1976
TV-G
30m

Summary Kermit the Frog and his fellow Muppets put on a vaudeville show at their theatre, bringing in a famous celebrity to help out for each episode. View more details

1976
TV-G
30m

The Muppet Show

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Frank Oz Jim Henson Dave Goelz Richard Hunt

All cast & crew

8.4

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Genres : Comedy Family Musical

Release date : Sep 4, 1976

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Studio D, BBC Elstree Centre/ATV Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Production companies : HIT Entertainment Associated Television (ATV) Henson Associates (HA)

Summary Kermit the Frog and his fellow Muppets put on a vaudeville show at their theatre, bringing in a famous celebrity to help out for each episode. View more details

Details

Genres : Comedy Family Musical

Release date : Sep 4, 1976

Countries of origin : United States United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Studio D, BBC Elstree Centre/ATV Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Production companies : HIT Entertainment Associated Television (ATV) Henson Associates (HA)

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Jim Henson and Richard Hunt in The Muppet Show (1976)

Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Rowlf, and Miss Piggy in The Muppet Show (1976)

Frank Oz and Jim Henson in The Muppet Show (1976)

Frank Oz and Richard Hunt in The Muppet Show (1976)

Victor Borge, Arlo Guthrie, Kenny Rogers, and Beverly Sills in The Muppet Show (1976)

Mac Davis, Glenda Jackson, Linda Ronstadt, and Loretta Swit in The Muppet Show (1976)

Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, and Liza Minnelli in The Muppet Show (1976)

Kermit and Ratso at the Profiles in History booth

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 15, 1977

Juliet Prowse

Kermit is pressured into allowing Scooter to do a musical number with Muppy the dog. Guest star Juliet Prowse dances to a Scott Joplin melody.

Episode 2 • Feb 25, 1977

Connie Stevens

When Fozzie overhears Hilda, Kermit, and Scooter talking about getting rid of "that bear" he thinks they're talking about him when in actual truth it's Gonzo's teddy bear that is being badmouthed. Meanwhile, Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie make a guest appearance in a musical number with Connie Stevens.

Episode 3 • Sep 04, 1976

Joel Grey

Fozzie takes on a new act - jokes on any subject - which drives everybody crazy. When he takes the stage, he asks for any word. Naturally, Statler & Waldorf call his bluff by yelling out "Amoeba!"

Episode 4 • Oct 08, 1976

Ruth Buzzi

Scooter's uncle, J.P. Grosse sends a mechanical wind-up TV show host that resembles Kermit in every way. Soon, the duplicate starts harassing Kermit and flirts with Miss Piggy.

Episode 5 • Sep 11, 1976

Rita Moreno

On stage, guest star Rita Moreno battles several Muppets including Animal who backs on drums in her closing number "Fever". Backstage, Fozzie answers a string of rather unusual (and very funny) phone calls.

Episode 6 • Sep 24, 1976

Jim Nabors

A young kid named Scooter applies for a job as a gofer. When, Kermit tells him he looks nothing like a gopher, Scooter explains that he'll go-fer coffee and sandwiches among other things he'll go-fer. Kermit says he doesn't have the money pay him, but then Scooter lets in that his uncle owns the theater.

Episode 7 • Oct 16, 1976

Florence Henderson

The Muppet Theater is plagued by pig-related problems with The Bouncing Borcellino Brothers flubbing their opening act and Miss Piggy throwing herself at an uninterested Kermit, then later gets jealous at guest star Florence Henderson who she thinks is gonna steal her frog away.

Episode 8 • Oct 09, 1976

Paul Williams

Scooter talks Fozzie in doing "The Telephone Pole Bit" and Fozzie practices dutifully until he finds out what the bit is really all about.

Episode 9 • Nov 27, 1976

Charles Aznavour

When he's unable to get a spot on the show, Gonzo asks Scooter to be his manager. Scooter thinks Gonzo should do a rock act by banging a large rock with a mallet. Later, Gonzo tries female impersonation in a dress and a blonde wig. But Scooter gives up managing when Gonzo eats his contract.

