “The Times They Are A-Changin’’

At the beginning of the episode the van drives by a Pizza Twins location. This references Kermit and Fozzie dressing up as Pizza Twins in The Great Muppet Caper.

The band watches a The Muppet Show clip of "Rockin' Robin" from the Jean-Pierre Rampel episode.

When the ban changes outfits, they change into their polka clothing from The Muppets Take Manhattan. 

When the band meets Cheech and Chong, they ask Zoot for a dime. Zoot makes the dime levitate in the air towards them and Tommy Chong says ‘Thanks Dave’. This not only references Zoot performer Dave Goelz, but also a one of their classic recurring bits

Zoot says "This a narrative of very heavy duty proportions." A line Dr. Teeth said in The Muppet Movie.

   

The time on the VCR is 4:20. Another marijuana refence.

The tapes in the band’s collections show their past events, including a 1980 episode of The Muppet Show with Paul Simon, the 1990 television film The Muppets at Walt Disney World, The Outside Lands Festival, as well as the band’s performance at the 90th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The inside doors of Moog's van are a treasure trove of stickers and concert posters of the band. 

Cameos:

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong as Cheech & Chong -  their movie / pop culture characters.

Kesha as herself.

Ziggy Marley as himself. He also recorded the end title theme “Love Power” for Muppet
Treasure Island.

Deadmua5 as himself.

Desiigner as himself. 

Karomo Brown as himself.

New Character Info:

It's revealed Janice has a long lost sister. 

Track 5: “Break on Through”

The episode opens with band head banging to Metallica's "Master of Puppets."

When the band eats the expired marshmallows, the hallucination scene is the only time we've seen Lips’ eyes open - except dilated during the "Happiness Hotel" number in The Great Muppet Caper. 

During Lips’ hallucination scene, the Swinetrek from the “Pigs in Space," appears.

According to Peter Linz, a deleted scene included Moog's voice coming from the Jabberwocky used in the Brooke Shields episode of The Muppet Show.

Floyd’s hallucination scene is an homage to The Lion King with Weird Al Yankovic playing the part of Mufassa.

The desert scene is a callback to the desert scene in The Muppet Movie.

UPDATE: Producer Jeff Yorkes clarified that "the campfire was not an intended tribute to The Muppet Movie. The episode as a whole was a tribute to movies like The Doors and Wayne's World 2 (which itself was a parody of The Doors).

The animated segment was produced by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, the studio behind Adult Swim's stop motion comedy Robot Chicken. 

In 2005, during Robot Chicken first season, the show produced a parody of VH1's Behind The Music featuring The Electric Mayhem. 

Cameos:

"Weird Al" Yankovic as himself.

New Character Info:

Dr. Teeth has a had a long on again off again relationship with Penny Waxman. 

Did you skip a track? Check out the Easter Eggs in Track 1, Tracks 2-3. 

The Muppets Mayhem is now streaming only on Disney+.