Top 10 Greatest Muppet Show Guest Stars

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Top 10 Muppet Show Guest Stars
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While the Muppets are a hilarious cast of characters on their own, the likes of Kermit, Gonzo and Miss Piggy always seemed to get that much funnier with the help of some great guest stars. These are some of the most outstanding performances by celebrity guest stars on the Muppet Show.
List entries and rank:
#10: Peter Sellers
#9: Buddy Rich
#8: Rita Moreno
#7: Vincent Price
#6: John Cleese
#5: Julie Andrews
#4: The stars of “Star Wars”
#3, #2 & #1: ?
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@ThatGothicChick 5 лет назад

I saw Alice Cooper a few weeks ago in concert. I wore my Doctor Teeth and the Electric Mayhem shirt, because that episode with him was my favorite. Throughout the concert, I was tapped on the shoulder by two different people who then in turn showed me THEIR Muppet Shirt. We definitely have not forgotten the impact that episode had on our childhoods!

@bossfan49 5 лет назад

That is awesome. I just saw Alice for the first time in Sept 2017. I wore my Partridge Family shirt and got a bunch of compliments. Gotta love Alice fans.

@williamsanders2439 5 лет назад

Saw him once in Tulsa...planning to meet him in person in a few weeks in OKC. Unfortunately I don't have a Muppet Shirt! :(

@MrUndersolo 5 лет назад

I love that story! And where’s my shirt?

@calistavicente-bradley4739 4 года назад

Alice cooper fans, unite!!!!

@williamsanders2439 4 года назад

Got to meet the man himself! Cool dude!

@jeffduckett69 5 лет назад

Jim Henson was one of a kind. From his work on Sesame Street to the Muppet Show and the movies, nobody can ever replace him. He is definitely missed. R.I.P.

@nabayzeebjii 3 года назад

I felt profound sadness when he passed. i was 16 in faraway singapore and i only knew him as the muppets' creator, nothing more. The sadness at the loss only increased over time after i learned more about him.

@KatKiddEnt 3 года назад

I thought it was the greatest thing that he had the ability to get celebrities to be on the show, and that they would even do it. That was so cool to me.

@missyadams 3 года назад

A very creative man. RIP

@megdeyoung2378 2 года назад

It was so sad he left us so young. I can only imagine what other beautifully creative things he would have provided to all of us. 🥹

@note2owns Год назад

Jim was extremely humble as well, and in his final appearance on Letterman he was so sick he should have went to the hospital buyt in his words "he didn't wanna bother anyone"m

@vksasdgaming9472 2 года назад

It is very apparent that Vincent Price was absolutely delighted to perform with Muppets. Fine actor with delicious talent for dark comedy could be wholesome and real nice which was very much how he was in reality. Peter Sellers' "there was me, but I had it surgically removed" is surprisingly deep and sincere statement from actor who was all about characters he did.

@howardbeatman2820 Год назад

Even Kermit was creeped out by Sellers' statement!

@garyholt4445 9 месяцев назад

I remember when he appeared on F Troop. One of the funniest episodes ever.

@johnjohn37371 8 месяцев назад

Sellers was an infamous ladies man...married four times, once to blonde bombshell Britt Ekland, he was romantically linked to Liza Minelli, Carole Mallory, Mia Farrow, and Princess Margaret, just to name a few...

@DavidDevlin666 4 года назад

When my oldest son was 2 years old (he is now 23), we found a VHS copy of The Muppet Show at a garage sale. It contained only two episodes, but I bought it for him instantly as the two episodes were hosted by Vincent Price and Alice Cooper. He has been a HUGE fan of both Price and Cooper ever since...and of course a fan of The Muppets! In fact, he still has that VHS tape.

@davesworld7961 4 года назад

Steve Martin was our substitute art teacher when I was in 4th grade. The next year we started seeing him on tv and it was a total mind freak.

@iconicqueen6965 4 года назад

DavesWorld was he funny?

@michellefernandez3736 4 года назад

That is AWESOME

@rachelgarber1423 4 года назад

Wow, amazing

@hoshimaruhajime7933 4 года назад

When did you find out

@loneshewolf3309 4 года назад

I'm so jealous. He's my favorite wild and crazy guy!

@chriscorbin2059 9 месяцев назад

I used to manage a bar and we all watched the Muppet Show. When I moved back home I made my mother watch it. She first thought I was nuts until she watched it and ended up laughing so hard she cried. Became a family tradition.

@troydavis705 Год назад

What I loved about the show was that the celebrities never saw themselves as too big to appear on the show even though it was a great show in of itself.

@Thessair 3 года назад

Rita Moreno's episode was absolutely incredible. It's still one of my favorites.

@pdegan2814 Год назад

That performance of "Fever" she did with Animal leaves me in stitches every time I see it :)

@alan6832 Год назад

I found Debbie Harry's performance here on RU-vid and think she should have topped the list.

