| No. |
Initial Airing |
Guest Star |
| 1.01 (1) |
|
Juliet Prowse |
|
Backstage: Scooter
and Muppy convince Kermit to allow them to do a number and then
make various demands. Song: ‘Mah
Nà Mah Nà’ Gonzo’s Act: Eating a tire to ‘Flight
of the Bumblebee’ Guest Act: Juliet Prowse dances to
the second half of
Scott Joplin's 'Solace' Ballroom: ‘Mind if I Smoke?’
Rowlf’s Act: ‘You and I and George’ Chatting with
Guest Star:
Robert Redford of Frogs Sketch: Kid Fozzie Comes to
Town Song: ‘Simon Smith and his Amazing Dancing Bear’
Song: ‘Temptation’
by the Muppet Glee Club |
| 1.02 (2) |
|
Connie Stevens and
Ernie and Bert |
|
Backstage: Fozzie
believes everyone hates him when he hears muppets insulting
Gonzo’s teddy bear. Song: 'Lydia
the Tattooed Lady' Swedish Chef: Meatballs Guest
Act: 'A
Teenager in Love' by Connie Stevens Ballroom: Classy
Rats Song: 'Ain't
Misbehavin'' by Electric Mayhem Guest Act: '(They
Long to Be) Close to You' by Connie Stevens Song:
Saxophone Number Gonzo’s Act: Grow a tomato plant to the
1812 Overture. Muppet News Flash: Hotline to
Washington Guest Act: ‘Some
Enchanted Evening’ |
| 1.03 (3) |
|
Joel Grey |
|
Backstage: Fozzie’s
jokes for any subjects Song: ‘Comedy
Tonight’ from the musical
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Ballroom:
Family Jokes Muppet News Flash: Boffo the Human
Cannonball Guest Act: 'Willkommen' from the musical
Cabaret Chatting with Guest Star: Joel’s life story
Song: ‘Pachalafaka’
Wayne and Wanda: ‘Stormy
Weather’ Fozzie’s Act: Jokes for any subject
Sketch:
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Disappearing Clues
Muppet News Flash:
Brooklyn is held hostage by a retired bus driver. Gonzo’s
Act: Destroying a vintage automobile to ‘The
Anvil Chorus’ Guest Act: 'Razzle Dazzle'
from the musical
Chicago |
| 1.04 (4) |
|
Ruth Buzzi |
|
Backstage: Wind-up
TV Show Host Song: ‘Sunny’
by Electric Mayhem Ballroom: ‘I Have Three Feet’ Wayne
and Wanda: ‘Row, Row, Row’ Muppet News Flash: The
Atlantic Ocean has been kidnapped. Guest Act: ‘Too Good
to be True’ Rowlf’s Act: ‘I Never Harmed an Onion’
Chatting with Guest Star: Buzzi hates fat but loves to eat
Fozzie’s Act: Greatest straight man in the business
Guest Act: Buzzi breaks her torturers down under pressures
Song: ‘You
Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd’ Pressing
Questions: Is the Human Body Obsolete? |
| 1.05 (5) |
|
Rita Moreno |
|
Backstage: Telephone
running gag. Guest Act: French Tango Veterinarian’s
Hospital: Bob operates on Fozzie. Muppet News Flash:
Chicken dances ballet. Swedish Chef: Pancakes
Ballroom: Shark in the ballroom. Song: ‘To Morrow’
Song: 'Lady
of Spain Marvin Suggs and his Muppophones Pressing
Questions: Is conversation a dying art? Muppet News
Flash: ‘There is no news tonight.’ Chatting with Guest
Star: Cue Cards Wayne and Wanda: 'Goody
Goody' Fozzie’s Act: 'Charlton
Heston doesn’t tell jokes.' Guest Act: 'Fever' |
| 1.06 (6) |
|
Jim Nabors |
|
Backstage: Scooter’s
first day Song: ‘Money’ by the Electric Mayhem Guest
Act: ‘Gone With The Wind’ Muppet News Flash: Flying
saucer lands at gas station Sketch: The Danceros
Ballroom: Health Rowlfe’s Act: "Dog Eat Dog"
Chatting with Guest Star: Astrological signs Wayne and
