Episodes (24)

Juliet Prowse
S01E01 · Juliet Prowse

Jan 20, 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.

Connie Stevens
S01E02 · Connie Stevens

Feb 26, 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 & Ernie make a guest appearance in a musical number with Connie Stevens.

Joel Grey
S01E03 · Joel Grey

Sep 05, 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!"

Ruth Buzzi
S01E04 · Ruth Buzzi

Oct 09, 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.

Rita Moreno
S01E05 · Rita Moreno

Jan 20, 1977

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.

Jim Nabors
S01E06 · Jim Nabors

Sep 25, 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.

Florence Henderson
S01E07 · Florence Henderson

Oct 17, 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.

Paul Williams
S01E08 · Paul Williams

Oct 10, 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.

Charles Aznavour
S01E09 · Charles Aznavour

Nov 29, 1978

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.

Harvey Korman
S01E10 · Harvey Korman

Nov 07, 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.

Lena Horne
S01E11 · Lena Horne

Oct 30, 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.

Peter Ustinov
S01E12 · Peter Ustinov

Dec 13, 1978

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.

Bruce Forsyth
S01E13 · Bruce Forsyth

Dec 04, 1976

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

Sandy Duncan
S01E14 · Sandy Duncan

Sep 19, 1976

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

Candice Bergen
S01E15 · Candice Bergen

Nov 14, 1976

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

Avery Schreiber
S01E16 · Avery Schreiber

Dec 12, 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.

Ben Vereen
S01E17 · Ben Vereen

Nov 21, 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.

Phyllis Diller
S01E18 · Phyllis Diller

Dec 05, 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."

Vincent Price
S01E19 · Vincent Price

Jan 29, 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.

Valerie Harper
S01E20 · Valerie Harper

Nov 20, 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.

Twiggy
S01E21 · Twiggy

Dec 19, 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!"

Ethel Merman
S01E22 · Ethel Merman

Feb 19, 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.

Kaye Ballard
S01E23 · Kaye Ballard

Jan 23, 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.

Mummenschanz
S01E24 · Mummenschanz

Jan 09, 1977

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

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The Muppet Show Season 1 (1977) is released on Jan 20, 1977 and the latest season 5 of The Muppet Show is released in 1980. Watch The Muppet Show online - the English Comedy TV series from United States. The Muppet Show is directed by Peter Harris,Philip Casson and created by Jim Henson with Frank Oz and Richard Hunt.

As know as:

El show de los muppets, O Show dos Muppets, The Muppet Show(English), Die Muppet Show, The Muppet Show

Countries:

United States, United Kingdom

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Associated Television (ATV), HIT Entertainment, Henson Associates (HA)

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