You had such a great response to last week’s episode on The Muppet Show, that we decided to extend the Muppet celebration. Yeeeeaaaaaaaaayyy!! We dug deep and found clips of the Muppets and Jim Henson as guests on other shows like The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Joan Rivers Show, Arsenio Hall and lots more. We have to warn you, some topics and language are more risque than we’ve had on the show before. These are late night talk shows!

After one week, we’ve binged about 12 episodes of the 1st season of The Muppet Show. Since this is the first time Sarah has seen the show, she has some revised thoughts and opinions from last week. Moving forward, we will check in every week or so as we continue our Muppet Show rewatch.

So many Skywalkers chimed in with fun responses to last week’s episode, so we share a TON of your comments in Skywalker Shout-Outs.

Check out the links (below) in our show notes to watch all the Talk Show clips you heard on this episode.

Watch Muppets on Talk Shows

Kermit The Frog guest hosts The Tonight Show (1979)

The Muppets take over Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show on April 2, 1979, to promote the release of The Muppet Movie. Kermit is the host and his guests are Vincent Price, Bernadette Peters, Leo Sayer and veterinarian Dr. Michael Fox. 90 minutes.

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Jim Henson, Kermit, and Rowlf on The Arsenio Hall Show (1989)

I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY OF THIS MATERIAL!! THIS MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN!!! Henson appears with Kermit and Rowlf. There is a brief Sam and Friends clip of ”I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your Face” in the middle. LeVar Burton also makes an appearance. Aired May 22, 1989.

Cookie Monster From Sesame Street Gets Counselling

The Cookie Monster loves cookies so much, even though it’s only a sometimes food. Can our resident psychologist Jo Lamble help him? Studio 10 | 8:30am on TEN

Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog on Can We Talk? with Joan Rivers

I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY OF THIS MATERIAL! I got this full excerpt, thanks to Muppet Wiki.

Wogan (BBC1) – 1985

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Kermit and Miss Piggy discuss their recent breakup and talk about their new TV show.

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This was Jim Henson’s final performance as Kermit the Frog on may 4th 1990. Two weeks later Henson would die from a severe streptococcal infection. This show also marked the first public appearance of Electric Mayhem member, the Muppet known as Clifford, voiced by Kevin Clash.

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