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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 29 - Jean Stapleton
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Jean Stapleton

    S2:E29

    Sketches/Songs: ""Tico Tico"", ""Play a Simple Melody"", ""At the Dance"", ""Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-Wow"", ""Talk Spot"", ""Muppet Melodrama"", ""Muppet Labs"", ""I'm Just Wild About Harry""

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  2. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 5 - Nancy Walker
    1.0/10(212 votes)

    #2 - Nancy Walker

    S2:E5

    Kermit is at home sick so Fozzie has to run the show and proves how bad he could be by having Crazy Harry of all people have an opening skit "Target Practice", then getting "Vets' Hospital" and "At The Dance" on the same stage at the same time, causing a lot of trouble for the bear and his costars.

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writers:Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  3. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 17 - Rudolf Nureyev
    1.0/10(244 votes)

    #3 - Rudolf Nureyev

    S2:E17

    Sketches/Songs: The Electric Mayhem, A Wagner opera performed, "Swine Lake", "Something's Missing", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "It's Cold Outside", "Clair De Lune", "Top Hat"

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writers:Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  4. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 18 - Judy Collins
    1.0/10(181 votes)

    #4 - Judy Collins

    S2:E18

    Sketches/Songs: "Leatherwing Bat", "Pigs In Space", "An Editorial by Sam The Eagle", "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly", "Muppet Newsflash", "Talk to the Trees", "Koozebanian Phoob", "Do-Re-Mi", "Swedish Chef", "Send in the Clowns"

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writers:Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  5. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 20 - Cloris Leachman
    1.0/10(189 votes)

    #5 - Cloris Leachman

    S2:E20

    Sketches/Songs: "That's Entertainment", "My Hero", Fozzie's Act, "Swedish Chef", "Vedgetarian's Hospital", "Muppet Newsflash", "Pigs In Space", "Just in Time"

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  6. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 26 - Leo Sayer
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Leo Sayer

    S2:E26

    Sketches/Songs: ""You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"", ""Carbon Paper"", ""The Daffodills"", ""The Show Must Go On"", ""She was a Dear Little Dicky Bird"", Fozzie's Act, ""When I Need You""

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  7. The Muppet Show Season 3 Episode 6 - Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge
    1.0/10(183 votes)

    #7 - Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge

    S3:E6

    Sketches/Songs: ""Help Me Make It Through the Night"", Gonzo's Act, ""Muppet Labs"", ""My Wild Irish Rose"", ""Muppet Newsflash"", ""We're All Alone"", ""A Frog He Would a Wooing Go"", ""New York State of Mind"", ""An Actor's Life For Me"", ""A Song I'd Like To Sing""

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  8. The Muppet Show Season 3 Episode 17 - Spike Milligan
    1.0/10(187 votes)

    #8 - Spike Milligan

    S3:E17

    Sketches/Songs: ""Oklahoma"", ""An Editorial by Sam The Eagle"", ""The Music of Scotland"", ""Muppet Newsflash"", ""Dog Walk"", ""America"", ""The Intergalactic Brotherhood of Man, Including Things"", ""It's a Small World""

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley

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  9. The Muppet Show Season 4 Episode 19 - Mark Hamill
    1.0/10(174 votes)

    #9 - Mark Hamill

    S4:E19

    The regularly-scheduled guest (a terrible singer) is bumped when four stars of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope suddenly appear in the theater. It's a natural for the Pigs in Space.

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, David Odell

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  10. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 6 - Rich Little
    2.0/10(208 votes)

    #10 - Rich Little

    S2:E6

    Gonzo auditions real chickens for his dancing chicken act. Due to a last-minute cancellation, he finally gets on stage, but his chicken Lolita hardly moves.

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writers:Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  11. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 10 - Teresa Brewer
    2.0/10(226 votes)

    #11 - Teresa Brewer

    S2:E10

    Miss Piggy overhears Kermit tell Scooter that she's getting too fat to do her ballet number next week, so she decides to go on a diet. She breaks a scale weighing herself, and collapses after exercising with a TV show for a few minutes.

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writers:Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  12. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 12 - Lou Rawls
    2.0/10(225 votes)

    #12 - Lou Rawls

    S2:E12

    Fozzie Bear has a new rollerskating act, but since he doesn't know how to skate, he spends the entire episode careening around backstage. He eventually manages to roll out onto the stage to tell his jokes, but when he gets too ambitious and tries to skate backwards on one leg, he falls off the stage.

