Season 1
(1976)
Cast
as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Rowlf the Dog, Link Hogthrob, The Swedish Chef, Dr. Teeth, The Newsman (voice)
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam Eagle / Marvin Suggs / George the Janitor (voice)
as Floyd Pepper, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Pops, Robin the Frog, Lew Zealand, Louis Kazagger, Chicken, Crazy Harry (voice)
as Gonzo / Zoot / Beauregard / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
as Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice)
as Hilda / Wanda / Janice (voice)
Episodes
Joel Grey 7.4
September 5, 1976
Fozzie works on a new act -- jokes on any subject -- and drives everyone crazy. Finally, he gets on stage and asks for …
Rita Moreno 8.8
September 12, 1976
Fozzie Bear becomes embroiled in a running gag involving the backstage phone. Throughout the episode, Rita parodies her…
Sandy Duncan 8.0
September 19, 1976
Fozzie performs Gags Beasley's famous "banana sketch," which everyone has heard of except Kermit. When Kermit asks Sand…
Jim Nabors 8.0
September 26, 1976
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, S…
Ruth Buzzi 7.0
October 3, 1976
Scooter's uncle sends a mechanical, wind-up TV show host, an exact duplicate of Kermit. The robot harasses Kermit and f…
Paul Williams 7.0
October 10, 1976
Scooter talks Fozzie into doing "the telephone pole bit," and Fozzie practices dutifully until he finds out what the bi…
Florence Henderson 7.0
October 17, 1976
The Muppet Theatre is plagued by a variety of pig-related problems, both onstage and off. First, The Bouncing Borsalino…
Peter Ustinov 9.0
October 24, 1976
Kermit becomes jealous when Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Hilda and Scooter rave about Peter Ustinov. At the end, Peter admits th…
Lena Horne 8.0
October 31, 1976
Kermit cuts Miss Piggy's scheduled song so she won't look foolish following Lena Horne. He tells her that "there are si…
Harvey Korman 7.0
November 7, 1976
Embarrassed about being the "token person" on the show, Harvey is dressed up as a giant chicken.
Candice Bergen 7.0
November 14, 1976
Fozzie brings a series of deliveries to Kermit, pestering the frog with lousy gags.
Ben Vereen 7.0
November 21, 1976
Fozzie gets stuck in a magician's trick cabinet. The cabinet is dragged onstage so that he can perform his act -- and a…
Charles Aznavour 8.0
November 28, 1976
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 ac…
Phyllis Diller 7.0
December 5, 1976
Aging wardrobe woman Hilda puts on a wig and makeup to try to make herself look younger. She is spotlighted in a backst…
Avery Schreiber 8.0
December 12, 1976
To make Kermit jealous, Miss Piggy instructs Scooter to tell him that Avery is in love with her. Kermit finds out that …
Twiggy 7.0
December 19, 1976
Kermit is skeptical when everyone backstage is terrorized by "the Phantom of the Muppet Show." There turns out to be on…
Valerie Harper 7.0
January 2, 1977
This is one of only a few Muppet Show episodes that open the show after the theme song with some kind of offstage scene…
Mummenschanz 7.0
January 9, 1977
Miss Piggy is repulsed when Gonzo tells her that he loves her. Kermit tries to help by asking Piggy if she would like t…
Juliet Prowse 8.0
January 16, 1977
Muppy, the favorite pet of The Muppet Theatre owner J. P. Grosse, becomes a prima donna when Kermit reluctantly allows …
Kaye Ballard 6.0
January 23, 1977
Tired of the "embarrassingly square" theme song, bass player Floyd Pepper informs Kermit that he and the rest of the or…
Bruce Forsyth 7.0
January 30, 1977
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 Br…
Ethel Merman 7.0
April 9, 1977
Fozzie's agent, Irving Bizarre, negotiates Fozzie's contract with Kermit. Kermit ends up offering Fozzie ten times as m…
Connie Stevens 8.0
April 16, 1977
When Fozzie overhears Hilda, Kermit, and Scooter talking about getting rid of "that bear," he thinks they're talking ab…
Vincent Price 7.0
April 23, 1977
In honor of guest star Vincent Price, the show is filled with monsters, ghosts, bats, vampires and spooky situations. A…