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“It's time to raise the curtain on The Muppet Show!”

197626m / epComedy · Family

First aired

September 5, 1976

8.0

TMDB Score

80% match · 360 votes

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S01 · E20

Kaye Ballard

Season 1 · Jan 23, 1977 · 26m

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E01▶

Joel Grey

Sep 5, 1976 · 26m

E02▶

Rita Moreno

Sep 12, 1976 · 26m

E03▶

Sandy Duncan

Sep 19, 1976 · 26m

E04▶

Jim Nabors

Sep 26, 1976 · 26m

E05▶

Ruth Buzzi

Oct 3, 1976 · 26m

E06▶

Paul Williams

Oct 10, 1976 · 26m

E07▶

Florence Henderson

Oct 17, 1976 · 26m

E08▶

Peter Ustinov

Oct 24, 1976 · 26m

E09▶

Lena Horne

Oct 31, 1976 · 26m

E10▶

Harvey Korman

Nov 7, 1976 · 26m

E11▶

Candice Bergen

Nov 14, 1976 · 26m

E12▶

Ben Vereen

Nov 21, 1976 · 26m

E13▶

Charles Aznavour

Nov 28, 1976 · 26m

E14▶

Phyllis Diller

Dec 5, 1976 · 26m

E15▶

Avery Schreiber

Dec 12, 1976 · 26m

E16▶

Twiggy

Dec 19, 1976 · 26m

E17▶

Valerie Harper

Jan 2, 1977 · 26m

E18▶

Mummenschanz

Jan 9, 1977 · 26m

E19▶

Juliet Prowse

Jan 16, 1977 · 26m

E20Playing

Kaye Ballard

Jan 23, 1977 · 26m

E21▶

Bruce Forsyth

Jan 30, 1977 · 26m

E22▶

Ethel Merman

Apr 9, 1977 · 26m

E23▶

Connie Stevens

Apr 16, 1977 · 26m

E24▶

Vincent Price

Apr 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 (except Rowlf) are quitting. Kermit says their conductor Nigel will write a new theme, but Floyd refuses: "He wrote the first one, man." Floyd performs his idea for a new theme, a dreadful Zappa-esque piece called "Fugue for Frog." Kermit won't use it and refuses that Floyd submits to Kaye Ballard a petition about the theme song, so the band leaves. The closing theme is performed solo by Rowlf on the piano.