The Muppet Show (1980)
Kermit the Frog and his friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
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Episode 1 - John Denver
Release Date: 15 Sep. 1979Add a Plot
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Episode 2 - Crystal Gayle
Release Date: 6 Oct. 1979The show is plagued by the Prairie Dog Glee Club who not only sing, but steal everything not nailed down.
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Episode 3 - Shields & Yarnell
Release Date: 29 Sep. 1979Inspired by the American pantomime duo Shields and Yarnell, Fozzie Bear works on a mime act, including "Bear walking against the wind". Kermit suggests that Fozzie find a more original act, so Fozzie tries out "Bear feeding spaghetti to an elephant" and "Bear going to a drive-in movie with a porcupine".
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Episode 4 - Dyan Cannon
Release Date: 2 Feb. 1980Add a Plot
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Episode 5 - Victor Borge
Release Date: 3 Nov. 1979Add a Plot
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Episode 6 - Linda Lavin
Release Date: 22 Sep. 1979Add a Plot
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Episode 7 - Dudley Moore
Release Date: 20 Oct. 1979When Dudley Moore brings his own robot to perform the show's music arrangements, the idled Electric Mayhem band won't stand for it.
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Episode 8 - Arlo Guthrie
Release Date: 27 Oct. 1979Add a Plot
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Episode 9 - Beverly Sills
Release Date: 10 Nov. 1979Add a Plot
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Episode 10 - Kenny Rogers
Release Date: 13 Oct. 1979While Kenny Rogers is dealing with Arab oilers in his dressing room, Kermit gets the worst of a painful series of accidents during the show.
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Episode 11 - Lola Falana
Release Date: 24 Nov. 1979Gonzo the Great receives an offer from a film studio in Bombay, and makes plans to quit the show. Miss Piggy, feeling jealous, asks Gonzo to keep her in mind when he talks to the producers. While singing "I Did It My Way" before he leaves, Gonzo breaks down in tears. The film deal falls through when the producers thought that they were hiring Gonzo the Mediocre, but when Gonzo returns to the theatre, he has to face his replacement, Trevor the Gross.
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Episode 12 - Phyllis George
Release Date: 1 Dec. 1979Despite Kermit's disapproval, the first Muppet Awards are given out with Phyllis George presenting.
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Episode 13 - Dizzy Gillespie
Release Date: 1 Mar. 1980Add a Plot
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Episode 14 - Liza Minnelli
Release Date: 17 Nov. 1979Private eye Kermit must solve a series of murders in the Muppet Theatre.
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Episode 15 - Anne Murray
Release Date: 8 Mar. 1980Scooter's skateboarding kick is causing havoc throughout the show.
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Episode 16 - Jonathan Winters
Release Date: 15 Mar. 1980Add a Plot
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Episode 17 - The Stars of Star Wars
Release Date: 23 Feb. 1980While the Star Wars characters search for Chewbacca around the theatre, Luke's cousin, Mark Hamill, offers to perform over the objections of the Gershwin gargling guest star, Angus McGonagle.
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Episode 18 - Christopher Reeve
Release Date: 9 Feb. 1980Piggy is determined to perform with Christopher Reeve, who is playing up the Superman references such as the telephone booth in his dressing room for costume changes.
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Episode 19 - Lynda Carter
Release Date: 16 Feb. 1980In awe of their "Wonder Woman" guest star, several Muppets don costumes and try to learn how to become superheroes themselves with disastrous results.
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Episode 20 - Alan Arkin
Release Date: 24 May 1980Dr. Honeydew's Hyde potion keeps being left out and causes various people who drink it to become rampaging monsters.
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Episode 21 - Doug Henning
Release Date: 3 May 1980Inspired by magician Doug Henning, Fozzie tries his hand at magic and causes a rabbit infestation.
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Episode 22 - Andy Williams
Release Date: 22 Mar. 1980Miss Piggy asks Andy Williams to sing "Love Story" for her and Kermit, who have just become engaged. Unfortunately, Kermit hasn't heard about the engagement yet. The rumor slips out, and soon everyone thinks Kermit and Piggy are getting married. Meanwhile, the backstage cast puts up with a group of cheese hanging around backstage and trying to avoid the rats.
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Episode 23 - Carol Channing
Release Date: 10 May 1980Add a Plot
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Episode 24 - Diana Ross
Release Date: 17 May 1980Statler and Waldorf rate the show like Olympic judges. First, they give Kermit a two. Then, they give the opening a three, but the audience demands they bring it down to a zero. All of the Muppets get low scores (though Fozzie's "One" is a compliment by them), and Gonzo even gets a six. The Muppets think it's just a tough audience, but Diana Ross gets tens every time which gives her high scores.