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6 unusual facts about The Muppet Show


André Arthur

For several years, Arthur opened his radio show with the theme song from The Muppet Show.

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TV was mostly forbidden, but she was allowed to watch The Muppet Show and Little House on the Prairie.

Cornell Chimes

Commonly played pieces include Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance Marches and the theme from The Muppet Show, as well as a multitude of original compositions.

Disney Universe

It features the ability to suit up as characters from multiple Disney franchises, including the full-length animated feature films like The Lion King, Pixar feature films like Monsters, Inc., live-action films like Pirates of the Caribbean and television series like The Muppet Show.

Schleich

In the early 1980s they added animal figurines and Muppet characters to their range of products.

Turn the World Around

The title track became the focus of one of the most acclaimed performances on the successful television series, The Muppet Show, where Belafonte explained the artistic theme of the song before performing it with specially designed puppets that resembled African tribal masks.


Brian Henson

As he got older, he built the very first Muppet penguin puppet for the opening "Lullaby of Broadway" segment of a season three episode of The Muppet Show, guest starring Gilda Radner.

Michael Habeck

Habeck, who was born in Bad Grönenbach, also dubbed several characters in the German version of The Muppet Show, and appeared in the films The Name of the Rose and Asterix in Amerika.

Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear

The song was also covered by such diverse singers as Harry Nilsson, Morrissey, Harpers Bizarre, Bobby Short and the band Okkervil River, and appeared in the first episode of The Muppet Show, sung by the character Scooter as Simon Smith, with Fozzie Bear as the dancing bear.

The B.B. Beegle Show

Produced by Joseph Barbera, this show was intended to be Hanna-Barbera's version of The Muppet Show, with a cast of puppet characters and appearances by human guest-stars; Joyce DeWitt and Arte Johnson appeared in the pilot.

The Muppet Show Theme

The song was originally written by Jim Henson and Sam Pottle in 1976 as the opening and closing theme for every episode of The Muppet Show, and every season, the song was presented with re-worked lyrics.


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