"The Best of The Muppets from The Muppet Show"

[minor muppetz]

Here are a few more ideas:

Nolvelty Acts
Another Opening, Another Show
Don't Squeeze Me In
In a Little Spanish Town
Pensylvania 6-5000
You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd
Cottlesone Pie
Gonzo plays the violin while a plant grows
Fozzie saws a robot in half
The Varsity Drag
Foo Foo the Wonder Dog
The Lactrec Sisters and the Garbage can-can
Gonzo's Chicken Act
Fozzie's Mime Act
Two Chickens play chimes
Nobody
Lady of Spain
Fozzie's Puppet Act
The Zuccinni Bros. high-divign act
The Four Fazoobs
You're Feet's Too Big

Romantic Moments
How Could You Believe me When I Told You That I Love You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life?
At the Dance (from the Joel Grey episode)
Miss Piggy wants Scooter to tell Kermit that she and Avery Schrieber love each other
Won't Somebody Dance with Me?
True Love
Gonzo falls in love with Madeline Kahn
I'm In Love with a Big Blue Frog
Scooter tells Kermit that Piggy and Avery Schrieber don't want to be disturbed
Wayne and Wanda: I'll Know
At the Dance (from the Candice Bergen episode)
Talk Spot: Avery Schrieber
Gonzo tells Kermit that he and Madeline Kahn are getting married
At the Dance (from the Mummenshaz episode)
Confide in Me
Koozebanian Mating Ritual
Kermit tells Miss Piggy that Scooter told Kermit about Miss Piggy wanting to make kermit jealous
Lady Be Good
The Wishing Song
At the Dance (from the Pearl Bailey episode)
Waiting at the Church
Gonzo gives Camillia flowers
That's Just an Old-Fashioned Love Song

 

[Dil]

Here's my list:

The Best of Comedy from The Muppet Show

1. Opening Theme (from the 5th Season)
2. Comedy Tonight
3. Fozzie's Monologue (Sawing a Thing in Half)
4. Happy Wanderer
5. Milton Berle's Monologue
6. Fozzie's Monologue (in the Woods)
7. Yes, We Have No Bananas
8. Veterinarian's Hospital: Doing All The Same Jokes Twice
9. Foo-Foo the Wonder Dog
10. Zero Mostel's Poem
11. Rhyming Song
12. Good Grief! The Comedian's A Bear
13. Your Feet's Too Big
14. Fozzie's Monologue (Prenology)
15. Gonzo catches a cannonball with his bare hand
16. John Cleese stretches Gonzo
17. Pigs in Space: Headlight of a Motercycle
18. I've Never Harmed an Onion
19. Fozzie's Monologue (Ventriloquist)
20. Peter Sellers: Cigarettes & Whusky
21. Fozzie's Monologue (Roller Skating)
22. Top Banana
23. Telephone Bit
24. Dudley Moore's Closing Number
25. Closing Theme

BONUS FEATURES
1. 6 EPISODES
a. Avery Schreiber
b. Milton Berle
c. Marty Feldman
d. Bruce Forsyth
e. Rich Little

2. Bonus Clips
a. Muppet Labs: Super Glue
b. I've Got Rhythm

3. Trivia Game
(You'll see an extra Muppet Show episode, the one starring Zero Mostel if you get all the answers right.)

4. English Subtitles

5. The Making of The Comedy on The Muppet Show

What do you think of this? Should this DVD tickle the bones? I think this volume of the 30th Anniversary Muppet Show DVD Collection is perfect.

 

[minor muppetz]

It would be interesting to have DVDs for the best of each season.

Here is my idea for The Best of Season 1:

Mahna Mahna
Muppet News: There is No News Tonight
Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
"Letter for Kermit the Frog!"
Muppet Labs: All-Purpose Tenderizer
Dog Eat Dog
The Swedish Chef: Spicy Sauce
Love ya To Death
At the Dance (from the Joel Grey episode)
The Houses: I Hear Your Brother is Interested in Religion
Hugga Wugga
"Wire for Kermit the Frog!"
The Butterfly
Gonzo eats a tire
Koozebanian Mating Ritual
Ain't Misbehavin'
May You Always
You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd
Veterinarians Hospital: Duck
Panel Discussion: What is Man's Role in the Universe?
Wayne and Wanda: Indian Love Call
"Note for Kermit the Frog!"
Never Smile at a Crocodile
The Library Sketch
You Do Something to Me
Fozzie plans to bury Statler and Waldorf with one line
Lady of Spain
"Flower for kermit the Frog!"
Java
Dance!
You Don't Want my Love
Minuete in G Flat
Temptation

and here is a volume two of the best of season one (this time featuring guest stars):

