Adult Humor on The Muppet Show 

Sesame Street is for kids. Muppets Show is for families. This video shows the difference.

Hearing jim say “son of a bitch” in rowlf’s voice was something i didn’t know i needed til now

Kermit saying “sexy” completed my life

Sesame Street is targeted towards kids while The Muppet Show was targeted towards adults makes perfect sense

Man, The Muppet Show was dirtier than I expected. That makes me enjoy it more to be honest.

The spider puppet is absolutely amazing. It's extremely underrated.

I knew Raquel Welch was talented but I didn't know she could sing and dance so well. She is a triple threat!

Celebrities back then practically begged to get on this show along with "Laugh In" and "The Carol Burnett Show". Their ratings were that high.

The Muppet show was never for kids lol... All these younger people think "Hey it's puppets, it's for kids".

The original Muppet show was during the 60s and 70s. It was headed more towards young adults. Making points about politics and issues of that time with satire with puppets.

"Well, you see, there is this pig in my life. If I talk about other women, it's dangerous to my health. She'd break me on two, you know." "Are you living together, are you sleeping with Miss Piggy? Can we just get right down to it? Are you sleeping with Miss Piggy?" "Erm-" "I wanna know." (Arguing) "Hey, you can't go on television talking about- I-I'm on Sesame Street for goodness sake!"

Jim Henson was a genius. I loved this show as a kid. Now I realize that I love it even more as an adult. Can’t seem to find it anywhere in its entirety though - none of the streaming platforms carry it.

“15 seconds to curtain Ms Morgan!” “Oh scooter, here.” *she throws a bomb over scooters head* “Aw gee thank, hey this is a-“ *Bomb goes off* Best part ever

Jim Henson is so good. What he brought into this world can't be calculated in views and clicks. He changed the game forever.

Embarrassed Fozzie Bear is the cutest thing in the world omg.

4:25 I like it how Fozzie gets embarrassed

That's right kiddos, it was originally for adults. Even my guitar teacher told me :L

Jim Henson’s genius was making TV shows that kids and their parents could love and appreciate equally. It wasn’t for one or the other, it was for both.

The "Fever" routine is one of my favourite performances of the number, ever. Rita Moreno kills it... and I thought no-one could top Peggy Lee.

"Is that true? Does the press give frogs a bad name?" "That is a racial slur. That whole thing about warts and all." "In other words, of I touched you, I would not get a wart? Then what's this in my hand?" "What?" "It's a joke. If I kissed you, would you turn into a prince?" "We could try it."

That stupid over protective mothers group that cancelled The Muppets needs to see this video. Muppets were never targeted to children.

Did Gonzo just have the "sex with the secretary in the office" kink with Camilla

I remember looking forward to the newest episode once a week in the late 70s, I was 8 years old in 1980, and this was the highlight of my week. Our whole family would be watching, my parents commenting on how good the guest stars were doing, whilst my sister and I sat too close to our 20 inch luxury color TV. My Dad loved Raquel...I used to sit up and watch midnight horror shows with him, and when Vincent Price guest starred, it was the best episode ever...I even got a Muppets book for my 12th birthday, it had all the best season one drawn with the script. I still have it, 1984 yellow hand drawn Muppet book. Damn, us Gen Xers had it good.

I remember her as the lady that screamed “HEY YOU GUYS!” from The Electric Company

The "Fever" bit with Rita M. and Animal, is classic. Love that one! ❤👍👍❤

6:10......did she say sexsational?......thats now my new favourite word

4:51 Imagine being Kermit and thinking: *that lucky son of a bitch*

Sam's bit about nudity is my favourite from the entire series :D

I had a teacher in high school who always said "Seegareets and whiskey and wild wild women" when referring to any debauchery. We had no idea what he was talking about 🤦😂

Fozzie got the wakka wakka ;)

damn. I cant believe that the muppet show put a stop to violence in movies and sex on tv

Jim was a fucking genius and I wish they’d do another adult special, if Disney didn’t own the Jim Henson company it’d be so fucking cool to see them make a muppets special for adult swim or something.

Hey Disney, you paying attention? Get back to the real Muppet spirit that made them great. Not just kid's stuff and overly sweet.

15:14 NO WAY THAT JIM HENSON ACTUALLY SAID IT

I grew up on the Muppet Show. Sesame Street was there too, but I never got into the characters other than the Count and Oscar- occasional Cookie Monster. (Yup, Bugs Bunny girl here, 😉😂). I actually had to look up some of these as I couldn’t totally remember Raquel and Fozzy, I KNEW that had to be Rita signing Fever, and yet: thanks so much for the Ruth Buzzi clip. We weren’t a Laugh In house when I was young, but I could tell straight off (read the wiki, she is Awesome!). Thanks so much for the memories. Now I really want to find the Eagle clip clip re: nudity and post that as a “yeah, book banners, this is pretty much what you sound like” 😂😂❤️

sam’s spiel about nudity had me in stitches

I'll bet this is the only known show in the entire history of TV that that's actually rated "TV-G" (according to the TV Guide from a 2000 rerun) that has the naughty S word directly in the title...

I really miss quality shows like this. There's not a "celebrity" today who could demonstrate half the talent as those who used to appear on The Muppets.

"you dont mess with animal he eats glass man"

The puppeteer for Fozzy had the best job that day. Spent that whole song in her lap!

Even after all these years this is still hilarious.

Kermit acually said sexiest

18:17 my childhood has ended. Bye bye childhood. I miss you dearly

The Joan Rivers part made me laugh way too hard

Fozzie might be asking himself "Do I still wanna remain a furry virgin?" 5:20

7:25 "could i bring a friend''

Animals reaction to the axe made me laugh so hard

Muppets Gone Wildlife was my highlight Joan being so candid with Kermie was a testament to her true talent....

