An interesting thing about the Muppet Show Theme

[MJTaylor]

Elsewhere at Muppet Central I did start a thread on the middle part of the Sesame Street Theme http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=15571
On it I wondered if the middle part of that theme was ever sung on a regular basis. I know now it wasn't. Mind you, I do remember something like that did happen with The Muppet Show. The middle section was sung during the first season, but for the next three, only heard in instrumental form (like with Sesame Street). Then for the final season, it gained new lyics sung by Statler and Walldoph (sp?) whearas before they were sung by Kermit.
The first season words are:
To introduce our guest star
That's what I'm here to do,
So it really makes me happy
To introduce to you...
For the final season, the middle eight has these words:
Why do we always come here?
I guess we'll never know.
It's like a kind of torture
To have to watch the show.

 

[wwfpooh]

Yep.

The first season lyrics were re-used (but replacing the guest star with Miss Piggy, making way for a nice little altercation between the pig & her frog) in an extended version of the theme song, whereas all subsequent releases of the theme--or at least, those available--have used the lyrics from the final season.

 

[Redsonga]

In the only episodes I ever saw when I was little I think they always used the last season theme even for older episodes...

 

[wwfpooh]

In the only episodes I ever saw when I was little I think they always used the last season theme even for older episodes...

It's like comparing the original version of Fraggle Rock with the extended album version or comparing the TV version of Carmen with Rockapella's concert version. XD