@briandelamere8468 5 месяцев назад

Pity they did not do it justice here

@anyamex 3 месяца назад

El mío también! 😂❤

@Rbills02 4 года назад

The one bit I’ll always remember is the cold opening with Paul Simon when the muppets are having trouble getting a lever to work. Paul comes in fixes it and when asked how he did it he replied that he knew “50 ways to love your lever”.

@paulleckner8235 2 года назад

Classic!

@Francklyynnnn 5 лет назад

I remember dying from laughter when Elton John was featured by crocodiles to do Crocodile Rock. By the way, Danny Kaye belongs here, him with the Swedish chef had me in tears as well

@janice-music9324 3 года назад

Danny Kaye

@Savagewolver 3 года назад

That was fantastic! Plus his little dialogue with Statler and Waldorf.

@barrenriveradultdaycare6879 3 года назад

There were crocodiles? I was distracted by that outfit

@christyverplank3552 2 года назад

I cannot hear that song on the radio without thinking of it.

@mindyleslie7084 2 года назад

I vaguely remember his episode, but I just wanted to say, anything he was in, made it better!!!

@Chiroman1997 4 года назад

John Denver was a legend even producing a Christmas Special for the Muppets. Surprised he only made an honorable mention. Not one single person on this list sold more records than he did in the decade of the 1970’s, one of them a Muppets Record!

@susiesuh1418 9 месяцев назад

I agree. Xmas doesn’t officially start in our family until I play his Christmas with the Muppets CD.

@user-zt7hq9hp1w 8 месяцев назад

agreed.

@sketchley80 2 месяца назад

And he also did Rocky Mountain Holiday with the Muppets!❤

@thecocktailian2091 24 дня назад

Who are you going to boot from the list?

@JBM425 15 дней назад

@@thecocktailian2091Easy. Alice Cooper and Buddy Rich. I would also put the Roger Moore episode in the top 10… who knew James Bond could pull off a comedy show?

@JohnDoe-yr1ys Год назад

Greatest scene in the whole series was when Bernadette Peters sang "If One Person" to Kermit's nephew Robin, who was feeling underappreciated. It was such a classic moment that the song was sung by all the muppets at Jim Henson's memorial service.

@cannibalisticrequiem 8 месяцев назад

OMG I cry EVERY TIME I watch the clip from the show, their special "The Muppets Remember Jim Henson", and from his memorial service! I have been a fan of Bernadette Peters since childhood, and her guest starring episode is easily one of my favorites! She brings emotionality to the song and her vocals are a treat! I would love to see her live one day!

@Esprix 7 лет назад

Danny Kaye and his version of "Inchworm" has always been one of my most favorite, touching, sweet Muppet moments.

@deborahingle2301 5 лет назад

Oh gosh that made me cry!

@DerEchteBold 5 лет назад

Danny Kay may've been a very likeable guy but I think the episode with him is a rather weak one... ...and I always preferred the Charles Aznavour version of 'Inchworm', by a mile!

@merriwynneevans5582 5 лет назад

Definitely!

@laurahubbard6906 5 лет назад

@@DerEchteBold Danny Kaye was the first to sing "Inchworm" in the Hans Christian Andersen movie.

@DerEchteBold 5 лет назад

@@laurahubbard6906 So what?! I know that but the version he did on the Muppets still wasn't very good compared to the other one.

@Gunni4091 4 года назад

"These monsters aren't ours." "I know; they're MINE."

@alerey4363 3 года назад

That could very well have been a Vincent Price line too!

@brinmoody 3 года назад

You seem to be missing two very lovely and incredibly talented ladies from this list, making it very much incomplete... Debbie Harry and Lynda Carter, of course should have made this list. Debbie's duet with Kermit singing Rainbow Connection was amazing and Lynda's super hero themed episode featuring the muppets trying to gain superpowers, plus her amazing singing abilities, was also absolutely amazing and great fun! Both had amazing charm on the show.

@macyvandeusen6611 Год назад

I agree. Lynda should have DEFINITELY been in the Top Ten. (And what about Zero Mostel?)

@constancemiller3753 Год назад

Shouldn't be too hard for the list to be 20

@tinabenez Год назад

I totally 💯 agree!!! Debbie and Kermit’s duet on Rainbow 🌈 still brings a tear to my eye to this day… 😢 💞

@Powerranger-le4up 7 месяцев назад

David Tennant, Kylie Minogue, and Peter Davison got to do it when the Muppets took the O2. Both Davison and Tennant also reprised their roles as The Doctor.

@jimcat68 4 года назад

I'm glad that Harry Belafonte made his way into the honorable mentions. In my opinion his was the best Muppet Show performance. Also, don't forget Roger Moore.

@simonetincher5833 4 года назад

Agreed!

@tarjan68 3 года назад

@@simonetincher5833 Harry Belafonte sang at Jim Henson’s funeral.

@alerey4363 3 года назад

The Banana song was one of the best peformances

@game84cube 3 года назад

@@alerey4363 that and the Turn the World Around medley finale was godly

@dsheldon57 Год назад

Where is the part when Harry Belafonte had an honorable mention?

