The Muppet Show
Other (ended 1981)
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Season 7
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Season 6
- Ep 2The Muppets Go Hollywood5/16/79
Kermit decides to have a "little get-together" to celebrate the release of "The Muppet Movie." However, the "little get-together" ends up being a star-studded gala event!
This special features clips from "The Muppet Movie" as well as new material. Hosted by Dick van Dyke, and featuring a slew of guest stars, many of whom appeared on The Muppet Show (such as Candace Bergen, Don Knotts and Liberace).''moreless
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Season 5
- Ep 24Melissa Manchester6/1/81
Kermit deals with a bunch of backstage crises, including a group of angry skiers and a bouncing chicken that the Swedish Chef can't control. Melissa sings "Don't Cry Out Loud" and "Whenever I Call You Friend." - Ep 23Senor Wences5/30/81
- Ep 22Marty Feldman5/23/81
- Ep 21Buddy Rich5/16/81
- Ep 20Wally Boag5/9/81
- Ep 19Gladys Knight5/2/81
The theater is under repair, but the workers have to renovate in order to build. They take the roof right off, leaving the show vulnerable to the elements. A worried Gladys Knight informs Kermit that she just heard the weather report -- snow. - Ep 18Paul Simon4/25/81
- Ep 17Gene Kelly2/28/81
- Ep 16Debbie Harry2/21/81
- Ep 15Johnny Cash2/14/81
WHOG, a country radio station is simulcasting the show in honor of Johnny Cash's appearance. The head of WHOG, Big Tiny Tallsaddle threatens to take over the show when he insists on making all the decisions. - Ep 14Hal Linden2/7/81
- Ep 13Chris Langham1/31/81
- Ep 12Jean-Pierre Rampal1/17/81
- Ep 11Joan Baez12/6/80
- Ep 10Mac Davis11/22/80
While testing 'Muppet Labs' new copier machine, beaker falls into it making seven copies of himself. The beakers procede to go on a rampage, forcing Bunsen to hide and wear disguises. - Ep 9Loretta Swit11/15/80
How well can Loretta fit into Miss Piggy's roles? It all comes to a dramatic climax with the "Pigs in Space" installment. - Ep 8Glenda Jackson11/8/80
- Ep 7Linda Ronstadt11/1/80
Afraid that Linda will steal her frog away, Piggy locks Kermit up in a chest owned by Gonzo when Scooter helps him move his mildew "collection" and hides it. - Ep 6Tony Randall10/25/80
- Ep 5Brooke Shields10/18/80
Thinking she was booked to do "The Muffin Show," Brooke finds herself growing and shrinking as the Muppets stage Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. - Ep 4James Coburn10/11/80
- Ep 3Shirley Bassey10/4/80
- Ep 2Roger Moore9/27/80
- Ep 1Carol Burnett9/20/80
There's no show today, almost; the theater is turned into a dance marathon hosted by Gonzo.
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Season 4
- Ep 24Alan Arkin5/22/80
- Ep 23Diana Ross5/15/80
The show's audience members are getting horrified at everyone on stage except Diana Ross. - Ep 22Carol Channing5/8/80
- Ep 21Doug Henning5/1/80
- Ep 20Andy Williams3/20/80
- Ep 19Jonathan Winters3/13/80
- Ep 18Anne Murray3/6/80
- Ep 17Dizzy Gillespie2/28/80
- Ep 16Mark Hamill2/21/80
The regularly-scheduled guest (a terrible singer) is bumped when four stars of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope suddenly appear in the theater. It's a natural for the Pigs in Space. - Ep 15Lynda Carter2/14/80
In awe of their "Wonder Woman" guest star, several Muppets don costumes and try to learn how to become superheroes themselves--with disastrous results.''''Highlights include Miss Piggy in a "Wonder Pig" sketch, the Electric Mayhem singing "A Little Help from My Friends," Floyd performing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and Lynda Carter performing "Orange Colored Sky" with the Super-Muppets.moreless - Ep 14Christopher Reeve2/7/80
