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Kermit the Frog and his friends seriously struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
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"Actor => Role"
"Actor .=> Role"
*(Crew Jobs)*
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CastCrew:
Graham Fletcher => Fletcher Bird / The Spider / Additional Richard Hunt => Janice / Scooter / Statler / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums / Plenty of Others (voice) Dave Goelz => Zoot / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Plenty of Others (voice) / Gonzo Steve Whitmire => Plenty of Others (voice) / Thog Peter Friedman => Additional Muppets (voice) Jim Henson => Waldorf / Link Hogthrob / The Swedish Chef / Plenty of Others (voice) / Rowlf / Kermit the Frog / Muppet Newsman / Dr. Teeth Louise Gold => Additional Muppets (voice) Jerry Nelson => Crazy Harry / Floyd Pepper / Dr. Julius Strangepork / Robin the Frog / Lew Zeland / Plenty of Others (voice) Frank Oz => Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / Plenty of Others (voice) Kathryn Mullen => Additional Muppets (voice)
!~mov~!~Movies I Own~!
^~ser~^~Series I Own~^
@##Series and Franchise Names##@
@#Episode Names#@
@%Movies I Don't Have%@
`~John Doe~`
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Trivia:
Many guest stars would be asked about their favorite Muppet and be given scenes with them. Miss Piggy was reportedly the most requested. Animal was a close second. In the Roman Gladiator sketch, `~10405~` faces off with a lion. The theme song of Stallone's later film @%Rocky III%@ which he plays Italian-American boxing champion Rocky Balboa is @#Eye of the Tiger#@ by Survivor. Stallone fighting a lion in that sketch, foreshadows that song in the film. During the course of the show, `~4721~` wrote out a list of dream guests, and urged the writers and puppeteers to do the same. Henson's list included `~Bil Baird~`, `~2984~`, `~Burr Tillstrom~`, `~17201~`, `~Mae West~`, `~7996~`, `~Princess Anne~`, `~8521~`, and `~Katharine Hepburn~`. The Muppet performers and writing staff list included `~4826~`, `~7901~`, `~Salvador Dalí~`, `~1558~`, `~16923~`, `~Frank Zappa~`, `~15508~`, the entire Monty Python troupe, and `~14177~`. Kermit and Waldorf are the only characters to appear in all 120 episodes. The Swedish Chef is the only character to have bare human hands, presumably because of the dexterity needed. English television didn't have commercial interruptions during the programs, so many British telecasts feature scenes and musical numbers (mostly British music hall in nature) not seen in the US until Nickelodeon aired the show for a brief time in the spring and summer of 1994. Nickelodeon - a kids' channel - would edit out another sketch (mostly sketches that Nickelodeon thought shouldn't be seen by their audience) in favor of the usually less-offensive UK sketches. Besides the theme song, very few songs were actually written for the show. Most of the songs came from old comedy albums, vaudeville standards, and British music hall routines. During `~12852~`'s duet with Fozzie, she calls him a "dingbat." This word was popularized by the sitcom @##All in the Family##@, for which Stapleton is best known for playing Edith Bunker. Five pairs of relatives were guest stars on the series. Three married couples made joint appearances: `~1875~` and `~15545~`, `~2191~` and `~15557~`, and `~Robert Shields~` and `~Lorene Yarnell Jansson~`. `~193~` and her father `~8036~` appeared in different episodes. `~15550~` and her younger sister `~Crystal Gayle~` also appeared in different episodes. The song `~13065~` did with Miss Piggy can be found on his @##Whiskey and Lace##@ album. Guest star `~15551~` was a big inspiration for Rowlf the Dog's playing style. Rowlf frequently looks around and smiles while playing, and sometimes has a candelabra on his piano. One of the most persistent stories over the years is about `~15555~`'s T-shirt with Arabic lettering. Supposedly it was discovered that the Arabic lettering translated to "hashish" only after the show was aired. This was untrue. Milligan's T-shirt actually says "Kuwait", a reference to his own television series @##Q9##@, which had been renamed in various versions over the years to @##Q8##@ in one of its incarnations. Kuwait = Q8. Of all the musical numbers they cooked up for the show, the one the producers were most proud of was created from `~15554~`'s request for a meaningful piece, which had the singer singing @#Turn the World Around#@ with puppets made to resemble traditional African tribal masks. `~15554~` also sung it at '`~4721~`''s funeral.
"Episode -> Actor => Role"
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
Leo Sayer
Roy Clark
Gilda Radner
Pearl Bailey
Jean Stapleton
Alice Cooper
Loretta Lynn
Liberace
Marisa Berenson
Raquel Welch
James Coco
Helen Reddy
Harry Belafonte
Lesley Ann Warren
Danny Kaye
Spike Milligan
Leslie Uggams
Elke Sommer
Sylvester Stallone
Roger Miller
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Lynn Redgrave
Cheryl Ladd
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EpCast:
Loretta Lynn -> Loretta Lynn => Herself Alice Cooper -> Alice Cooper => Alice Cooper Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge -> Kris Kristofferson => Himself Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge -> Rita Coolidge => Herself Roy Rogers and Dale Evans -> Dale Evans => Dale Evans Roy Rogers and Dale Evans -> Roy Rogers => Roy Rogers Sylvester Stallone -> Sylvester Stallone => Himself Roger Miller -> Roger Miller => Himself Leslie Uggams -> Caroll Spinney => Big Bird (as Carroll Spinney) (voice) Leslie Uggams -> Leslie Uggams => Herself Elke Sommer -> Elke Sommer => Herself Danny Kaye -> Danny Kaye => The Swedish Chef's Uncle / Himself Spike Milligan -> Spike Milligan => Himself Lesley Ann Warren -> Lesley Ann Warren => Herself Harry Belafonte -> Harry Belafonte => Himself - Special Guest Star James Coco -> James Coco => Himself Helen Reddy -> Helen Reddy => Herself Marisa Berenson -> Marisa Berenson => Herself Raquel Welch -> Raquel Welch => Herself Liberace -> Liberace => Himself Gilda Radner -> Gilda Radner => Herself Jean Stapleton -> Jean Stapleton => Herself Pearl Bailey -> Pearl Bailey => Herself Roy Clark -> Roy Clark => Himself Leo Sayer -> Leo Sayer => Himself Lynn Redgrave -> Lynn Redgrave => Herself Cheryl Ladd -> Cheryl Ladd => Herself
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