@MaggieTrudeau 6 лет назад

My church youth group told us to stop watching the muppets after the alice cooper episode. Instead, i quit going to church. Some things are sacred.

@rf-bh3fh 5 лет назад

MaggieTrudeau Almost every church of today is more interested in there membership and donations and not your immortal spirit. Take a gander at the Gospel of Thomas.

@CyclopsWasRight616 5 лет назад

Jim Henson's dedication to his religion is why he died of something a trip to any hospital would have saved him from.

@brianjankowski4419 5 лет назад

What's Ironic is that Alice Cooper is a Christian.

@CyclopsWasRight616 5 лет назад

@@brianjankowski4419 I mean, Satan is a Christian. Be hard for him to fight Jesus if he didn't believe he was the son of God.

@debrarufini6906 5 лет назад

@@brianjankowski4419 Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing. X

@waldemarlopess 4 года назад

I love to see the wonderful Julie Andrews with the Muppets! Such fun, and what a glorious voice! She is a treasure!

@zapkvr 4 года назад

And I Sir. She is divine. I love her to pieces.

@annecohen8927 2 года назад

She appeared with a number of greatest hits in the muppets ‘I Whistle a Happy Tune” including ‘The Lonely Goatherd’ reprise by Julie Andrews taken from the Sound of Music’.

@davidhileman8567 Год назад

If only Dick van Dyke accompanied her, all we'd need are the Sherman Brothers to write the songs.

@melissacox9042 4 года назад

Two excellent music numbers still stick with me after all these years. Mac Davis sitting on a giant fishhook “under water” singing “Baby, Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me” with fish and sea creatures all around, and my absolute favorite, Linda Ronstadt in a white camisole and bloomers walking through a swamp singing “Blue Bayou” backed up by a chorus of peeper frogs. I adore that song, and the staging was so perfect.

@CaptainCretaceous91 Год назад

Anyone else wish The Muppet Show was still going? I sure do.

@dawntaylor3140 Год назад

ME!

@segura2112 11 месяцев назад

@CaptainCretaceous91 Before the writers and actor's strike there was a new Muppet series in (I think) production that was about Dr Teeth and his band

@Jimgordonwest Месяц назад

I do, but somehow I think they would fail.

@jerrybutler605 15 дней назад

Yes and I'm in my 50s

@JBM425 15 дней назад

@@JimgordonwestABC brought it back in 2015. The producers changed the formula and made it more “adult.” Needless to say, it didn’t catch on and was not renewed after 17 episodes.

@stephenwoehr6500 5 лет назад

MIlton Berle was my favorite guest on the show. The way he sang "The Entertainer" put a tear in my eye. Then Miss Piggy's version ripped it out. I have to add that Ethel Merman's "There's No Business Like Show Business" was equally touching.

@chrisperrien7055 4 года назад

Thos people knew "show business"

@bensherlock1328 3 года назад

Milton’s episode was also the first one that featured my favorite sketch. Pigs in Space!

@jeanbaumgartner4052 2 года назад

DudleyMoore,Peter Sellers,LeoSayers,Rachel Welch, DionneWarick,Harry Belafonte and John Denver, John Cleese!Liberace Would Have Been Perfect 🥰💞👌👍😀😄On"TheMuppetShow"&TheRatPack!Too!

@evanlouis3336 3 года назад

The Linda Ronstadt episode remains our favorite. Great story, great sets and that voice recorded Live. T'was a very special episode for Jim Henson as well. His son said he had a deep crush on Linda as did Kermit.

@MegaSickcat Год назад

As an adult, the only way I could get my fill of the Muppets was to watch Sesame Street. I actually wrote a couple of letters to Jim Henson when his office was located in NYC suggesting that he should have an adult Muppet show. I never missed an episode of the Muppet Show, it was always great fun and lots of laughter. Rest In Peace Jim Henson. He brought so much joy and happiness to millions...

@janebrown1706 Год назад

The entire UK watched the Muppets on a Sunday night!

@danrossell6375 Год назад

I don't know how you boil it down to a top 10. There were so many incredible guests from all walks of life on the Muppets.

@NeilHolmes72 5 лет назад

I feel so.lucky to have been a kid while this was on TV

@ShannonGrover 8 лет назад

Carol Burnett should have been on the list. They got an emmy for her episode

@schizoidboy 5 лет назад

I remember that one, it was hilarious particularly how she had to compete with Gonzo's dance contest.

@davidc.2878 5 лет назад

Unbelievable that the queen of variety shows herself wasn't even an honorable mention! Redo the damn list.

@oddish4352 4 года назад

Yes. Skipping her was like doing a list of great action movies and leaving out Die Hard.

@kathleengreer4639 Год назад

My favorite episode was the one with Gilda Radner. She told Kermit she wanted to perform a particular number from "The Pirates of Penzance", and wanted to do it with a 7-foot tall parrot. Kermit misunderstood and instead hired A 7-foot tall CARROT. Then, Dr. Bunson Honeydew invented some kind of super glue, and after Gilda got it on herself, she did the closing number with her hand stuck to her forehead.