When Christopher Reeve shows up as a guest star, Piggy becomes instantly smitten with him and fills her room with Superman memorabilia, knocking over pictures of Kermit. But Kermit, who normally rebuffs Piggy, finds himself getting jealous!''''Meanwhile, Chris comes to the "rescue" of various onstage sketches and songs, always changing into costume in a phone booth backstage.''''Highlights include Reeve singing "Brush Up Your Shakespeare," Reeve as a guest doctor on "Veterinarian's Hospital," Muppet Labs (Bunsen & Beaker) and a Muppet Newsflash.moreless - Ep 13Dyan Cannon1/31/80
- Ep 12Arlo Guthrie12/4/79
- Ep 11Phyllis George11/29/79
- Ep 10Lola Falana11/22/79
After years of failure Gonzo is actually appriciated for the actor he is and decides to quit the Muppet Show and move on to movies. Piggy, more jealous than sad, asks Gonzo to refer her to the director. This is one of the episodes that teeters on the edge of being very sad.moreless - Ep 9Liza Minnelli11/15/79
- Ep 8Beverly Sills11/8/79
Sam the Eagle's hopes to bring some culture to the Muppet Theater are dashed once again when the acclaimed opera singer opens with a country-and-western number, and spends time learning to balance a spoon on her nose with Gonzo!''''Highlights from the episode include a Muppet Newsflash, "Muppet University" with Sam, and the closing opera number, "Pigoletto."moreless - Ep 7Victor Borge11/1/79
When Bobby Benson has to talk to a police officer someone has to take care of his babies. Unfortunately, the babies go wild without their daddy around and beat up people they don't like. - Ep 6Dudley Moore10/25/79
Dudley has a surprise for Kermit, a robot that can do the work of the entire band and of course the Electric Mayhem feel threatened by this fact. - Ep 5Kenny Rogers10/18/79
During a sketch Kermit hurts himself and keeps getting frightened by jungle animals in his hospital room or injured further by some crazy inconvenience. Songs include Harry Nilsson's "Coconut," and Rogers singing "The Gambler" and "Love Lift Us Up." - Ep 4Crystal Gayle10/11/79
- Ep 3Shields & Yarnell10/4/79
- Ep 2Linda Lavin9/27/79
- Ep 1John Denver9/20/79
John and Kermit have a surprise for the cast; they're all going to Kermits' home the swamp! But even Gonzo, even with his love of the nasty and strange, thinks it's a bad idea and no one is willing to take him up on the offer even when Kermit offers them to go.moreless
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Season 3
- Ep 24Leslie Uggams7/5/79
Gonzo's plan to woo his chicken girlfriend run awry when he meets Big Bird.''''Sketches/Songs: "Hey There, Good Times", "Muppet Labs", "Here You Come Again", "Mad About the Frog", "Bear on Patrol", "Vendawish", "Camilla", "Love Will Keep Us Together" - Ep 23Lynn Redgrave5/24/79
In a change of pace, the Muppets intend to perform Robin Hood for the audience. The parts are quickly chosen Kermit as Robin Hood, Fozzie as Little John, Gonzo as the Sheriff of Nottingham, Lynn Redgrave as Maid Marian, etc. Naturally, this proves to be far from a serious take on the material. Meanwhile, Miss Piggy didn't get a part at all and is jealous of Lynn. To that end, she intends to be Maid Marian by any means necessary.moreless - Ep 22Roy Rogers & Dale Evans5/17/79
Sketches/Songs: "Blue Skies", "Skyball Paint", "Muppet Sports", "Deep in the Heart of Texas", "A Four Legged Friend", "Bear on Patrol", Cowboy and Skyball sketch, "Medley" - Ep 21Roger Miller5/10/79
Song: Penguins in Mayflower: "Alabama Bound"''Cluckitis (running gag)''Roger sings with watermelons''Bear on Patrol: assaulting an officer''Song: Roger: "A Hat Like That"''Rowlf''Vet's Hospital''Song: Roger: "Whack-a-Doo"''Song: "Dang Me". - Ep 20Sylvester Stallone2/22/79
Scooter sneaks some of Sylvester Stallone's fans backstage.''''Sketches/Songs: "Hawaiian War Chant", "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", "Lady Be Good", "The William Tell Overture", "Veterinarian's Hospital", Fozzie's Act, "Bird in a Gilded Cage" - Ep 19Harry Belafonte2/15/79
Sketches/Songs: "Day-O", "Tea For Two", "Pigs In Space", "Honeysuckle Rose", Animal and Harry play the drums, "Muppet Sports", "Turn the World Around" - Ep 18Lesley Ann Warren2/8/79
