This is a complete listing of episodes of the live-action/puppet television series The Muppet Show.
The 120 episodes were produced in the UK between 1976 and 1980; two pilot episodes were also produced, one in 1974 and the other in 1975. The UK broadcasts featured extra scenes that were not seen on US TV.[1] There is no set broadcast order for the episodes, as they were shown in varying order in different regions.[1] For the Series One DVD box set that was released in 2005, Buena Vista Home Entertainment placed the episodes in the order in which they were produced, rather than aired, for this reason.[1] The set also includes the longer UK versions of each of the episodes,[1] though six song sequences were cut from the set because of licensing issues. It is common for television executives to insist on an edit of video release rather than pay money to the owners of the copyright of songs. Examples include the Vincent Price episode, the closing number of which, 'You've Got a Friend', is cut on The Muppet Show: Season One DVD; it is available uncut and in English on the German DVD.
The tables below list episodes based on their initial airing dates,[citation needed] which is not necessarily the order in which episodes were shown in all regions.
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Episodes[edit]
Pilots (1974–1975)[edit]
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0.01 | 'The Muppets Valentine Show' | 30 January 1974[citation needed] | |
The first Muppet Show pilot, starring Mia Farrow. The hosting duties are attended to by a character called Wally. Other characters include George the Janitor, Mildred Huxtetter, Droop, Brewster, and 'Crazy Donald' (called Crazy Harry in later episodes). Kermit the Frog has a supporting role. Most of the remaining characters appearing were from previous Jim Henson productions. | |||
0.02 | 'The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence' | 3 March 1975[citation needed] | |
A second pilot episode for The Muppet Show. Viewers got glimpses of several of the future Muppet stars. Although Kermit does appear briefly, the backstage boss of this variety show is Nigel, the show's future band leader. Miss Piggy makes a brief appearance in a parody of Planet of the Apes and the Twilight Zone episode 'Eye of the Beholder'. Meanwhile, personifications of a variety of sins romp around backstage, waiting for auditions for The Seven Deadly Sins Pageant. Debuting are Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, The Swedish Chef, Sam the Eagle, and Statler and Waldorf, grumbling from a living room instead of a theatre box. |
Series 1 (1976–1977)[edit]
No. | Guest star | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1.05 (1) | Rita Moreno | 18 September 1976[citation needed] | 006 |
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1.06 (2) | Jim Nabors | 25 September 1976[citation needed] | 007 |
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1.14 (3) | Sandy Duncan | 2 October 1976[citation needed] | 014 |
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1.04 (4) | Ruth Buzzi | 9 October 1976[citation needed] | 004 |
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1.03 (5) | Joel Grey | 16 October 1976[citation needed] | 003 |
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1.08 (6) | Paul Williams | 23 October 1976[citation needed] | 009 |
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1.11 (7) | Lena Horne | 30 October 1976[citation needed] | 011 |
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1.12 (8) | Peter Ustinov | 6 November 1976[citation needed] | 012 |
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1.07 (9) | Florence Henderson | 13 November 1976[citation needed] | 008 |
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1.20 (10) | Valerie Harper | 20 November 1976[citation needed] | 020 |
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1.15 (11) | Candice Bergen | 27 November 1976[citation needed] | 015 |
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1.13 (12) | Bruce Forsyth | 4 December 1976[citation needed] | 013 |
Note: One of the dances that Bruce had with a big bird was cut from broadcast, as it was considered 'a bit suggestive'.[2] | |||
1.10 (13) | Harvey Korman | 11 December 1976[citation needed] | 005 |
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1.09 (14) | Charles Aznavour | 15 January 1977 | 010 |
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1.17 (15) | Ben Vereen | 22 January 1977[citation needed] | 017 |
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1.19 (16) | Vincent Price | 29 January 1977[citation needed] | 019 |
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1.21 (17) | Twiggy | 5 February 1977[citation needed] | 021 |
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1.18 (18) | Phyllis Diller | 12 February 1977[citation needed] | 018 |
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1.22 (19) | Ethel Merman and Richard Bradshaw | 19 February 1977[citation needed] | 022 |
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1.02 (20) | Connie Stevens and Sesame Street characters Ernie and Bert | 26 February 1977[citation needed] | 001 |
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1.16 (21) | Avery Schreiber | 16 April 1977[citation needed] | 016 |
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1.01 (22) | Juliet Prowse | 23 April 1977[citation needed] | 002 |
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1.23 (23) | Kaye Ballard | 7 May 1977[citation needed] | 023 |
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1.24 (24) | Mummenschanz | 21 May 1977[citation needed] | 024 |
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Series 2 (1977–1978)[edit]
No. | Guest star | Original air date | Prod. code |
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2.10 (25) | George Burns | 17 September 1977[citation needed] | 034 |
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2.04 (26) | Rich Little | 24 September 1977[citation needed] | 028 |
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2.09 (27) | Madeline Kahn | 1 October 1977[citation needed] | 033 |