Wanda: 'Indian Love Call' from the operetta
Rose Marie Fozzie’s Act: ‘If you don’t laugh, I’ll
never come back.’ Guest Act: Nabors works bakery security
Guest Act: ‘Thank
God I'm a Country Boy’ |
| 1.07 (7) |
|
Florence Henderson |
|
Backstage: Piggy
comes on to Kermit Sketch: Bouncing Borelino Brothers
Guest Act: ‘Elusive
Butterfly’ Ballroom: Floor Hogs Chatting with
Guest Star: Piggy threatens Henderson Rowlf’s Act:
‘Coddlestone Pie’ Pressing Questions: Was Shakespeare
Bacon? Fozzie’s Act: Impressions of great actors Guest
Act: ‘Happy
Together’ Sketch: Love comes to Koozbane |
| 1.08 (8) |
|
Paul Williams |
|
Backstage: Fozzie
and Scooter prepare to do the telephone pole bit Song:
‘All of Me’ Guest Act: ‘An
Old Fashioned Love Song’ Muppet Labs: All-purpose
tenderizer Sketch: ‘Silence’ a poem by Rowlf Ballroom:
‘You wanna take a trip?’ Song: ‘I’m in Love with a Big
Blue Frog’ Chatting with Guest Star: Famous short people
Guest Act: ‘Got anything cheaper?’ sketch Wayne and
Wanda: ‘You do something to me’ Muppet News Flash: ‘I
picked up the phone and there was no one there.’ Fozzie’s
Act: The telephone pole bit Guest Act: ‘Sad
Song’ |
| 1.09 (9) |
|
Charles Aznavour |
|
Backstage: Scooter
becomes Gonzo’s manager Song: 'I
Feel Pretty' (from the musical
West Side Story) Guest Act: ‘The Old Fashioned Way’
Veterinarian’s Hospital: Bob saved nine out of ten this
week. Ballroom: Bananas have appeal. Song: 'Does
Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor (On The Bedpost Over Night)'
Chatting with Guest Star: French, the language of love.
Pressing Questions: What is man’s role in the universe?
Fozzie’s Act: ‘Look out!’ Guest Act: 'Inchworm' |
| 1.10 (10) |
|
Harvey Korman |
|
Song: ‘Atom Bomb’ by
Electric Mayhem Sketch: Interview with Animal. Guest
Act: Harvey trains a dangerous animal. Pressing
Questions: What is the meaning of life? Ballroom: Guy
has swelled head. Song: ‘Jam’ by Electric Mayhem
Chatting with Guest Star: Harvey’s the token human on the
show. Veterinarian’s Hospital: Bob’s nerves are getting
to him. Wayne and Wanda: ‘I Get a Kick out of You’
Guest Act: Chicken outfit Fozzie’s Act: ‘Good grief,
the comedian’s a bear!’ Muppet News Flash: Boxer will
defend title against himself. Song: ‘Halfway
Down the Stairs’ by Robin |
| 1.11 (11) |
|
Lena Horne |
|
Backstage: Piggy
won’t be performing this week Song: ‘Ragg Mopp’ Guest
Act: ‘I
Got a Name’ Muppet News Flash: Woman has eaten
nothing but seaweed. Ballroom: ‘You’re always blowing
your top.’ Song: Sax and piano duet. Chatting with
Guest Star: Fozzie wants to talk to the guest stars.
Swedish Chef: Spaghetti Gonzo’s Act: Unique version
of ‘Pop Goes the Weasel’ Guest Act: ‘I’m Glad There is
You’ Fozzie’s Act: Tribute to Marcel Marceau
Guest Act: ‘Sing’ |
| 1.12 (12) |
|
Peter Ustinov |
|
Backstage: Kermit is
jealous of Ustinov Song: Evening at the Pops Muppet
Labs: Robot Politician Ballroom: Punch Bowl Guest
Act: Economics sketch Song: ‘Another Somebody Done
Somebody Wrong Song’ Song: ‘You do Something to Me’
Muppet News Flash: Cure for the common cold Wayne and
Wanda: ‘Autumn
Leaves’ Pressing Questions: Psychiatry
Song: ‘Bein'
Green’ |
| 1.13 (13) |
|
Bruce Forsyth |
|
Backstage: Fozzie
thinks he can handle any heckler. Then Kermit cancels his act.