Episode 10 • Nov 06, 1976

Harvey Korman

Kermit begins to worry that guest star Harvey Korman isn't having a great time because he complains of being the "token person" on the show with all the dogs, frogs, pigs and chickens as well as the fear of hoof-and-mouth disease. So the rest of the Muppets come up with a solution: dress Harvey in a chicken suit.

Episode 11 • Oct 29, 1976

Lena Horne

Kermit cancels Miss Piggy's song for fear of overshadowing guest star Lena Horne. At least that's Piggy thinks, until finds out the real reason for being cut: he didn't want her to look foolish following Lena. Sometimes, the truth can hurt and not just for Piggy...Kermit, too.

Episode 12 • Oct 23, 1976

Peter Ustinov

Kermit becomes jealous when Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Hilda and Scooter rave about Peter Ustinov who later admits that he's jealous of Kermit saying that he's always wanted to be a frog.

Episode 13 • Dec 03, 1976

Bruce Forsyth

Fozzie hatches a plan to get even with Statler and Waldorf when he does his act. But the bear becomes crushed when he gets replaced with guest Bruce Forsyth.

Episode 14 • Sep 18, 1976

Sandy Duncan

Fozzie performs the famous "Banana Sketch" by Gags Beasley which everyone (including guest Sandy Duncan) has heard of. Everybody, except for Kermit.

Episode 15 • Nov 13, 1976

Candice Bergen

Fozzie brings a string of deliveries to Kermit which results in some real lousy gags driving the poor frog crazy.

Episode 16 • Dec 11, 1976

Avery Schreiber

In an effort to make Kermit jealous, Miss Piggy instructs Scooter to tell him that guest star Avery Schreiber is smitten with her. But when Kermit finds out it was all a trick, Piggy karate-chops everybody in her path.

Episode 17 • Nov 20, 1976

Ben Vereen

Fozzie gets stuck in a trick cabinet owned by Marvel the Magician (who is in Toledo) and is left perform his act while in and have two pig stagehands tip the box over so Fozzie can take a bow. In the end, Fozzie escapes thanks to Crazy Harry who is having a good time setting off other explosions.

Episode 18 • Dec 04, 1976

Phyllis Diller

Aging wardrobe woman Hilda tries to make herself look younger by putting on a wig, some makeup and even some "very tight foundation garments."

Episode 19 • Jan 28, 1977

Vincent Price

In honor of guest star Vincent Price, the show is filled with monsters, ghosts, vampires and spooky sketches. Meanwhile, a three-headed monster tries to audition for Kermit.

Episode 20 • Nov 19, 1976

Valerie Harper

Impressed with guest star Valerie Harper's beauty, Statler and Waldorf argue over who will go backstage to meet her so they decide to flip for her. Statler wins and sets off to woo her with an African berry bush...which George the Janitor accidentally waters left to grow at a very fast rate.

Episode 21 • Dec 18, 1976

Twiggy

Kermit is skeptical when everyone backstage is terrorized by "the Phantom of the Muppet Show" aka Uncle Deadly, a monster-actor who performed in the theater years ago, got panned by the critics, and vowed never to perform there again, and not to let anyone else perform either warning the Muppets "Leave or be doomed!"

Episode 22 • Feb 18, 1977

Ethel Merman

Fozzie's agent, Irving Bizarre, arrives at the theater to negotiate Fozzie's contract with Kermit who ends up offering Fozzie ten times as much money - despite the fact the bear made nothing before.

Episode 23 • Jan 22, 1977

Kaye Ballard

Embarrassed at the "square" music that he and the others have to play each week on the show, Floyd announces that the band is quitting.

Episode 24 • Jan 08, 1977

Mummenschanz

While the experimental mime troupe performs onstage, Miss Piggy must deal backstage with the advances of a recently smitten Gonzo.

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