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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 13 - Julie Andrews
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Julie Andrews

    S2:E13

    Sketches/Songs: "The Lonely Goatherd", "Muppet Newsflash", Gonzo's Act, "Moonlight Sonata", "Won't Somebody Dance With Me?", "Borneo", "When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish", "An Editorial by Sam The Eagle", "Muppet Labs", "I Whistle a Happy Tune"

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - Secrets of the Muppets
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Secrets of the Muppets

    S1:E10

    Henson takes viewers on a behind the scenes look at the making of the series and many other Henson productions. Back at the control room, the Muppets panic that their secrets are being revealed.

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Rita Moreno
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Rita Moreno

    S1:E2

    Fozzie Bear becomes embroiled in a running gag involving the backstage phone. Throughout the episode, Rita parodies her combative image. She battles with several Muppets, including Miss Piggy, a Full-Bodied Muppet, and Animal, who's backing her on drums in her closing number, "Fever."

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - First Show
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - First Show

    S1:E5

    Part 1 (MuppeTelevision). Kermit struggles to keep ratings up while Digit experiences various malfunctions. Part 2 (Miss Piggy's Hollywood): Miss Piggy hosts a tour of Hollywood, with help from Gonzo. However, Piggy quickly learns that Hollywood is not quite what she thought it would be. Meanwhile, Fozzie's audition at The Comedy Store is heckled by Statler and Waldorf.

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writer:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Fitness
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Fitness

    S1:E7

    Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): Kermit wants the show to be all about health and fitness but doesn't have much luck with all the Muppets getting sick. Part 2 (The Song of the Cloud Forest): A golden toad named Milton worries that he may be the last of his species alive and may never find a mate. He eventually meets another golden toad named Ruth and has an encounter with the Uprights (the forest animals' term for humans) seeking to capture one of them.

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Food
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Food

    S1:E12

    Part 1 (MupppeTelevision). Kermit has trouble keeping the show running because the entire staff is waiting for their lunch to be delivered. Part 2 (The StoryTeller: The Three Ravens): When the queen dies, a witch ensnares the king with a magical spell. She curses the king's three sons by turning them into ravens. The king's daughter escapes and is warned by her brothers that she must not speak for three years, three months, three weeks, and three days in order to break the curse. After marrying a prince and discovering her stepmother has remarried to the prince's father, can the princess break the curse?

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writer:N/A

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Joel Grey
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #7 - Joel Grey

    S1:E1

    Fozzie works on a new act -- jokes on any subject -- and drives everyone crazy. Finally, he gets on stage and asks for any word. Statler and Waldorf call his bluff by yelling out: "Amoeba!"

    Director:Peter Harris
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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Peter Ustinov
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Peter Ustinov

    S1:E8

    Kermit becomes jealous when Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Hilda and Scooter rave about Peter Ustinov. At the end, Peter admits that he's jealous of Kermit; he's always wanted to be a frog.

    Director:Peter Harris
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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 19 - Juliet Prowse
    6.3/10(4 votes)

    #9 - Juliet Prowse

    S1:E19

    Muppy, the favorite pet of The Muppet Theatre owner J. P. Grosse, becomes a prima donna when Kermit reluctantly allows him to do a musical number with Scooter. Muppy even gets his own dressing room and star billing, but Kermit draws the line when the dog asks to change the show's title to The Muppy Show. When Muppy locks himself in his dressing room and refuses to perform, Scooter does the number with Fozzie instead.

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writer:N/A

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 23 - Connie Stevens
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Connie Stevens

    S1:E23

    When Fozzie overhears Hilda, Kermit, and Scooter talking about getting rid of "that bear," he thinks they're talking about him, only to find out later it's actually Gonzo's teddy bear that everyone is badmouthing.

    Director:Peter Harris
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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 24 - Vincent Price
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #11 - Vincent Price

    S1:E24

    In honor of guest star Vincent Price, the show is filled with monsters, ghosts, bats, vampires and spooky situations. A three-headed monster auditions for the show: "We sing!" "No, we dance!" "No, we tell jokes!"

    Director:Peter Harris
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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 15 - Elton John
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Elton John

    S2:E15

    Sketches/Songs: "Crocodile Rock", "Swedish Chef", "Benny and the Jets", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Any Old Iron", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Pigs In Space", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"

    Director:Peter Harris
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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - Charles Aznavour
    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #13 - Charles Aznavour

    S1:E13

    When he's unable to get a spot on the show, Gonzo asks Scooter to be his manager. Scooter advises Gonzo to do a rock act, banging on a large rock with a mallet. Later, Gonzo tries his hand at female impersonation, wearing a dress and a blonde wig. Scooter gives up managing when Gonzo eats his contract.