@johnholmes8919 4 месяца назад

that was a great episode gilda was a special lady

@ricardo950535 3 года назад

What a fantastic show. TV at it's greatest. My parents were still learning English but we all watched the show together. It sorta defined the greatness of America to me as a kid.

@zargonthemagnificent330 2 года назад

And yet the show was essentially a British one, being made and produced in the UK.

@FootballEssentials.34 2 года назад

I remember the good days I was born in 1969 Edit:It was the 70s and Elton John was so big and tv was way better I miss it.

@HC-cb4yp Год назад

@@zargonthemagnificent330 Around a group of American performers...

@zargonthemagnificent330 Год назад

@@HC-cb4yp ...with British money.

@HC-cb4yp Год назад

@@zargonthemagnificent330 Get someone else to pay for it - great. And yes - the American networks were too shallow to support it, but credit where credit is due to BOTH nationalities.

@vanaals 5 лет назад

Anyone remember when Victor Borge appeared? I believe it was the first appearance of the Beethoven statuette as well. So many wonderful guests, choosing a top ten is a monumental task.

@jenniferhiemstra5228 4 года назад

I do! Beverly Sills was great as well!

@darkangelmichael6148 5 лет назад

JOHN DENVER. The warmest musical episode...he and The Muppets were musically in sync together.

@shawgale4178 4 года назад

I wish he was actually in the top ten :(

@marieroberts5458 3 года назад

They did a wonderful Christmas album together. A dear friend gave us the cassette of it and we used to listen to it every Christmas and every long road trip. John Denver and the Muppets singing 'Silent Night' still gives me the warm fuzzies and a tear in my eye.

@charliebender8794 2 года назад

He did so much with the Muppets, he should have had a life-time achievement award!

@darkangelmichael6148 2 года назад

@@charliebender8794 I hear ya. Done so very well. Jim Henson and John Denver...a silent bit of teamwork.

@elliottscott6179 4 месяца назад

I'm almost 60 and this was a beautiful chill night. Thank you! I grew up with this!

@heladofrugele4811 4 года назад

Elton has such a wholesome energy with the muppets

@mysteryperson1976 8 лет назад

I thought Alice Cooper was the best, but I didn't expect him to be the #1. Thank you so much! He was very interactive with the Muppets, and didn't come off as feeling silly. He really comes off as part of the cast and not someone who feels out of place. Also, the Muppet Show doesn't go against his persona, as he was someone who did horror, but he also had fun with it. Groucho Marx went to one of Alice Cooper's shows, and while others were gasping, Marx went, "hmm... it's good Vaudeville."

@disecke 5 лет назад

He and Groucho were actually close friends, and he spent a lot of time watching movies with the fellow.

@michaelmckenna9174 5 лет назад

On come on Debbie Harry and Kermit singing The Rainbow Connection pure unforgettable classic. Even Kylie Minogue and Lady Gaga years later got to sing with Kermit. But Debbie and Kermit duet was a one off magical performance.

@andreaslundstrom7921 3 года назад

I totally agree!! How could that episode not even make the list??? Best episode EVER!!

@brinmoody 3 года назад

Yeah Debbie's episode is tied for my favourite with Lynda Carter's for the same reasons!

@Ivy94F 2 года назад

I was thinking that they were solely focusing on the first muppet show before they brought it back to TV. Prince was missing from that list probably because he was a guest on the second version.

@delzinga06 4 года назад

My favorite guest star was Debora Harry of the band Blondie. She fit in so well with the show.

@bakermateo Год назад

Her and Kermit singing Rainbow Connection was my best memory of the show.

@stellarsjay1773 10 месяцев назад

My husband and I always enjoyed the Muppet Show. Entertainment of the first order. A shame there are no more shows like this.

@migizi52 5 лет назад

I'd still be watching them if they were on TV today. One of the best ever shows that was on. They shoulda never stoped.🙁

@obscurelyvague 3 года назад

"migzi52" It would have jumped the shark.

@skaizun 2 года назад

There were a number of attempts to reincarnate some form of the Muppets on TV, but, as with all but their first movie, they flopped. They are rudderless without Jim Henson.

@sandraandrews9907 Год назад

@@skaizun As a matter of fact, Prince hosted on one of those Muppet reinventions. It was called "Muppets Tonight". Michelle Pfeiffer even did a show herself.

@hotsaucereacts3814 5 лет назад

Harry belafonte was personally a top 10 favorite of mine. This was an amazing version of turn the world around

@kornsin Год назад

The Steve Martin episode is based on Kermit canceling the show to do auditions for new talent. Steve is upset and basically decides to audition. So the whole show is him performing just for the rest of the muppets.Thus no laugh track just real laughs. Some of the improve lines back and forth between them are top tier stuff. The Milton Berle episode is also incredible. Just for him and Statler and Waldorf going toe to toe.

@SilverSting420 4 года назад

Harry Belafonte needs to be here not just as an HM. He and Henson were very close friends for a long time and "Turn the World Around" is probably one of the best musical segments in the show's history. He also preformed it again at Henson's Memorial service.