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writers:Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  13. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 14 - Peter Sellers
    2.0/10(321 votes)

    #13 - Peter Sellers

    S2:E14

    Sketches/Songs: "A Gypsy's Violin", "When", "Down Memory Lane", Masseur sketch, "It's Not Easy Bein' Green", "Muppet Labs", "Cigarettes & Whiskey"

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  14. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 16 - Cleo Laine
    2.0/10(188 votes)

    #14 - Cleo Laine

    S2:E16

    Sketches/Songs: "Limbo", "Ain't Got That Swing", "Pigs In Space", Bruce Schwartz, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", "Swedish Chef", "(I Wonder Why) You're Just In Love", Fozzie's Act, "If"

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  15. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 22 - Jaye P. Morgan
    2.0/10(175 votes)

    #15 - Jaye P. Morgan

    S2:E22

    Sketches/Songs: "Tweedle Dee Dee", "Swedish Chef", "At the Dance", "English Country Garden", "Talk Spot", "Pigs In Space", "Muppet Newsflash", "An Editorial by Sam The Eagle", "That Old Black Magic"

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  16. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 24 - Petula Clark
    2.0/10(196 votes)

    #16 - Petula Clark

    S2:E24

    Sketches/Songs: "Tweedle Dee Dee", "Swedish Chef", "At the Dance", "English Country Garden", "Talk Spot", "Pigs In Space", "Muppet Newsflash", "An Editorial by Sam The Eagle", "That Old Black Magic"

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writers:Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  17. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 25 - Roy Clark
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Roy Clark

    S2:E25

    Sketches/Songs: ""Rocky Top"", ""Swedish Chef"", ""Pigs In Space"", ""Yesterday When I Was Young"", ""I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire"", ""Talk Spot"", ""At the Barn-Dance"", Gonzo's Act, ""Sally Was a Good Ol' Girl""

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  18. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 27 - Gilda Radner
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Gilda Radner

    S2:E27

    Sketches/Songs: ""The Lullaby of Broadway"", ""Modern Major General"", ""Muppet Melodrama"", ""Witch Doctor"", ""A Saucy Little Bird on Nellie's Hat"", ""Muppet Labs"", ""Muppet Newsflash"", ""Tap Your Troubles Away""

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  19. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 28 - Pearl Bailey
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Pearl Bailey

    S2:E28

    Sketches/Songs: ""My Soul is a Witness"", ""Muppet Labs"", ""Muppet Newsflash"", ""In the Good Old Summertime"", ""An Actor's Life For Me"", ""Pigs In Space"", ""At the Dance"", The Camelot joust

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  20. The Muppet Show Season 2 Episode 30 - Loretta Lynn
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Loretta Lynn

    S2:E30

    Sketches/Songs: ""You're Looking at Country"", ""I'm All Alone"", ""Muppet Newsflash"", Fozzie's Act, ""At the Dance"", ""Sentimental Journey"", ""Oh, Lonesome Me"", ""Veterinarian's Hospital"", ""Muppet Newsflash"", ""The Rhyming Song"", ""One's on the Way""

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley

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  21. The Muppet Show Season 3 Episode 1 - Raquel Welch
    2.0/10(200 votes)

    #21 - Raquel Welch

    S3:E1

    Gladys and the Swedish Chef provide service at the canteen as Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge guest star.

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writers:Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley

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  22. The Muppet Show Season 3 Episode 2 - Alice Cooper
    2.0/10(187 votes)

    #22 - Alice Cooper

    S3:E2

    Miss Piggy becomes increasingly jealous as Kermit appears to give a young pig performer attention.

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writers:Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley

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  23. The Muppet Show Season 3 Episode 3 - Helen Reddy
    2.0/10(182 votes)

    #23 - Helen Reddy

    S3:E3

    Sketches/Songs: ""Staying Alive"", ""How Can You Be"", Fozzie's dance number, ""Muppet Newsflash"", ""Beethoven's Sonata No.8, Opus 13"", ""You and Me Against the World"", ""Veterinarian's Hospital"", ""Tie Me Kangaroo Down"", ""We'll Sing in the Sunshine""

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writers:Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey

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  24. The Muppet Show Season 3 Episode 4 - James Coco
    2.0/10(217 votes)

    #24 - James Coco

    S3:E4

    Sketches/Songs: ""Octopus's Garden"", ""The Medium"", ""Eight Little Notes"", ""Swedish Chef"", ""Catch a Falling Star"", ""Veterinarian's Hospital"", ""Short People""

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writers:Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley

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  25. The Muppet Show Season 3 Episode 5 - Marisa Berenson
    2.0/10(179 votes)

    #25 - Marisa Berenson

    S3:E5

    Sketches/Songs: ""Russian Pig Dance"", ""Dance"", ""Muppet Sports"", ""Someone to Watch Over Me"", ""Do-Re-Mi"", ""Our House"", ""The Wedding""

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writers:Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Jean Stapleton" is the worst rated episode of "The Muppet Show". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Peter Harris and written by Chris Langham, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Don Hinkley, Joseph A. Bailey, it aired on 4/16/1978. This episode scored 1.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Nancy Walker".