5 Season
120 Episode
The Muppet Show - Season 1 Episode 20 Kaye Ballard
It's time to raise the curtain on The Muppet Show!
Tired of the "embarrassingly square" theme song, bass player Floyd Pepper informs Kermit that he and the rest of the orchestra pit (except Rowlf) are quitting. Kermit says their conductor Nigel will write a new theme, but Floyd refuses: "He wrote the first one, man." Floyd performs his idea for a new theme, a dreadful Zappa-esque piece called "Fugue for Frog." Kermit won't use it and refuses that Floyd submits to Kaye Ballard a petition about the theme song, so the band leaves. The closing theme is performed solo by Rowlf on the piano.
- Year: 1981
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Genre: Kids, Comedy, Family
- Studio: ITV1
- Keyword: puppet, theatre audience
- Director: Jim Henson
- Cast: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Eren Ozker
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