Betty Comden and Adolph Green

Comden and Green on the Sardi's wall

Betty Comden (1917-2006) and Adolph Green (1914-2002) were a successful team of musical lyricists, known as Comden and Green, also working frequently as librettists (or "book" writers) for stage works and screenwriters for film musicals. They wrote the screenplays for Singin' in the Rain and for On the Town and other classic MGM musicals, while stage musicals included Fade Out, Fade In, Bells Are Ringing, and Applause.

Songs performed on The Muppet Show

• "Just in Time" (music: Jule Styne) from Bells Are Ringing (episode 224)
• "You Mustn't Feel Discouraged" (music: Styne) from Fade Out, Fade In (episode 522)

References

• The portrait of the pair at Sardi's restaurant can be seen in The Muppets Take Manhattan, notably in a shot of the maitre d', to the lower left.