Sketches/Songs: Gonzo's first motorcycle jump, "Beauty and the Beast", "Pigs In Space", "Mack the Knife", "Just the Way You Are", Gonzo's second motorcycle jump, "Last Dance" - Ep 17Danny Kaye2/1/79
Statler and Waldorf, mistaking Danny Kaye for one of their least favorite acts, walk out of the show.''''Sketches/Songs: "Age of Aqaurius", "Lunchtime", "Cheek to Cheek", "Jogging", "Swedish Chef", "The Flying Zucchini Brothers", "The Municipal Vermin Abatement Code", "Inchworm" - Ep 16Elke Sommer1/25/79
Beauregard and Beaker construct a set; Statler's grandson visits.''''Sketches/Songs: "Pennsylvania 6-5000", "Animal Crackers", "Pigs In Space", "Tuxedo Junction", "Pigs In Space", "Muppet Sports", "Row, Row, Row" - Ep 15Spike Milligan1/18/79
An international tribute ends up even crazier than usual.''''Sketches/Songs: "Oklahoma", "An Editorial by Sam The Eagle", "The Music of Scotland", "Muppet Newsflash", "Dog Walk", "America", "The Intergalactic Brotherhood of Man, Including Things", "It's a Small World" - Ep 14Marisa Berenson12/21/78
Piggy tries to trick Kermit into a wedding; a boomerang fish thrower wants a job.''''Sketches/Songs: "Russian Pig Dance", "Dance", "Muppet Sports", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Do-Re-Mi", "Our House", "The Wedding" - Ep 13Gilda Radner
Bunsen's new glue works too well.''''Sketches/Songs: "The Lullaby of Broadway", "Modern Major General", "Muppet Melodrama", "Witch Doctor", "A Saucy Little Bird on Nellie's Hat", "Muppet Labs", "Muppet Newsflash", "Tap Your Troubles Away" - Ep 12Leo Sayer12/7/78
Piggy gets jealous of a new female pig singer.''''Sketches/Songs: "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", "Carbon Paper", "The Daffodills", "The Show Must Go On", "She was a Dear Little Dicky Bird", Fozzie's Act, "When I Need You" - Ep 11Raquel Welch11/30/78
Fozzie tries to become more assertive.''''Sketches/Songs: "Someone Just Like You", "Jamboree", "At the Dance", Fozzie's Act, "Talk Spot", "Confide in Me", "Swedish Chef", "I'm a Woman" - Ep 10Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge11/23/78
Sketches/Songs: "Help Me Make It Through the Night", Gonzo's Act, "Muppet Labs", "My Wild Irish Rose", "Muppet Newsflash", "We're All Alone", "A Frog He Would a Wooing Go", "New York State of Mind", "An Actor's Life For Me", "A Song I'd Like To Sing" - Ep 9Pearl Bailey11/16/78
The cast prepares a medieval joust scene.''''Sketches/Songs: "My Soul is a Witness", "Muppet Labs", "Muppet Newsflash", "In the Good Old Summertime", "An Actor's Life For Me", "Pigs In Space", "At the Dance", The Camelot joust - Ep 8Cheryl Ladd11/9/78
Sketches/Songs: "True Love", "South Rampart Street Parade", "Pigs In Space", "There's a New Sound", "I Enjoy Being a Girl", Gonzo's Act, "Sunshine on my Shoulder" - Ep 7Alice Cooper11/2/78
Alice Cooper tries to get the Muppets to sell their souls.''''Sketches/Songs: "Welcome to my Nightmare", "Muppet Labs", "Toothache", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "Once a Year Day", "You and Me", "Pigs In Space", "School's Out" - Ep 6Loretta Lynn10/26/78
Kermit and Gonzo accidentally board a train away from the railroad station temporarily housing the show.''''Sketches/Songs: "You're Looking at Country", "I'm All Alone", "Muppet Newsflash", Fozzie's Act, "At the Dance", "Sentimental Journey", "Oh, Lonesome Me", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Muppet Newsflash", "The Rhyming Song", "One's on the Way" - Ep 5Liberace10/19/78
Sketches/Songs: "Never on Sunday", "Swedish Chef", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Muppet Newsflash", "She Wants to Sing in Opera", "Liberace bird concert" - Ep 4James Coco10/12/78
James Coco tries to spice up the show.''''Sketches/Songs: "Octopus's Garden", "The Medium", "Eight Little Notes", "Swedish Chef", "Catch a Falling Star", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Short People" - Ep 3Jean Stapleton10/5/78
