Muppet Show DVD Audits

[TravellingMatt]

These are done episode-by-episode. If anyone disagrees, I'm all for feedback, hokay?

VOLUME 1:

ELTON JOHN:

Best Song: "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (Elton John & Miss Piggy)
Best Sketch: "Pigs In Space--Boredom" (Miss Piggy, Capt. Link Hogthrob, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Swedish Chef, Camilla)

JULIE ANDREWS:

Best Song: "Whistle A Happy Tune" (Julie Andrews & monsters)
Best Sketch: "Nice Quiet Talk" (Julie Andrews, Kermit the Frog, Robin the Frog, Scooter, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Camilla, the Zucchini Brothers, and--offstage: Animal, Thog, and Sweetums)

GENE KELLY:

Best Song: "Singin' In The Rain Medley" (Gene Kelly & Muppets)
Best Sketch: "Veterinarian's Hospital--The End Of The World" (Rowlf, Miss Piggy, Janice, Beauregard, and Announcer)

OVERALL:

Best-Written Episode: Julie Andrews
Best UK Spot: "Any Old Iron" (Kermit, Fozzie & Whatnots) (Elton John ep)

VOLUME 2:

MARK HAMILL:

Best Song: "Six String Orchestra" (Scooter w/the Electric Mayhem)
Best Sketch: "Backstage" (Kermit, Fozzie, Mark Hamill)

PAUL SIMON:

Best Song: "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" (Floyd & Janice w/Animal, Rowlf, & Rizzo)
Best Sketch: "Vet's Hospital--We Have A Weirdo!" (Rowlf, Miss Piggy, Janice, & Gonzo)

RAQUEL WELCH:

Best Song: "I'm A Woman" (Raquel Welch & Miss Piggy)
Best Sketch: "At The Dance" (Fozzie & Whatnots)

OVERALL:

Best-Written Episode: Paul Simon
Best UK Spot: "Shorts" (Vet's Hospital/Newsflash), Paul Simon

VOL. 3

HARRY BELAFONTE:

Best Song: "Turn The World Around" (Harry Belafonte & Muppets)
Best Sketch: "Pigs In Space--Dissolvatron" (Miss Piggy, Link, Strangepork, Janice, Swedish Chef & Kermit)

LINDA RONSTADT:

Best Song: "The Cat Came Back" (Rowlf, Little Benny, Gaffer, & dogs)
Best Sketch: "Pigs In Space--Battle Robot" (Miss Piggy, Kermit, Link, & Strangepork)

JOHN DENVER:

Best Song: "The Happy Wanderer" (Pigs & Goat)
Best Sketch: "The Swedish Chef--Squirrel Stew" (Swedish Chef & woodland creatures)

OVERALL:

Best-Written Episode: Harry Belafonte
Best UK Spot: "Honeysuckle Rose" (Floyd, Zoot & a bee) (Harry Belafonte ep)

VOLUME 4:

PETER SELLERS:

Best Song: "Play, Zegonya" (Peter Sellers & gypsies)
Best Sketch: "Peter's Dressing Room" (Peter Sellers, Kermit, Gonzo, chickens)

JOHN CLEESE:

Best Song: "The Impossible Dream Medley" (John Cleese, Kermit, Sweetums, various others)/"Two Lost Souls" (Robin & Sweetums) (TIE!)
Best Sketch: "Pigs In Space--Long John Silverstein" (John Cleese, Link, Eric the Parrot)

DUDLEY MOORE:

Best Song: "Mama Don't Allow" (Dudley Moore, M.A.M.M.A., Dr. Teeth, Floyd, Janice, Zoot, and Animal)
Best Sketch: "Gonzo the Great--Poetry and Bomb Detonating" (Gonzo & M.A.M.M.A.)

