Season 1 (1976)

Joel Grey
7.4

September 5, 1976 • 26m

Fozzie works on a new act -- jokes on any subject -- and drives everyone crazy. Finally, he gets on stage and asks for any word. S...Read more

Rita Moreno
8.8

September 12, 1976 • 26m

Fozzie Bear becomes embroiled in a running gag involving the backstage phone. Throughout the episode, Rita parodies her combative ...Read more

Sandy Duncan
8.0

September 19, 1976 • 26m

Fozzie performs Gags Beasley's famous "banana sketch," which everyone has heard of except Kermit. When Kermit asks Sandy and Fozzi...Read more

Jim Nabors
8.0

September 26, 1976 • 26m

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 expl...Read more

Ruth Buzzi
7.0

October 3, 1976 • 26m

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
7.0

October 10, 1976 • 26m

Scooter talks Fozzie into doing "the telephone pole bit," and Fozzie practices dutifully until he finds out what the bit is: Fozzi...Read more

Florence Henderson
7.0

October 17, 1976 • 26m

The Muppet Theatre is plagued by a variety of pig-related problems, both onstage and off. First, The Bouncing Borsalino Brothers f...Read more

Peter Ustinov
9.0

October 24, 1976 • 26m

Kermit becomes jealous when Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Hilda and Scooter rave about Peter Ustinov. At the end, Peter admits that he's jea...Read more

Lena Horne
8.0

October 31, 1976 • 26m

Kermit cuts Miss Piggy's scheduled song so she won't look foolish following Lena Horne. He tells her that "there are singers and t...Read more

Harvey Korman
7.0

November 7, 1976 • 26m

Embarrassed about being the "token person" on the show, Harvey is dressed up as a giant chicken.

Candice Bergen
7.0

November 14, 1976 • 26m

Fozzie brings a series of deliveries to Kermit, pestering the frog with lousy gags.

Ben Vereen
7.0

November 21, 1976 • 26m

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 o...Read more

Charles Aznavour
8.0

November 28, 1976 • 26m

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 ...Read more

Phyllis Diller
7.0

December 5, 1976 • 26m

Aging wardrobe woman Hilda puts on a wig and makeup to try to make herself look younger. She is spotlighted in a backstage plot fo...Read more

Avery Schreiber
8.0

December 12, 1976 • 26m

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 ...Read more

Twiggy
7.0

December 19, 1976 • 26m

Kermit is skeptical when everyone backstage is terrorized by "the Phantom of the Muppet Show." There turns out to be one, though -...Read more

Valerie Harper
7.0

January 2, 1977 • 26m

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 a...Read more

Mummenschanz
7.0

January 9, 1977 • 26m

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 din...Read more

Juliet Prowse
8.0

January 16, 1977 • 26m

Muppy, the favorite pet of The Muppet Theatre owner J. P. Grosse, becomes a prima donna when Kermit reluctantly allows him to do a...Read more

Kaye Ballard
6.0

January 23, 1977 • 26m

Tired of the "embarrassingly square" theme song, bass player Floyd Pepper informs Kermit that he and the rest of the orchestra pit...Read more

Bruce Forsyth
7.0

January 30, 1977 • 26m

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...Read more

Ethel Merman
7.0

April 9, 1977 • 26m

Fozzie's agent, Irving Bizarre, negotiates Fozzie's contract with Kermit. Kermit ends up offering Fozzie ten times as much money; ...Read more

Connie Stevens
8.0

April 16, 1977 • 26m

When Fozzie overhears Hilda, Kermit, and Scooter talking about getting rid of "that bear," he thinks they're talking about him, on...Read more

Vincent Price
7.0

April 23, 1977 • 26m

In honor of guest star Vincent Price, the show is filled with monsters, ghosts, bats, vampires and spooky situations. A three-head...Read more