Song: The Snerfs Guest Act: ‘All I Need is the
Girl’ Ballroom: ‘Mind if I light up?’ Song: ‘I’m
My Own Grandpa’ Chatting with Guest Star: Bruce rents a
duck. Wayne and Wanda: Trees Guest Act: Bruce and
Fozzie’s comedy routine Veterinarian’s Hospital: Duck!
Guest Act: ‘Let there be Love’ |
| 1.14 (14) |
|
Sandy Duncan |
|
Backstage: Kermit
wants to know what the banana sketch is. Guest Act: ‘A
Nice Boy Like Me’ Swedish Chef: Doughnut. Fozzie’s
Act: The banana sketch. Ballroom: Falling for you.
Guest Act: Sandy makes Sweetums feel beautiful Song:
‘Nobody’ by Gonzo and Rowlf Song: ‘Never Smile at a
Crocodile' Chatting with Guest Star: The banana sketch.
Muppet News Flash: Jumping in place record.
Veterinarian’s Hospital: Bob’s first transplant.
Guest Act: ‘Try To Remember’ |
| 1.15 (15) |
|
Candice Bergen |
|
Backstage: Objects
for Kermit running gag. Song:
What Now My Love?’ Guest Act: ‘Put Another Log on the
Fire’ Ballroom: George pops the question. Pressing
Questions: Does travel broaden the mind? Song: ‘It's
not Where You Start, it's Where You Finish’ by Rowlf Chatting
with Guest Star: Candice takes Kermit’s picture. Swedish
Chef: Hot Sauce Guest Act: ‘That Face’
Veterinarian’s Hospital: Frog in the throat. Guest Act:
‘You've Got to Have Friends’ Special Note: This
episode included several blunders on Jim’s part. He starts
laughing in the middle of the Swedish Chef number and Kermit’s
pie in Fozzie’s face hits Candice, leaving Frank to cover with a
lot of yelling. |
| 1.16 (16) |
|
Avery Schreiber |
|
Backstage: Piggy
tries to make Kermit jealous Song: ‘Tenderly’ by the
Electric Mayhem Guest Act: Sir Avery versus the monster
of the moor. Muppet Labs: Gorilla detector. Guest Act:
Avery as museum security guard. Ballroom: Boogie! Boogie
Boogie! Rowlf’s Act: ‘May You Always Walk in Sunshine’
Chatting with Guest Star: Piggy continues to flirt with
Avery Wayne and Wanda: ‘Some Enchanted Evening’
Veterinarian's Hospital: Series of bird jokes. Fozzie’s
Act: Banana in the ear gag. Muppet News Flash: ‘There
is no news tonight.’ Guest Act: Nonsense sound
song. |
| 1.17 (17) |
|
Ben Vereen |
|
Backstage: Fozzie
gets locked in a magician’s box Running Gag: Crazy Harry
explodes things. Guest Act: ‘Jump, Shout, Knock Yourself
Out’ Guest Act: ‘Mr. Cellophane’ Muppet News Flash:
Flag pole sitting record Ballroom: The rolling stones.