Nice Girl Like Me
Kermit meets Robot Kermit
Vendaface: Two customers
At the Dance (from the Valerie Harper episode)
Fever
Talk Spot: Juliet Prowse
Muppet Labs: Robot Politician
Money
Teenager in Love
Fozzie promises to quit if Statler and Waldorf don't laugh at his best joke
Fozzie get's a call from the fire department
Wayne and Wanda: Some Enchanted Evening
Kermit and Robot kermit in the mirror
What Now My Love?
Veterinarians Hospital: Hiccupping Patient
Thank God I'm a Country Boy
Muppet News: Hotline
The Swedish Chef: Japaneese Cake
Mississippi Mud
The Houses: My Insides Are Killing Me
Panel Discussions: Florence Henderson
Cottlesone Pie
The Raggmopps
In a Little Spanish Town
I Feel Pretty
Tomorrow
Sweetums gives Vincent Price a hand
Miss Piggy meets Robot Kermit
Silence
Mr. Bassman
Ethel Merman Medley
The Kings Breakfast
You've Got to Have Friends

 

[minor muppetz]

Here are two voluems for season two:

Volume 1 (without guest stars):
Pig Calypso
The Swedish Chef: Lobsters
Floyd plays bass while Nigel whistles
Bunsen suddenly appears backstage
When
Beaker suddenly appears backstage
Pigs in Space: Chopped-Liver Monster
Wild Thing
Up, Up, and Away
Gonzo tells kermit that he is auditioning dancing chickens
Veterinarians Hospital: Baskerville
Gonzo hangs by a feather boa
The Ant and The Grasshopper
Two Lost Souls
Sonny Boy
Borneo
Sam talks about nudity
Muppet Labs: Teleporter
Gonzo auditions dancing chickens
Don't Blame the Dynamite
The Lactrec Sisters
Baby Face
Kermit interviews the Koozebanian Phoob
Long, Long Ago
Claire de Lune
Chattanooga Choo-Choo
Muppet News: News Flash
Fozzie's Rollerskating Act
Ukelelee lady
Gonzo and Lolita
What a Wonderful World
Any Old Iron

Volume two (with guest stars)
Happy Feet
Don't Go Breaking my Heart
Apple Jack
J.P. Grosse tells Kermit that the theater will be turned into a junkyard
Muppet News: Jettison Instruments
Veterinarians Hospital: Dr. Bob does a sketch twice
Cuento Le Gustas
Kermit meets Mickey Moose
Yes, We Have No Bananas
J.P. gross inspects the stage
There Was an Old lady Who swallowed a Fly
English Country Garden
I'm Five
Kermit tells Cleo Laine that he doesn't really hate Mickey Moose
Fozzie's Phrenology Act
At the Dance (from the Rich Little Episode)
Chiggarettes and Whisky
Muppet Labs: Nuclear Shaver
Time in a Bottle
Henrietta's Wedding
Swine Lake
The Swedish Chef: Chocolate Moose
Limbo
Miss Piggy talks to J.P. Grosse
Smoke Get's In Your Eyes
Beast of the week
Monster Adoption Agency
Pigs in Space: Mid-Course Correction
Somethings Missing
Kermit get's Scooter to try to get J.P. grosse to reconsider turnignt eh theater into a junkyard
Cheese Cake
Fears of Zero
That's Entertainment
Sam talks about crime
The Varsity Drag
Kermit meets Ronald Duck
We Got Us
J.P. grosse decides not tot ear down the theater

 

[minor muppetz]

Here are two voluems for The best of Season 3:

Volume One (no guest stars)
Octopuses Garden
Gonzo orders a meal in the canteen
Gonzo balances a piano
Pigs in Space: First Pigs in Koozebane part 1
Fozzie writes a script
Rowlf and Lew Zeland perform Tea For Two backwards
Miss Piggy orders the weight watchers special in the canteen
Fozzie saws a robot in half
Pigs in Space: First pigs on Koozebane part 2
Mommy Wouldn't Buy me a Bow Wow
Pensylvania 6-5000
Catch a falling Star
Interview with Marvin Suggs
A Muppet melodrama (from the jean Stapleton episode)
Hawian War Chant
Muppet Labs: Edible Paper Clips
Animal orders a TV dinner
Gonzo gives Camillia flowers
Fozzie's tie get's caught in his typewriter
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Veteriarian's Hospital: Hawian Pig
Muppet Sports: Wig racing
Oklahoma
Bear on Patrol: Assulting an Officer
New York State of Mind

Volume Two (with guests)
You Make Me Feel Like dancing
The Lullaby of broadway
backstage scenes from the Marissa Berensen episode
Tuxedo Junction
A Four-Legged Friend
Hey There Good Times!
Gonzo's Motorcycle Act part 1
Gonzo adjusts his motorcycle backstage
Eight Little Notes
Fozzie has Kermit list his good and bad points
At the dance (from the pearl Baily episode)
Muppet Labs: Elevador Shoes
Last Dance
Someone Just Like You
There's a New Sound
Pigs in Space: Dissolvatron
Fozzie tells kermit that Gonzo has perfected half of his motorcycle jump
bear on patrol: Impersonating an Officer
Muppet Sports: Goldfish Shooting
Muppet news: Refridgerator Throwing Contest
An Actors Life For Me
Kermit and Piggy's staged wedding
Mack the Knife
The Rhyming Song
Gonzo's Motorcycle Act part 2
Talk Spot: Jean Stapleton
School's Out For Summer

 

[MartyMuppets]

Also, I would like to point out that I haven't seen the song If I Ruled the World, so I don't know for sure if it had anything comedic, but I have a feeling that it did.

