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Muppets that Appeared in the Cold Openings

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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.
 

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You forgot to list Judy Collins and Cheryl Ladd.
 
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Oops! I meant this:

Rich Little: Big Mama

Judy Collins: Crazy Harry



Cheyll Ladd: Luncheon Counter Monster
 
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