Frank Oz's appearances throughout his later seasons

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Frank Oz's season 3 segments
Total: 118
Bert: 28 - Street scenes in episode 0276 (w/ Cookie Monster) and 0359 (w/ Harvey Kneeslapper), 23 Bert and Ernie segments (3 Expeditions, 3 Nighttime, 17 Apartment), Four Elephants (w/ Lefty), La La La, The National Association of W Lovers
Cookie Monster: 23 - The Great Cookie Thief, S, R, & M, Read Danger Sign, Visualize Bakery, Amazing Mumford Full and Empty, Through Tissue Paper, Count to 20, Count to 10, Some More and Most, The Remembering Game, street scenes in episode 0316, 0324, 0340, 0349, 0352 (w/ Grover), 0401 (w/ Lefty the Salesman), and 0403 (w/ Grover), Dee Dee Dee, Say the Alphabet, Cookie Machine, 4 Galletitas, School Sign, C is for Cookie
Grover: 33 - 3 Waiter Grover segments, Letter M, Long and Short, Here and There, Street scenes in episode 0279, 0290, 0295 (w/ Cookie Monster), and 0393, Mumford's Pineapple Subtraction Trick, Count Five Fingers, Between, The Amazing Mumford's Suspension Act, No, Yes, Recite Alphabet, Grover's Rowboat, Two Poles, Ding Ding (w/ Cookie Monster), Heavy Help Sign, Library, Adding and Subtracting, Count to 20 (different from Cookie Monster one), You and Me, Scatting to Handclapping, Big Bigger and Biggest Snowman, Fireman Grover, Two G Sounds, Herry's Secret, The Question Song, Still We Like Each Other, Grover's Mother
Harvey Kneeslapper: 8 - Do You Know Where I Wanna B?, Away From, Wanna See Something Funny, Do You Want Me To Keep An I On Your Hat?, D On, Do Ya Have an A on Ya, Wanna C, Confetti
Lefty the Salesman: 2 - Would You Like to Buy an O?, Snowman
Evil Prime Minister: 2 - The Mystery of the Four Dragons, The Unhappy Empire
Bubsy Twins: 4 - Candle, Rocket, Hammer, Tire
One shots: 18 - Alien Alphabet, Hide and Seek with Z, The King and the Fireman, Snow White, The Trading Game, Twiddlebug Party, Decorate Clubhouse, The Miss Muffet Play, Letters vs Numbers, Doc Holiday, Alphabet Kid, The James Twins, The Girl the Trees and the Terrible Troll, Anything Muppets Grow a Flower, The City Mouse and the Country Mouse, P Is My Favorite Letter, J Friends, Visual Thinking, Family

Once again, Frank's still got a triple digit segments in the season count but it is decreasing slightly, likely from having a bigger backlog of segments to repeat.

 

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Frank Oz's season 4 segments:
Total: 90
Bert: 20 - 15 Bert and Ernie segments (2 Miscellaneous, 11 Apartment, 1 Nighttime, 4 Expeditions), 4 Muppet and Kid Moments, street scenes in episode 0527 (w/ Grover)
Cookie Monster: 21 - The Boy Who Cried Monster, Princess and the Cookie, 2 Muppet and Kid Moments, 1 Bert and Ernie Apartment, Count to 10 Cookies, Beat the Time, street scenes in episode 0447, 0453, 0471, 0484, 0491 (w/ Grover), 0510 (w/ Lefty the Salesman), 0515 (w/ Harvey Kneeslapper), Test Your Strength, Near and Far Tony, Rhyme with Buy, The Cookie Counter, Cookie Rock Song, Count the Cookies, The Ballad of Casey McPhee
Grover: 27 - Street scenes in episode 0406 (w/ Bert and Cookie Monster), 0437 (w/ Cookie Monster), 0446, 0505 (w/ Cornelius and Cookie Monster), 0514, 0523 (w/ Harvey Kneeslapper), Heavy and Light, Rhyming Trick, Rabbit Trick, Bacon and Eggs, 6 Muppet and Kids Moments, Beat The Time, Top and Bottom, Cluck Cluck Sandwich, Draw the Letter M, 5 Blocks, Only Five, Front and Back, In and Out, Frazzle's Day, Draw the Letter Q, Draw the Letter K
Harvey Kneeslapper: 7 - Would You Like One, I'd Love 2, X Marks the Spot, Help, Picture of U, Robin Hood's Merry Men, street scenes in episode 0525
Lefty the Salesman: 2 - Scale, Stolen Golden AN
One shots: 13 - Teeth Looks For a Job, Here Is Your Life, The King's Problem, Prince Charming Rescues Rapunzel, The Emperor's New Gong, Sleeping Beauty Frog Kiss, Tortoise and the Hare, Sleeping Beauty Prince Sleep, Cleaner and Shoemaker, Ike and the Ilk, Cinderella at the Ball, Pied Piper Hamelin, I Wanna Hold Your Ear

Okay, now Oz dips below the three digit segment count at this point. Curious if this is due to a combination of more segments to reuse and there being more male puppeteers like Jerry Nelson and Richard Hunt to ease Oz's roles.

