The Muppet Show (Season 3)

It's time to raise the curtain on The Muppet Show!

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.

Raquel Welch (Episode 1)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1978-11-17
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Fozzie heard that Roy Clark was going to bring Country to the show and sent all of the stagehands out to the country. Matters are complicated even more when a fire breaks out backstage and Fozzie tries to keep it a secret from Kermit.
Alice Cooper (Episode 2)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1978-11-24
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Miss Piggy becomes increasingly jealous as Kermit appears to give a young pig performer attention.
Helen Reddy (Episode 3)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1978-12-01
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: ""Staying Alive"", ""How Can You Be"", Fozzie's dance number, ""Muppet Newsflash"", ""Beethoven's Sonata No.8, Opus 13"", ""You and Me Against the World"", ""Veterinarian's Hospital"", ""Tie Me Kangaroo Down"", ""We'll Sing in the Sunshine""
James Coco (Episode 4)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1978-12-08
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: ""Octopus's Garden"", ""The Medium"", ""Eight Little Notes"", ""Swedish Chef"", ""Catch a Falling Star"", ""Veterinarian's Hospital"", ""Short People""
Marisa Berenson (Episode 5)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1978-12-15
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: ""Russian Pig Dance"", ""Dance"", ""Muppet Sports"", ""Someone to Watch Over Me"", ""Do-Re-Mi"", ""Our House"", ""The Wedding""
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge (Episode 6)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1978-12-22
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: ""Help Me Make It Through the Night"", Gonzo's Act, ""Muppet Labs"", ""My Wild Irish Rose"", ""Muppet Newsflash"", ""We're All Alone"", ""A Frog He Would a Wooing Go"", ""New York State of Mind"", ""An Actor's Life For Me"", ""A Song I'd Like To Sing""
Danny Kaye (Episode 7)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1978-12-25
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: "Aquarius," "Lunchtime," "Cheek to Cheek," "Jogging," "Swedish Chef," "The Flying Zucchini Brothers," "The Municipal Vermin Abatement Code," "Inchworm"
Cheryl Ladd (Episode 8)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1978-12-29
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: ""True Love"", ""South Rampart Street Parade"", ""Pigs In Space"", ""There's a New Sound"", ""I Enjoy Being a Girl"", Gonzo's Act, ""Sunshine on my Shoulder""
Harry Belafonte (Episode 9)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1979-01-05
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: ""Day-O"", ""Tea For Two"", ""Pigs In Space"", ""Honeysuckle Rose"", Animal and Harry play the drums, ""Muppet Sports"", ""Turn the World Around""
Lesley Ann Warren (Episode 10)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1979-01-12
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: Gonzo's first motorcycle jump, ""Beauty and the Beast"", ""Pigs In Space"", ""Mack the Knife"", ""Just the Way You Are"", Gonzo's second motorcycle jump, ""Last Dance""
Liberace (Episode 11)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1979-01-19
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: ""Never on Sunday"", ""Swedish Chef"", ""Veterinarian's Hospital"", ""Muppet Newsflash"", ""She Wants to Sing in Opera"", ""Liberace bird concert""
Leslie Uggams (Episode 12)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1979-01-26
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: ""Hey There, Good Times"", ""Muppet Labs"", ""Here You Come Again"", ""Mad About the Frog"", ""Bear on Patrol"", ""Vendawish"", ""Camilla"", ""Love Will Keep Us Together""
Elke Sommer (Episode 13)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1979-02-02
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: ""Pennsylvania 6-5000"", ""Animal Crackers"", ""Pigs In Space"", ""Tuxedo Junction"", ""Pigs In Space"", ""Muppet Sports"", ""Row, Row, Row""
Sylvester Stallone (Episode 14) 10.0
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1979-02-09
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: ""Hawaiian War Chant"", ""Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"", ""Lady Be Good"", ""The William Tell Overture"", ""Veterinarian's Hospital"", Fozzie's Act, ""Bird in a Gilded Cage""
Roger Miller (Episode 15)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1979-02-16
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Song: Penguins in Mayflower: ""Alabama Bound"" Cluckitis (best running gag they ever had IMHO) Roger sings with watermelons Bear on Patrol: assaulting an officer Song: Roger: ""A Hat Like That"" Rowlf Vet's Hospital Song: Roger: ""Whack-a-Doo"" Song: ""Dang Me"".
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans (Episode 16)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1979-02-23
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: ""Blue Skies"", ""Skyball Paint"", ""Muppet Sports"", ""Deep in the Heart of Texas"", ""A Four Legged Friend"", ""Bear on Patrol"", Cowboy and Skyball sketch, ""Medley""
Spike Milligan (Episode 17)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1979-03-02
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Sketches/Songs: ""Oklahoma"", ""An Editorial by Sam The Eagle"", ""The Music of Scotland"", ""Muppet Newsflash"", ""Dog Walk"", ""America"", ""The Intergalactic Brotherhood of Man, Including Things"", ""It's a Small World""
Lynn Redgrave (Episode 18)
Writer: Chris Langham
Air date: 1979-03-09
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: The Muppets perform the classic tale of Robin Hood.