Best TMS opening number

[Thijs]

Phew, that`s a hard one. To know what`s the best one, I should watch them all on a row. I recently saw the Belafonte episode for the first time. Day-o is terrific!

 

[Gorgon Heap]

In addition to the ones already said:

Joel Grey- "Comedy Tonight"
Rita Moreno- "Apache Dance"
Paul Williams- "All of Me"
Lena Horne- "Ragg Mopp"
Bruce Forsyth- "In a Little Spanish Town" (a personal favorite)
Sandy Duncan- "A Nice Girl Like Me" (what an opening!)
Ethel Merman- "Java" (this one's just fun)
Don Knotts- "Sweet Gingerbread Man" (perhaps my earliest memory of TMS)
Rich Little- "Chanson D'Amour" (great way to begin)
Lou Rawls- "Groovy People" (nice energetic opening)
Jaye P. Morgan- "Tweedily Dee" (I don't know why, this opening is just nifty)
Roy Clark- "Rocky Top" (sets the mood well)
Jean Stapleton- "Tico Tico" (sets the mood even better)
Helen Reddy- "Stayin' Alive" (again, mood)
Spike Milligan- "Oklahoma" (colorful, energetic, fun, and just plain amusing)
John Denver- "Why Can't We Be Friends?" (good large-scale number with a look and feel that ushers in the new season quite nicely)
Shields & Yarnell- "Take a Chance on Me" (just a good #)
Phyllis George- "Yes, We Have No Bananas (Swedish version)" (different, but in a good way)
Christopher Reeve- "Disco Frog" (classic)
Alan Arkin- "Devil Went Down to Georgia" (cool)
Diana Ross- "I Go To Rio" (another personal favorite)
Loretta Swit- "There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" (mood, ushers in the new season)
Tony Randall- "Yakety Yak" (a lot of fun)
Melissa Manchester- "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (freakin' awesome how they did that)
Gladys Knight- "Night and Day" (very good, adds spice of variety to the episode)

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

 

[Skeeter Muppet]

Originally posted by Beauregard
What ever, my favorite is Rama Lama Ding-Dong. (On a side note does anyone know where I can get a .wav of this, or a .mp3)

If you ever find it, Bo, let me know! I want it for my Muppet .mp3 collection too!


-Kim

 

[camilla]

Originally posted by Tommie
Phew, that`s a hard one. To know what`s the best one, I should watch them all on a row. I recently saw the Belafonte episode for the first time. Day-o is terrific!

Yes yes yes. Fozzy and Beaudegard were ganrastic in it.
That so craked me up

Sarah

 

[Stryder Wolfe]

Re: Reply

Originally posted by Daffyfan2003
Let's see. I really liked that "Pig Calypaso" number from the Bob Hope episode. The "Lonely Goat" song from the Julie Andrews episode and "Crocodile Rock" from the Elton John episode were great too. There was also "Strabrough Fair" from the Paul Simon episode. The opening numbers always seem to be the best when they star either the show's guest star or Miss Piggy.

just BTW, that's "Scarborough Fair" (says the resident of Scarborough, although not the one from the song )

 

[The Flying Sheep]

Other than the ones metioned:

Someone Just Like You (Raqueal Welch) (Whoa!)
The Bar Fight (Rita Mareno) Marano's hysterical without saying a word, and the dancer in the human suit (Maybe Dave? It was his voice screaming) is incredible
Java (Ethel Merman) I first saw it when Kermit hosted The Tonight show. It's a muppet classic. I wonder who did the slinkys ( I allways though Jim and Frank, because it's such an old classic.)
I Fell pretty (Charles Aznuvour) Abosoluty hysterical.
The Garbage Can-can (Steve Martin0 I love the puppetry work.
Minute In G by the ELctric MAyhem (Nuryev) Just wacky.
Pgi Calypso (Bob Hope) very funny, and Kermit-beating's always good for a laugh )That's why the Kenny ROger eps. is one of my favs.)
Day Of Rest (Liberace)- Love Piggy's performance.
Aquarius( Danny Kaye) Just for it's plain zanyness.
The Cavort (Lynn Redgrave) Pure muppet madness.
Hold the Tiger (Johnathan Winters) Weird.
Tempataion (James Coburn) Love Animal in this one. I miss Frank.
ME And Gargolye (Debby Harry) Just cool.

 

[foofoocakes]

Nicely pillaged-KTF

I can't believe no one has mentioned "In the Navy" with the pigs. I love that one!

 

[Skeeter Muppet]

Re: Nicely pillaged-KTF

Originally posted by foofoocakes
I can't believe no one has mentioned "In the Navy" with the pigs. I love that one!

I mentioned it. It was on my list - in fact, it was the last entry on my list.


-Kim

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

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Yeah, that one was good. I don't have that episode, but they show clips of that one in the Brian Henson intros. It would be nice to hear the whole song.

 

[Barry Lee]

Oh yeah! deffenently raquel welche's apperane that was just HOT!
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BARRY LEE