The Joan Rivers bit was hilarious

Rita Moreno singing Fever with Animal is one of my favourite Muppet moments

So much for the "End of Sex and Violence"

If only the show stayed like this..

I DEMAND A MUPPET LABS COMPILATION!!!

6:14 Fozzie felt the wocka wocka down there ;)

'Animal' was the coolest Muppet ever !!

he Muppet Show was my introduction to Alice Cooper and Spike Milligan.

Kermit went from teaching the abcs to sharing his love life to everyone

Animalstruggling, and failing, to not stare at Rachel welsh after he has already been called on it is something that I can relate.

Roff: son of a bitch CHILDHOOD ENHANCED

15:14 O_O adding that to the list of things I wouldn’t have ever thought I would see/hear outside of a parody

Where i have been missing this good ass show

The Joan Rivers interview slayed me. 😂

All these comments are saying muppets arent for kids... Muppets are for every age, every demographic, every one!

Sex. Sleep. Food. Drums and Pain. I want that on a t shirt

I know that I'm supposed to focus on the hot lady but my mind is fixated on how impressive the spider muppet is.

I used to download clips of The Muppet Show from Realplayer when I was a kid. No wonder I'm so messed up now.

Musicians were on point very tight.

😂😂 I never get tired of watching Kermit and Miss Piggy

the muppet show may not be 4 kids but sesame street is. cartoons are NOT 4 kids. if betty boop bent over you could see EVERYTHING except London France & the promised land.

15:14 that’s what he said

*Most Based Way To Keep Things PG:* 0:20

If you complain about the Muppet show you shouldn't be interacting with the adult world.

That spider really wanted some

TODAY'S ENTERTAINMENT DON'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO THIS LOVED THIS SHOW

The Muppet show was hilarious. I remember one show where Roger Moore was a guest host and was being attacked by Muppet's dressed as spies; I couldn't stop laughing, there were Muppets dressed in black flying all over the place. I tried to find a clip, but couldn't.

I grew up watching the Jim Henson's Muppet Show, it was awesome.

Jerry Nelson performs Strangepork during the Peter Seller episode's final number, but he sounds different than usual.

Thanks for putting all of these clips into one funny video! It had me laughing so hard. 😂😂😂

Some of it is all coming back to my memory, and some seems new. Loving this lol :P

9:43 - This was easily one of my all-time favorite Animal bits.

Rita Moreno, aside from being a comedic genius - I love when she goes off in Spanish and then ends with “cool it!” - did that whole number to just a click track. The actual drums and bass you hear were added later. She had to just count the clicks in her head and it took dozens of takes. Of course, her own telling of this story is hilarious.

gotta love the muppets i soo miss this show

I love how Animal just tanks a tomahawk to the skull.

The level of artistry... Song, dance, musicianship, singing, puppetry, humor, social commentary.. Nothing approaches this. Today's mainstream media would not allow this level of complexity. Lament.

Fozzy was the star of this, I’ve always loved fozzy

The 70's were wEird.

9:38 Darn it I'm getting memories of Spider-Man 3

20:48 Pretty damn brave to stand against the nicotine lobby back in the day.

What about the time when Statler and Waldorf “put the show out its misery?” And the time when they were shooting at the cast with a machine gun? Although Statler said they were blanks, that should probably count.

Surprisingly I seem to only remember seeing the musical number that started at 9:40 when I was kid

I think the spider needs to come back.

Oh no Henson! Here’s more trouble again!

Some people got angry about The Happytime Murders being for adults because it had puppets. Should've shown then this.

The thing about the Muppets is and I know I'm not the first or last person who's probably already commented this but it was never a children show I don't remember if it had a Primetime slot but it was never really a children's show. But you can't fault it for being interpreted as one it was clearly made as a pg-rated piece of media that was geared towards as general an audience as possible you could watch it at any age it's just one of those multi-faceted demographic pieces that's too wholesome to not be made with children in mind but also so much of its humor and style drawers from a classic collection of influences that grown-ups will appreciate for multiple reasons and yes a little bit of edgier jokes here and there helps as well

I already loved the muppets movies but I'm now thinking of watching the Muppet show

This 22:32 min video just vindicates that it's okay to love The Muppets!!!!!!! As a kid I was picked on for loving The Muppets. The ignorant people didn't realize that Jim Henson hated being pigeonholed as a kids entertainer!!!!!! Anybody who has read/owns a book on Jim Henson or has researched his work knows that about him. He expand his horizons when he took on Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock as projects. Still Sesame Street back in the days when Jim Henson was alive appealed to the parents so that they could watch it with their kids. Fraggle Rock had messages that could reach to both kids and adults. The Muppet Show was aimed towards an adult audience but it appealed to the kids as well. The adult humor went over the kids head. It sure did for me until I saw them as an adult when I first got Season 1 on DVD when it first came out when it was released in 2005 when I was 17 years old. Just like Walt Disney with animation. Jim Henson pushed the boundaries with what we thought about puppets. Their work appealed to both kids and adults and they sent messages. Nowadays most people aren't creative anymore which is a shame. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every Swedish Chef sequence should have counted as adult content based on the shear amount of violence that was taking place

See, Brian Henson, Muppets still could be entertaining for everyone even if they're a bit more mature.

I grew up on the street...Sesame Street that is. Animal has always been my favorite. He was the coolest and most Badass Muppet character there was. Animal Rocks!! And also, Janis, The Hippie guitarist. She's the best too!!

1:27 Raquel Welch in a skimpy dress.