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A trio of Muppet ghosts backstage on The Muppet Show
A ghost laments that they "don't serve spirits here" in an "At the Dance" segment of The Muppet Show
The ghosts on The Muppet Show are ancillary characters who appear during several spooky circumstances. Their specific design has been reused in a number of productions, differentiating them from other Muppet ghosts.
A trio of ghosts appeared at various points in episode 119. Two of them haunt Fozzie Bear and Gonzo in the "House of Horrors" sketch. They told ghost jokes backstage and on the dance floor in the "At the Dance" spot, they sang the Beatles' song "I'm Looking Through You" for the episode's UK Spot, and joined in the closing number, "You've Got a Friend." Designed in the tradition of cloth sheet with eye-holes and mouths cut out, they were filmed so as to seem transparent. In this episode, the two male ghosts were performed by John Lovelady and Richard Hunt; the female ghost was performed by Eren Ozker.
One of the ghosts was later reused in the Mopatop's Shop episode "Ghosts," where he was performed by Brian Herring. This particular style of ghost was rebuilt and used in some 2009 Haunted Holidays videos. It was then used in a short promo for The Muppets in 2011 and a web video for Oh My Disney in 2015. The ghost puppets later appeared in 2017 and 2018 to perform the "Boo Danube" at The Muppets Take the Bowl and The Muppets Take the O2; and several ghosts appeared as characters in Muppets Haunted Mansion (including one fourth-wall breaking spirit performed by Peter Linz).
The ghosts are occasionally filmed against black (or a chroma key) and then composited into shots to give them a partially-transparent and free floating appearance.
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- A non-articulated action figure was included as an accessory with the Uncle Deadly Action Figure. It included a clear base and stand to make the Ghost appear as if it were floating. Three different paint schemes were produced -- regular, clear, and glow-in-the-dark.
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- A similar Muppet ghost with more traditional Muppet eyes appeared in Elmo Says BOO!, answering The Count's riddle, "what's a ghost's favorite dessert?": boo-berry pie!
