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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - John Cleese
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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  2. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Madeline Kahn
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - 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.

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

    #3 - 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.

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    Writer:Joseph A. Bailey

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

    #4 - 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.

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    Writer:Joseph A. Bailey

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  5. undefined Season 2 Episode 10 - Teresa Brewer
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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

    #6 - 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.

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 14 - Peter Sellers
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Peter Sellers

    S2:E14

    Sketches/Songs: "A Gypsy's Violin", "When", "Down Memory Lane", Masseur sketch, "It's Not Easy Bein' Green", "Muppet Labs", "Cigarettes & Whiskey"

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 15 - Elton John
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - 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"

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 16 - Cleo Laine
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Cleo Laine

    S2:E16

    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"

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 22 - Jaye P. Morgan
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Jaye P. Morgan

    S2:E22

    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"

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

    #11 - 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"

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

    #12 - 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""

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

    #13 - 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""

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

    #14 - 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

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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""

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

    #16 - 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""

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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 19 - Don Knotts
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - 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"

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 23 - Zero Mostel
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - 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"

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - George Burns
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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  20. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Milton Berle
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Milton Berle

    S2:E3

    Fozzie Bear is so intimidated by the thought of meeting Milton Berle, "the King of Comics," that he spends the whole show hiding from the guest star. His flimsy disguises don't fool Kermit or Scooter, but when Fozzie finally overhears Milton saying that he'd like to do a song-and-dance with him, Fozzie springs out of hiding, and the pair performs "Top Banana" together in baggy pants and big shoes.

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  21. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - Nancy Walker
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Nancy Walker

    S2:E5

    Kermit is at home sick so Fozzie has to run the show and proves how bad he could be by having Crazy Harry of all people have an opening skit "Target Practice", then getting "Vets' Hospital" and "At The Dance" on the same stage at the same time, causing a lot of trouble for the bear and his costars.

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  22. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - Edgar Bergen
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Edgar Bergen

    S2:E7

    Inspired by Edgar and his dummies, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, Fozzie tries his hand at a ventriloquism act. Unfortunately, he doesn't really understand the principle behind the act, and expects his dummy to talk on his own.

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  23. undefined Season 2 Episode 8 - Bernadette Peters
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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  24. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - Steve Martin
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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  25. undefined Season 2 Episode 17 - Rudolf Nureyev
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Rudolf Nureyev

    S2:E17

    Sketches/Songs: The Electric Mayhem, A Wagner opera performed, "Swine Lake", "Something's Missing", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "It's Cold Outside", "Clair De Lune", "Top Hat"

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Joseph A. Bailey Ratings Summary

"John Cleese" is the best rated episode written by Joseph A. Bailey. It scored 2/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 10/21/1977 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Madeline Kahn".