@livispuzzled 5 лет назад

10. You 9. Cant 8. Rank 7. Them 6. Since 5. They’re 4. All 3. Pretty 2. Good 1. Elton John Edit: how tf did this get 3rd highest lmao

@nancyprevost704 5 лет назад

Steve Martin.

@nancyprevost704 5 лет назад

Okay, I'm wrong. Love them all. John Cleese?

@MoonmakersDaughter 5 лет назад

Milton Berle

@livispuzzled 5 лет назад

MoonmakersDaughter its a joke lmao

@FlexDB 5 лет назад

You missed the "Sir"

@SageOftheSubway 8 лет назад

That Peter Sellers episode is one of my favorites. "Cigarettes, whiskey, and wild, wild women!"

@efrijim700 5 лет назад

Mine too!

@deniseeulert2503 Год назад

So many truly talented and famous people were on this show, folks who didnt need the exposure. I heard Stallone asked to be on it, because his son wanted to see him there. And I can't believe Bob Hope was on. Loved Rudolf Nureyev when he danced "Swine Lake"

@robtymec2642 Год назад

As a tremendous lover of all things Henson and a huge Star Wars geek, 10-year-old Me went nuts when Luke, Threepio and Artoo came crashing through the wall of the dressing room to reveal that they were the special guests that week. A super-fond childhood memory.

@alicat355 5 лет назад

It's a shame there are no more good shows like this anymore

@ImEmpathyTV 8 лет назад

I really wish Freddie Mercury made an appearance on the show he would've been brilliant!

@Floymin 7 лет назад

Can you believe David Bowie turned down a guest spot on the show, despite later agreeing to do Labyrinth?

@Stereo6400 5 лет назад

Ehhhhhh, I think his appearance would’ve upset parents. Freddie Mercury lived a very.... interesting life. He was gay, which was UNBELIEVABLE back when he would’ve been on the show. He also made rebellious music that most parents considered inappropriate, so they wouldn’t have wanted their kids to see him as a good person. He also made other poor life choices in the eyes of parents, and seeing as most people on the show were probably supposed to be seen as role models, Freddie Mercury Probably wouldn’t have been a good choice.

@a.cunningham4974 5 лет назад

@@Stereo6400 Freddie was bi.

@Stereo6400 5 лет назад

A. Cunningham well even if he was _BI_ and not _GAY,_ back in the day when nobody knew much about homosexuality, parents wouldn’t really know the difference.

@FoxBox72 5 лет назад

FyreForce 1600 Not much different to Elton John.

@wilhelmbauer8844 2 года назад

I'm age of 68 , my day was'nt very happy , but i saw the " MUPPET SHOW " and they maked me happy again just like about 45 years ago !

@graymouser64 2 года назад

Vincent Price proved his comical talents on other occasions as well, for example in the unforgettable The Raven (1963), along such other greats as Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Hazel Court, and a very young... Jack Nicholson!

@jackybluj 7 лет назад

John Denver and the Muppets A Christmas Together was a fantastic show!

@annapplegoldfinch5533 5 лет назад

The Star Wars episode was my favorite. It shows just how underrated Mark Hamill is as an actor.

@kennethblack314 5 лет назад

The pause for the villain to appear, who turned out to be Gonzo, was one of my favorite moments from the show.

@johngallagher72 3 года назад

When he did the musical number you realized how talented he was.

@legokiller3579 3 года назад

@@johngallagher72 the musical number is also a bit prophetic. Careful what you wish for.

@ISBuckley8 3 года назад

@@legokiller3579 In more than one ways. At the time, Disney didn't own the Muppets either, so that was really creepy how accurate that was

@Eris_Strife 2 года назад

Lynda Carter was one of my favorites back in the day. I absolutely adore her rendition of Rubber Band Man.

@jawarapittman6889 Год назад

I gotta give it to her. But she can't compare to the Spinners.

@robertwilson9528 Год назад

She is so beautiful

@jeffreyouellette9548 2 года назад

The muppet show & Jim Henson are one the greatest tv shows series ever 🥲! They made families & children happy all the time (laughing every episode they had on.). I miss it greatly 🥺! All involved in the show were geniuses and great at what they were doing!

@elizabethalvarado8698 6 лет назад

8:50- Oh, I'd hate to imagine Piggy's reaction, when she finds out that Luke and Leia are actually siblings!

@labelledamedumanor4876 4 года назад

She'd murder the script writer.

@chrissimpson1183 4 года назад

Luke you kissed your sister!!!!!

@jo-annbastings 4 года назад

🤣🤣🤣👏👏👍

@pcoleman1971 7 лет назад

I would have had Rudolf Noreyev on there for performing 'Swine Lake' with Miss Piggy. Yet it is so hard to choose. What made the show great was how many big names did appear.

@terriatca1 5 лет назад

I remember that episode. The whole family would head out to my grandparents every Sunday, my grandfather would turn on the Muppets and all of us would settle down to watch it.