OVERALL:

Best-Written Episode: John Cleese
Best UK Spot: "Waiting At The Church" (Kermit & Miss Piggy) (John Cleese)

VOLUME FIVE:

ALICE COOPER:

Best Song: "Once-A-Year Day!" (Boppity, Thog, & Monsters)
Best Sketch: "Alice vs. Sam" (Alice Cooper, Sam the Eagle)

VINCENT PRICE:

Best Song: "I'm Looking Through You" (Ghosts)
Best Sketch: "At The Dance"

MARTY FELDMAN:

Best Song: "There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight/Sesame Street Theme" (Marty Feldman & The Muppets)
Best Sketch: "The Wright Brothers At Kitty Hawk" (or "Der Wreeght Brooders At Keety Hooook") (Marty Feldman, Sam the Eagle, and Whatnots)

OVERALL:

Best-Written Episode: Marty Feldman
Best UK Spot: "Once-A-Year Day!" (Alice Cooper ep)

VOLUME 6

STEVE MARTIN:

Best Song: "Duelling Banjos" (Steve Martin, the Jugband, and various others)
Best Sketch: "Ramblin' Guy" (Steve Martin)

CAROL BURNETT:

Best Song: "Watch What Happens" (Carol Burnett and Muppets)
Best Sketch: "Pigs In Space--Indigestion In Space" (Miss Piggy, Link, Strangepork, Big Mama, & Gonzo)

GILDA RADNER:

Best Song: "Tap Your Troubles Away" (Gilda Radner)
Best Sketch: "Muppet Melodrama--Flamenco Dancing" (Miss Piggy, Wayne & Uncle Deadly)

OVERALL:

Best-Written Episode: Carol Burnett
Best UK Spot: "The Pokey Polka" (Gonzo, Zelda & Whatnots) (Carol Burnett)

VOLUME 7:

GEORGE BURNS:

Best Song: "Train Back Home" (George Burns & Rowlf)
Best Sketch: "Veterinarian's Hospital--Telephone" (Rowlf, Miss Piggy, Janice, & a telephone)

DOM DELUISE:

Best Song: "Don't Blame The Dynamite" (The Electric Mayhem)
Best Sketch: "Animal Shelter Fundraiser" (Dom DeLuise & monsters)

BOB HOPE:

Best Song: "For What It's Worth" (woodland creatures)
Best Sketch: "Muppet Newsflashes" (Newsman)

OVERALL

Best-Written Episode: Dom DeLuise
Best UK Spot: "Henrietta's Wedding" (Slim Wilson aka Cowboy Jerry & Louisey) (Dom DeLuise)

Vol. 8

DIANA ROSS:

Best Song: "The Last Time I Saw Him" (Diana Ross & The Electric Mayhem)
Best Sketch: "Pigs In Space--Link's Lighter" (Miss Piggy, Link, Strangepork)

BROOKE SHIELDS:

Best Song: "These Are The Yolks, Folks" (Humpty Dumpty and various others)
Best Sketch: "Jabberwocky" (Scooter, Rowlf, Jabberwocky and various others)

RUDOLF NUREYEV:

Best Song: "Minuet in G Major" (The Electric Mayhem)
Best Sketch: "Vet's Hospital--Shakespeare Tribute" (Rowlf, Miss Piggy, Janice, and a piglet)

OVERALL:

Best Written Episode: Brooke Shields
Best UK Spot: "Feelings" (Beaker, Rowlf, Janice, Zoot, & Animal) (Diana Ross ep)

VOL. 9

JAMES COBURN:

Best Song: "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (James Coburn, Gonzo, the Electric Mayhem, Camilla, & various others)
Best Sketch: "Square Dance" (James Coburn, Animal, cowboys & geishas)

SYLVESTER STALLONE:

Best Song: "Oh, Lady Be Good!" (Dr. Teeth, Floyd & Zoot)
Best Sketch: "Vet's Hospital--Honolulu Lulu" (Rowlf, Miss Piggy, Janice, and a Hawaiian pig)

DEBBIE HARRY:

Best Song: "Call Me" (Debbie Harry, Whatnot punk rock band & Frog Scouts)
Best Sketch: "Frog Scout Invasion" (Kermit, Robin, Debbie Harry & Frog Scouts)

OVERALL:

Best-Written Episode: James Coburn
Best UK Spot: "Oh, Lady Be Good!"

