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  1. Gorgon Heap

    Who wrote "For You" (Gonzo's song)?

    Question is in the title.
  2. Gorgon Heap

    TMS outline - Jack Lemmon! (by Gorgon Heap & kathy26)

    SPECIAL GUEST STAR: JACK LEMMON STYLE: SEASON FOUR (circa Jonathan Winters, Star Wars) COLD OPENING: Scooter knocks and enters. Scooter: “Jack Lemmon! 15 seconds to curtain, Mr. Lemmon!” Jack Lemmon: “Thank you, Scooter!” Jack Grapefruit (O.S.): “Now, wait just a minute!” (Jack Grapefruit...
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    TMS outline - Art Garfunkel! (by Gorgon Heap & kathy26)

    One half of the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel (with TMS season 5 guest star Paul Simon) who, at the time, was forging a new career for himself as a solo artist and film actor. Submitted for your approval: "It's The Muppet Show, with our very special guest star, Art Garfunkel!" SPECIAL...
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    TMS outline - Peter Cushing! (by Gorgon Heap & kathy26)

    Grand Moff Tarkin in "Star Wars", Sherlock Holmes, Van Helsing, Doctor Who -- need I say more? It's a Halloween episode! SPECIAL GUEST STAR: PETER CUSHING STYLE: MID-SEASON FOUR (circa Anne Murray, Jonathan Winters) COLD OPENING: M.A.M.M.A., the Koozebanian Phoob, the bird-like and...
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    Jim Henson birthday crossover video

    I'm shocked not to have seen a discussion thread about this, but in honor of Jim Henson's birthday, Henson, Disney, and the Children's Television Workshop worked it out between them to have characters owned by each company -- Muppets, Fraggles, Sesame Street -- appear together for the first time...
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    TMS outline - Bonnie Franklin (and Grover from "Sesame Street")!

    Before she was the Emmy-nominated star of "One Day at a Time", Bonnie Franklin was also a Tony-nominated Broadway musical actress for "Applause", and would go on to appear in the first season of "Shalom Sesame". Thanks to @groverandgrapes for the crossover idea! SPECIAL GUEST STAR: BONNIE...
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    TMS outline - Cher! (by Gorgon Heap & kathy26)

    Special thanks to @kathy26 for the opening Fozzie joke and @MartyMuppets for his graciousness over our "great minds think alike" idea that found its way into TMS outlines by each of us. SPECIAL GUEST STAR: CHER STYLE: EARLY SEASON ONE (circa Harvey Korman, Rita Moreno) OPENING THEME...
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    TMS Script - Valerie Bertinelli! (by Gorgon Heap & kathy26)

    Before her cookbooks and shows on Food Network, before she was "Hot in Cleveland", Valerie Bertinelli was the popular star of the Norman Lear sitcom "One Day at a Time" as wisecracking good girl Barbara Cooper. She received so much fan mail that the studio could barely keep up. Submitted for...
  9. Gorgon Heap

    TMS outline - Jodie Foster!

    SPECIAL GUEST STAR: JODIE FOSTER STYLE: MID-SEASON FIVE (circa Senor Wences, Roger Moore) COLD OPENING: Pops lifts a dumbbell. Pops: “One!” (He grunts and puts it down. Jodie enters.) Jodie: “Hi, how ya doin’?” Pops: “Sixty-two -- Oh! Who’re you?” Jodie: “I’m Jodie Foster, I’m the guest...
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    TMS outline - Angela Lansbury!

    SPECIAL GUEST STAR: ANGELA LANSBURY STYLE: LATE SEASON FOUR (circa Carol Channing, Alan Arkin episodes) COLD OPENING: Angela, clad in a robe, thanks Scooter for the Muppets’ hospitality. Angela: “I've played many theaters in my life, but never one with a hot tub in the dressing room!”...
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    TMS outline - Carol Kane! (by Gorgon Heap & kathy26)

    AKA: The Return of Taminella Grinderfall! Submitted for your approval: "It's The Muppet Show, with our very special guest star, Miss Carol Kane!" SPECIAL GUEST STAR: CAROL KANE STYLE: EARLY-MID SEASON TWO (circa Edgar Bergen, Steve Martin) COLD OPENING: Scooter knocks and enters. Scooter...
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    TMS outline - John Ritter!

    SPECIAL GUEST STAR: JOHN RITTER STYLE: LATE SEASON THREE (circa Sylvester Stallone, Roger Miller episodes) COLD OPENING: Scooter knocks and enters. Scooter: “John Ritter! 35 seconds to curtain, John!” John: “Thanks, Scooter!” (Next to him, a possum uses his dressing room table as a podium...
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    TMS outline - Mel Brooks (& Oscar the Grouch)! (by Gorgon Heap & Barry Lee)

    We worked on this so long ago that our correspondence was through AOL Instant Messenger. But, once ideas started coming to me again, I went back and finished it. Since Barry already included Oscar the Grouch in the closing number, and since it was set around the time Big Bird was on the show...
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    TMS outline - Stephanie Mills!

    At the age of 18, Stephanie Mills starred as the lead, Dorothy, in the original Broadway cast of "The Wiz", and went on to achieve several hits in the disco / post-disco era. Submitted for your approval: "It's The Muppet Show, with our very special guest star, Stephanie Mills! YAY!" SPECIAL...
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    TMS outline - Teri Garr!

    This was inspired by a visit to the Jim Henson exhibit at the Atlanta Center for Puppetry Arts! Submitted for your approval: "It's The Muppet Show, with our very special guest star, Teri Garr! YAY!" SPECIAL GUEST STAR: TERI GARR STYLE: EARLY SEASON FIVE (circa Shirley Bassey, James Coburn)...
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    TMS outline - Hermione Gingold! (by Gorgon Heap, TravellingMatt & Philip Kippel)

    Best known for her roles in "Gigi" (as Gigi's grandmother and guardian) and "The Music Man" (as the mayor's wife, Eulalie MacKecknie Shinn), she appeared once with the Muppets on "The Mike Douglas Show" duetting her best-known song, "I Remember It Well" with King Goshposh (introduced here as...
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    TMS outline - Martha Raye!

    SPECIAL GUEST STAR: MARTHA RAYE STYLE: EARLY-MID SEASON ONE (circa Florence Henderson, Paul Williams) OPENING THEME: FOZZIE: “Hey! I wouldn’t call Dr. Bob a quack, but every year, he gets a Christmas card from the undertaker!” MARTHA RAYE: in the Talk Spot set with Fozzie, Gonzo, Rowlf...
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    TMS outline - Peter Falk!

    SPECIAL GUEST STAR: PETER FALK STYLE: MID-LATE SEASON ONE (circa Ben Vereen, Phyllis Diller episodes) OPENING THEME: FOZZIE: “Two bear hunters from Czechoslovakia and Poland were eaten by a mama bear and a papa bear. A forest ranger looked down the bears’ mouths and remarked, “The Czech’s in...
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    TMS outline - Mick Jagger!

    Had this one in various stages of near completion, just polished it off today! Submitted for your approval: "It's The Muppet Show, with our very special guest star, Mick Jagger! YAAAAYYY!" SPECIAL GUEST STAR: MICK JAGGER STYLE: LATE SEASON FIVE (circa Debbie Harry, Chris Langham episodes)...
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    TMS outline - Suzanne Pleshette!

    Looking back over my catalog of TMS outlines, I find that I've written far too few with female guest stars, so I'm resolving to remedy that and even it out by writing more female guest star centered fanfics. I'm also going to do some more that, in my imagination, bridge the gap between episodes...
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