# Favorite Muppet Show moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2010, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274 "2010-01-01T07:10:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/41 "2010-01-04T15:34:09Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > That was Cheryl Ladd, not Raquel Welch. Oh, and she was awesome. For Raquel and Miss Piggy, it was\*\* I’m a Woman\*\*. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/42 "2010-01-04T16:45:49Z")
> [@pythonzzz](#): > > Too many to choose from…a few favorites > > “For What It’s Worth” [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0yCM5uhQU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0yCM5uhQU) > > … > > anything with Beaker - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KANI2dpXLw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KANI2dpXLw) Now that you mention yet I can see the strong resemblance between Beaker and Rick Astley. Whenever I hear “For What It’s Worth” I think of the Muppets. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/43 "2010-01-04T17:50:50Z")
Two words: [Danny Boy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU) ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/44 "2010-01-04T18:11:16Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Two words: [Danny Boy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU) Three of my favorite muppets together! Thanks for that. Does it say something about me that my favorite muppets are all incoherent? ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/45 "2010-01-04T21:10:04Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Three of my favorite muppets together! Thanks for that. Does it say something about me that my favorite muppets are all incoherent? Never let actual words get in the way of good comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/46 "2010-01-04T21:48:02Z")
Somewhat related: Last night the Muppets were on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. My favorite bits were lines from Statler and Waldorf: “Move that bus! Onto the bear!” and “Hey, Pennington! Get a haircut!” And Crazy Harry was a natural for the demo sequence. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/47 "2010-01-04T21:54:14Z")
[Discourse on Nudity](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ0SRgh3X9Q) ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/48 "2010-01-04T22:02:31Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I was working on a home theater and noticed that the architect had put Statler and Waldorf in a box at stage right. Okay - now I want to own a home so I can have a home theater and do that too. . . I’m at work so can’t link - but some of my favorites off the top of my head are: Danny Kay singing “Inch Worm” Paul Simon singing “Scarborough Fair” Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth (stop children, what’s that sound)” ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/49 "2010-01-05T00:26:54Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > For Raquel and Miss Piggy, it was\*\* I’m a Woman\*\*. That was pretty good too, especially when Miss Piggy interrupted and demanded to know why anyone would make a dress out of a food sack. Thanks for the correction about Cheryl Ladd, **JThunder**. I was wondering why I seemed to remember two songs with Welch and Miss P. And of course a sex goddess destroying a set doesn’t make as much sense as a Charlie’s Angel doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/50 "2010-01-05T21:37:17Z")
My favorites: - _I’m In Love With A Big Blue Frog_ - Rolf trying to get Sam to cooperate in a _Tit-Willow_ duet. - _Hugga-Wugga_ - The aforementioned _Turn the World Around_ with Harry Belafonte. Jim Henson loved that number so much that it was performed at his funeral. - The sketch that featured the Swedish Chef trying to make turtle soup. - The entire Marty Feldman episode. ---
**Author:** ![pan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@pan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pan1)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/51 "2010-01-05T21:45:10Z")
I too remember the Raquel Welch episode as one of my favorites. For the record, in reference to a prior reply, I keep expecting anyone named Kizarvexious to say (_quack_), but I suppose that would be Willie, not Kizarvexious. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/52 "2010-01-05T22:26:18Z")
> [@Kizarvexius](#): > > My favorites: > > - _I’m In Love With A Big Blue Frog_ I have had this song in my head for about a week now. My boyfriend is stuck with _Never Smile at a Crocodile_. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/53 "2010-01-05T22:43:56Z")
No love for the master, [Vincent Price](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBnk4U-Pggg&feature=related)?:eek:😕☹ ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/54 "2010-01-05T23:53:58Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > No love for the master, [Vincent Price](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBnk4U-Pggg&feature=related)?:eek:😕☹ And on New Years’ Eve, the master turns into Guy Lombardo! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/55 "2010-01-05T23:56:20Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > And on New Years’ Eve, the master turns into Guy Lombardo! There were actually two versions of this scene recorded, presumably for foreign audiences who would be unaware of Guy Lombardo (although it makes the joke less amusing). The Disney DVD release, besides removing the “You’ve Got A Friend” number due to inability to obtain the rights, uses the British version, which replaces Lombardo’s name with that of _Muppet Show_ conductor Jack Parnell. ---
**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/56 "2010-01-06T17:56:44Z")
The planet Koozbane sketch from the episode with Dom DeLuise. Although the whole episode was a high point of a great show. [YouTube link - @ about 5:05](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj2GgEB4Vps) ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/57 "2010-01-07T20:32:18Z")
> [@pan1](#): > > I too remember the Raquel Welch episode as one of my favorites. > > For the record, in reference to a prior reply, I keep expecting anyone named Kizarvexious to say (_quack_), but I suppose that would be Willie, not Kizarvexious. Just as long as you don’t say the “d” word. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/58 "2010-01-08T20:25:28Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > The entire Alice Cooper episode is probably one of my favorite television shows of all time. The sort of running skit throughout the episode of him trying to get the Muppets to sell their souls to the devil is probably my favorite muppet skit. Oh, me too. I loved his performance of “Welcome to My Nightmare,” too. I think the beginnings of my being an Alice fan run back to that episode. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/59 "2010-01-11T15:13:57Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > Oh, me too. I loved his performance of “Welcome to My Nightmare,” too. I think the beginnings of my being an Alice fan run back to that episode. I’ve never been an Alice Cooper fan but I love that episode. He does such a great job of sending up his own image that it’s impossible for me not to like him. “Do I get a commission on hourly rentals?” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274/60 "2010-01-11T15:55:08Z")
> [@pan1](#): > > I too remember the Raquel Welch episode as one of my favorites. > > For the record, in reference to a prior reply, I keep expecting anyone named Kizarvexious to say (_quack_), but I suppose that would be Willie, not Kizarvexious. > [@Kizarvexius](#): > > Just as long as you don’t say the “d” word. > > 😉 We have a bunch of Gamer Geeks and Readers Of Niche Periodicals here, apparently\*. \*Fully aware that by posting that, I’m outing myself as one, also… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-moments/523274.md?page=4)