The Muppet Show

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.

Cast:Jim Henson , Frank Oz , Richard Hunt , Dave Goelz , Jerry Nelson , Louise Gold , Steve Whitmire , Kathryn Mullen , Eren Ozker , John Lovelady , Peter Friedman , Karen Prell , Betsy Baytos , Graham Fletcher , Brian Meehl , Bob Payne , Fran Brill , Cynthia Adler

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Juliet Prowse

Sat, Jan 15, 1977

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.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Connie Stevens

Fri, Feb 25, 1977

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.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Joel Grey

Sat, Sep 4, 1976

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!"

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Ruth Buzzi

Fri, Oct 8, 1976

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.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Rita Moreno

Sat, Sep 11, 1976

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.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Jim Nabors

Fri, Sep 24, 1976

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.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Florence Henderson

Sat, Oct 16, 1976

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.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Paul Williams

Sat, Oct 9, 1976

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

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Charles Aznavour

Sat, Nov 27, 1976

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.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Harvey Korman

Sat, Nov 6, 1976

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.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Lena Horne

Fri, Oct 29, 1976

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.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Peter Ustinov

Sat, Oct 23, 1976

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.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Bruce Forsyth

Fri, Dec 3, 1976

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.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Sandy Duncan

Sat, Sep 18, 1976

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

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Candice Bergen

Sat, Nov 13, 1976

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

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Avery Schreiber

Sat, Dec 11, 1976

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.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Ben Vereen

Sat, Nov 20, 1976

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.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Phyllis Diller

Sat, Dec 4, 1976

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

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Vincent Price

Fri, Jan 28, 1977

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.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Valerie Harper

Fri, Nov 19, 1976

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.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Twiggy

Sat, Dec 18, 1976

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!"

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ Ethel Merman

Fri, Feb 18, 1977

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.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ Kaye Ballard

Sat, Jan 22, 1977

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.

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ Mummenschanz

Sat, Jan 8, 1977

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

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Don Knotts

Fri, Nov 25, 1977

Fozzie becomes an honorary hip dude when Floyd approves of his suggestion of playing Lullaby of Birdland on the show.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Zero Mostel

Fri, Dec 9, 1977

Statler and Waldorf decide to watch TV in their box, instead of watching the show. Meanwhile, Kermit can't make payroll ($27.14), but Muppet Theatre owner J. P. Grosse says he'll give him the money if he puts "good old-fashioned entertainment" back in the show -- meaning lady wrestlers.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Milton Berle

Thu, Oct 13, 1977

When Berle comes to guest-star on the show, Fozzie is too shy to meet his idol.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Rich Little

Fri, Sep 23, 1977

Gonzo holds auditions for a chicken act while Rich Little guest stars on the show.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Judy Collins

Fri, Jan 27, 1978

Judy Collins sings classic folk songs, including Send In The Clowns and I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly. Kermit must deal with Scooter's uncle, J.P. Grosse, the theater's owner, who is inspecting it for his plans to tear it down

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Nancy Walker

Thu, Oct 27, 1977

Kermit is off sick with the flu so Fozzie must manage the show. Things do not go so well for the bear and he is afraid Kermit may fire him.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Edgar Bergen

Fri, Oct 7, 1977

Inspired by Edgar Bergen and his companion characters, Fozzie decides to try his hand at ventriloquism.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Steve Martin

Fri, Oct 28, 1977

Much to Steve Martin's initial displeasure, Kermit cancels the regular show and holds private auditions for new acts.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Madeline Kahn

Fri, Sep 30, 1977

Gonzo falls in love with Madeline Kahn after she compliments him backstage.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ George Burns

Fri, Sep 16, 1977

Reporter Fleet Scribbler is covering the Muppet Show with his obviously hostile biased writing.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Dom DeLuise

Fri, Oct 14, 1977

Miss Piggy comes up with various schemes to impress Kermit.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Bernadette Peters

Fri, Nov 4, 1977

Robin the Frog feels sad that nobody notices him. Miss Piggy gets jealous when Kermit does a duet with Miss Mousey.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Rudolf Nureyev

Sat, Jan 21, 1978

When Sam the Eagle finally recognizes the guest star, Rudolf Nureyev, he is horrified at the silliness the ballet dancer is eager to perform with the gang.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Elton John

Sat, Jan 7, 1978

Elton John performs four of his biggest hit songs of the '70's like, "Crocodile Rock", "Bennie and the Jets", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", and, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", with Miss Piggy filling in for Kiki Dee.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Lou Rawls

Thu, Dec 15, 1977

As Fozzie tries to finalize his roller skating routine, the rest of the acts have to come on stage sooner than scheduled, leading to some Muppetastic chaos.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Cleo Laine

Sat, Jan 14, 1978

Fozzie tries to hijack the show as his mother is in the Audience. Cleo Laine does a Scat number with Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Orchestra. Guest Puppeteer Bruce Schwartz performs with Cleo Laine "If" by Bread.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Julie Andrews

Sat, Dec 24, 1977

To Kermit's concern, and Gonzo's delight, a real live cow winds up backstage.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Jaye P. Morgan

Sat, Feb 25, 1978

Jaye P. Morgan has difficulty adjusting to the show's wacky ways, especially all the explosions.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Peter Sellers

Sat, Dec 31, 1977

Peter Sellers appears as a wild gypsy, a strange doctor, and forms a band against drinking in this very comical and rare performance by the master of disguise himself.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Petula Clark

Sat, Mar 11, 1978

A mix-up results in a moose who sounds like John Wayne hanging around backstage.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Bob Hope

Fri, Feb 10, 1978

The Muppets find they have accommodate Bob Hope's hectic volunteer schedule.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Teresa Brewer

Fri, Nov 18, 1977

When Kermit cancels her ballet number because she's too heavy, Miss Piggy struggles to lose weight.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ John Cleese

Thu, Oct 20, 1977

The gang tries their best to force John to perform with them, but he drags his feet at every opportunity.

24Season 2

S2.E24 ∙ Cloris Leachman

Sat, Feb 11, 1978

The pigs seize control of the Muppet Show and forcibly replace the other cast members with pig versions.