The Muppet Show

S1 · E1 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. 30 min23 Apr 1977 S1 · E2 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 &... 30 min26 Feb 1977 S1 · E3 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!" 30 min16 Oct 1976 S1 · E4 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. 30 min09 Oct 1976 S1 · E5 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. 30 min18 Sep 1976★ 8.0 S1 · E6 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 t... 30 min25 Sep 1976★ 7.0 S1 · E7 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 Hende... 30 min13 Nov 1976 S1 · E8 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. 30 min23 Oct 1976 S1 · E9 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... 30 min15 Jan 1977 S1 · E10 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.... 30 min11 Dec 1976 S1 · E11 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... 30 min30 Oct 1976 S1 · E12 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. 30 min06 Nov 1976 S1 · E13 Bruce Forsyth 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. 30 min04 Dec 1976★ 7.3 S1 · E14 Sandy Duncan Fozzie performs the famous "Banana Sketch" by Gags Beasley which everyone (including guest Sandy Duncan) has heard of. Everybody, except for Kermit. 30 min02 Oct 1976 S1 · E15 Candice Bergen Fozzie brings a string of deliveries to Kermit which results in some real lousy gags driving the poor frog crazy. 30 min27 Nov 1976★ 7.6 S1 · E16 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. 30 min16 Apr 1977 S1 · E17 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 ... 30 min22 Jan 1977 S1 · E18 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." 30 min12 Feb 1977★ 7.5 S1 · E19 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. 30 min29 Jan 1977 S1 · E20 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... 30 min20 Nov 1976 S1 · E21 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 ag... 30 min05 Feb 1977 S1 · E22 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. 30 min19 Feb 1977 S1 · E23 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. 30 min07 May 1977 S1 · E24 Mummenschanz While the experimental mime troupe performs onstage, Miss Piggy must deal backstage with the advances of a recently smitten Gonzo. 30 min21 May 1977