    Director:Peter Harris
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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - Ruth Buzzi
    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Ruth Buzzi

    S1:E5

    Scooter's uncle sends a mechanical, wind-up TV show host, an exact duplicate of Kermit. The robot harasses Kermit and flirts with Miss Piggy.

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writer:N/A

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Jim Nabors
    5.7/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Jim Nabors

    S1:E4

    A young kid named Scooter applies for a job as a go-fer. When Kermit remarks that he doesn't even look like a gopher, Scooter explains that he'll go-fer coffee, he'll go-fer sandwiches, he'll go-fer anything. Kermit says he doesn't have the money to hire him, until Scooter mentions that his uncle owns the theater.

    Director:Peter Harris
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  16. undefined Season 2 Episode 19 - Don Knotts
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Don Knotts

    S2:E19

    Sketches/Songs: "Cuento Le Gusta", "Train Back Home", "Chattanooga Choo Choo", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Wotcher (Knocked 'Em in the Old Kent Road)", "I Won't Dance", "World's Most Powerful Explosive", "Medley"

    Director:Peter Harris
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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 23 - Zero Mostel
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Zero Mostel

    S2:E23

    Sketches/Songs: "Chopin's Polonaise in a Flat", "What do the Simple Folk Do?", "At the Dance", "Muppet Labs", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Fears", "Drum Solo by Animal", "Lady Wrestling"

    Director:Peter Harris
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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - George Burns
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - George Burns

    S2:E1

    Kermit is hassled by Daily Scandal reporter Fleet Scribbler, who blackmails his way backstage at The Muppet Show and is determined to spin everything he hears in a negative light. He even offers Miss Piggy a picture spread if she'll give him the real dirt on the Muppets. Soon, even the Swedish Chef is talking to Fleet, who answers in mock-Swedish.

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writer:N/A

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 8 - Bernadette Peters
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Bernadette Peters

    S2:E8

    Robin wants his own spot on the show, but his uncle Kermit doesn't even notice him with bigger costars like Thog, Sweetums, and Timmy stomping around. The little frog even tries to run away but just ends up locked in his own suitcase. When Bernadette Peters notices him and tries to cheer him up, however, Robin finds out that all the Muppets believe in him. He becomes so confident that he demands to sing "They Call the Wind Maria," but Kermit settles on a cute, little song called "I'm Five" instead.

    Director:Peter Harris
    Writer:N/A

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  20. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - Steve Martin
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Steve Martin

    S2:E11

    Kermit cancels the show in order to audition new acts. Guest star Steve is angry at first, but he goes on to perform for the cast. Fozzie worries that Kermit plans to hire replacements, especially after the audition of a canine comedian, Baskerville the Hound. Kermit tells Fozzie that he should appreciate seeing another artist's work -- until Lenny the Lizard auditions as a new emcee. A young singing girl, called Mary/Terry/Carrie Louise, is systematically removed off, when she makes an attempt of audition with her croaking partner.

    Director:Peter Harris
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  21. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - Bob Hope
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Bob Hope

    S2:E21

    Sketches/Songs: "The Pig Calypso", "For What It's Worth", "Muppet Newsflash", "Swedish Chef", "Muppet Newsflash", Rowlf plays piano, "Long Long Ago", "Muppet Labs", Rowlf plays piano, "Don't Fence Me In"

    Director:Peter Harris
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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Florence Henderson
    5.3/10(3 votes)

    #22 - Florence Henderson

    S1:E7

    The Muppet Theatre is plagued by a variety of pig-related problems, both onstage and off. First, The Bouncing Borsalino Brothers flub their act and crash through the stage floor. Backstage, Miss Piggy throws herself at an uninterested Kermit and then jealously interrupts his onstage Talk Spot, physically threatening guest star Florence Henderson, whom she thinks is horning in on her frog. The feud continues in the Panel Discussion as Florence throws pig slurs around.

    Director:Peter Harris
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  23. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Lena Horne
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Lena Horne

    S1:E9

    Kermit cuts Miss Piggy's scheduled song so she won't look foolish following Lena Horne. He tells her that "there are singers and there are singers," making her think that he doesn't want her to show up Lena.

    Director:Peter Harris
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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Videotape
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Videotape

    S1:E8

    Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): In order to be in two places at once, Gonzo prerecords himself. Part 2 (The StoryTeller: The True Bride): A girl is freed from a troll's enslavement thanks to the mysterious white Thought Lion. When she falls in love, she's kept apart from her beloved by the troll's daughter.

    Director:Peter Harris
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  25. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - Avery Schreiber
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Avery Schreiber

    S1:E15

    To make Kermit jealous, Miss Piggy instructs Scooter to tell him that Avery is in love with her. Kermit finds out that it's all a trick, and Piggy karate-chops everybody.

    Director:Peter Harris
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Peter Harris Ratings Summary

"Julie Andrews" is the best rated episode directed by Peter Harris. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 12/25/1977 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Secrets of the Muppets".