Left out of the goodnights...

[Philip Kippel]

To revive a topic that was once done on the original Muppet Central Forum, which muppets do you think should've appeared in the goodnights in specific episodes of "The Muppet Show"?

Muppets that I would've included in the goodnights in particular TMS episodes are as follows:

#7 Florence Henderson: Lenny the Lizard and the Snake Frackle
#10 Harvey Korman: Robin
#13 Bruce Forsyth: the duck instead of one of the male pigs
#15 Candice Bergen: Boppity instead of Gloat and Mildred instead of Hilda
#20 Valerie Harper: Floyd
#23 Kaye Ballard: the barber instead of Gonzo and the Jim Henson Muppet instead of Scooter
#24 Mummenschanz: Gonzo (to come back onstage to talk to the Mummenschanz with the other Muppets, even after Piggy hit him)
#31 Edgar Bergen: the time man (from "Time in a Bottle")
#32 Steve Martin: Baskerville and Lenny the Lizard
#35 Dom DeLuise: one of the merdledops instead of Gonzo
#47 John Cleese: Gonzo, Robin and Sweetums
#57 Liberace: Piggy
#59 Raquel Welch: the spider and Gloat
#63 Lesley Ann Warren: Rowlf
#66 Leslie Uggams: Gorgon Heap (but he wouldn't eat anyone)
#68 Sylvester Stallone: the lion
#70 Roy Rogers & Dale Evans: Fozzie, Link, Bullets Barker and some of the gophers
#79 Dudley Moore: the bug band
#81 Beverly Sills: some of the showgirls from the opening number
#83 Lola Falana: Trevor the Gross
#89 Star Wars: Scooter, Fozzie, the shepherd and some of the sheep
#91 Lynda Carter: Janice, Floyd and Super Sheep instead of the generic sheep
#96 Diana Ross: Lenny the Lizard
#101 James Coburn: Betsy Bird, an octopus and the "Close to You" singer
#102 Brooke Shields: Scooter, Rowlf, Dr. Teeth and Floyd
#104 Señor Wences: Pinocchio
#105 Debbie Harry: Mulch and the gargoyle (gar-girl)
#109 Tony Randall: some of the cave pigs
#110 Mac Davis: Link and Fozzie
#114 Marty Feldman: Fozzie instead of Scooter
#120 Roger Moore: Lenny the Lizard instead of the small crocodile

 

[minor muppetz]

heres what I think

Heres who I think should have been in the good nights.

Ruth Buzzi: Boppity
John Cleese: Gonzo and Sweetums
Marty Feldman: all of the Sesame Street characters
Gene kelley: Lobbock Lou
Mellissa Manchester: Floyd and Lips

 

[Philip Kippel]

Two more:

#17 Ben Vereen: the two-headed singer instead of Scooter
#18 Phyllis Diller: Rowlf instead of Piggy

 

[Gorgon Heap]

#3 Joel Grey: Gloat instead of BD
#15 Candice Bergen: Boppity & Mildred instead of Gloat and Hilda
#18 Phyllis Diller: Rowlf
#19 Vincent Price: some different monsters besides the usual Boppity & Gloat
#20 Valerie Harper: Floyd & Clodhopper
#23 Kaye Ballard: Thog & Animal instead of Gonzo & Scooter
#24 Mummenschanz: Gonzo
#36 John Cleese: Gonzo & Sweetums
#39 Lou Rawls: Floyd
#41 Julie Andrews: Gonzo ('cept for the fact that it'd detract from the hilarious closing comment)
#48 Cloris Leachman: Fozzie, Gonzo, Piggy
#50 Leo Sayer: birds
#51 Roy Clark: I dunno, just more- as it is, you can barely see T.R. (eyes visible for a second) and the goat (mouth visible for a second)
#63 Lesley Ann Warren: Gonzo (although again, that might've marred the closing comment)
#68 Sylvester Stallone: Hawaiians, Lion, Romans, groupies, Scooter
#70 Roy Rogers & Dale Evans: prairie dogs, Fozzie, maybe Link- why have Scooter in there if he was only in one scene?
#72 Cheryl Ladd: PIGGY! Hello?! She was in half of the numbers for cryin' out loud!
#73 John Denver: someone other than just the closing # cast (and IMO this one would've been better in front of the closing # set)
#74 Crystal Gayle: not necessarily missing, but it would've been nice to see one of the Gills Brothers in the goodnights at least once
#77 Victor Borge: Gonzo
#78 Linda Lavin: Robin
#85 Dizzy Gillespie: Floyd & Zoot instead of Scooter & Bo
#86 Liza Minnelli: Piggy instead of Janice
#89 Mark Hamill: Angus McGonnagle, sheep, Scooter
#91 Lynda Carter: superheroes instead of Strangepork and Gaffer
#94 Andy Williams: Piggy! The episode just kinda peters out after her plot thread ends, and then she doesn't even appear in the second half of the episode!
#100 Shirley Bassey: any barnyard animal
#101 James Coburn: octopus
#105 Debbie Harry: Mulch
#109 Tony Randall: cavepigs, maybe the gorilla
#110 Mac Davis: Link!
#112 Gladys Knight: Fozzie! He was in half of the acts for cryin' out loud!
#113 Hal Linden: Piggy, one of the Atrics maybe
#114 Marty Feldman: Fozzie! Otherwise fine, good sampling of characters from the episode
#117 Johnny Cash: Fozzie, Gonzo, Billy Boy

