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Season 5 Breakdown
Normal Episodes: 24
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0
Normal Episodes: 24
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0
The Muppet Show Season 5 (1980-1981)
 | 5x01 Carol Burnett There's no show today, almost; the theater is turned into a dance marathon hosted by Gonzo. | Sep. 20, 1980 |
 | 5x02 Roger Moore Kermit calls the Secret Service to hire real spies for Roger's closing number. (They're listed in the Yellow Pages.) However, Roger wants to do a cute, cuddly version of "Talk to the ... | Sep. 27, 1980 |
 | 5x03 Shirley Bassey Kermit borrows fifty million dollars worth of gold for Shirley's closing number, "Goldfinger". Security guard Bruno is suspicious that Kermit wants to steal the gold, but keeping an ... | Oct. 04, 1980 |
 | 5x04 James Coburn Animal hits it off with tough guy James Coburn -- but James decides that Animal isn't centered enough, and introduces him to meditation and Zen. Animal doesn't take well to Zen. | Oct. 11, 1980 |
 | 5x05 Brooke Shields Thinking she was booked to do ""The Muffin Show,"" Brooke finds herself growing and shrinking as the Muppets stage Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. | Oct. 18, 1980 |
 | 5x06 Tony Randall Browsing through an old book of magic spells, Tony accidentally turns Miss Piggy into stone. He considers bringing her to a stonemason for help. Fozzie, Gonzo and Floyd crack stone ... | Oct. 25, 1980 |
 | 5x07 Linda Ronstadt Afraid that Linda will steal her frog away, Piggy locks Kermit up in a chest owned by Gonzo when Scooter helps him move his mildew ""collection"" and hides it. | Nov. 01, 1980 |
 | 5x08 Glenda Jackson Glenda reveals herself to be Black Jackson the pirate captain, and she takes over the Muppet Theater with the help of Short John Silver (Sweetums) and Eric, a heartless pirate parrot ... | Nov. 08, 1980 |
 | 5x09 Loretta Swit How well can Loretta fit into Miss Piggy's roles? It all comes to a dramatic climax with the ""Pigs in Space"" installment. | Nov. 15, 1980 |
 | 5x10 Mac Davis Beaker tests Muppet Labs' new copier machine, ultimately falling into it and making seven copies of himself. The multiple Beakers gang up on Bunsen, and the doctor is forced to wear ... | Nov. 22, 1980 |
 | 5x11 Joan Baez Rizzo and the other rats bother Kermit for a spot on the show, so Kermit asks Beauregard to "take care of them." Of course, Bo takes that literally, and treats them as guests. The rats ... | Dec. 06, 1980 |
 | 5x12 Jean-Pierre Rampal Miss Piggy is cornered by flautist Jean-Pierre, who wants to speak French with her. She claims to have laryngitis, whispering, "My vocal coach told me not to speak French. I'm not even ... | Jan. 17, 1981 |
 | 5x13 Chris Langham A messenger brings a message from the scheduled guest star -- Benny Brillstein, the Yiddish yodeler. Benny refuses to be on the show, so Kermit asks Chris, the messenger boy, to be ... | Jan. 31, 1981 |
 | 5x14 Hal Linden Statler and Waldorf get their chance to do a better show than Kermit--they play host, while Kermit and Fozzie heckle from the balcony. Unfortunately, Statler and Waldorf's acts don't ... | Feb. 07, 1981 |
 | 5x15 Johnny Cash In honor of Johnny Cash's appearance, the show is simulcast over country radio station WHOG, and the radio broadcast threatens to overwhelm the actual show. The head of WHOG, Big Tiny ... | Feb. 14, 1981 |
 | 5x16 Debbie Harry Robin's Frog Scout troop visits the show, getting in everyone's way backstage. They ask Debbie for help earning their punk merit badges, and she teaches them how to do the pogo. When ... | Feb. 21, 1981 |
 | 5x17 Gene Kelly Gene is under the impression that he's a "guest" -- that is, he's going to sit and watch, but not perform onstage. Frantic, Kermit tricks him into performing by asking him to give him ... | Feb. 28, 1981 |
 | 5x18 Paul Simon Paul inspires Gonzo to be a songwriter. Unfortunately, Gonzo writes songs like "For You": "For youuu... I'd wash my hair with stinky glue, I'd fry my legs and eat them too, I'd put ... | Apr. 25, 1981 |
 | 5x19 Gladys Knight The theater is under repair, but the workers have to destroy in order to build. They take the roof right off, leaving this show victim to the elements. | May. 02, 1981 |
 | 5x20 Wally Boag In honor of vaudeville-influenced guest star Wally Boag, the Muppets salute vaudeville, with a balloon animal act, a bagpipe player and a hypnotist. Wally performs acts he made famous ... | May. 09, 1981 |
 | 5x21 Buddy Rich Thanks to Gonzo's refrigerated mildew collection, the power goes out in the theater, and Beauregard almost electrocutes himself trying to fix it. Half of the acts have to perform in ... | May. 16, 1981 |
 | 5x22 Marty Feldman The Muppets present their version of 1001 Arabian Nights, with guest star Marty Feldman playing the role of Scheherazade, telling tales to an evil Caliph (played by the Swedish Che ... | May. 23, 1981 |
 | 5x23 Senor Wences In honor of Señor Wences and his puppets, Kermit decides to do something new -- a puppet show! Fozzie wants to do a marionette act with a Dancing Clown puppet, but the marionette eventually ... | May. 30, 1981 |
 | 5x24 Melissa Manchester Kermit is plagued by a night of backstage crises. A group of skiers get hurt during the opening number, and after Kermit says that the theater will cover their medical costs, Scooter ... | Jun. 08, 1981 |
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Season 5 Quotes
| Season 5 / Episode 9: - Loretta Swit Robin the Frog: Can we stay here while we work on our next merit badge? Statler: Merit badge in what? Robin the Frog: Grumpiness. [laughs] |
| Season 5 / Episode 11: - Joan Baez Kermit the Frog: OK, well, we've done a lot for the music-lovers on the show, so it's time we did something for the music-haters. So here he is, as threatened, the Great Gonzo singing a song. [cheers weakly] Yay. Uh, those of you with hearing aids may wish to remove the batteries. |
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