The Muppet Show - Season 1
The Muppet Show - Season 1
The Muppet Show - Season 1
1976
Comedy, Family/Kids
TV Season
Season 1 - Kermit the Frog and his friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show. (imdb)
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Created by:
Jim Henson
61 total credits
James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and creator of advanced puppets for projects like Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company... (Wikipedia)
Directed by:
Peter Harris
6 total credits
Peter Harris has 6 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Show, A Muppet Family Christmas, The Jim Henson Hour, Charles Aznavour and Juliet Prowse
4 total credits
Philip Casson has 4 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Show, Macbeth, The Music of Lennon & McCartney, Madeline Kahn and Dom DeLuise
Writers:
Jim Henson 61 total credits
James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and creator of advanced puppets for projects like Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company... (Wikipedia)
15 total credits
Jerry Juhl has 15 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Muppet Movie, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppets from Space and The Muppet Show
Starring:
Frank Oz
60 total credits
Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz); is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer who is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show and for directing films including the 1986 Little Shop Of Horrors remake and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He is also the operator and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars series... (Wikipedia)
61 total credits
James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and creator of advanced puppets for projects like Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company... (Wikipedia)
34 total credits
Dave Goelz has 34 credits at Criticker, including: The Dark Crystal, The Muppets, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Muppet Movie and Muppet Treasure Island
28 total credits
Jerry Nelson has 28 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Muppet Movie, Muppet Treasure Island, The Muppets Take Manhattan and The Great Muppet Caper
17 total credits
Richard Hunt has 17 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Movie, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppet Show and Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird
2 total credits
Eren Ozker has 2 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Show and Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Ratings & Reviews
Juliet Prowse (1977)
- S1E1
Kermit is pressured into allowing Scooter to do a musical number with Muppy the dog. Guest star Juliet Prowse dances to a Scott Joplin melody. (imdb)
Connie Stevens (1977)
- S1E2
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. Meanwhile, Sesame Street's Bert & Ernie make a guest appearance in a musical number with Connie Stevens. (imdb)
Joel Grey (1976)
- S1E3
Fozzie takes on a new act - jokes on any subject - which drives everybody crazy. When he takes the stage, he asks for any word. Naturally, Statler & Waldorf call his bluff by yelling out "Amoeba!" (imdb)
Ruth Buzzi (1976)
- S1E4
Scooter's uncle, J.P. Grosse sends a mechanical wind-up TV show host that resembles Kermit in every way. Soon, the duplicate starts harassing Kermit and flirts with Miss Piggy. (imdb)
Rita Moreno (1976)
- S1E5
On stage, guest star Rita Moreno battles several Muppets including Animal who backs on drums in her closing number "Fever". Backstage, Fozzie answers a string of rather unusual (and very funny) phone calls. (imdb)
Jim Nabors (1976)
- S1E6
A young kid named Scooter applies for a job as a gofer. When, Kermit tells him he looks nothing like a gopher, Scooter explains that he'll go-fer coffee and sandwiches among other things he'll go-fer. Kermit says he doesn't have the money pay him, but then Scooter lets in that his uncle owns the theater. (imdb)
Florence Henderson (1976)
- S1E7
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. (imdb)
Paul Williams (1976)
- S1E8
Scooter talks Fozzie in doing "The Telephone Pole Bit" and Fozzie practices dutifully until he finds out what the bit is really all about. (imdb)
Charles Aznavour (1977)
- S1E9
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. Later, Gonzo tries female impersonation in a dress and a blonde wig. But Scooter gives up managing when Gonzo eats his contract. (imdb)
Harvey Korman (1976)
- S1E10
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. So the rest of the Muppets come up with a solution: dress Harvey in a chicken suit. (imdb)
Lena Horne (1976)
- S1E11
Kermit cancels Miss Piggy's song for fear of overshadowing guest star Lena Horne. At least that's Piggy thinks, until finds out the real reason for being cut: he didn't want her to look foolish following Lena. Sometimes, the truth can hurt and not just for Piggy...Kermit, too. (imdb)
Peter Ustinov (1976)
- S1E12
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. (imdb)
Bruce Forsyth (1976)
- S1E13
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. (imdb)
Sandy Duncan (1976)
- S1E14
Fozzie performs the famous "Banana Sketch" by Gags Beasley which everyone (including guest Sandy Duncan) has heard of. Everybody, except for Kermit. (imdb)
Candice Bergen (1976)
- S1E15
Fozzie brings a string of deliveries to Kermit which results in some real lousy gags driving the poor frog crazy. (imdb)
Avery Schreiber (1976)
- S1E16
In an effort to make Kermit jealous, Miss Piggy instructs Scooter to tell him that guest star Avery Schreiber is smitten with her. But when Kermit finds out it was all a trick, Piggy karate-chops everybody in her path. (imdb)
Ben Vereen (1976)
- S1E17
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. In the end, Fozzie escapes thanks to Crazy Harry who is having a good time setting off other explosions. (imdb)
Phyllis Diller (1977)
- S1E18
Aging wardrobe woman Hilda tries to make herself look younger by putting on a wig, some makeup and even some "very tight foundation garments." (imdb)
Vincent Price (1977)
- S1E19
In honor of guest star Vincent Price, the show is filled with monsters, ghosts, vampires and spooky sketches. Meanwhile, a three-headed monster tries to audition for Kermit. (imdb)
Valerie Harper (1976)
- S1E20
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. Statler wins and sets off to woo her with an African berry bush...which George the Janitor accidentally waters left to grow at a very fast rate. (imdb)
Twiggy (1976)
- S1E21
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!" (imdb)
Ethel Merman (1977)
- S1E22
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. (imdb)
Kaye Ballard (1977)
- S1E23
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. (imdb)
Mummenschanz (1977)
- S1E24
While the experimental mime troupe performs onstage, Miss Piggy must deal backstage with the advances of a recently smitten Gonzo. (imdb)
Cast & Info
Created by:
Jim Henson 61 total credits
James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and creator of advanced puppets for projects like Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company... (Wikipedia)
Directed by:
Peter Harris 6 total credits
Peter Harris has 6 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Show, A Muppet Family Christmas, The Jim Henson Hour, Charles Aznavour and Juliet Prowse
4 total credits
Philip Casson has 4 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Show, Macbeth, The Music of Lennon & McCartney, Madeline Kahn and Dom DeLuise
Writers:
Jim Henson 61 total credits
James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and creator of advanced puppets for projects like Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company... (Wikipedia)
15 total credits
Jerry Juhl has 15 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Muppet Movie, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppets from Space and The Muppet Show
Starring:
Frank Oz 60 total credits
Frank Oz (born Richard Frank Oznowicz); is a British-born American film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer who is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show and for directing films including the 1986 Little Shop Of Horrors remake and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. He is also the operator and voice of Yoda in the Star Wars series... (Wikipedia)
61 total credits
James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and creator of advanced puppets for projects like Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth. He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company... (Wikipedia)
34 total credits
Dave Goelz has 34 credits at Criticker, including: The Dark Crystal, The Muppets, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Muppet Movie and Muppet Treasure Island
28 total credits
Jerry Nelson has 28 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Muppet Movie, Muppet Treasure Island, The Muppets Take Manhattan and The Great Muppet Caper
17 total credits
Richard Hunt has 17 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Movie, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppet Show and Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird
2 total credits
Eren Ozker has 2 credits at Criticker, including: The Muppet Show and Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
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