Episode List: |
Episode Name | Disc | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Guest Stars | Synopsis | IMDB |
Juliet Prowse | 1 | 1 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | Juliet Prowse | Kermit is pressured into allowing Scooter to do a musical number with Muppy the dog. | 8.0 |
Connie Stevens | 1 | 2 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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. | 7.9 |
Joel Grey | 1 | 3 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | Joel Grey | Fozzie takes on a new act - jokes on any subject - which drives everybody crazy. | 7.0 |
Ruth Buzzi | 1 | 4 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | Ruth Buzzi | Scooter's uncle, J.P. Grosse sends a mechanical wind-up TV show host that resembles Kermit in every way. | 7.3 |
Rita Moreno | 1 | 5 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | Rita Moreno | On stage, guest star Rita Moreno battles several Muppets including Animal who backs on drums in her closing number "Fever". | 8.2 |
Jim Nabors | 1 | 6 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | Jim Nabors | A young kid named Scooter applies for a job as a gofer. | 6.3 |
Florence Henderson | 2 | 1 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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 Henderson who she thinks is gonna steal her frog away. | 7.4 |
Paul Williams | 2 | 2 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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. | 7.4 |
Charles Aznavour | 2 | 3 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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. | 6.9 |
Harvey Korman | 2 | 4 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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. | 7.4 |
Episode Name | Disc | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Guest Stars | Synopsis | IMDB |
Lena Horne | 2 | 5 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | Lena Horne | Kermit cancels Miss Piggy's song for fear of overshadowing guest star Lena Horne. | 7.6 |
Peter Ustinov | 2 | 6 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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. | 7.8 |
Bruce Forsyth | 3 | 1 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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. | 7.3 |
Sandy Duncan | 3 | 2 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | Sandy Duncan | Fozzie performs the famous "Banana Sketch" by Gags Beasley which everyone (including guest Sandy Duncan) has heard of. Everybody, except for Kermit. | 7.4 |
Candice Bergen | 3 | 3 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | Candice Bergen | Fozzie brings a string of deliveries to Kermit which results in some real lousy gags driving the poor frog crazy. | 7.6 |
Avery Schreiber | 3 | 4 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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. | 7.4 |
Ben Vereen | 3 | 5 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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. | 7.5 |
Phyllis Diller | 3 | 6 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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." | 7.7 |
Vincent Price | 4 | 1 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | Vincent Price | In honor of guest star Vincent Price, the show is filled with monsters, ghosts, vampires and spooky sketches. | 8.2 |
Valerie Harper | 4 | 2 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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. | 7.4 |
Episode Name | Disc | Disc Order | Directors | Writers | Guest Stars | Synopsis | IMDB |
Twiggy | 4 | 3 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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 again, and not to let anyone else perform either warning the Muppets "Leave or be doomed!" | 7.6 |
Ethel Merman | 4 | 4 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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. | 7.7 |
Kaye Ballard | 4 | 5 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | 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. | 7.3 |
Mummenschanz | 4 | 6 | Peter Harris | Jack Burns Marc London Jim Henson Jerry Juhl | Mummenschanz | While the experimental mime troupe performs onstage, Miss Piggy must deal backstage with the advances of a recently smitten Gonzo. | 7.7 |