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| The Muppet Show | |
| Guest | Vincent Price |
| Production | October 19-21, 1976 |
| Premiere | UK: April 23, 1977 US: January 31st, 1977 |
| Releases | Best of the Muppet Show Monster Laughs... Season One |
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In honor of guest star Vincent Price, the show is filled with monsters and spooky situations. A three-headed monster auditions for the show: "We sing!" "No, we dance!" "No, we tell jokes!"
Songs/Sketches
- Behemoth croons "Under My Skin" as he eats a terrified Shakey Sanchez.
- In the "House of Horror" sketch, Fozzie and Gonzo approach a spooky castle, haunted by Vincent and his servant, Uncle Deadly.
- Wayne and Wanda: "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
- Panel Discussion: Gourmet Dining
- At the Dance
- UK Spot: Ghosts haunt the backstage, singing "I'm Looking Through You."
- Talk Spot: Vincent teaches Kermit how to sprout fangs.
- The Newsman reports that furniture is turning into monsters as a man watching at home is eaten by his living room.
- Talking Houses: The Hospital
- Vincent and the Muppet Monsters sing "You've Got a Friend."
- Blackout: Vincent and Sweetums
Notes
- This is the first episode in which all of the sketches center around a common theme.
- The Newsman refers to Sheriff David Goelz in his broadcast. This is an obvious reference to performer Dave Goelz.
- This is the last episode to present a sketch cut on The Muppet Show: Season One (The number You've Got a Friend is cut on the DVD).
Cast
Muppets:
- Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Scooter, Statler and Waldorf, Behemoth, Shakey Sanchez, Tom, Dick, and Harry, Hilda, Uncle Deadly, Thudge McGerk, Sam the Eagle, Wayne, Wanda, Pierre LaCousse, Gorgon Heap, Frackles, Miss Kitty, Ghosts, Dracula, George the Janitor, Mildred Huxtetter, The Newsman, Muppet Furniture, Sweetums, The Houses, Whatnot, Dancers
Background Muppets:
- Beautiful Day Monster, The Fazoobs, Mahna Mahna, Pig, Purple Heap, Green Heap, Droop, Flower-Eating Monster
Performers
- Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, The Newsman, Shakey Shanchez, and Green Frackle
- Frank Oz as Fozzie Bear, Sam the Eagle, one of the Houses, George the Janitor, and Mildred
- Jerry Nelson as Uncle Deadly, Tom, Thudge McGerk, Dracula, Dracula's dancing partner and Pierre LaCousse.
- Richard Hunt as Scooter, Statler, Sweetums, Ghost, Wayne, Miss Kitty, and Behemoth
- Dave Goelz as The Great Gonzo, Dick, Blue Frackle, and Gorgon Heap
- John Lovelady as Harry and Ghost
- Eren Ozker as Hilda, Wanda, Ghost, and one of the Houses
Edits
- The closing number, "You've Got a Friend," is cut on The Muppet Show: Season One DVD.
- On Nickelodeon, At the Dance was cut.
- When this episode was released on the 1994 video Monster Laughs with Vincent Price, "I'm Looking Through You," the Houses sketch, and the closing number, "You've Got a Friend," were all cut.
- On CTS, the UK spot I'm Looking Through You is cut.
- The end of the "House of Horrors" sketch was altered: the original punchline was, "On New Year's Eve, the Master turns into Guy Lombardo!" Since the show was primarily aimed at an American audience, "Guy Lombardo" was replaced with "Jack Parnell" when the UK master (which has been used on all home video releases of the episode) was prepared.
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