@jekubfimbulwing5370 5 лет назад

Rudolph Nureyev's episode was possibly the most important episode in Muppet History! Before that episode Jim Henson was relying on favors earned in the entertainment industry to get guest stars, Rudolph was the first person to request to become a guest star. Simply because he wanted to dance with Miss Piggy! That wasn't able to happen but he DID perform a very memorable Ballet with a Giant Pig. After which he has a musical number with Miss Piggy, in a steam room. And yes, she was throwing herself at him, literally! After Nureyev, stars started requesting appearances on the Muppet Show.

@johannesbridges1341 4 года назад

I remember most of these, but especially the Alice Cooper show. I was really young, but old enough to understand who Alice Cooper was and I couldn't believe they would bring him onto a children's variety show like The Muppets. It was an inspired choice, because somehow they blended his persona into the show perfectly.

@em7dim9 Год назад

It worked because most of Alice's horror was tongue-in-cheek, and he was a comedian at heart. You couldn't have done the same with an artist like Black Sabbath.

@Powerranger-le4up 7 месяцев назад

He was initially reluctant because he wanted to keep the Alice persona. He agreed when he found out Vincent Price had been a guest star.

@jamesbohlman4297 Год назад

Elton John's visit to the Muppets was unforgettable.

@BobSmith-uc5js 8 лет назад

Sorry, but Paul Williams deserves to be on this list...iconic song writer and writer of some of the most memorable Muppets songs done..and it was a great episode as well.

@DerEchteBold 5 лет назад

Absolutely!

@philouze1815 5 лет назад

FUCK YEAH!! (At least, Alice is on the list, so I won't say "Fuck WatchMojo.com" yet.)

@LaikaLycanthrope 5 лет назад

Hell, yeah, if only for Old Fashioned Love Song.

@theresearmstrong357 3 года назад

I agree and he was made an honorary muppet

@hmh9661 3 года назад

Absolutely! Paul wrote Rainbow Connection and was best friends and neighbour of Jim Henson.

@tptomaga1 7 лет назад

The crime is not mentioning Gilda Radnor or the Carol Burnett episodes. Gilda's goes from the class of singing an operetta number to the whole cast getting glued together. And Carol Burnett's episode was emmey nominated for how well it was done.

@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE 6 лет назад

YES!!!! Gilda's episode was great. She got stuck to Beaker when a super glue from Muppet Labs exploded? You're right!

@rupertscrubins6495 5 лет назад

To be fair it’s not an easy list to make

@timothylee9418 2 года назад

I loved it when Tracy Chapman was on Sesame St and she was playing her guitar with Elmo. By mistake she hit Elmo with her guitar and honestly apologized to Elmo. Then she totally cracked up.

@maryblaufuss7533 24 дня назад

Too bad she didn't take him completely out.

@americanapaul9282 3 года назад

I'm almost 60 and the muppets still make me happy

@Photobunce 8 лет назад

As long as Vincent Price and Alice Cooper was on the list I say you got t right.

@roguishpaladin 6 лет назад

You're satisfied, then. Though, I don't know if there's really a 'wrong' answer for this list.

@williamnorton9547 6 лет назад

Photobunce Likewise. It was Alice Cooper's guest appearance on the Muppet Show that got me into the Monster of Rock.

@anadverb5063 6 лет назад

...and Peter Sellers!

@josephhickman4528 5 лет назад

yesss i so remeber tje Alice Cooper skit

@Thespeedrap 5 лет назад

Just the 70's shows what about the 80's and 90's versions

@mdmjeremiah 4 года назад

The Harry Belafante episode was the best one overall. Every sketch was great and his Banana Boat song sketch always makes me laugh.

@bensherlock1328 3 года назад

The closing number is, apparently, the most important part of the episode. It’s a song called Turn the World Around. Years later, Harry did a reprise of the song at Jim’s memorial service.

@mdmjeremiah 3 года назад

@@bensherlock1328 Yes I loved that song and I looked for it for years on CD and could never find it for that reason.

@phoenixman8569 Год назад

sadly he just passed way this past april....

@terriatca1 2 года назад

I watched these when they first were shown. Our entire family (13) would go to our grandparents every sunday, swim away the afternoon in the lake and settle down to watch the Muppets and the Disney Show. This brings back some really great memories.

@malcolmsmith8694 3 года назад

I remember when Abba was on the show. They sang "Take a chance on me." Much love from Wheeling West Virginia.

@Asukenick 2 года назад

They were never on but the song was sung.

@elizabethkizzar6375 8 лет назад

No Roger Moore?? His version of "If I Could Talk to the Animals " is absolutely hilarious and totally brilliant.

@studogable 5 лет назад

I concur. His idea of having this utterly gentle finale to play against type - subverted by they gentle animals trying to kill him. Priceless.

@jekubfimbulwing5370 5 лет назад

It wasn't the Animals trying to kill him, Scooter accidentally recruited some spies for the episode!

@clarktooncrossing3975 8 лет назад

Aw man, this show was a comedy goldmine!