 

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Frank Oz season 5 segments:
Total: 80
Bert: 28 - 15 Bert and Ernie segments (6 Expedition, 8 Apartment, 1 Nighttime), Magic Chain, 7 Muppet and Kid segments, Doin the Pigeon, A Flower Grows (w/ Cookie Monster), street scenes in episode 0593 (w/ Cookie Monster), 0612 (w/ Cookie Monster), and 0647
Grover: 20 - How Do You Do, Here and There, 2 Muppet and Kid Moments, street scenes in episode 0551, 0594 (w/ Cookie Monster), 0615 (w/ Cookie Monster, Harvey Kneeslapper, and Prince Charming), 0644, 0645 (w/ Cookie Monster), and 0664, Short and Long, Horse and Cart, Grover and the Baby Birds, Break Through Painting, 2 Super Grover segments, Cold and Warm, Back/Front in Saddle, Say the Letter A, Phone Booth
Cookie Monster: 16 - Street scenes in episode 0547 (w/ Grover), 0548, 0559 (w/ Bert), 0562, 0570 (w/ Grover), 0584 (w/ Grover), and 0604, Instruments with a Banana, Weather Calendar, 1 Muppet and Kid Moment, Amor, Sound Out Food, Green Napkin, Share a Cookie, The Monster's Three Wishes
Harvey Kneeslapper: 3 - Open the Toy Closet, 3 Sticks, Letter R, Same and Different
Prince Charming: 2 - street scenes in episode 0595 and 0627 (w/ Grover)
Tessie Twiddlebug: 1 - Going to the Zoo
One shots: 10 - Fat Cat, What Makes People Angry, Long and Short Gas Station, The Pig's Straw House, The Count Counts the Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and the Woodsman, Little Miss Muffet, Hey Diddle Diddle, Old Mother Hubbard, Humpty Dumpty

It seems to be dropping with each passing season now.

 

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Frank Oz season 6 segments:
Total: 55
Bert: 6 - street scenes in episode 0666, 0672, 0682, and 0693 (w/ Cookie Monster), Let's Make A Face (w/ Grover), The Subway
Grover: 25 - Marshal Grover in Big Bigger Biggest, street scenes in episode 0684, 0705, 0712 (w/ Prince Charming and Cookie Monster), 0734 (w/ Bert), and 0757 (w/ Bert, Cookie Monster, and Prince Charming), Up and Down Stairs, Waiter Grover in Hamburger, 4 Super Grover segments (Bus Stop, Hair Cut, Fence Exit, Apple Fight), 4 Grovers, Professor Grover in Parts of Body, 9 Muppet and Kid Moments, Ice Follies: Leap Frog (w/ Cookie Monster)
Cookie Monster: 9 - Doctor Monster, street scenes in episode 0699 (w/ Anything Muppet), 0722 (w/ Grover), 0725, 0732 (w/ Prince Charming), 0742 (w/ Harvey Kneeslapper), and 0748 (w/ Grover), Ernie Gets His Fortune, Alphabet Chat: L, Near and Far (remake)
Harvey Kneeslapper: 2 - Sticky 4, Man in Snowstorm
Lefty the Salesman: 2 - Invisible Ice Cream Cone, Lefty Forgets Secret Knock
Tessie Twiddlebug: 1 - Hanging a Picture
One shots: 10 - Mirror Mirror, Here Is Your Life: A Loaf of Bread, Hickory Dickory Dock, Holiday Mix Up, Rumpelstiltskin, Five Little Pigs, Man in Snowstorm, The King Banishes the Letter P, Numerical Correspondence Song, street scenes in episode 0744

Woah, one heck of a drop going into season 6 and that's before The Muppet Show began production. Then again, that Muppet Show Valentines Day pilot was being shot around this time, maybe that played a role in Oz's decreasing segments. That and more performers and more material to reuse (the final 30 episodes of the season reuse previous street stories).

Kinda noticing Oz did a lot more street scenes this season compared to others.

