The Muppet Show - Season One (Special Edition) |  | Directors: Philip Casson, Peter Harris
Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Eren Ozker
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
List Price: $39.99
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Rating:  261 reviews
Sales Rank: 229
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Original recording remastered, Restored, Special Edition, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 604 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.8
MPN: D40364D
ISBN: 0788859498
UPC: 786936285833
EAN: 9780788859496
ASIN: B0009ULBGS
Theatrical Release Date: January 29, 1976
Release Date: August 9, 2005
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Product Description
Perhaps the strangest variety show ever to air on television, the wildly popular MUPPET SHOW helped to spawn an entire series starring Jim Henson's crew of puppet comedians. Combining musical numbers with comedy, THE MUPPET SHOW centered on the efforts of Kermit the Frog and his team of performers to put on a weekly show, featuring both the onstage acts as well as the backstage problems. Each week a new guest star, among the most distinguished entertainers of the time, would appear to participate in some of the skits and assist Kermit in making order out of the backstage chaos. Although the humor of THE MUPPET SHOW was often more adult and occasionally risqu than the later Muppet endeavors, it was still appropriate for every member of the family. SEASON ONE contains all 24 episodes of the program's first year (the 1976-77 television season), and features guest stars who are still well-known today, such as Lena Horne, Peter Ustinov, Candice Bergen, Vincent Price, and many others.
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The charm, the zaniness, the corny jokes, the showbiz cliches--every element of The Muppet Show holds up 30 years after Jim Henson's legendary variety series' debut season. Well, perhaps not everything: Today's younger viewers might have a hard time placing some of The Muppet Show's then-guest stars, such as Florence Henderson or Ruth Buzzi. But then, the Show's real celebrities are perennial icons Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the... whatever, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and the rest of the Muppets' harried, well-meaning family of entertainers. Season One finds the show pretty much in the basic shape longtime fans will remember: A musical introduction followed by backstage chaos, another musical number, a sketch, a scene with the guest star, and so on. A half-hour episode can fly by pretty quickly, but it's interesting to note that the series hadn't quite found its familiar tone through much of the first year. A reliance on too many disposable verbal jokes and redundant, so-so material for sketch fodder ultimately gives way to more creative premises and the development of key relationships between characters. By the final half-dozen episodes in the first season, The Muppet Show is truly cooking. Season highlights include Kermit's confession to guest Juliet Prowse that he always wanted to be a dancer, and Prowse's comparison of the little green superstar to Robert Redford. Joel Grey does a cabaret-style act for a roomful of Muppets and is later outraged when Kermit's introduction of the actor proves so thorough there is nothing left for the latter to say. Rita Moreno proves quite game in a funny piece, set in a French cafe, in which her dance with a man-size Muppet turns from romantic to table-smashing violent. Harvey Korman plays bumbling ringmaster Maurice the Magnificent, easily the worst animal trainer in history. Phyllis Diller bats out shameless one-liners ("I sang 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,' and it fell on me"), and Vincent Price toys with his own horror film image by playing a ghoul who turns into a maudlin orchestra conductor at midnight. --Tom Keogh Stills from The Muppet Show (click for larger image) 
The divine Miss Piggy | 
Kermit and Miss Piggy | 
Fozzie Bear and Kermit | 
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 Sesame Street/Muppets First Year November 12, 2009
S. Doby (Huntsville, AL United States)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had to have my money refunded due to seller being out of item. I waited 4 weeks or so to give item time to arrive. Seller did not communicate with me about not being able to deliver what I paid for. After I wrote another email to seller saying I would have to give them a bad review, Amazon refunded my money.
 EXCEPTIONAL TV SHOW!!!!! November 4, 2009
A. R SCOTT (Houston, Texas)
I LOVE THE MUPPET SHOW IT WAS GREAT. I LIKED THE THEME SONG ALSO. THIS WAS GREAT TELEVISION.
the most sensational, celebrational, inspirational, muppet-sational ... September 27, 2009
Robert W. Smith (Virginia, USA)
i love watching the muppets! i remember as a kid watching the muppets with my dad and young nephew. later on, i'd come home from college to find my dad watching the muppets. now, as an adult, my nephew watches the muppets. of course, i watch the muppets!
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it's full of silly fun. it's filled with great entertainment. despite it being from a politically charged time, i think everybody could sit around together an enjoy the muppets, which reached out to all of us.
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i noticed, too, that some pieces, songs, were missing. perhaps there were issues obtaining rights for distribution of those songs? that would be a shame! those songs do, indeed, add something to the whole, but, frankly, i'm grateful that i made the purchase and watch the muppets, with or without the half-dozen songs.
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i give this series an A+. i very highly recommend it!
great shows September 12, 2009
Charles (TN)
I remember the agony of having to wait a week ( one childs week equals about 16 adult weeks) for the next episode when I was younger, now I can watch 24 in a row and no comercials!!! GREAT PRODUCT. Kids like it to.
Bought it for my... August 27, 2009
Jennifer J. Hoey
Bought it for my cousin for Christmas! She loved it! It is one of her favorite dvds
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