@clarktooncrossing3975 8 лет назад

+ZECTCustomUnit A) I'm a fan of both Henson and Disney. B) I'm not pissed at the Mouse because Muppet Treasure Island, Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Vision 3D, and The Muppets Go to Disney World. One bad show and suddenly everyone loses their mind. Does no one remember Muppets Tonight? Or Bear in the Big Blue House for that matter? Heaven forbid they make one bad show.

@likestallwomen 6 лет назад

Hell yeah it was!

@DanTheMan1985ful 6 лет назад

You can say that, again!

@melodyboyles7089 5 лет назад

Rryyyjgschiecbufeuc

@OnsWereldSuiderland 2 года назад

Thank you. Thats possibly the sweetest Top 10 WatchMojo has done. I'm sitting here with a warm fuzzy feeling and a smile on my face.

@monicacubberly-early1901 3 года назад

Thank you so much for sharing this. Reminds me to still do good but not to take ourselves too seriously in this world. God bless you for compiling such a beautiful collection of memories from Patrick

@guyinsf 5 лет назад

Debbie Harry doing a duet with Kermit on the Rainbow Connection is the greatest Muppets moment in history!

@BlanketBCSociety 5 лет назад

John Denver should have been number one as he hosted The Muppet Show more than anyone AND created one of the best Christmas albums of all time.

@scottcopeland3730 4 года назад

John Denver and Jim Henson were clearly kindred spirits. I definitely think Denver belongs in the top ten.

@deborahchesser7375 4 года назад

He should have been the permanent co-host

@leftiedeb8192 3 года назад

Thats right!

@cunard61 3 года назад

I wish the Christmas special, which had some of the best music ever, still played every year on television, it hasn't been seen by most people in years.

@Joreel 27 дней назад

Finished watching Idea Man on Disney+ about Jim Henson and it brought back so many wonderful memories from my childhood of watching The Muppet Show and growing up on his stuff. It also brought back the tears when he died. At 53 I still remember all the great stuff he did in the late 70s through the late 90s. His death was a loss to all of us, but his joy and innocence lives on in the shows he created and the joy and laughter he brought to generations of kids and adults.

@519forestmonk9 3 года назад

Best show ever. Never a bad episode. Hilarious for children and adults.

@Klos1neMN 5 лет назад

It's too bad that John Lennon was never on the show, apparently he really liked watching The Muppet Show with his son Sean. But yeah, that Alice Cooper episode deserves to be #1.

@zapkvr 4 года назад

Nonsense.

@bensherlock1328 3 года назад

Even though none of Beatles stared on the show, a lot of their songs were still performed.

@tcrpgfan 2 года назад

He probably would have wanted to do his own version of rainbow connection. That's the kind of song he'd have definitely vibed with based on his prior work.

@maziebunny2 7 лет назад

as a devoted fan of the Muppet Show, I feel these 4 guests were greatly missed from the list: Peter Ustinov, Danny Kaye, Diana Ross, and of course, Carol Burnett.

@ludlowpegasus666 5 лет назад

I would add Liberace to that list as well

@christopherperdigao5087 5 лет назад

Zero Mostel!

@kingflappy4827 5 лет назад

Carol Burnett was brilliant

@TheEmperorjun Месяц назад

❤❤❤ more than this top ten, i believed that the muppets gave all these stars a moment of their childhood they will never forget, inlcuding mine when i first lay eyes on this show way back in the 80s where fortunately our father bought us our first black and white tv, this clip is so nostalgic...thank you muppets, thank you sir jim...rest in peace and Godbless...

@bellaboo666 2 года назад

the alice cooper episode was by far my favorite as a kid, I'd watch it everyday with my season 3 DVD set. I blame that episode for my music taste and my love for horror.

@bujmoose3992 5 лет назад

I always remember the episode with Linda Ronstadt singing the Shoop Shoop song.

@obscurelyvague 3 года назад

"Buj Moose" "It is in his kiss" ?

@UnderAlog572 5 лет назад

Vincent Price is my all time favorite performers , weather old time radio or Halloween specials holds a special place in my heart and puts me in a beautiful place

@42ayla Год назад

He used to be on a local program called The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. He come to the station, do his lines for the season in one go then leave again. He was one of my favourite parts of it.

@stankulp1008 Год назад

on radio as Simon Templer. the Saint

@zerogrey3798 2 года назад

I remember watching most of these guests when I was a kid. Man it was amazing.

@Goosebumps869 4 года назад

Dudley Moore was great on the Muppets!!! I wish that Rowan Atkinson was a guest star on that show.

@BH-zd2px 4 года назад

Dudley Moore, Carol Burnett, and Carol Channing were some of my favorites.