Rowlf’s Act: Fur Elise Chatting with Guest Star:
Dancers have to keep in shape Veterinarian's Hospital:
Bob plays in the operating room. Wayne and Wanda: ‘I’ll
Know’ Fozzie’s Act: Fozzie in a box Guest
Act: ‘Pure Imagination’ |
| 1.18 (18) |
|
Phyllis Diller |
|
Backstage: Hilda
considers ways to make herself look younger. Song:
‘Mississippi Mud’ Guest Act: Phyllis and Rowlf discuss
what losers they are. Muppet News Flash: Woman flies to
Dallas. Ballroom: Statler and Waldorf join the dance
Song: ‘Ol' Lazybones’ by the Electric Mayhem Chatting
with Guest Star: Fozzie gets comedy tips. Song:
‘Huggawugga’/’You are my sunshine’ Muppet Labs: Exploding
hats. Veterinarian's Hospital: Loaf of bread
Guest Act: ‘The Entertainer’ |
| 1.19 (19) |
|
Vincent Price |
|
Backstage:
Three-headed monster wants to be on the show. Song: ‘I've
Got You Under My Skin’ Guest Act: ‘House of Horror’
sketch Wayne and Wanda: ‘Bewitched, Bothered, and
Bewildered’ Pressing Questions: Gourmet Dining.
Ballroom: Haunted ballroom. Song: ‘I’m Looking
Through You’ Chatting with Guest Star: How to become a
vampire Muppet News Flash: Furniture comes alive
Guest Act: ‘You’ve Got a Friend’ |
| 1.20 (20) |
|
Valerie Harper |
|
Backstage: Statler
is determined to meet Valerie and brings her a rapidly growing
African berry bush Guest Act: Valerie convinces Kermit to
let her do the opening act by singing 'Broadway Baby'.
Swedish Chef: Chef decorates then smooshs cake Muppet
News Flash: Steam fitter turns into a rug Rowlf’s Act:
Rowlf reads poem 'The Butterfly' Ballroom: Bat attack
Song: Rowlf and Sam sing 'Tit-willow' Song: Floyd
sings 'Searchin' Wayne and Wanda: 'On
a clear day you can see forever' Muppet News Flash:
Dateline nothing Guest Act: Valerie dances with
the Clodhoppers to 'Nobody Does It Like Me' |
| 1.21 (21) |
|
Twiggy |
|
Backstage: Gang
encounters Phantom of the Muppet Show Song: 'Dance'
Guest Act: 'There Are Places I Remember' Wayne and Wanda:
'Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow' Guest Act: 'The
King's Breakfast' Ballroom: Chandelier Rowlf’s Act:
'Minuet in G Major' Sketch: Vendaface Muppet News
Flash: Mrs. Thomas ate a diesel tractor Guest
Act: 'Nobody's Business But My Own' |
| 1.22 (22) |
|
Ethel Merman and
Richard Bradshaw |
|
Backstage Fozzie's
agent, Irving Bizare, comes in to negotiate Fozzie's contract
Sketch: 'Java' Guest Act: Medley of songs Ms Merman
Song: 'Don't sugar me' sung by a mouse in a tea cup
Chatting with Guest Star: Ms Merman teaches Miss Piggy to
sing Guest Puppeteer Australian Richard Bradshaw, with
shadow puppets Song: Ms Merman sings 'There's
No Business Like Show Business' |
| 1.23 (23) |
|
Kaye Ballard |
|
Backstage The
electric mayhem band gets fed up with playing the theme song
every night and threaten to quit unless Kermit allows them to
play their own music. Song: 'In the summertime' Guest
Act: 'What would you say?"' Muppet News Flash:
Longest sentence Ballroom: Pig Latin Song: Life
Chatting with Guest Star: Theme Song Sketch: The
Barber Shop Vendaface: Changing ugly women to pretty
women Guest Act: 'One Note Samba' |
| 1.24 (24) |
|
Mummenschanz |
|
Backstage: Gonzo
pesters Ms. Piggy for her attention Song: Floyd, Scooter
and the gang sing 'Hey Mr. Bass man' Guest Act:
Mummenschanz performs mime with notepad masks Sketch: The
Library Guest Act: Mummenschanz performs crawly creatures
Ballroom: Animal gets a watch to run Song: 'When
I'm not near the Girl I Love' sung by a fish in an aquarium
Chatting with Guest Star: Mummenschanz show Kermit that you
don't have to speak to communicate Wayne and Wanda: ‘It's
Only a Paper Moon’ Vendaface: Statler gets a punch in the
face Muppet News Flash: Russia's oldest living human
Guest Act: Mummenschanz performs mime with clay masks |