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2.07 (28) | Edgar Bergen | 8 October 1977[citation needed] | |
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2.11 (29) | Dom DeLuise | 15 October 1977[citation needed] | |
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2.13 (30) | Rudolf Nureyev | 22 October 1977[citation needed] | |
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2.08 (31) | Steve Martin | 29 October 1977[citation needed] | |
Note: Brian Henson has said that the laughter in this episode is actually the laughter of the Muppet performers as the show was being recorded. | |||
2.12 (32) | Bernadette Peters | 5 November 1977[citation needed] | |
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2.03 (33) | Milton Berle | 12 November 1977[citation needed] | |
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2.22 (34) | Teresa Brewer | 19 November 1977[citation needed] | |
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2.01 (35) | Don Knotts | 26 November 1977[citation needed] | |
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2.23 (36) | John Cleese | 3 December 1977[citation needed] | |
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2.02 (37) | Zero Mostel | 10 December 1977[citation needed] | |
Note: Zero Mostel died before this episode was broadcast, the only guest to have this distinction. Debut of Beaker. | |||
2.05 (38) | Judy Collins | 28 January 1978[citation needed] | |
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2.14 (39) | Elton John | 4 February 1978[citation needed] | |
Note: Debut of Afghan Hound and Annie Sue. | |||
2.21 (40) | Bob Hope | 11 February 1978[citation needed] | |
Note: The Woodland Creatures in the 'For What It's Worth' number are recycled from some of the characters from Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas in unclothed form ranging from an opossum as the lead singer (recycled from Old Lady Possum), a fox (recycled from Mayor Harrison Fox), a badger (recycled from James Badger), an opossum (recycled from Will Possum), a rabbit (recycled from George Rabbit), and a muskrat (recycled from Nat Muskrat). | |||
2.17 (41) | Julie Andrews | 18 February 1978[citation needed] | |
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2.19 (42) | Peter Sellers | 25 February 1978[citation needed] | |
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2.18 (43) | Jaye P. Morgan | 4 March 1978[citation needed] | |
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2.06 (44) | Nancy Walker | 11 March 1978[citation needed] | |
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2.15 (45) | Lou Rawls | 29 April 1978[citation needed] | |
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2.20 (46) | Petula Clark | 6 May 1978[citation needed] | |
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2.16 (47) | Cleo Laine and Bruce Schwartz | 13 May 1978[citation needed] | |
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2.24 (48) | Cloris Leachman | 20 May 1978[citation needed] | |
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Series 3 (1978–1979)[edit]
No. | Guest star | Original air date | |
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3.13 (49) | Helen Reddy | 16 September 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.03 (50) | Roy Clark | 23 September 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.06 (51) | Jean Stapleton | 30 September 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.12 (52) | James Coco | 7 October 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.09 (53) | Liberace | 14 October 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.08 (54) | Loretta Lynn | 21 October 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.07 (55) | Alice Cooper | 28 October 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.24 (56) | Cheryl Ladd | 4 November 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.05 (57) | Pearl Bailey | 11 November 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.01 (58) | Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge | 18 November 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.11 (59) | Raquel Welch | 25 November 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.02 (60) | Leo Sayer | 2 December 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.04 (61) | Gilda Radner | 9 December 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.10 (62) | Marisa Berenson | 16 December 1978[citation needed] | |
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3.17 (63) | Spike Milligan | 20 January 1979[citation needed] | |
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3.19 (64) | Elke Sommer | 27 January 1979[citation needed] | |
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3.16 (65) | Danny Kaye | 3 February 1979[citation needed] | |
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3.18 (66) | Leslie Uggams with Big Bird | 10 February 1979[citation needed] | |
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3.14 (67) | Harry Belafonte | 17 February 1979[citation needed] | |
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3.20 (68) | Sylvester Stallone | 24 February 1979[citation needed] | |
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3.15 (69) | Lesley Ann Warren | 5 May 1979[citation needed] | |
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3.21 (70) | Roger Miller | 12 May 1979[citation needed] | |
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3.22 (71) | Roy Rogers & Dale Evans | 19 May 1979[citation needed] | |
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3.23 (72) | Lynn Redgrave | 26 May 1979[citation needed] | |
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Series 4 (1979–1980)[edit]
No. | Guest star | Original air date | |
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4.01 (73) | John Denver | 15 September 1979[citation needed] | |
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4.06 (74) | Linda Lavin | 22 September 1979[citation needed] | |
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4.03 (75) | Shields and Yarnell | 29 September 1979[citation needed] | |