If I Ruled the World was a backstage number during season 5 sung by Robin the Frog and Guest star Hal Linden in his dressing room. It was in itself a serious duet but after it's over Gonzo suddenly appears and declares that if he ruled the world clothing would all be edible (I'm reasonably sure that's the word he said it's been a long time since I saw it)

And I think Hal and Robin just looked at each other incredulously in the split second before the scene changed to whatever followed next on the episode.

 

[minor muppetz]

Here are contents for two volumes of season four:

Volume 1:
I Get Around
Muppet News: Killer Lamb
The Swedish Chef: Squirrell Stew
Ram-a-rama-ding-dong
A Horse Named Bill
Disco Frog
Bear on Patrol: Octopus
As My Guitar Gently Weaps
Pigs in Space: Dirth Nadir
Fozzie's Mime Act
Veterinarian's Hospital: Kermit
Scooter practices for his big number
Muppet Labs: Pet Converter
Pigs in Space: Dirth Nadir
Musician Joke: Do You Know There's a Little Old Lady Sleeping Up Here?
Why Can't We Be Friends?
You're No Good
Rock Around the Clock
Feelings
Muppet Sports: Bagpipe Eating
I've Got Rhythym
Hound Dog
Six String Orchestra

Volume two:
Take Ten Terriffic Girls
Grandma's Feather Bed
Grocery Blues
The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Muppet News: Cheese
Take a Chance on Me
Everyone tries to get out of taking care of Foo Foo
Muppet Labs: Banana Sharpener
The Gambler
Floyd locks Foo Foo into the drawer
Veterinarian's Hospital: Rabbits
Knees Up, Mother Brown
Last Time I Saw Him
He's the Greatest Dancer
Do Wah Diddy
Dudley Moore and The Electric Mayhem play music
Sixty Second's Got Together
Be a Frog!
Act Natually
I Get By with a Little Help from My Friends
Miss Piggy karate chops Floyd
We Must Beleive in Magic

 

[minor muppetz]

Here are two volumes for season five:

Volume 1:
Another Opening, Another Show
Bear on Patrol: Banana Nose Moldenado
Beauregard plays Oh Suzanna on his harmonica
Rockin' Robin
Veterinarian's Hospital: Beauregard
Who Put the Bomp (in the bomp-sha-bomp-sha-bomp)
Fozzie tells jokes in the woods
Foo Foo the Wonder Dog
Muppet Sports: Cross Country Billards
Car Wash Blues
After You've Gone
Danny Boy
Tumblin' Tumbleweeds
Dr. Bob checks on the skiers
Pigs in Space: The End of the World part 1
Muppet News: The Meaning of Life
Pigs in Space: The End of the World part 2
Scooter forgets to cash the insurance check for the skiers medical problems
The Martins and The McCoys
One of These Days
Poision Ivy
Once in Love with Amy
Friendship

Volume 2:
There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
When the Saints Come Marching In
In The Navy
Egg-Sucking Dog
Scooter tells Kermit that the show will have gold for the closing number
Muppet Labs: Gold Into Cottage Cheese
Yakkity Yak
The Roarin' Twenties Sketch
Tumblin' Tumbleweeds
Muppet News: Gold
I Feel the Earth Move
Pigs in Space: Meteor Shower
How High the Moon?
Kermit's Dance Lesson
Me and Gargoyle
Muppet Sports:Yarndarn hanging
Bear on Patrol: Handcuff Salesman
Bluebird
The Cat Came Back
The Swedish Chef: Spring Chickens
Veterinarian's Hospital: Viking
The Rainbow Connection
Goldfinger

 

[Dil]

Minor Muppetz, did you forget to put "Happy Wanderer" on the Season Four DVD you posted? It's a lot funnier than "Why Can't We Be Friends". "Happy Wanderer" have just pigs, as "Why Can't We Be Friends" have just whatnot muppets.

 

[MartyMuppets]

Minor Muppetz, did you forget to put "Happy Wanderer" on the Season Four DVD you posted? It's a lot funnier than "Why Can't We Be Friends". "Happy Wanderer" have just pigs, as "Why Can't We Be Friends" have just whatnot muppets.

Yes I certainly do have to agree with Dil about this. "Happy Wanderer" is the best comedy number ever done on TMS

I can't help feeling a little sorry for those poor pigs but it is definitely the funniest skit