@luckyduck8404 5 лет назад

Muppets are all I watched when I was little still love it

@thomasmccown2121 2 года назад

Thanks for this great video!!! I grew up watching it and it brings back memories of my childhood!!!! Thanks again and God bless you all today 🙏 Shalom

@WatchMojo 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@andreaputerschmidt3594 2 года назад

The one with Elton John was my first Muppet Show ever, 46 years ago! I will never forget him and Miss Piggy singing together, I loved it so much at 10 years of age!!!! Not to forget the crocodiles ♥️♥️♥️

@Willysmb44 5 лет назад

"Ghost riders in the sky" by Johnny Cash on the Muppet Show was always a favorite of mine. Looks at the lyrics and realize this was supposed to be a kid's show. You'd NEVER see anything like that again!

@azmike3572 3 года назад

Today the Confederate flag in his segment would be gone.

@ronaldmasterbud1551 2 года назад

@@azmike3572 so True !!! Just Like the 15 minute Warning ⚠️ on the Beginning of Blazing Saddles ☹ Now...

@RJS1974 5 лет назад

Linda Ronstadt should be included. The Shoop Shoop song and Blue Bayou with the muppets were as good as it gets.

@thedys70 4 года назад

quoted for truth bro

@babulsgg 2 года назад

The version of Blue Bayou was great as well!

@meredithtoich3150 2 года назад

Some of my favorite guest stars are featured on this list and those are Vincent Price, John Cleese, Elton John, Julie Andrews, Steve Martin and Mark Hamill along with the other stars of Star Wars Kenny Baker and Anthony Daniels. I am also quite partial to Paul Simon, but there's another guest star who I also really like who I wish was included on this list and that's Raquel Welch. Her episode was so awesome, along with the episodes starring Twiggy, Bob Holt and Paul Williams.

@EmmaIrvine-nr8gt Месяц назад

That's great! But mine is STILL Rita Moreno.

@meredithtoich3150 Месяц назад

@@EmmaIrvine-nr8gt I love her episode. I'm also very partial to the episode starring Helen Reddy.

@ebonywahine 4 года назад

My family watched and laughed through so many episodes of Muppets Tonight together, It was both silly and hip and great for the whole family!

@GylmehsWorld1 8 лет назад

Throughout the entire list I kept saying if Alice Cooper isn't #1 this list is bullshit.... You guys nailed it! Good job.

@richardwintle1020 5 лет назад

Once and for all - Alice Cooper never beheaded a live chicken on stage. A few minutes of research would turn this up.

@ScottSpenceNoneTheRicher 4 года назад

Liberace was accused of biting the head off of a dove, he’s swore, “I’ve never even touched 1 dove, now I mighta had a cockatoo!” Tip your waitresses and drive safe

@obscurelyvague 3 года назад

"Richard Wintle' According to what I heard him himself say on an interview, , he threw the (live) chicken into the audience who just tore the chicken apart.

@kevinburke6055 3 года назад

Someone threw a chicken on stage and Alice threw it back in crowd they tore it apart throwing parts of it back on stage.

@Goruthar 3 года назад

Yeah I thought that false news mention was weak.

@nahkohese555 3 года назад

The only thing Alice Cooper ever beheaded on stage was himself.

@kristinafrentz302 2 года назад

So many great names that graced that stage. My favorit skit was Pigs in Space, I was a huge ( am still am) Miss Piggy fan. Paul Williams, Vincent Price, Linda Carter, and Danny Kaye were my favorite guest.

@AllanOstermann 3 года назад

THANK YOU SO MUCH, WATCHMOJO! I needed this. Life makes sense again 🤪

@kimgoss2714 5 лет назад

Loved all of the Muppet shows. My favorites were Elton John and Alice Cooper

@margaretgarnto6272 2 года назад

My favorite was Vincent Price.

@vapoet 5 лет назад

I was a big fan of the George Burns episode. "Gonzo fiddles as George Burns." "Didn't wanna do it."

@mrmichaelthomas100 3 года назад

Yeah...and Milton Berle

@verilyheld Год назад

I loved the skit with Christopher Reeve. Miss Piggy delivers one of her famed karate chops and . . . let's just say, he really was the Man of Steel!

@megdeyoung2378 2 года назад

The Muppets Shows/movies was really adult entertainment! Children loved them but I always felt they were talking to me directly. 🤣 They made me laugh so hard and the characters were overwhelmingly human in nature with an incredible twist of crazy! 😍

@Thespeedrap 5 лет назад

I hope Prince is on the list Muppets tonight was awesome miss the 90s.

@leannenelson8013 4 года назад

I'm gutted Prince wasnt on there

@noemichavez2407 2 года назад

I was thinking the same!

@thelasthandbook6704 4 года назад

I'm not really a Kenny Rogers fan, and that's putting it mildly, but the muppet version of The Gambler was oddly touching. All the feels. More emotion than most live action stuff these days.

@jeanbaumgartner4052 2 года назад

I!Steve Martin, EltonJohn,Carol Burnett, Tim Conway and Vicki Lawrence! Prince 👌🤴!WasOn"TheMuppetShow"&WasTonyBenette,Peter Sillers,Paul Simon,Rita Moreno!Julie Andrews&ElkieSomers,DONKNOTTSINHISILARIOUS 🕺💃MOVEMENTS Dance Songs 🎵🤣😆😄😂👌!