Sketches/Songs: "Tico Tico", "Play a Simple Melody", "At the Dance", "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-Wow", "Talk Spot", "Muppet Melodrama", "Muppet Labs", "I'm Just Wild About Harry" - Ep 2Roy Clark9/28/78
Fozzie tries to hide the fact that the theatre is on fire.''''Sketches/Songs: "Rocky Top", "Swedish Chef", "Pigs In Space", "Yesterday When I Was Young", "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire", "Talk Spot", "At the Barn-Dance", Gonzo's Act, "Sally Was a Good Ol' Girl" - Ep 1Helen Reddy9/21/78
Stagehand Beauregard takes things too literally.''''Sketches/Songs: "Staying Alive", "How Can You Be", Fozzie's dance number, "Muppet Newsflash", "Beethoven's Sonata No.8, Opus 13", "You and Me Against the World", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Tie Me Kangaroo Down", "We'll Sing in the Sunshine"
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Season 2
- Ep 24Cloris Leachman
The pigs take over the show and lock the others away.''''Sketches/Songs: "That's Entertainment", "My Hero", Fozzie's Act, "Swedish Chef", "Vedgetarian's Hospital", "Muppet Newsflash", "Pigs In Space", "Just in Time" - Ep 23John Cleese10/21/77
An accident lengthens Gonzo's arm.''''Sketches/Songs: "Somebody Stole My Gal", Gonzo's Act, "Muppet Newsflash", Rowlf plays piano, "Pigs In Space", "At the Dance", "Waiting at the Church", "We Got Each Other", "Koozebanian Spoobol", "The Impossible Dream" - Ep 22Teresa Brewer
Miss Piggy goes on a diet.''''Sketches/Songs: "Cotton Fields", "Pigs In Space", "Wild Thing", Gonzo's Act, "At the Dance", "Cheese Cake", "Muppet Labs", "At the Hop", "Spinning Wheel", "Nickelodeon" - Ep 21Bob Hope
Bob Hope tries to work the show into his busy schedule.''''Sketches/Songs: "The Pig Calypso", "For What It's Worth", "Muppet Newsflash", "Swedish Chef", "Muppet Newsflash", Rowlf plays piano, "Long Long Ago", "Muppet Labs", Rowlf plays piano, "Don't Fence Me In" - Ep 20Petula Clark
A moose shows up at the theatre.''''Sketches/Songs: "Sea Chantey", "The Boy From Ipanema", Saloon sketch, "At the Dance", "Upidee", "Too Shy To Say", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Swedish Chef", "Tomorrow" - Ep 19Peter Sellers
Bunsen invents a teleporter.''''Sketches/Songs: "A Gypsy's Violin", "When", "Down Memory Lane", Masseur sketch, "It's Not Easy Bein' Green", "Muppet Labs", "Cigarettes & Whiskey" - Ep 18Jaye P. Morgan
Sketches/Songs: "Tweedle Dee Dee", "Swedish Chef", "At the Dance", "English Country Garden", "Talk Spot", "Pigs In Space", "Muppet Newsflash", "An Editorial by Sam The Eagle", "That Old Black Magic" - Ep 17Julie Andrews
A cow ends up backstage.''''Sketches/Songs: "The Lonely Goatherd", "Muppet Newsflash", Gonzo's Act, "Moonlight Sonata", "Won't Somebody Dance With Me?", "Borneo", "When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish", "An Editorial by Sam The Eagle", "Muppet Labs", "I Whistle a Happy Tune" - Ep 16Cleo Laine5/1/78
Fozzie shows off to impress his visiting mother.''''Sketches/Songs: "Limbo", "Ain't Got That Swing", "Pigs In Space", Bruce Schwartz, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", "Swedish Chef", "(I Wonder Why) You're Just In Love", Fozzie's Act, "If" - Ep 15Lou Rawls
Fozzie has difficulty roller-skating.''''Sketches/Songs: "Groovy People", "Muppet Newsflash", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Swedish Chef", "At the Dance", "Ukelele Lady", "Sonny Boy", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "Muppet Labs", Fozzie's Act, "You're the One" - Ep 14Elton John
The Swedish Chef chases a chicken.''''Sketches/Songs: "Crocodile Rock", "Swedish Chef", "Benny and the Jets", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Any Old Iron", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Pigs In Space", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Ep 13Rudolf Nureyev
Sam wants a refined, cultured show for Rudolf Nureyev.''''Sketches/Songs: The Electric Mayhem, A Wagner opera performed, "Swine Lake", "Something's Missing", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "It's Cold Outside", "Clair De Lune", "Top Hat" - Ep 12Bernadette Peters
