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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Outer Space
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Outer Space

    S1:E1

    Part 1 (Muppetelevision): Kermit cancels the boring parts of the show when Digit discovers he can tune in cable channels from other worlds. Part 2 (The StoryTeller: The Heartless Giant): An imprisoned giant who terrorized the land tricks young prince Leo into freeing him. After rampaging the kingdom, Leo's older brothers attempt to recapture the giant but are never heard of again. Leo must use his gifts of kindness to save his brothers and free the kingdom from the giant's wrath. From an early German folk tale.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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

    #2 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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

    #3 - First Show

    S1:E5

    Part 1 (Muppetelevision). Kermit struggles to keep the ratings up. Meanwhile, Digit experiences several 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 auditions at The Comedy Store and is heckled by Statler and Waldorf.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Power
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Power

    S1:E3

    Part 1 (Muppetelevision): Gonzo and Leon convince Kermit to take a vacation so that they can have a chance at running the show. Willard Scott, Jane Pauley, and The Nylons guest star. Part 2 (The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death): A soldier returns from 20 years of war with only t three biscuits in his sack. Soon he must outwit devils, save a kingdom, and try to outwit death. From an early Russian folk tale.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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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 being healthy and fit but does not have much luck with all the Muppets getting sick. Part 2 (The Song of the Cloud Forest): In this original story set in the rainforest, 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 a golden toad.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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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 3 years, 3 months, 3 weeks, and 3 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? From an early German folk tale.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Videotape
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Videotape

    S1:E8

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 25 - Roy Clark
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 27 - Gilda Radner
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 28 - Pearl Bailey
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 30 - Loretta Lynn
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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

    #12 - 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""

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    Writer:Chris Langham

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  13. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Raquel Welch
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  14. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - Alice Cooper
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Alice Cooper

    S3:E2

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  15. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - Helen Reddy
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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

    #16 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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

    #17 - Danny Kaye

    S3:E7

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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

    #18 - 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""

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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

    #19 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  20. undefined Season 3 Episode 10 - Lesley Ann Warren
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  21. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - Liberace
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  22. undefined Season 3 Episode 12 - Leslie Uggams
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  23. undefined Season 3 Episode 13 - Elke Sommer
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Elke Sommer

    S3:E13

    Sketches/Songs: ""Pennsylvania 6-5000"", ""Animal Crackers"", ""Pigs In Space"", ""Tuxedo Junction"", ""Pigs In Space"", ""Muppet Sports"", ""Row, Row, Row""

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  24. undefined Season 3 Episode 15 - Roger Miller
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Roger Miller

    S3:E15

    Song: Penguins in Mayflower: ""Alabama Bound"" Cluckitis (best running gag they ever had IMHO) Roger sings with watermelons Bear on Patrol: assaulting an officer Song: Roger: ""A Hat Like That"" Rowlf Vet's Hospital Song: Roger: ""Whack-a-Doo"" Song: ""Dang Me"".

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Chris Langham

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  25. undefined Season 3 Episode 16 - Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Roy Rogers & Dale Evans

    S3:E16

    Sketches/Songs: ""Blue Skies"", ""Skyball Paint"", ""Muppet Sports"", ""Deep in the Heart of Texas"", ""A Four Legged Friend"", ""Bear on Patrol"", Cowboy and Skyball sketch, ""Medley""

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    Writer:Chris Langham

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Chris Langham Ratings Summary

"Outer Space" is the best rated episode written by Chris Langham. It scored 8/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 4/14/1989 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Sylvester Stallone".