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The Muppet Show(1976)

ComedyFamily
First Air Date: 1976-09-05
Average Runtime: 26m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 345
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 120

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 24
E01
Joel Grey

Air Date: 1976-09-05

26m

Fozzie works on a new act -- jokes on any subject -- and drives everyone crazy. Finally, he gets on stage and asks fo...

E02
Rita Moreno

Air Date: 1976-09-12

26m

Fozzie Bear becomes embroiled in a running gag involving the backstage phone. Throughout the episode, Rita parodies h...

E03
Sandy Duncan

Air Date: 1976-09-19

26m

Fozzie performs Gags Beasley's famous "banana sketch," which everyone has heard of except Kermit. When Kermit asks Sa...

E04
Jim Nabors

Air Date: 1976-09-26

26m

A young kid named Scooter applies for a job as a go-fer. When Kermit remarks that he doesn't even look like a gopher,...

E05
Ruth Buzzi

Air Date: 1976-10-03

26m

Scooter's uncle sends a mechanical, wind-up TV show host, an exact duplicate of Kermit. The robot harasses Kermit and...

E06
Paul Williams

Air Date: 1976-10-10

26m

Scooter talks Fozzie into doing "the telephone pole bit," and Fozzie practices dutifully until he finds out what the ...

E07
Florence Henderson

Air Date: 1976-10-17

26m

The Muppet Theatre is plagued by a variety of pig-related problems, both onstage and off. First, The Bouncing Borsali...

E08
Peter Ustinov

Air Date: 1976-10-24

26m

Kermit becomes jealous when Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Hilda and Scooter rave about Peter Ustinov. At the end, Peter admits ...

E09
Lena Horne

Air Date: 1976-10-31

26m

Kermit cuts Miss Piggy's scheduled song so she won't look foolish following Lena Horne. He tells her that "there are ...

E10
Harvey Korman

Air Date: 1976-11-07

26m

Embarrassed about being the "token person" on the show, Harvey is dressed up as a giant chicken.

E11
Candice Bergen

Air Date: 1976-11-14

26m

Fozzie brings a series of deliveries to Kermit, pestering the frog with lousy gags.

E12
Ben Vereen

Air Date: 1976-11-21

26m

Fozzie gets stuck in a magician's trick cabinet. The cabinet is dragged onstage so that he can perform his act -- and...

E13
Charles Aznavour

Air Date: 1976-11-28

26m

When he's unable to get a spot on the show, Gonzo asks Scooter to be his manager. Scooter advises Gonzo to do a rock ...

E14
Phyllis Diller

Air Date: 1976-12-05

26m

Aging wardrobe woman Hilda puts on a wig and makeup to try to make herself look younger. She is spotlighted in a back...

E15
Avery Schreiber

Air Date: 1976-12-12

26m

To make Kermit jealous, Miss Piggy instructs Scooter to tell him that Avery is in love with her. Kermit finds out tha...

E16
Twiggy

Air Date: 1976-12-19

26m

Kermit is skeptical when everyone backstage is terrorized by "the Phantom of the Muppet Show." There turns out to be ...

E17
Valerie Harper

Air Date: 1977-01-02

26m

This is one of only a few Muppet Show episodes that open the show after the theme song with some kind of offstage sce...

E18
Mummenschanz

Air Date: 1977-01-09

26m

Miss Piggy is repulsed when Gonzo tells her that he loves her. Kermit tries to help by asking Piggy if she would like...

E19
Juliet Prowse

Air Date: 1977-01-16

26m

Muppy, the favorite pet of The Muppet Theatre owner J. P. Grosse, becomes a prima donna when Kermit reluctantly allow...

E20
Kaye Ballard

Air Date: 1977-01-23

26m

Tired of the "embarrassingly square" theme song, bass player Floyd Pepper informs Kermit that he and the rest of the ...

E21
Bruce Forsyth

Air Date: 1977-01-30

26m

Fozzie Bear has a plan to get back at Statler and Waldorf when he does his act, but is crushed when he's replaced by ...

E22
Ethel Merman

Air Date: 1977-04-09

26m

Fozzie's agent, Irving Bizarre, negotiates Fozzie's contract with Kermit. Kermit ends up offering Fozzie ten times as...

E23
Connie Stevens

Air Date: 1977-04-16

26m

When Fozzie overhears Hilda, Kermit, and Scooter talking about getting rid of "that bear," he thinks they're talking ...

E24
Vincent Price

Air Date: 1977-04-23

26m

In honor of guest star Vincent Price, the show is filled with monsters, ghosts, bats, vampires and spooky situations....

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Top Cast

Jim Henson
Jim Henson
Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Rowlf the Dog, Link Hogthrob, The Swedish Chef, Dr. Teeth, The Newsman (voice)
Frank Oz
Frank Oz
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)
Jerry Nelson
Jerry Nelson
Floyd Pepper, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Pops, Robin the Frog, Lew Zealand, Louis Kazagger, Chicken, Crazy Harry (voice)
Dave Goelz
Dave Goelz
Gonzo / Zoot / Beauregard / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
Richard Hunt
Richard Hunt
Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice)
Eren Ozker
Eren Ozker
Hilda / Wanda / Janice (voice)
Louise Gold
Louise Gold
Annie Sue Pig / Additional Muppets (voice)
Karen Prell
Karen Prell
Additional Muppets (voice)
Brian Muehl
Brian Muehl
Additional Muppets (voice)
Kathryn Mullen
Kathryn Mullen
Additional Muppets (voice)
Steve Whitmire
Steve Whitmire
Additional Muppets (voice)