Kermit's nephew feels underappreciated; Piggy gets jealous of Miss Mousey.''''Sketches/Songs: "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life", "Take a Little One-Step", Chickens playing piano, "Veterinarian's Hospital", "The Sheik of Araby", "The Ant and the Grasshopper", "Just One Person", "Swedish Chef", "Muppet Labs", "I'm Five", "Muppet Newsflash", "Apple Jack"moreless - Ep 11Dom DeLuise
Piggy hires Scooter to make Kermit think she's popular.''''Sketches/Songs: "Don't Dilly Dally on the Way", "Merdlelidop", "Drum Solo by Animal", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Henrietta's Wedding", "Don't Blame the Dynamite", "Animal Shelter", "We Got Us" - Ep 10George Burns
A tabloid reporter looks for dirt on the Muppets.''''Sketches/Songs: "Cuento Le Gusta", "Train Back Home", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Wotcher (Knocked 'Em in the Old Kent Road)", "I Won't Dance", "World's Most Powerful Explosive", "Medley" - Ep 9Madeline Kahn9/1/77
Gonzo thinks Madeline Kahn is in love with him.''''Sketches/Songs: "Happy Feet", "Feet", "Drum Solo by Animal", "Swedish Chef", "New York State of Mind", "Pigs In Space", "The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away", "Sunny Day", "Muppet Newsflash", "Up and Away", "Wishing Song" - Ep 8Steve Martin10/31/77
Kermit auditions new acts for the next show. Songs/Sketches: "The Garbage Can Can", "Swannee River", balloons, "Tie a Yellow Ribbit Round an Ole Oak Tree", Baskerville auditions as comedian, Lenny Lizard auditions for emcee, The Four Fazoobs, "Gonzales & Yolanda", "Old Man River", "Ramblin' Guy", "Varisity Drag", "Yes, We Have No Bananas", "Jugglin' Guy", "Flying Zucchini Brothers", Steve plays with Lubbock Lou & the Jug-Huggers.moreless - Ep 7Edgar Bergen
Sketches/Songs: "Baby Face", "Consider Yourself", "Muppet Newsflash", Gonzo's Act, "Pigs In Space", "Show Me a Rose", Fozzie's Act, "Time in a Bottle", "Down at Papa Joe's", Edgar and Charlie perform - Ep 6Nancy Walker6/28/77
Kermit is at home sick so Fozzie has to run the show and proves how bad he could be by having Crazy Harry of all people have an opening skit "Target Practice", then getting "Vets' Hospital" and "At The Dance" on the same stage at the same time, causing a lot of trouble for the bear and his costars.moreless - Ep 5Judy Collins1/1/78
Scooter's uncle wants to tear down the theater.''''Sketches/Songs: "Leatherwing Bat", "Pigs In Space", "An Editorial by Sam The Eagle", "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly", "Muppet Newsflash", "Talk to the Trees", "Koozebanian Phoob", "Do-Re-Mi", "Swedish Chef", "Send in the Clowns" - Ep 4Rich Little9/1/77
Gonzo auditions dancing chickens.''''Sketches/Songs: "Chan Son D'amour", Rich impersonates the Muppets, "At the Dance", "The Boy in the Gallery", "Inchworm", "Veterinarian's Hospital", Gonzo and Lolita (a chicken), "Medley", A Salute to Hollywood musicals - Ep 3Milton Berle11/11/77
Fozzie, nervous about meeting Milton Berle, tries to hide.''''Sketches/Songs: "There are Millions of us Who are Ugly", Milton Berle's monologue, "Pigs In Space", "The Entertainer" (Milton Berle), "The Entertainer" (Miss Piggy), "Who", "Top Banana" - Ep 2Zero Mostel12/9/77
Kermit must hire lady wrestlers to make payroll.''''Sketches/Songs: "Chopin's Polonaise in a Flat", "What do the Simple Folk Do?", "At the Dance", "Muppet Labs", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Fears", "Drum Solo by Animal", "Lady Wrestling" - Ep 1Don Knotts11/11/77
Floyd, pleased that Fozzie has planned a jazz classic as the closing number, pronounces him a hip dude--until Don Knotts joins the band for said number.''''Sketches/Songs: "Sweet Gingerbread Man", "Windmills of Your Mind", "Beast of the Week", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "I'm Burlington Bertie", "Talk Spot", "What a Wonderful World", "Swedish Chef", "Lullaby of Birdland"moreless
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Season 1