 

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Frank Oz season 7 segments:
Total: 45
Grover: 14 - street scenes in episode 0796, 0894 (w/ Cookie Monster), 0897, and 0916 (w/ Cookie Monster), Earmuff Salesman, Weather Machine Salesman, The People In Your Neighborhood: Crossing Guard and Waiter Grover, Kermit Calls a Plumber, Marshal Grover in Away From, Heavy and Light, 1 Muppet and Kid Moment, Near and Far (Ice Follies version), Move Wheel Up Hill, I Stand Up Straight and Tall,
Bert: 7 - 3 Bert and Ernie segments (2 Nighttime, 1 Apartment), Dance Music, Bert Ice Skates with Prairie Dawn, Balloon Volleyball with Kids, street scenes in episode 0900 (w/ Grover)
Cookie Monster: 7 - street scenes in episode 0804 (w/ Grover and Prince Charming), 0849 (w/ Grover), 0850 (w/ Grover), 0870, 0905 (w/ Grover), and 0923, She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain,
Harvey Kneeslapper: 1 - street scenes in episode 0827 (w/ Grover and Bert)
One shots: 16 - The Sad Princess, The People In Your Neighborhood: Oil Man and Street Cleaner, The People In Your Neighborhood: Moving Man and Hot Dog Man, The People In Your Neighborhood: Florist and Electrician, The Mystery Mix Up Game, Princess Chooses a Prince, Don Music: Yankee Doodle, Pinocchio, George Washington's Cherry Tree, Old King Cole, Don Music: Old MacDonald, A Song Without A Reason, street scenes in episode 0885, Elevator Song, It's Funny, 37 Feet Apart

Season 8 segment total: 38
Grover: 10 - street scenes in episode 0926, 0936 (w/ Cookie Monster), 0945 (w/ Cookie Monster), and 1029, Count to Ten with Mountain Echo, Waiter Grover All Out of Food, 1 Muppet and Kid Moment, I'm Not Afraid, What Is It, Ride a Pretend Horse with Rodeo Rosie
Bert: 12 - 8 Bert and Ernie segments (6 Apartment, 2 Nighttime), I Love a March, street scenes in episode 1004 (w/ Cookie Monster and Grover)
Cookie Monster: 8 - Asking For a Box of Cookies, Ice Skating Whistle, street scenes in episode 0949 (w/ Grover), 0958 (w/ Grover and Bert), 1011 (w/ Grover and Bert), 1045 and 1048 (w/ Grover), Fight Over a Bicycle, Eating Ernie's Cookies Fast or Slow, Cookie Disco
Harvey Kneeslapper: 1 - Gimme Five
One shots: 7 - Aladdin and His Lamp, Little Bo Peep, Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe, The People in Your Neighborhood: Elevator Operator and Pharmacist, Bus Stop Sign Song, The Invisible Man, Just Around the Corner

Season 9 segment total: 39
Grover: 11 - street scenes in episode 1056 (w/ Bert) and 1128 (w/ Cookie Monster), Marshal Grover Counts Backwards, 2 Muppet and Kid Moments, The Number 2, Knees, Waiter Grover in Fly in the Soup, Read Open Card, Sing After Me, The Four Seasons Pageant (w/ Bert and Cookie Monster)
Bert: 13 - street scenes in episode 1068 (w/ Cookie Monster), 1133 (w/ Grover and Cookie Monster), and 1154 (w/ Grover), 7 Bert and Ernie segments (5 Apartment, 2 Nighttime), I Got a Song, Turn P into R, Feelin Good/Feelin Bad
Cookie Monster: 7 - Monsterpiece Theater: Upstairs Downstairs (w/ Grover), 3 Muppet and Kid Moments, The Cookie Bunny, Differently Shaped Cookies, street scenes in episode 1141 (w/ Bert and Grover)
One shots: 8 - Here Is Your Life: Tooth, The People In Your Neighborhood: Motorman and Telephone Repairman, Brush Your Teeth, Jack and Jill, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Toothy Takes a Partner, We're a Family, Doc Meets Mean Manny

Seems with the Muppet Show starting production around this time, Frank averaged around 30-40 segments.

