Are there two versions of the Dudley Moore episode?

[DMHFan]

There's something that puzzles me: Why were two versions of the Dudley Moore episode of The Muppet Show with alterations in the end credits music, one where before Statler and Waldorf's closing comment, part of the Season 3-4 version of the show's closing theme can be heard, and another where before said comment, the music that played in the UK spot can be heard?

Versions for context:

P.S. If it helps, try comparing the two versions of the shot where Animal bumps into M.A.M.M.A. and find out how different the music/sound is between the two versions.

 

[David French]

There is a theory that the first clip is of the original ending, and the second clip may come from the Hit! ending due to the canned laughter heard at the end.

 

[DMHFan]

There is a theory that the first clip is of the original ending, and the second clip may come from the Hit! ending due to the canned laughter heard at the end.

Are you saying that the version of this episode's end credits music with part of the Season 3-4 version of the show's closing theme being played near the end was actually done in the mid-1980s?

 

[David French]

The change appears to be for the copyright notice *only*. That section appears to have been redubbed in the 1980's.

 

[DMHFan]

The change appears to be for the copyright notice *only*. That section appears to have been redubbed in the 1980's.

Oh. That explains it.