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Several episodes feature other Muppets, rather than Scooter and/or Pops, in the Cold Openings, as some don't:
Don Knotts: Gorgon Heap
Zero Mostel: Fozzie & Behemoth
Milton Berle: Timmy Monster
Rich Little: Crazy Harry
Nancy Walker: Timmy Monster
Edgar Bergen: Boppity
Steve Martin: none
Madeline Kahn: Sam the Eagle
George Burns: Gonzo
Dom DeLuise: The Swedish Chef
Bernadette Peters: A Chicken
Rudolf Nureyev: none (even the Rudolf in this Cold Opening)
Elton John: Elton's Lunch
Lou Rawls: Sam the Eagle
Cleo Laine: Animal
Julie Andrews: Monsters
Jaye P. Morgan: none
Peter Sellers: Gonzo
Petula Clark: Mickey Moose
Bob Hope: Gonzo
Teresa Brewer: Large Hand
John Cleese: none
Cloris Leachman: Food & Animals
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge: Monsters
Leo Sayer: Monsters
Roy Clark: Pair of Chaps
Gilda Radner: none
Pearl Bailey: Oysters
Jean Stapleton: Two-Headed Lady
Alice Cooper: Hideous Things
Loretta Lynn: none
Liberace: Muppet Piano
Marissa Berenson: Alligator Luggages
Raquel Welch: Gonzo, Dr. Teeth, Floyd, Gloat, & Quongo
James Coco: none
Helen Reddy: Fozzie
Harry Belafonte: Crazy Harry
Lesley Ann Warren: Luncheon Counter Monster
Danny Kaye: none
Spike Milligan: none
Leslie Uggams: Chickens
Elke Sommer: Fred The Wardrobe Eater
Sylvester Stallone: Clams
Roger Miller: none
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans: none
Lynn Redgrave: An Archer
John Denver: Waldorf
Crystal Gayle: none
Shields & Yarnell: none
Dyan Cannon: none
Victor Borge: Bust of Beethoven
Linda Lavin: none
Dudley Moore: none
Arlo Guthrie: none
Beverly Sills: none
Kenny Rogers: Oil Drillers
Lola Falana: none
Phyllis George: none
Dizzy Gillespie: none
Liza Minnelli: none
Anne Murray: none
Jonathan Winters: none
Star Wars: Angus McGonagle
Christopher Reeve: Rats
Lynda Carter: none
Doug Henning: none
Alan Arkin: The Swedish Chef & A Cow
Andy Williams: Cheese
Carol Channing: Penguins & A Walrus
Diana Ross: Gonzo, Rizzo, Annie Sue, & Penguins
Gene Kelly: The Swedish Chef
Loretta Swit: none
Joan Baez: Forest Animals
Shirley Bassey: A Rat & A Crocodille
James Coburn: none
Brooke Shields: The White Rabbit
Glenda Jackson: Eric The Parrot in a Penguin Disguise
Senor Wences: none
Deborah Harry: none
Jean-Pierre Rampal: Veggies
Paul Simon: none
Melissa Manchester: Animal, Floyd, A Double-Headed Girl, & Crazy Harry
Tony Randall: Fozzie, Bobby Benson, Beard, Rizzo, Beaugard, Lew Zealand, 2 Pigs, & Quongo
Mac Davis: none
Carol Burnett: Gonzo
Gladys Knight: none
Hal Linden: none
Marty Feldman: Loretta The Camel
Chris Langham: Kermit
Wally Boag: none
Johnny Cash: none
Buddy Rich: none
Linda Ronstadt: Butterfly
Roger Moore: none
Now, we have a shortcut to finding all the cold opening featuring other Muppets than Scooter and/or Pops.
Don Knotts: Gorgon Heap
Zero Mostel: Fozzie & Behemoth
Milton Berle: Timmy Monster
Rich Little: Crazy Harry
Nancy Walker: Timmy Monster
Edgar Bergen: Boppity
Steve Martin: none
Madeline Kahn: Sam the Eagle
George Burns: Gonzo
Dom DeLuise: The Swedish Chef
Bernadette Peters: A Chicken
Rudolf Nureyev: none (even the Rudolf in this Cold Opening)
Elton John: Elton's Lunch
Lou Rawls: Sam the Eagle
Cleo Laine: Animal
Julie Andrews: Monsters
Jaye P. Morgan: none
Peter Sellers: Gonzo
Petula Clark: Mickey Moose
Bob Hope: Gonzo
Teresa Brewer: Large Hand
John Cleese: none
Cloris Leachman: Food & Animals
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge: Monsters
Leo Sayer: Monsters
Roy Clark: Pair of Chaps
Gilda Radner: none
Pearl Bailey: Oysters
Jean Stapleton: Two-Headed Lady
Alice Cooper: Hideous Things
Loretta Lynn: none
Liberace: Muppet Piano
Marissa Berenson: Alligator Luggages
Raquel Welch: Gonzo, Dr. Teeth, Floyd, Gloat, & Quongo
James Coco: none
Helen Reddy: Fozzie
Harry Belafonte: Crazy Harry
Lesley Ann Warren: Luncheon Counter Monster
Danny Kaye: none
Spike Milligan: none
Leslie Uggams: Chickens
Elke Sommer: Fred The Wardrobe Eater
Sylvester Stallone: Clams
Roger Miller: none
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans: none
Lynn Redgrave: An Archer
John Denver: Waldorf
Crystal Gayle: none
Shields & Yarnell: none
Dyan Cannon: none
Victor Borge: Bust of Beethoven
Linda Lavin: none
Dudley Moore: none
Arlo Guthrie: none
Beverly Sills: none
Kenny Rogers: Oil Drillers
Lola Falana: none
Phyllis George: none
Dizzy Gillespie: none
Liza Minnelli: none
Anne Murray: none
Jonathan Winters: none
Star Wars: Angus McGonagle
Christopher Reeve: Rats
Lynda Carter: none
Doug Henning: none
Alan Arkin: The Swedish Chef & A Cow
Andy Williams: Cheese
Carol Channing: Penguins & A Walrus
Diana Ross: Gonzo, Rizzo, Annie Sue, & Penguins
Gene Kelly: The Swedish Chef
Loretta Swit: none
Joan Baez: Forest Animals
Shirley Bassey: A Rat & A Crocodille
James Coburn: none
Brooke Shields: The White Rabbit
Glenda Jackson: Eric The Parrot in a Penguin Disguise
Senor Wences: none
Deborah Harry: none
Jean-Pierre Rampal: Veggies
Paul Simon: none
Melissa Manchester: Animal, Floyd, A Double-Headed Girl, & Crazy Harry
Tony Randall: Fozzie, Bobby Benson, Beard, Rizzo, Beaugard, Lew Zealand, 2 Pigs, & Quongo
Mac Davis: none
Carol Burnett: Gonzo
Gladys Knight: none
Hal Linden: none
Marty Feldman: Loretta The Camel
Chris Langham: Kermit
Wally Boag: none
Johnny Cash: none
Buddy Rich: none
Linda Ronstadt: Butterfly
Roger Moore: none
Now, we have a shortcut to finding all the cold opening featuring other Muppets than Scooter and/or Pops.