 

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Here's the final count for the Frank Oz segments in each season:

• Season 1 - 149
• Season 2 - 133
• Season 3 - 118
• Season 4 - 90
• Season 5 - 80
• Season 6 - 55
• Season 7 - 45
• Season 8 - 38
• Season 9 - 39
• Season 10 - 32
• Season 11 - 33
• Season 12 - 23
• Season 13 - 34
• Season 14 - 22
• Season 15 - 7
• Season 16 - 10
• Season 17 - 0
• Season 18 - 10
• Season 19 - 15
• Season 20 - 16
• Season 21 - 14
• Season 22 - 9
• Season 23 - 13
• Season 24 - 20
• Season 25 - 31
• Season 26 - 4
• Season 27 - 21
• Season 28 - 29
• Season 29 - 20
• Season 30 - 10
• Season 33 - 12
• Season 34 - 10
• Season 35 - 2
• Season 36 - 4
• Season 37 - 6
• Season 38 - 0
• Season 39 - 0
• Season 40 - 2
• Season 41 - 0
• Season 42 - 2
• Season 43 - 4

Seems Frank definitely had a huge number of segments in seasons 1-3 due to being early in the show's run and not having as much material to reuse at that point. Then it kinda plateaus in the 80-90 range in seasons 4-5 when enough material at that point to reuse. Seasons 6-7 decrease down to 40-50 and seasons 7-14 decrease even further to 20-40 with Frank getting busy with helping Jim with his Muppet Show pilots + Saturday Night Live's infamous Land of Gorch and later being busy with The Muppet Show and the first two Muppet films.

minor muppetz already summed up season 15 onward from there with Frank's segments taking a hit when he began directing in the mid 1980s with averages around 10-20 segments per season (aside from being fully absent in season 17 due to Little Shop of Horrors and barely in 15 during Muppets Take Manhatten and 22 during What About Bob's filming), then there's a huge increase in the mid-late 1990s going back up to 20-30 segments average per season, likely a combination of picking up the slack after Jim and Richard passed away and Steve Whitmire getting cast as Ernie (fueling more Bert material).

Then Frank takes a hit again in season 30 due to a drop in episodes and the advent of Elmo's World making it harder to add more segments and is completely absent in seasons 31-32, guessing production of The Score took up time and being around the time Eric Jacobson and David Rudman were cast as his successors. And surprisingly getting a solid amount at 10-12 segments in seasons 33-34, likely with season 34 being the last time Frank was regularly on the show before dipping to single digits from 2004 until he left completely after 2012.

 

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Here's the final count for the Frank Oz segments in each season:

• Season 1 - 149
• Season 2 - 133
• Season 3 - 118
• Season 4 - 90
• Season 5 - 80
• Season 6 - 55
• Season 7 - 45
• Season 8 - 38
• Season 9 - 39
• Season 10 - 32
• Season 11 - 33
• Season 12 - 23
• Season 13 - 34
• Season 14 - 22
• Season 15 - 7
• Season 16 - 10
• Season 17 - 0
• Season 18 - 10
• Season 19 - 15
• Season 20 - 16
• Season 21 - 14
• Season 22 - 9
• Season 23 - 13
• Season 24 - 20
• Season 25 - 31
• Season 26 - 4
• Season 27 - 21
• Season 28 - 29
• Season 29 - 20
• Season 30 - 10
• Season 33 - 12
• Season 34 - 10
• Season 35 - 2
• Season 36 - 4
• Season 37 - 6
• Season 38 - 0
• Season 39 - 0
• Season 40 - 2
• Season 41 - 0
• Season 42 - 2
• Season 43 - 4

Seems Frank definitely had a huge number of segments in seasons 1-3 due to being early in the show's run and not having as much material to reuse at that point. Then it kinda plateaus in the 80-90 range in seasons 4-5 when enough material at that point to reuse. Seasons 6-7 decrease down to 40-50 and seasons 7-14 decrease even further to 20-40 with Frank getting busy with helping Jim with his Muppet Show pilots + Saturday Night Live's infamous Land of Gorch and later being busy with The Muppet Show and the first two Muppet films.

minor muppetz already summed up season 15 onward from there with Frank's segments taking a hit when he began directing in the mid 1980s with averages around 10-20 segments per season (aside from being fully absent in season 17 due to Little Shop of Horrors and barely in 15 during Muppets Take Manhatten and 22 during What About Bob's filming), then there's a huge increase in the mid-late 1990s going back up to 20-30 segments average per season, likely a combination of picking up the slack after Jim and Richard passed away and Steve Whitmire getting cast as Ernie (fueling more Bert material).

Then Frank takes a hit again in season 30 due to a drop in episodes and the advent of Elmo's World making it harder to add more segments and is completely absent in seasons 31-32, guessing production of The Score took up time and being around the time Eric Jacobson and David Rudman were cast as his successors. And surprisingly getting a solid amount at 10-12 segments in seasons 33-34, likely with season 34 being the last time Frank was regularly on the show before dipping to single digits from 2004 until he left completely after 2012.

Does this list also account the street scenes he appeared in?

 

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Does this list also account the street scenes he appeared in?

I posted my work for how I counted Frank's work in seasons 1-9 and minor muppetz posted their proof of the segments Frank did in seasons 10-43, and yes we both included the street scenes.