The Muppet Show: Season 1
Episodes
Joel Grey
Sep 5, 1976 · 26 min
Fozzie works on a new act -- jokes on any subject -- and drives everyone crazy. Finally, he gets on stage and asks for any word. Statler and Waldorf call his bluff by yelling out:
Rita Moreno
Sep 12, 1976 · 26 min
Fozzie Bear becomes embroiled in a running gag involving the backstage phone. Throughout the episode, Rita parodies her combative image. She battles with several Muppets, including
Sandy Duncan
Sep 19, 1976 · 26 min
Fozzie performs Gags Beasley's famous "banana sketch," which everyone has heard of except Kermit. When Kermit asks Sandy and Fozzie to tell him what it is, they laugh too hard to e
Jim Nabors
Sep 26, 1976 · 26 min
A young kid named Scooter applies for a job as a go-fer. When Kermit remarks that he doesn't even look like a gopher, Scooter explains that he'll go-fer coffee, he'll go-fer sandwi
Ruth Buzzi
Oct 3, 1976 · 26 min
Scooter's uncle sends a mechanical, wind-up TV show host, an exact duplicate of Kermit. The robot harasses Kermit and flirts with Miss Piggy.
Paul Williams
Oct 10, 1976 · 26 min
Scooter talks Fozzie into doing "the telephone pole bit," and Fozzie practices dutifully until he finds out what the bit is: Fozzie dresses up as a public telephone, and Scooter as
Florence Henderson
Oct 17, 1976 · 26 min
The Muppet Theatre is plagued by a variety of pig-related problems, both onstage and off. First, The Bouncing Borsalino Brothers flub their act and crash through the stage floor. B
Peter Ustinov
Oct 24, 1976 · 26 min
Kermit becomes jealous when Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Hilda and Scooter rave about Peter Ustinov. At the end, Peter admits that he's jealous of Kermit; he's always wanted to be a frog.
Lena Horne
Oct 31, 1976 · 26 min
Kermit cuts Miss Piggy's scheduled song so she won't look foolish following Lena Horne. He tells her that "there are singers and there are singers," making her think that he doesn'
Harvey Korman
Nov 7, 1976 · 26 min
Embarrassed about being the "token person" on the show, Harvey is dressed up as a giant chicken.
Candice Bergen
Nov 14, 1976 · 26 min
Fozzie brings a series of deliveries to Kermit, pestering the frog with lousy gags.
Ben Vereen
Nov 21, 1976 · 26 min
Fozzie gets stuck in a magician's trick cabinet. The cabinet is dragged onstage so that he can perform his act -- and at the end of the act, two pig stagehands tip the box over so
Charles Aznavour
Nov 28, 1976 · 26 min
When he's unable to get a spot on the show, Gonzo asks Scooter to be his manager. Scooter advises Gonzo to do a rock act, banging on a large rock with a mallet. Later, Gonzo tries
Phyllis Diller
Dec 5, 1976 · 26 min
Aging wardrobe woman Hilda puts on a wig and makeup to try to make herself look younger. She is spotlighted in a backstage plot for the first and last time.
Avery Schreiber
Dec 12, 1976 · 26 min
To make Kermit jealous, Miss Piggy instructs Scooter to tell him that Avery is in love with her. Kermit finds out that it's all a trick, and Piggy karate-chops everybody.
Twiggy
Dec 19, 1976 · 26 min
Kermit is skeptical when everyone backstage is terrorized by "the Phantom of the Muppet Show." There turns out to be one, though -- Uncle Deadly, a monster-actor who performed in t
Valerie Harper
Jan 2, 1977 · 26 min
This is one of only a few Muppet Show episodes that open the show after the theme song with some kind of offstage scene. There's also a couple of scenes with the guest star in her
Mummenschanz
Jan 9, 1977 · 26 min
Miss Piggy is repulsed when Gonzo tells her that he loves her. Kermit tries to help by asking Piggy if she would like to go to dinner -- and when she accepts, he fixes her up with
Juliet Prowse
Jan 16, 1977 · 26 min
Muppy, the favorite pet of The Muppet Theatre owner J. P. Grosse, becomes a prima donna when Kermit reluctantly allows him to do a musical number with Scooter. Muppy even gets his
Kaye Ballard
Jan 23, 1977 · 26 min
Tired of the "embarrassingly square" theme song, bass player Floyd Pepper informs Kermit that he and the rest of the orchestra pit (except Rowlf) are quitting. Kermit says their co
Bruce Forsyth
Jan 30, 1977 · 26 min
Fozzie Bear has a plan to get back at Statler and Waldorf when he does his act, but is crushed when he's replaced by Bruce Forsyth. Fozzie throws some nasty jokes and, for the firs
Ethel Merman
Apr 9, 1977 · 26 min
Fozzie's agent, Irving Bizarre, negotiates Fozzie's contract with Kermit. Kermit ends up offering Fozzie ten times as much money; unfortunately, Fozzie made nothing before. "Yeah,
Connie Stevens
Apr 16, 1977 · 26 min
When Fozzie overhears Hilda, Kermit, and Scooter talking about getting rid of "that bear," he thinks they're talking about him, only to find out later it's actually Gonzo's teddy b
Vincent Price
Apr 23, 1977 · 26 min
In honor of guest star Vincent Price, the show is filled with monsters, ghosts, bats, vampires and spooky situations. A three-headed monster auditions for the show: "We sing!" "No,