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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 3 Episode 14 - Sylvester Stallone
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Sylvester Stallone

    S3:E14

    Sketches/Songs: ""Hawaiian War Chant"", ""Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"", ""Lady Be Good"", ""The William Tell Overture"", ""Veterinarian's Hospital"", Fozzie's Act, ""Bird in a Gilded Cage""

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writer:N/A

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  2. undefined Season 4 Episode 24 - Diana Ross
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Diana Ross

    S4:E24

    The show's audience members are getting horrified at everyone on stage except Diana Ross.

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writer:N/A

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  3. undefined Season 4 Episode 4 - Beverly Sills
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Beverly Sills

    S4:E4

    The pigs are excited that guest star Beverly Sills plans to perform the opera "Pigoletto" as the closing number.

    Director:Philip Casson
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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - John Cleese
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - John Cleese

    S2:E4

    Gonzo catches a cannonball with his bare hand, which stretches his arm out. Fozzie and Floyd crack jokes about the situation. Gonzo turns to John for help, but John ends up pulling the rest of his limbs out to match. Meanwhile, John isn't pleased with being on the show. He's tied to his chair before the show, he complains about the number of pigs and monsters on the show, and he gets roped into doing a closing number.

    Director:Philip Casson
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  5. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Madeline Kahn
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Madeline Kahn

    S2:E2

    Madeline tells Gonzo she thinks he's terrific on the show, and the ego-starved Gonzo instantly falls in love with her. He drops in to Miss Piggy's dressing room to tell her he no longer has a crush on her, which pleases her until she finds out that he likes someone else. Gonzo's obsession takes him to the brink of marrying her until hearing her comments to Kermit of his going off the deep end breaks his fragile heart.

    Director:Philip Casson
    Writer:N/A

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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - Rich Little
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - 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
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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 9 - Dom DeLuise
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Dom DeLuise

    S2:E9

    Miss Piggy hires Scooter to pay off the audience to go wild for her. She also has him send her dozens of bouquets and write her piles of fan mail, all part of an attempt to get Kermit to notice her more. Piggy and Scooter stage a conversation for Kermit to overhear, in which she pretends to have an offer from another show, but Kermit isn't fooled. After finding out from Scooter what's really going on, he tells Piggy he's heard about her offer and has decided to let her go. When she breaks down in tears, sobbing that she can't leave him, Kermit agrees to take her back, but at a lower salary. After all, if she can afford to have Scooter pay off the audience for her... Miss Piggy gets hysterical and depressed, but is refreshed by Dom DeLuise.

    Director:Philip Casson
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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 10 - Teresa Brewer
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - 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
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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - Lou Rawls
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - 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
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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 24 - Petula Clark
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - 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
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  11. undefined Season 3 Episode 4 - James Coco
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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
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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Raquel Welch
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Raquel Welch

    S3:E1

    Fozzie heard that Roy Clark was going to bring Country to the show and sent all of the stagehands out to the country. Matters are complicated even more when a fire breaks out backstage and Fozzie tries to keep it a secret from Kermit.

    Director:Philip Casson
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  13. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - Helen Reddy
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - 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
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  14. undefined Season 3 Episode 5 - Marisa Berenson
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - 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
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  15. undefined Season 3 Episode 7 - Danny Kaye
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Danny Kaye

    S3:E7

    Sketches/Songs: "Aquarius," "Lunchtime," "Cheek to Cheek," "Jogging," "Swedish Chef," "The Flying Zucchini Brothers," "The Municipal Vermin Abatement Code," "Inchworm"

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  16. undefined Season 3 Episode 8 - Cheryl Ladd
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Cheryl Ladd

    S3:E8

    Sketches/Songs: ""True Love"", ""South Rampart Street Parade"", ""Pigs In Space"", ""There's a New Sound"", ""I Enjoy Being a Girl"", Gonzo's Act, ""Sunshine on my Shoulder""

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  17. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Harry Belafonte
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Harry Belafonte

    S3:E9

    Sketches/Songs: ""Day-O"", ""Tea For Two"", ""Pigs In Space"", ""Honeysuckle Rose"", Animal and Harry play the drums, ""Muppet Sports"", ""Turn the World Around""

    Director:Philip Casson
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  18. undefined Season 3 Episode 10 - Lesley Ann Warren
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Lesley Ann Warren

    S3:E10

    Sketches/Songs: Gonzo's first motorcycle jump, ""Beauty and the Beast"", ""Pigs In Space"", ""Mack the Knife"", ""Just the Way You Are"", Gonzo's second motorcycle jump, ""Last Dance""

    Director:Philip Casson
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  19. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - Liberace
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Liberace

    S3:E11

    Sketches/Songs: ""Never on Sunday"", ""Swedish Chef"", ""Veterinarian's Hospital"", ""Muppet Newsflash"", ""She Wants to Sing in Opera"", ""Liberace bird concert""

    Director:Philip Casson
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  20. undefined Season 3 Episode 12 - Leslie Uggams
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Leslie Uggams

    S3:E12

    Sketches/Songs: ""Hey There, Good Times"", ""Muppet Labs"", ""Here You Come Again"", ""Mad About the Frog"", ""Bear on Patrol"", ""Vendawish"", ""Camilla"", ""Love Will Keep Us Together""

    Director:Philip Casson
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  21. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Dudley Moore
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Dudley Moore

    S4:E1

    Dudley has a surprise for Kermit, a robot that can do the work of the entire band and of course the Electric Mayhem feel threatened by this fact.

    Director:Philip Casson
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  22. undefined Season 4 Episode 3 - Victor Borge
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Victor Borge

    S4:E3

    When Bobby Benson has to talk to a police officer someone has to take care of his babies. Unfortunately, the babies go wild without their daddy around and beat up people they don't like.

    Director:Philip Casson
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  23. undefined Season 4 Episode 11 - Dizzy Gillespie
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Dizzy Gillespie

    S4:E11

    Statler is sick (of the show), so Waldorf brings his wife Astoria to the show. Meanwhile, Inspector LaBrea of the County Environmental Department arrives backstage to monitor the noise level of the show. LaBrea tells Kermit that to keep the noise down, he has to cut the trumpets for the show. Kermit tries to keep LaBrea busy while Dizzy performs.

    Director:Philip Casson
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  24. undefined Season 4 Episode 13 - Lola Falana
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Lola Falana

    S4:E13

    After years of failure Gonzo is actually appriciated for the actor he is and decides to quit the Muppet Show and move on to movies. Piggy, more jealous than sad, asks Gonzo to refer her to the director. This is one of the episodes that teeters on the edge of being very sad.

    Director:Philip Casson
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  25. undefined Season 4 Episode 15 - Anne Murray
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Anne Murray

    S4:E15

    Scooter bugs everyone by leaving his skateboard lying around. Kermit trips on it and smashes a set. Later, Anne performs while the Muppets all dance on skateboards.

    Director:Philip Casson
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Philip Casson Ratings Summary

"Sylvester Stallone" is the best rated episode directed by Philip Casson. It scored 7.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 2/9/1979 and is rated 2.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Diana Ross".