Season 5 (1980)

Roger Moore
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October 5, 1980 • 26m

Kermit calls the Secret Service to hire real spies for Roger's closing number. (They're listed in the Yellow Pages.) However, Roge...Read more

Loretta Swit
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October 12, 1980 • 26m

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

James Coburn
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October 19, 1980 • 26m

Animal hits it off with tough guy James Coburn -- but James decides that Animal isn't centered enough, and introduces him to medit...Read more

Linda Ronstadt
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October 26, 1980 • 26m

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...Read more

Tony Randall
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November 2, 1980 • 26m

Browsing through an old book of magic spells, Tony accidentally turns Miss Piggy into stone. He considers bringing her to a stonem...Read more

Brooke Shields
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November 9, 1980 • 26m

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

Melissa Manchester
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November 16, 1980 • 26m

Kermit is plagued by a night of backstage crises. A group of skiers get hurt during the opening number, and after Kermit says that...Read more

Señor Wences
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November 23, 1980 • 26m

In honor of Señor Wences and his puppets, Kermit decides to do something new -- a puppet show! Fozzie wants to do a marionette act...Read more

Jean-Pierre Rampal
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November 30, 1980 • 26m

Miss Piggy is cornered by flautist Jean-Pierre, who wants to speak French with her. She claims to have laryngitis, whispering, "My...Read more

Gladys Knight
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December 7, 1980 • 26m

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

Joan Baez
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December 14, 1980 • 26m

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 tak...Read more

Marty Feldman
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December 21, 1980 • 26m

The Muppets present their version of 1001 Arabian Nights, with guest star Marty Feldman playing the role of Scheherazade, telling ...Read more

Glenda Jackson
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December 28, 1980 • 26m

Glenda reveals herself to be Black Jackson the pirate captain, and she takes over the Muppet Theater with the help of Short John S...Read more

Gene Kelly
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January 4, 1981 • 26m

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...Read more

Hal Linden
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January 11, 1981 • 26m

Statler and Waldorf get their chance to do a better show than Kermit--they play host, while Kermit and Fozzie heckle from the balc...Read more

Wally Boag
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January 18, 1981 • 26m

In honor of vaudeville-influenced guest star Wally Boag, the Muppets salute vaudeville, with a balloon animal act, a bagpipe playe...Read more

Debbie Harry
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January 25, 1981 • 26m

Robin's Frog Scout troop visits the show, getting in everyone's way backstage. They ask Debbie for help earning their punk merit b...Read more

Johnny Cash
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February 1, 1981 • 26m

In honor of Johnny Cash's appearance, the show is simulcast over country radio station WHOG, and the radio broadcast threatens to ...Read more

Carol Burnett
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February 8, 1981 • 26m

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

Buddy Rich
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February 15, 1981 • 26m

Thanks to Gonzo's refrigerated mildew collection, the power goes out in the theater, and Beauregard almost electrocutes himself tr...Read more

Paul Simon
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February 22, 1981 • 26m

Paul inspires Gonzo to be a songwriter. Unfortunately, Gonzo writes songs like "For You": "For youuu... I'd wash my hair with stin...Read more

Chris Langham
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March 1, 1981 • 26m

A messenger brings a message from the scheduled guest star -- Benny Brillstein, the Yiddish yodeler. Benny refuses to be on the sh...Read more

Mac Davis
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March 8, 1981 • 26m

Beaker tests Muppet Labs' new copier machine, ultimately falling into it and making seven copies of himself. The multiple Beakers ...Read more

Shirley Bassey
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March 15, 1981 • 26m

Kermit borrows fifty million dollars worth of gold for Shirley's closing number, "Goldfinger". Security guard Bruno is suspicious ...Read more