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4.02 (76) | Crystal Gayle | 6 October 1979[citation needed] | |
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4.10 (77) | Kenny Rogers | 13 October 1979[citation needed] | |
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4.07 (78) | Dudley Moore | 20 October 1979[citation needed] | |
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4.08 (79) | Arlo Guthrie | 27 October 1979[citation needed] | |
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4.05 (80) | Victor Borge | 3 November 1979[citation needed] | |
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4.09 (81) | Beverly Sills | 10 November 1979[citation needed] | |
Note: For his work in this episode, art director Malcolm Stone received the first of two Emmy Award nominations for his work on The Muppet Show. | |||
4.14 (82) | Liza Minnelli | 17 November 1979[citation needed] | |
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4.11 (83) | Lola Falana | 24 November 1979[citation needed] | |
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4.12 (84) | Phyllis George | 1 December 1979[citation needed] | |
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4.04 (85) | Dyan Cannon | 2 February 1980[citation needed] | |
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4.18 (86) | Christopher Reeve | 9 February 1980[citation needed] | |
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4.19 (87) | Lynda Carter | 16 February 1980[citation needed] | |
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4.17 (88) | Cast of Star Wars (Mark Hamill, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker) | 23 February 1980[citation needed] | |
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4.13 (89) | Dizzy Gillespie | 1 March 1980[citation needed] | |
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4.15 (90) | Anne Murray | 8 March 1980[citation needed] | |
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4.16 (91) | Jonathan Winters | 15 March 1980[citation needed] | |
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4.22 (92) | Andy Williams | 22 March 1980[citation needed] | |
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4.21 (93) | Doug Henning | 3 May 1980[citation needed] | |
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4.23 (94) | Carol Channing | 10 May 1980[citation needed] | |
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4.24 (95) | Diana Ross | 17 May 1980[citation needed] | |
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4.20 (96) | Alan Arkin | 24 May 1980[citation needed] | |
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Series 5 (1980–1981)[edit]
No. | Guest star | Original air date | |
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5.04 (97) | Shirley Bassey | 20 September 1980[citation needed] | |
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5.05 (98) | James Coburn | 27 September 1980[citation needed] | |
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5.06 (99) | Brooke Shields | 4 October 1980[citation needed] | |
Note: According to Brian Henson, Brooke helped build some of the Muppets in this episode.[1] | |||
5.13 (100) | Tony Randall | 11 October 1980[citation needed] | |
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5.11 (101) | Paul Simon | 18 October 1980[citation needed] | |
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5.03 (102) | Joan Baez | 25 October 1980[citation needed] | |
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5.23 (103) | Linda Ronstadt | 1 November 1980[citation needed] | |
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5.07 (104) | Glenda Jackson | 8 November 1980[citation needed] | |
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5.02 (105) | Loretta Swit | 15 November 1980[citation needed] | |
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5.14 (106) | Mac Davis | 22 November 1980[citation needed] | |
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5.17 (107) | Hal Linden | 29 November 1980[citation needed] | |
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5.10 (108) | Jean-Pierre Rampal | 6 December 1980[citation needed] | |
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5.15 (109) | Carol Burnett | 13 December 1980[citation needed] | |
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5.24 (110) | Roger Moore | 20 December 1980[citation needed] | |
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5.21 (111) | Johnny Cash | 24 January 1981[citation needed] | |
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5.19 (112) | Chris Langham | 31 January 1981[citation needed] | |
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5.12 (113) | Melissa Manchester | 7 February 1981[citation needed] | |
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5.08 (114) | Señor Wences and Bruce Schwartz | 14 February 1981[citation needed] | |
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5.09 (115) | Debbie Harry | 21 February 1981[citation needed] | |
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5.01 (116) | Gene Kelly | 28 February 1981[citation needed] | |
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5.16 (117) | Gladys Knight | 2 May 1981[citation needed] | |
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5.20 (118) | Wally Boag | 9 May 1981[citation needed] | |
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5.22 (119) | Buddy Rich | 16 May 1981[citation needed] | |
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5.18 (120) | Marty Feldman with Cookie Monster, Ernie, Bert, Grover, Count von Count, Herry Monster, Two-Headed Monster, Guy Smiley, Telly Monster, and two Anything Muppets | 23 May 1981[citation needed] | |
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References[edit]
- ^ abcdeMuppets: Season DVD Trivia Track
- ^'Sir Brucie reveals why his Muppet Show dance was axed for being 'too suggestive''. Daily Mail. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
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