VOL. 10

ROGER MOORE:

Best Song: "Talk To The Animals" (Roger Moore, animals, and spies)
Best Sketch: "Vet's Hospital--Going Berserker" (Rowlf, Miss Piggy, Janice, and Viking pig)

EDGAR BERGEN:

Best Song: "Consider Yourself" (The Muppets)
Best Sketch: "Edgar & Charlie" (Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, & Miss Piggy)

DANNY KAYE:

Best Song: "Inchworm" (Danny Kaye & The Muppets)
Best Sketch: "The Swedish Chef--Family Reunion" (Danny Kaye & The Swedish Chef)

OVERALL:

Best-Written Episode: Roger Moore
Best UK Spot: "How High The Moon?" (The Muppet Orchestra) (Roger Moore)

VOLUME 11:

ROY ROGERS & DALE EVANS:

Best Song: "Old Skyball Paint" (Roy Rogers & cowboys)
Best Sketch: "Muppet Sports--Horseshoe Tossing" (Louis Kazagger & cowboy)

KENNY ROGERS:

Best Song: "Love Lifted Me" (Kenny Rogers & Muppets)
Best Sketch: "Veterinarian's Hospital--A Froggy Day" (Rowlf, Miss Piggy, Janice & Kermit)

MAC DAVIS:

Best Song: "I Believe In Music" (Mac Davis, the Muppet orchestra, and Beakers)
Best Sketch: "Muppet Labs--Copy Machine" (Bunsen, Beaker, Beaker, Beaker, Beaker...)

OVERALL:

Best-Written Episode: Kenny Rogers
Best UK Spot: "Knees Up, Mother Brown" (Fozzie, Mrs. Bear, Rowlf & Whatnots) (Kenny Rogers)

VOLUME 12:

LIBERACE:

Best Song: "Never On A Sunday" (Miss Piggy, Animal, and pigs)
Best Sketch: "The Swedish Hospital, or Veterinarian's Chef" (The Swedish Chef, Rowlf, Janice, and Miss Piggy)

RITA MORENO:

Best Song: "Fever" (Rita Moreno, Floyd, and Animal)
Best Sketch: "Panel Discussion" (Rita Moreno, Kermit, Miss Piggy, the Guru, and a Whatnot)

LYNDA CARTER:

Best Song: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Floyd)
Best Sketch: "Wonder Pig" (Miss Piggy, Link, Strangepork, Annie Sue, and a live chicken)

OVERALL:

BEST-WRITTEN EPISODE: Lynda Carter
BEST UK SPOT: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Floyd) (Lynda Carter)

 

[Smy Guiley]

I'm sorry, but I think "Feelings" by Beaker is the best song/sketch in the Diana Ross episode. I can never get enough of that one.

eric

 

[jediX]

Yea...I disagree on many songs. Especially John Denver -- Falderee Falderah was alright, but Magic Garden is my choice. And how can "Play, Zegonya", which I cannot even remember (isn't that really called Gypsy's Violin?), be better than "Bein' Green"? I agree w/ your choice of "Call Me" for Debbie Harry, though...I love that band.

There should be a poll for fave songs somewhere...

 

[MartyMuppets]

Personally I believe the best song for the Vincent Price episode would have to be "You've got a friend" and what a pity it is that it could not be included on the season one muppet show dvd collection.
I seem to recall on the Mark Hamill episode some sea creatures singing a rendition of "3 Little Fishies" which I would pick for best song though Scooter and the Electric Mayhem's Six String Orchestra comes very close second.
Finally I do agree with your choice for John Denver. The Happy Wanderer is one of my most favourite songs and that version of it is just great.
Let's hope pigs in alps isn't cut from the release of season 4

 

[Kimp the Shrimp]

Bump

 

[MartyMuppets]

Bump

That's an unusual sort of reply.
You wouldn't happen to be referring to the goat sneaking up from behind and pushing the poor pigs off the alps with a bump would you?

 

[ReneeLouvier]

Personally I love "Six String Orchestra" and anything that Scooter has a part in. But "I'm Looking Through You" is pretty awesome as well.


Oh, and 'Bump' just usually means to bring this thread to the top of everything else, Bill Bubble Guy.

 

[MartyMuppets]

Personally I love "Six String Orchestra" and anything that Scooter has a part in. But "I'm Looking Through You" is pretty awesome as well.


Oh, and 'Bump' just usually means to bring this thread to the top of everything else, Bill Bubble Guy.

Ah I see. Thank you for explaining to me ReneeLouvier.