# Favorite Muppet Show Sketch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-sketch/578448 "2011-04-15T04:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-sketch/578448/41 "2011-04-17T06:26:45Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Yeah, my impressions appear to be inaccurate. There ARE four European performers in there…(well, if you count Mummenshanz as one performer). It skewed to washed up performers and has beens. We watched the first three seasons, and you could tell the people who liked working with the Muppets versus the ones who didn’t. The guest stars got a lot better as the show became a hit. But Jim Nabors? Yick. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-sketch/578448/42 "2011-04-17T07:37:44Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > It skewed to washed up performers and has beens. We watched the first three seasons, and you could tell the people who liked working with the Muppets versus the ones who didn’t. The guest stars got a lot better as the show became a hit. But Jim Nabors? Yick. Yeah, but it was the first season. There are some great ones in there, Carol Burnett’s episode was great, as was Sandy Duncan’s and Rita Moreno. And come on, Candace Bergen, Phyllis Diller, Valerie Harper… these performers weren’t has beens back at the time! I think, for a first season of a show that probably sounded kinda weird to the performers they asked, they did pretty well for that first season. But I’m a lover of all things Muppet, so I might be biased. But I do agree with yick to Jim Nabors, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-sketch/578448/43 "2011-04-17T11:37:48Z")
Danny Kaye, performing [Inchworm](http://youtu.be/4klZ-U1Qy14). I kinda like Jim Nabors. His speaking voice is goofy, but his singing voice is gorgeous. Edited edited to add: What was Rita Moreno saying to Animal in the Fever skit? ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-sketch/578448/44 "2011-04-18T21:15:36Z")
Kermit’s Nephew singing “Halfway Down the Stairs” was something I have not see nand yet have not forgotten since the seventies. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGFR3zz12p0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGFR3zz12p0) ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-sketch/578448/45 "2011-04-18T21:27:36Z")
I got your thread winner right here. [Discourse on nudity](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ0SRgh3X9Q&feature=related). I’m still rather surprised this made it to a kids’ show. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-sketch/578448/46 "2011-04-19T14:36:49Z")
It’s hard to pick just one favorite, but this is my favorite Swedish Chef bit. [Der cakensmoosher!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP0shgq65F4&NR=1) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-sketch/578448/47 "2011-04-19T15:00:38Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Frankly, this is destined to be one of the greatest threads ever on the Dope. > > My contribution is [Danny Boy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=OCbuRA_D3KU). > [@zamboniracer](#): > > Harry Belafonte’s first performance of “The Banana Boat Song” on TV: > > [Link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AjovHGK-TA) > > Fozzie: Trust me > Harry Belafonte: That’s what you said the last time. These were going to be my two answers (the first cracks me up the most, the second is just awesome in every way). ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-sketch/578448/48 "2011-04-19T15:49:48Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Are you looking for sketches or characters. When someone mentions the muppet show, my mind usually goes to Ketmit’s Lime in the Coconut sketch > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wg\_L0wGTyA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wg_L0wGTyA) > > And even though I’ve only seen via youtube and it’s probably not really appropriate for an 8 year old, this one is entertaining. > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ-EJNz2AoE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ-EJNz2AoE) Astonishingly, these are the two I was gonna mention. Talk about ways to scar a child! They’re both pretty freaky even as an adult. “Danny Boy” leaves me helpless with laughter. My 2-year-old loves “Banana Boat”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-show-sketch/578448.md?page=2)