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Alan Arkin, guest star on TMS in the late 4th season, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor last night for "Little Miss Sunshine"; it was his 3rd nomination overall, his prior two being 38 and 40 years ago. This brings the overall total of Oscar-winning actors on TMS to 10: Joel Grey, Rita...

I revisited this special not long ago, and thought the script was a lot better than I remembered. The dialogue sounded very Jerry Juhl, so much so that I was convinced he'd written it. I took a look and, as it turns out, he didn't. It was Jim Lewis & some others. Also the songs, at least...

Isn't anyone going to mention that another TMS guest star, the terrific Alan Arkin, just became an Oscar-winner? That makes 10 Oscar-winning actors to guest on "The Muppet Show": Joel Grey, Rita Moreno, Peter Ustinov, George Burns, Julie Andrews, Cloris Leachman, Liza Minnelli, Alan Arkin...

Ahhhh, forgot about that one! Oh yeah, I was crazy about her. Liked Maria before that. David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

Updated list: -Piggy (sometimes) -Wanda (a favorite) -Sexy Muppet -the two purple sopranos from SS; one was named Mme. Alma Gluck, I think she was from the Front & Back "Blue Danube" sketch and played by Louise Gold. The other was played by Richard Hunt and sang F-AN and N-ET; at the fan bit...

ToughPigs has transcripts and articles on the Gorch sketches. It's also interesting to note their interactions with the guests on SNL. Lily Tomlin clearly loved the Muppets, and while she never appeared on TMS (amazingly), she was in the TV special "The Muppets go to the Movies" with Dudley...

Hadn't planned on it. I see him more as an early-to-mid Season Three guest, anyway. David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

What was it you didn't like about this one? David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

When I was growing up, my local video rental had the Playhouse "Muppet Home Video" series, which were one-hour 'greatest hits' compilations of sketches and songs from TMS. This gave me a big build-up for certain bits I had a fondness for, dreaming of the day I'd see that episode (and all the...

Thread for commentaries on guest stars you would've liked to see more out of in their appearances on "The Muppet Show". Some of mine: -Kenny Rogers: the only guest star I'd ever heard of before knowing he was on TMS, I listened to a lot of his music and was very disappointed when they only...

I am. Alice Cooper was my second-ever concert. In reality, Alice Cooper has been known to remark that "The Muppet Show" was the most fun he ever had performing. I agree about the devil thing, that weirded me out when I saw it as an adult (I remember seeing the episode as a kid but...

Careful, Barry: one might get the idea that you have something against bearded fat guys! ;) No, actually I agree with you to an extent. I think both episodes have the same problem: the guest star acts AT the Muppets instead of WITH them. In Ustinov's case, it was clearly their doing...

Oo, I like this one. May I take on this idea for one of my outlines? David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

Close. In the Avery Schreiber episode, she says her real name is 'Pigathius' (sp?) It's in the Jim Nabors episode, also in the Talk Spot, that Kermit, offhand and almost under his breath, refers to Piggy as 'Piggy Lee'. Fans have amalgamated the two references to mean that her original full...

Not necessarily; Toronto is still a very popular place for films to shoot (along with LA, NY, Chicago, Orlando, etc.) Apparently it's cheaper, too. David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

Well, I'll likely use Boppity in a VH sketch at some point, could be this one. Remote-controlled roller skates: nice:D You sure you don't want to write outlines? You have lots of ideas, why not take a stab at it? David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

Why, if they're still on seemingly good terms with Jocelyn Stevenson, Susan Juhl, David Young, Robert Sandler, and Sugith Varughese, would they have Ahment Zappa write the screenplay? I have to wonder if his adoration of FR includes appreciation and awareness of it's subtlety and delicate...

Rodney Dangerfield: late Season One (circa Twiggy episode) Shari Lewis: mid-late Season Two (circa Elton John episode) Tom Jones: mid-late Season Two (circa Lou Rawls episode) Neil Diamond: mid Season Four (circa Dudley Moore episode) I just looked at them and they're all pretty short of...

Not sure which outline is next. Problem with the Leon Redbone and John Ritter outlines is I have no plotline for either, or most of the acts. It'll probably come down to which of my outlines are nearest to completion. My outlines with Rodney Dangerfield, Shari Lewis, Tom Jones, and Neil...

Well, Chris Langham DID "Hawaiian Cowboy" for his closing number on the show. Speaking of "What's New, Pussycat?", I wish they had had Tom Jones on the show. Of course, I've got an outline in the works that guest stars Tom Jones and opens with said number. Also on the subject of outlines...