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Episode Guide
- 1. Valentine Special Jan 30, 1974
- Mia Farroww.
- 2. Sex and Violence Mar 19, 1975
- Kermit, Miss Piggy and other Muppets welcome guest stars.
- 3. S1 E3 Sep 20, 1976
- Guest Rita Moreno.
The Muppet Show: Created by Jim Henson, Jack Burns. With Frank Oz, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Jim Henson. 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.
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This is a list of productions based on The Muppets characters and franchise, including films, television series and specials, and other media. The franchise's main work is The Muppet Show, a syndicated television series which ran from 1976 to 1981.
TitlePremiere DateEnd DateNetworkMay 10, 2023May 10, 2023July 31, 2020September 4, 2020March 23, 2018February 18, 2022Disney JuniorSeptember 22, 2015March 1, 2016 [20]ABCThe Muppet Show is a live-action/ puppet television series that was created by Jim Henson and produced by ITC Entertainment and Henson Associates. It premiered on 5 September 1976 and ended on 23 May 1981, with a total of 120 episodes over the course of 5 seasons.
No.Guest StarOriginal Air DateProd. Code1.01 (5)5 September 1976 ( 1976-09-05) [7] [8]1031.02 (1)12 September 1976 ( 1976-09-12) [9]1051.03 (2)19 September 1976 ( 1976-09-19) [10]1141.04 (3)26 September 1976 ( 1976-09-26) [11]106- History
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Since its debut in 1969, Sesame Street had given Jim Henson's Muppet characters exposure. However, he began to perceive that he was becoming typecast as a children's entertainer. Subsequently, he began to conceive a programme for a more adult audience. Two television specials, The Muppets Valentine Show (1974) and The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence ...
Opening and closing sequences
"The Muppet Show Theme" (written by Henson and Sam Pottle in 1976) is the show's theme song. While the opening sequence changed from season to season, the overall concept remained the same. Each episode began with "The Muppet Show" logo on a title card. The centre of the "O" then opened to reveal host Kermit the Frog, who announced, "It's The Muppet Show, with our very special guest star, [name of guest star]!" usually cheering afterwards. During the first season, the theme song contained a j...
Muppet Theater
The Muppet Theater is the setting for The Muppet Show, a grand old vaudeville house that has seen better days. In episode 106, Kermit identifies the name of the theatre as The Benny Vandergast Memorial Theater, although other episodes merely identify it as "the Muppet Theater". It is also identified as simply "Muppet Theater" in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie. It is then that the theatre becomes registered as a historical landmark, and it cannot be shut down. In the film, the theatr...
Characters and performers
Many of the characters who appeared on The Muppet Showhave appeared in previous and subsequent Muppet productions.
"At the Dance" – The sketch was a regular during the first season but was used less frequently from the second season onward. Muppet characters (some of them being Whatnots) circulated on a semi-fo..."Bear on Patrol" – Fozzie Bear is a luckless police officer named Patrol Bear and Link Hogthrob is the incompetent chief of police who are always in the silliest situations with the criminals broug..."Blackouts" – Short, comic sketches traditional to vaudeville that end with the lights turning off or a quick closing of the curtain. Only appeared in the first season."Cold Openings" – The Cold Openings appeared at the beginning of each episode, and officially introduced the guest star. During the first season, Kermit introduced the guest star during the opening...The Muppet Show was nominated for nine BAFTA Awards during its run, winning three. It was nominated for 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning four, including the 1978 award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series. It was presented with a Peabody Award in 1978. Also in 1978, the show received the Television Award of Merit from the Mary Washington...
Compilation releases
In 1985, Playhouse Video released a collection of video compilations under the Jim Henson's Muppet Videobanner. Ten videos were released, featuring original linking material in addition to clips from the show. Videos included: 1. The Muppet Revue (titled Kermit and Fozzie's Favourite Moments in the UK) – Hosted by Kermit and Fozzie as they clean up the attic, with guest stars Linda Ronstadt, Paul Williams, Harry Belafonte, and Rita Moreno 2. The Kermit and Piggy Story – Hosted by Kermit and M...
Series releases
In 1994, Buena Vista Home Video under the Jim Henson Video imprint released The Muppet Show: Monster Laughs with Vincent Price, featuring the episodes with Vincent Price and Alice Cooper. Both episodes were edited. In addition to replacing the first series opening and the ending logos with Zoot, the Vincent Price episode was edited to remove the songs "I'm Looking Through You" and "You've Got a Friend" (the latter of which would be cut again when released on the first series DVD) as well as a...
Streaming
The Muppet Show was released for streaming on Disney+ on 19 February 2021. However, two episodes featuring guests Brooke Shields and Chris Langham are omitted from the streaming service. In several European countries, the episode with John Denver is omitted as well. A content advisorywas attached to several episodes describing "negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures."
The Muppet Show at IMDbThe Muppet Show on Muppet WikiThe Muppet Show at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television1980. 1981. S4.E4 ∙ Dyan Cannon. Sat, Feb 2, 1980. The Muppet Show goes to the dogs when Miss Piggy asks 'da-da' Kermie to babysit Foo-Foo, her precious, pampered pooch.
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