The Muppet Show: Season 5

S5·E1 Mytharc

Roger Moore

Oct 5, 1980

Kermit calls the Secret Service to hire real spies for Roger's closing number. (They're listed in the Yellow Pages.) However, Roger wants to do a cute, cuddly version of "Talk to t

S5·E2 Core

Loretta Swit

Oct 12, 1980

How well can Loretta fit into Miss Piggy's roles? It all comes to a dramatic climax with the ""Pigs in Space"" installment.

S5·E3 Core

James Coburn

Oct 19, 1980

Animal hits it off with tough guy James Coburn -- but James decides that Animal isn't centered enough, and introduces him to meditation and Zen. Animal doesn't take well to Zen.

S5·E4 Core

Linda Ronstadt

Oct 26, 1980

Afraid that Linda will steal her frog away, Piggy locks Kermit up in a chest owned by Gonzo when Scooter helps him move his mildew ""collection"" and hides it.

S5·E5 Core

Tony Randall

Nov 2, 1980

Browsing through an old book of magic spells, Tony accidentally turns Miss Piggy into stone. He considers bringing her to a stonemason for help. Fozzie, Gonzo and Floyd crack stone

S5·E6 Core

Brooke Shields

Nov 9, 1980

Thinking she was booked to do "The Muffin Show," Brooke finds herself growing and shrinking as the Muppets stage Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

S5·E7 Core

Melissa Manchester

Nov 16, 1980

Kermit is plagued by a night of backstage crises. A group of skiers get hurt during the opening number, and after Kermit says that the theater will cover their medical costs, Scoot

S5·E8 Core

Señor Wences

Nov 23, 1980

In honor of Señor Wences and his puppets, Kermit decides to do something new -- a puppet show! Fozzie wants to do a marionette act with a Dancing Clown puppet, but the marionette e

S5·E9 Core

Jean-Pierre Rampal

Nov 30, 1980

Miss Piggy is cornered by flautist Jean-Pierre, who wants to speak French with her. She claims to have laryngitis, whispering, "My vocal coach told me not to speak French. I'm not

S5·E10 Core

Gladys Knight

Dec 7, 1980

The theater is under repair, but the workers have to destroy in order to build. They take the roof right off, leaving this show victim to the elements.

S5·E11 Core

Joan Baez

Dec 14, 1980

Rizzo and the other rats bother Kermit for a spot on the show, so Kermit asks Beauregard to "take care of them." Of course, Bo takes that literally, and treats them as guests. The

S5·E12 Core

Marty Feldman

Dec 21, 1980

The Muppets present their version of 1001 Arabian Nights, with guest star Marty Feldman playing the role of Scheherazade, telling tales to an evil Caliph (played by the Swedish Che

S5·E13 Mytharc

Glenda Jackson

Dec 28, 1980

Glenda reveals herself to be Black Jackson the pirate captain, and she takes over the Muppet Theater with the help of Short John Silver (Sweetums) and Eric, a heartless pirate parr

S5·E14 Core

Gene Kelly

Jan 4, 1981

Gene is under the impression that he's a "guest" -- that is, he's going to sit and watch, but not perform onstage. Frantic, Kermit tricks him into performing by asking him to give

S5·E15 Core

Hal Linden

Jan 11, 1981

Statler and Waldorf get their chance to do a better show than Kermit--they play host, while Kermit and Fozzie heckle from the balcony. Unfortunately, Statler and Waldorf's acts don

S5·E16 Core

Wally Boag

Jan 18, 1981

In honor of vaudeville-influenced guest star Wally Boag, the Muppets salute vaudeville, with a balloon animal act, a bagpipe player and a hypnotist. Wally performs acts he made fam

S5·E17 Core

Debbie Harry

Jan 25, 1981

Robin's Frog Scout troop visits the show, getting in everyone's way backstage. They ask Debbie for help earning their punk merit badges, and she teaches them how to do the pogo. Wh

S5·E18 Core

Johnny Cash

Feb 1, 1981

In honor of Johnny Cash's appearance, the show is simulcast over country radio station WHOG, and the radio broadcast threatens to overwhelm the actual show. The head of WHOG, Big T

S5·E19 Core

Carol Burnett

Feb 8, 1981

There's no show today, almost; the theater is turned into a dance marathon hosted by Gonzo.

S5·E20 Core

Buddy Rich

Feb 15, 1981

Thanks to Gonzo's refrigerated mildew collection, the power goes out in the theater, and Beauregard almost electrocutes himself trying to fix it. Half of the acts have to perform i

S5·E21 Core

Paul Simon

Feb 22, 1981

Paul inspires Gonzo to be a songwriter. Unfortunately, Gonzo writes songs like "For You": "For youuu... I'd wash my hair with stinky glue, I'd fry my legs and eat them too, I'd put

S5·E22 Core

Chris Langham

Mar 1, 1981

A messenger brings a message from the scheduled guest star -- Benny Brillstein, the Yiddish yodeler. Benny refuses to be on the show, so Kermit asks Chris, the messenger boy, to be

S5·E23 Mytharc

Mac Davis

Mar 8, 1981

Beaker tests Muppet Labs' new copier machine, ultimately falling into it and making seven copies of himself. The multiple Beakers gang up on Bunsen, and the doctor is forced to wea

S5·E24 Mytharc

Shirley Bassey

Mar 15, 1981

Kermit borrows fifty million dollars worth of gold for Shirley's closing number, "Goldfinger". Security guard Bruno is suspicious that Kermit wants to steal the gold, but keeping a