What guest stars would you have liked to seen?

[Speed Tracer]

If The Muppet Show were made thirty-five years earlier... Charlie Chaplin and Errol Flynn.

 

[Pug Lover]

If The Muppet Show were made thirty-five years earlier... Charlie Chaplin and Errol Flynn.

As well as,Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

 

[Pianodog]

I agree completely with Christopher Lee (he can sing too, you know, and is a lot funnier than most people give him credit for), and would like to add Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman and Eric Idle (that is, the Pythons who didn't actually appear on the show and haven't been mentioned on this thread), Meryl Streep (like Lee, funnier than people think), Jack Nicholson, Tom Waits.

Pianodog.

 

[Gorgon Heap]

I agree completely with Christopher Lee (he can sing too, you know, and is a lot funnier than most people give him credit for)

I'm just gonna go ahead and throw this in: http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=18571

Meryl Streep (like Lee, funnier than people think)

Oh gosh, I had an idea, it wasn't Muppets when it started out but the switch is easy, for an episode with Meryl Streep, where the Muppets get her as a replacement guest through an elaborate ruse by which she thinks she's doing a completely different program (like Shakespeare or some such highbrow theatre).

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

 

[Pianodog]

Very nice Christopher Lee outline, Gorgon Heap. One small error in its introduction: it says Lee is the American equivalent of Vincent Price. You do want "British" or "English" there, I think.

I'm pleasantly surprised that someone else thought of Meryl Streep!

Pianodog.

 

[Gorgon Heap]

Did I really? I meant British. Darn it anyway. Oh well, glad you liked it just the same.

David "Gorgon Heap" Ebersole

 

[Dantagon]

Whoopy Goldberg
Robin Willaims

Not my favorite actor and actress. But both can sing, act, and are very comedic. That is asuming TMS was still being made today.

 

[Brinatello]

Not sure if these actors have been mentioned:

Tim Curry. They could have done a slight nod to RHPS, and with the Muppets, it'd be a real classic!

Billy Crystal. To boast her ego more, he could have told Piggy she rooks mawvolous!

All four of the Beatles, though it was after the band broke up, but I heard Paul McCartney was willing to do it. John would have been great to see as well, or Ringo, or George!

Any surviving principal stars from "The Wizard of Oz" such as Ray Bolger, Jack Haley or Margaret Hamilton. Buddy Ebsen perhaps, too, but, he was more well-known as Jed Clampett, and that could have made for a fun episode.

There's a bunch of others, many of which have been mentioned. The show should have lasted longer, plain and simple!

 

[Pianodog]

Tim Curry would have been perfect, yes! Likewise Sean Connery, Peter O'Toole (who wouldn't have come anywhere near the Muppet Show, of course), John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier and Malcolm McDowell.

Pianodog.

 

[MartyMuppets]

Just for the record Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal both guest starred on Muppets Tonight.