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

 

[BlueAM]

You guys look like stolen cars!

I'll just do some of those I have on tape (and some of them have already been mentioned):

Elton John: the crocodiles
Julie Andrews: Annie Sue, Uncle Deadly, Sweetums
Mark Hamill: Scooter, the sheep, Angus McGonogall
Paul Simon: the guy on stilts
Raquel Welch: the spider
Harry Belafonte: the tarantula from "Banana Boat Song", Lew Zealand
John Denver: flowers, any one of the Whatnots that sang "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
Peter Sellers: Gonzo, any Whatnot from the "Cigarettes and Whiskey" number (can't decide who)
John Cleese: Gonzo
Dudley Moore: one of the bug band members
Alice Cooper: Beakie, the ghost from "Welcome to my Nightmare"
Vincent Price: one of the Heaps
Marty Feldman: Fozzie, Sam
Gilda Radner: that Whatnot man at the end of "Lullaby of Broadway", maybe?
George Burns: one of the Spanish pigs
Bob Hope: Paul Revere the Horse, hunters (?)
Brooke Shields: the Duchess, anyone from the Jabberwocky skit
Rudolph Nureyev: Link Hogthrob, the dancing pig
James Coburn: one of the octopi, Betsy Bird, a cowboy, the "Close to You" guy
Sylvester Stallone: either Quango the Gorilla, the groupies, or some centurions
Debbie Harry: Mulch, the Gar-girl
Roger Moore: anyone other than the monsters
Kenny Rogers: the Gambler (was he in the goodnights? I forget), the doctor, the nurses

 

[Philip Kippel]

Mark Hamill: Scooter, the sheep, Angus McGonogall

I forgot about Angus. I'd have included him in the goodnights in that episode as well.

Kenny Rogers: the Gambler (was he in the goodnights? I forget), the doctor, the nurses

The Gambler did appear in the goodnights in the Kenny Rogers episode.

 

[BlueAM]

Still more ideas based on those I have on tape:

Liberace: the goat, Annie Sue
Lynda Carter: the idol from the opening #, maybe?
Tony Randall: any one of the cave pigs, one of the chamber music players
Beverly Sills: any one of the showgirls, Zeke
Pearl Bailey: any one of the gospel singers from the opening #
Liza Minelli: any one of the disco dancers, possibly?
Edgar Bergen: the Time Man
Danny Kaye: any one of the long-haired Whatnots from the opening #
Senor Wences: Pinocchio
Lola Falana: any one of the disco dancers in Lola's number, Trevor the Gross (was he in the goodnights? It slips my mind at the moment...)

BlueAM

 

[minor muppetz]

Beverly Sills: any one of the showgirls, Zeke

It's been a long time since I've seen that episode, but I don't remember Zeke being in this episode. Where was he? If he was in a scene that was cut from the Nickleodeon broadcast then it would make sense that I wouldn't remember him being there and having a big enough part for him to be needed.

Here are a few others (that I forgot to mention) who should have been in the good nights.
Leslie Uggums: at least one of the monsters from the openign number (it would have been cool to have seen Big Bird and Sweetums standing together)
Shirly Bassey: Lips (mainly because this was one of the few episodes where he appeared in more than one scene, even if one of those scenes was the u.k. spot)
Rita Moreno: Marvin Suggs and at least one Muppaphone

And if the first two epsiodes had more characters in the goodnights, then...
Juliet prowse: Fozzie, Scooter, Muppy, and Mahna Mahna
Connie Stevens: Ernie, Bert, Zoot, Fozzie, Gonzo, at least one Mutation, and Lydia

 

[Gorgon Heap]

I'll throw mine in for the first two:

#1 Juliet Prowse: Juliet, Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Rowlf, Scooter, Snowth
#2 Connie Stevens: Connie, Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo, Zoot, Lydia, Ernie, Bert

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

 

[Philip Kippel]

Another one:

#16 Avery Schrieber: the green eel instead of Hilda