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The Worst Episodes of The Muppet Show

Every episode of The Muppet Show ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Muppet Show!

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
Genres:KidsComedyFamily
Network:ITV1

Worst Episodes Summary

"Roy Clark" is the worst rated episode of "The Muppet Show". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Peter Harris and written by Don Hinkley, Chris Langham, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson, Joseph A. Bailey, it aired on 3/19/1978. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Leo Sayer".

  • Roy Clark
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    #1 - Roy Clark

    Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/19/1978

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Chris Langham, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson, Joseph A. Bailey

  • Leo Sayer
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    #2 - Leo Sayer

    Season 2 Episode 26 - Aired 3/26/1978

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Chris Langham, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson, Joseph A. Bailey

  • Gilda Radner
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    #3 - Gilda Radner

    Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 4/2/1978

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Chris Langham, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson, Joseph A. Bailey

  • Pearl Bailey
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    #4 - Pearl Bailey

    Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 4/9/1978

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Chris Langham, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson, Joseph A. Bailey

  • Jean Stapleton
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    #5 - Jean Stapleton

    Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 4/16/1978

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Chris Langham, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson, Joseph A. Bailey

  • Loretta Lynn
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    #6 - Loretta Lynn

    Season 2 Episode 30 - Aired 4/23/1978

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Chris Langham, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson

  • Harry Belafonte
    6.7/10182 votes
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    #7 - Harry Belafonte

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/5/1979

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Chris Langham, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson

  • Spike Milligan
    6.8/10159 votes
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    #8 - Spike Milligan

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/2/1979

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Chris Langham, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson

  • Paul Williams
    7.0/10332 votes
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    #9 - Paul Williams

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/1976

    Scooter talks Fozzie into doing "the telephone pole bit," and Fozzie practices dutifully until he finds out what the bit is: Fozzie dresses up as a public telephone, and Scooter asks what his name is. "Mike Oznowiczki," Fozzie says, and Scooter exclaims, "Oh, so you're the telephone Pole!"

    Director: Peter Harris

    Writer: Marc London, Jack Burns, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson

  • Lena Horne
    7.0/10270 votes
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    #10 - Lena Horne

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/31/1976

    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

    Writer: Marc London, Jack Burns, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson

  • Petula Clark
    7.0/10172 votes
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    #11 - Petula Clark

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/12/1978

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson, Joseph A. Bailey

  • Johnny Cash
    7.0/10148 votes
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    #12 - Johnny Cash

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1981

    In honor of Johnny Cash's appearance, the show is simulcast over country radio station WHOG, and the radio broadcast threatens to overwhelm the actual show. The head of WHOG, Big Tiny Tall Saddle, insists on making all the decisions. He refuses to let Rowlf go on, and instead schedules Grampaw McGuire and his whistling bricks. Kermit tries to run his own show, but Big Tiny is one of the toughest men alive -- when he's annoyed, he has a habit of wrapping microphone stands around people's necks. Fozzie is replaced by Wally Whoopie, a stand-up comedian who makes fun of the bear -- which inspires Kermit to stand up for his friend, and his show.

    Director: Philip Casson

    Writer: Jim Henson, Don Hinkley, Jerry Juhl, Chris Langham, David Odell

  • Connie Stevens
    7.1/10209 votes
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    #13 - Connie Stevens

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 4/16/1977

    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

    Writer: Jack Burns, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson

  • Alan Arkin
    7.1/10137 votes
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    #14 - Alan Arkin

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/7/1980

    Alan accidentally drinks Bunsen Honeydew's Jekyll-and-Hyde potion, and turns into a rampaging monster. He runs amuck, as the ultra-cute Bun-Bun Brothers sing "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah." When Kermit catches Alan in a net, he turns back into himself. Soon, Kermit takes a sip of the potion himself.

    Director: Philip Casson

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson, David Odell

  • James Coburn
    7.1/10120 votes
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    #15 - James Coburn

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1980

    Animal hits it off with tough guy James Coburn -- but James decides that Animal isn't centered enough, and introduces him to meditation and Zen. Animal doesn't take well to Zen.

    Director: Philip Casson

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Chris Langham, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson, David Odell

  • Sandy Duncan
    7.2/10367 votes
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    #16 - Sandy Duncan

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1976

    Fozzie performs Gags Beasley's famous "banana sketch," which everyone has heard of except Kermit. When Kermit asks Sandy and Fozzie to tell him what it is, they laugh too hard to explain it.

    Director: Peter Harris

    Writer: Marc London, Jack Burns, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson

  • Anne Murray
    7.2/10124 votes
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    #17 - Anne Murray

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/1/1980

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson, David Odell

  • Jim Nabors
    7.3/10329 votes
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    #18 - Jim Nabors

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1976

    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

    Writer: Marc London, Jack Burns, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson

  • Charles Aznavour
    7.3/10235 votes
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    #19 - Charles Aznavour

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/28/1976

    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

    Writer: Marc London, Jack Burns, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson

  • Cleo Laine
    7.3/10161 votes
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    #20 - Cleo Laine

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1978

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson, Joseph A. Bailey

  • Judy Collins
    7.3/10160 votes
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    #21 - Judy Collins

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1978

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson, Joseph A. Bailey

  • Raquel Welch
    7.3/10178 votes
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    #22 - Raquel Welch

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/1978

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Chris Langham, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson

  • Marisa Berenson
    7.3/10156 votes
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    #23 - Marisa Berenson

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 12/15/1978

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

    Director: Philip Casson

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Chris Langham, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson

  • Leslie Uggams
    7.3/10146 votes
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    #24 - Leslie Uggams

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/26/1979

    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

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Chris Langham, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson

  • John Denver
    7.3/10121 votes
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    #25 - John Denver

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 12/14/1979

    John and Kermit have a surprise for the cast; they're all going to Kermits' home the swamp! But even Gonzo, even with his love of the nasty and strange, thinks it's a bad idea and no one is willing to take him up on the offer even when Kermit offers them to go.

    Director: Peter Harris

    Writer: Don Hinkley, Jerry Juhl, Jim Henson, David Odell