The Very Best of The Muppet Show Volume 1 was released on VHS by Columbia TriStar Home Video in 1999 and on DVD in 2002, exclusively in the United Kingdom. It was part of a series of UK-exclusive compilation releases consisting of sketches, segments and songs from The Muppet Show.
It was followed on with The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 in the same year, and the DVD-exclusive The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 in 2004.
Contents[]
Picture | Segment | Description | Source |
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Intro | Opening Titles | Episode 306: Jean Stapleton | |
Song | "I Go to Rio" | Episode 424: Diana Ross | |
Sketch | Motorbike Madness | Episode 315: Lesley Ann Warren | |
Sketch | Veterinarian's Hospital: Kermit's Sprained Flipper | Episode 410: Kenny Rogers | |
Sketch | "The Daffodils" | Episode 302: Leo Sayer | |
Episode fragments | Pigs in Space: Meteor Storm (plus backstage scene) | Episode 509: Debbie Harry | |
Sketch | "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" | Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie | |
Sketch | Muppet Labs: Teleporter | Episode 219: Peter Sellers | |
Sketch | Muppet Melodrama | Episode 306: Jean Stapleton | |
Sketch | The Swedish Chef: Chicken in a Basket | Episode 311: Raquel Welch | |
Song | "Mah Na Mah Na" | Episode 101: Juliet Prowse | |
Episode fragments | Gonzo's Cannonball Act (plus backstage scene and piano song by Rowlf & chicken) | Episode 223: John Cleese | |
Episode fragments | "Two Lost Souls" plus backstage scene | Episode 223: John Cleese | |
Sketch | Muppet Labs: Shrinking Pills | Episode 306: Jean Stapleton | |
Sketch | Fozzie's Monologues: Fozzie's Memory Act | Episode 302: Leo Sayer | |
Sketch | Veternarian's Hospital: Hungry Operating Table | ||
Sketch | Muppet News Flash | Episode 308: Loretta Lynn | |
Song | "Bein' Green" | Episode 219: Peter Sellers | |
Sketch | The Swedish Chef: Chocolate Moose | Episode 220: Petula Clark | |
Sketch | Muppet Labs: Alchemy Machine | Episode 504: Shirley Bassey | |
Sketch | Gladys' Sandwich | Episode 306: Jean Stapleton | |
Sketch | Wonder Pig | Episode 419: Lynda Carter | |
Sketch | Muppet News Flash: Gold Security Guard | Episode 504: Shirley Bassey | |
Sketch | Muppet Labs: Edible Paperclips | ||
Sketch | Pigs in Space: The End of the Universe | Episode 501: Gene Kelly | |
Sketch | "Feelings" | Episode 424: Diana Ross | |
Song | "Memory Lane" | Episode 219: Peter Sellers | |
Montage |
End Credits | Episodes 504 and 306 |
DVD Special Features[]
- Episode 417: Star Wars (complete with UK spot)
- Episode 214: Elton John (complete with UK spot)
- Of Muppets and Men: The Making of The Muppet Show
- Test Your Knowledge Quiz
- Muppet Character Conceptual Drawings (Swedish Chef, Angus McGonagle, Animal, Statler and Waldorf, Beaker)
- Muppet Character Facts
- Muppet Character Profiles (features Muppetisms for Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo and Animal)
- Access to the Website Muppetworld.com
Trivia[]
- The closing theme for this video compilation is taken from the song After You've Gone from Episode 504: Shirley Bassey, the original music has been muted and the audio for the closing theme has been added in.