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The Muppet Show Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1978 - 1979
Episode 1
Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
Sat, Nov 18, 197823 mins
Gladys and the Swedish Chef provide service at the canteen as Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge guest star.
Episode 2
Leo Sayer
Sat, Dec 2, 197825 mins
Miss Piggy becomes increasingly jealous as Kermit appears to give a young pig performer attention.
Episode 3
Roy Clark
Sat, Sep 23, 197823 mins
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.
Episode 4
Gilda Radner
Sat, Dec 9, 197826 mins
Bunsen Honeydew causes problems when he invents an all powerful glue that causes everyone and everything to stick to each other. Gilda has to improvise when forced to sing with a nine foot tall talking carrot.
Episode 5
Pearl Bailey
Sat, Nov 11, 197826 mins
Kermit pushes an unwilling Floyd Pepper to take on the role of a knight in a jousting scene with Gonzo as the Black Knight.
Episode 6
Jean Stapleton
Sat, Sep 30, 197823 mins
Kermit puts up with various problems in the theater: Animal eats Gonzo's trained Mexican jumping beans, which make him jump whenever someone says "Arriba", he gets a strange sandwich from Gladys, and he has to put up with Miss Piggy's temper when Annie Sue is chosen over her in the melodrama sketch. On top of all this, Jean Stapleton announces who she'd like as her partner for the closing number partner: Crazy Harry.
Episode 7
Alice Cooper
Sat, Oct 28, 197825 mins
When not performing, Alice Cooper is doing some devilry backstage looking for souls to purchase.
Episode 8
Loretta Lynn
Sat, Oct 21, 197825 mins
With the regular theater being fumigated, Kermit and the gang have to stage the show at an active train station.
Episode 9
Liberace
Sat, Oct 14, 197825 mins
Liberace plans for his concert, "A Tribute to the Birds".
Episode 10
Marisa Berenson
Sat, Dec 16, 197824 mins
Miss Piggy casts herself and Kermit in a wedding sketch whose intentions might be less fictional than Kermit realizes.
Episode 11
Raquel Welch
Sat, Nov 25, 197825 mins
Raquel Welch performs a prehistoric dance routine with a giant spider and performs with Miss Piggy, singing 'I Am Woman (W-O...P-I-G)".
Episode 12
James Coco
Sat, Oct 7, 197823 mins
Guest star John Coco tries to add "razzle dazzle" to The Muppet Show.
Episode 13
Helen Reddy
Sat, Sep 16, 197823 mins
The Muppet Theater's incompetent new janitor and craftsman, Beauregard, is causing chaos both on and backstage.
Episode 14
Harry Belafonte
Sat, Feb 17, 197925 mins
While Fozzie tries to make the show scripted, Harry Belafonte brings an international sound to the musical performances.
Episode 15
Lesley Ann Warren
Sat, May 5, 197923 mins
Kermit accidentally introduces Lesley as Lesley and Warren, a famous knife throwing act, while Gonzo tries to perfect his jump from the stage and into the box to land safely between Statler and Waldorf.
Episode 16
Danny Kaye
Sat, Feb 3, 197925 mins
Danny Kaye finds his gig on the show rather discouraging considering Statler and Waldorf are sitting outside rather than see the guest star.
Episode 17
Spike Milligan
Sat, Jan 20, 197924 mins
The Muppet Show celebrates its international success with a global theme with the great Goon comedian, Spike Milligan.
Episode 18
Leslie Uggams
Sat, Feb 10, 197925 mins
Gonzo has his first date with Camilla the Chicken. Special guest Big Bird meets some of the cast while wandering around the theater.
Episode 19
Elke Sommer
Sat, Jan 27, 197925 mins
Instead of participating in Muppet Labs this week, Beaker helps Beauregard backstage with various tasks.
Episode 20
Sylvester Stallone
Sat, Feb 24, 197925 mins
Kermit must contend with a bunch of Sylvester Stallone groupies who've accessed the backstage.
Episode 21
Roger Miller
Sat, May 12, 197925 mins
The Muppet Theater has an outbreak of cluckitis, that causes sufferers to turn into chickens.
Episode 22
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Sat, May 19, 197925 mins
In honor of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans guest starring, the show takes on a Western theme
Episode 23
Lynn Redgrave
Sat, May 26, 197925 mins
The Muppet players decide that instead of the regular Muppet Show, they'll be doing a remake of Robin Hood staring Lynn Redgrave as the lovely Maid Marian and Miss Piggy as the infamous Sister Tuck.
Episode 24
Cheryl Ladd
Sat, Nov 4, 197825 mins
Fozzie asks for feedback from Kermit in order to aid in his self improvement. The bust of Beethoven provides running commentary on the antics in the theatre.