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List of Brian Henson intros

Phillip

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Glad the list of intros was helpful. It took quite a bit of time to double-check everything, but the info and results are well worth it. We now have a complete list of all 52 intros used for the 120 episodes.

It is disappointing that Time-Life used less than half of the generic intros when they could have included 15 of the 17 on DVD. Hopefully more of them will be released in the future.
 
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Dil

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As far as I know, these are the list of episodes that have generic intros.

Minor Characters: Juliet Prowse, Vincent Price, Sylvester Stallone

Mock-Swedish: Connie Stevens, Ethel Merman

The Great Gonzo: Joel Grey, Twiggy

Sex and Violence: Ruth Buzzi, Kaye Ballard

Kermit: Jim Nabors, Nancy Walker

Growing Up With The Muppets: Florence Henderson, Milton Berle

Lew Grade: Charles Aznavour

Comedy: Harvey Korman, Don Knotts, Pearl Bailey, Linda Ronstadt

Music: Lena Horne, Rich Little

Swedish Chef's Language: Peter Ustinov, Dom Deluise

Performing: Bruce Forsyth, Lou Rawls, Danny Kaye, Tony Randall, Marty Feldman

Jim's Characters: Sandy Duncan, Judy Collins, Roy Rogers & Dale Evans, Dudley Moore

Miss Piggy: Avery Schreiber, Teresa Brewer

Rowlf: Ben Vereen, Cleo Laine

Action Underneath: Phyllis Diller, Petula Clark, Beverly Sills, Mac Davis

Fozzie's Jokes: Valerie Harper, Cloris Leachman

Audience: Mummenschanz, Jaye P. Morgan

Can you list some more for me, please?

By the way, Phillip Kippel, there's one episode missing, the Lynda Carter one (I suppose), which I think is used on the Specific list in one of Muppet Wikia's articles, "Brian Henson Introduction Listings".
 
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Philip Kippel

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The Lynda Carter episode does not have an episode-specific intro, just another one of the generic ones.
 
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Dil

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Look at the "Brian Henson Introduction Listings" article, and you will see.
(Maybe the article is kind of lying.)
 
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Dil

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I only see 34 specificifiez episodes, and you said there's 35.

Well, what generic intro does the Lynda Carter one have?

What gereric intro does the Lola Falana one have?
 
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Dil

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On the other hand, I thought the Lynda Carter episode was genericized, too. I guess I'm really right. There's got to be another specific intro. I just see 34.
 
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Dil

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Anyway I've got the entire Time-Life Muppet Collection.

The Lynda Carter episode has a generic intro about the audience, and the Lola Falana episode has a generic intro about Gonzo.
 

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I'm suprised the Chris Langham episode doesn't have a "guest" intro.
 

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KCJ506 said:
I'm suprised the Chris Langham episode doesn't have a "guest" intro.
Yeah, if there ever was an episode could use a preface, this is it. Whole thing's an inside joke, and having Brian explain it would've been nice, I think, for those not in the know. I can still remember asking my parents who he was when I was little, and they had no idea.

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole
 
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