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Muppets that Appeared in the Cold Openings

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Dil

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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. Right?
 
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Dil

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Could you kindly wake up and post something on the Classic Muppets Part, please?

:smile:confused: : Hello? Hello?)
 

mikebennidict

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Could you simply be more paitent and maybe somebody will reply if they know the answer to your question. For pete sakes!
 

Barry Lee

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mikebennidict said:
Could you simply be more paitent and maybe somebody will reply if they know the answer to your question. For pete sakes!
Amen! :halo:
 

David French

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Dil said:
Could you kindly wake up and post something on the Classic Muppets Part, please?

:smile:confused: : Hello? Hello?)

Dil you have obviously not take onboard what I said last time you asked a similar request - most members of these forums have day jobs and not all of us live in the United States. As Mike said, you are just going to have to be patient and wait.
 
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Dil

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I was just making sure you should not forget all about this thread.
Maybe you're too busy; so busy, you might forget all about this thread.
 

Barry Lee

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I think I should forget about this, Dil, you dont listen to people and that causes people to not look at your posts.
 

mattyboy

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I thought that in the Gladys Knight episode that a workman fell from the ceiling - does that count?
 
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Dil

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As far as I know, Senor Wences, Roger Moore, & Tony Randall were seen leaving from the entrance during the Cold Opening.

Why not...
Loretta Swit
Gladys Knight
Hal Linden
or Wally Boag?
 
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