Muppet Question # 21 Answered
On Tuesday, 6th February, 2007 at 8:56:37 AM, Spankk emailed me and said ...
Who would you say the most famous guest they ever had on the Muppet Show was?
That's a hard question to answer; largely because it depends on whether you meant 'most famous' in relation to the time the episodes went to air, or in terms of today. It is also a subjective notion in regards to what part of the world you hail from.
And of course it's all relative anyway, according to individual tastes.
For my money, it'd have to be one of the following: Steve Martin, Christopher Reeve, Julie Andrew, Bob Hope, Raquel Welch or John Cleese.
However, it's highly likely that everyone reading this will have a different opinion, so here's a story in pictures of just some* of the most famous special guests ever to feature on The Muppet Show:
* "some" = 75
Alan Arkin
Alice Cooper
Andy Williams
Bernadette Peters
Bob Hope
Brooke Shields
Candice Bergen
Carol Burnett
Candice's father Edgar Bergen (and his famous ventriloquist-dummy partner, Charlie McCarthy)
Cheryl Ladd
Christopher Reeve
Cloris Leachman
Connie Stevens
Roy Rogers and his wife Dale Evans
Danny Kaye
Debbie Harry
Diana Ross
Dizzy Gillespie
Dom DeLuise
Don Knotts
Dudley Moore
Elton John
Ethel Merman
Florence Henderson (Carol Brady)
Gene Kelly
George Burns
Gilda Radner
Glenda Jackson
Harry Belafonte
Helen Reddy(incidentally the only Aussie on the list)
James Coburn
Jean Stapleton
Jim Nabors
Joan Baez
Joel Grey
John Cleese
John Denver
Johnny Cash
Jonathan Winters
Julie Andrews
Kenny Rogers
Leo Sayer(now residing in Australia)
Lesley Ann Warren
Liberace
Linda Ronstadt
Liza Minnelli
Loretta Swit
Lynda Carter
Lynn Redgrave
Madeline Kahn
Marty Feldman
Milton Berle
Paul Simon
Paul Williams
Peter Sellers
Peter Ustinov
Phyllis Diller
Raquel Welch
Rich Little
Kris Kristofferson and then-wife Rita Coolidge
Roger Moore
Rudolf Nureyev
Ruth Buzzi
Señor Wences
Shirley Bassey
Spike Milligan
Steve Martin
Sylvester Stallone
Tony Randall
Twiggy
Valerie Harper
Victor Borge
Vincent Price
Zero MostelSo how does my list compare with yours, gentle readers? Anyone I've left off this list that you'd like to contest? Or is the person you deem "most famous" amongst the smiling faces above?
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posted by BEVIS @ 11:27 am
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14 Comments:
Look how young Brooke Shields is!
And wasn't Spike Milligan an Aussie?
Nah, that's a common misconception about Spike Milligan. He was actually born in India and was of Irish descent. He spent a fair bit of time out here, though, because the rest of his family moved to Australia after his parents retired. :)
As for Brooke Shields, check out her mega-thick eyebrows!
As for which celebrity most resembles a muppet, I've always thought that Miss Piggy and Lynda Carter were related. They have exactly the same eyes and high cheek bones. That photo confirms my suspicions!
I know of at least one person missing, who is the person I refer to in the last muppet question I asked you. But I'll leave it up to you to answer that one.
Tyson, I just have to say: "Rowrrr!"
Don't worry, Javatari, I haven't forgotten that question. If you're referring to someone with the initials DH, that Muppet Question will be answered in due course. :)
i was going to say i'd be sure don knotts would have appeared, but there he was.
also, seeing the gomer pyle guy reminded me of that show. i'd forgotten about that.
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Boy, would I love to see the Alan Arkin ep. Wonder if it will ever see the light of day?
If you're talking "famous at the time," I'd have to go with Elton John. I can remember when that episode aired, it was all the rage around my teenaged world.
Jeepers.
Surely for genuine proper old-school star power on that list it's hard to go past Gene Kelly.
Gene Kelly, Don Knotts, Elton John ... all classics, all very famous. But you see my point about the notion of "most famous" being entirely relative? :)
Bet, welcome! The Alan Arkin episode was featured in season four (of five), and fans of the show are still holding our breath for season two to be released on DVD. The optimist in me says it'll be released in its own sweet time; the pessimist in me adds that "its own sweet time" will probably be something like October 2148.
Bob Hope. Funniest American ever.
Debbie Harry. Wooh!
But Liberace? You must be kidding!
Marvellous. I loved the Muppets. Cute, and enormously funny.
i love that pic of Dizzy Gillespie... what cheeks!
most famous though... elton, liza, sylvester, bob hope, johhny cash. they're all huge.. i can't choose one!
Did the Fraggles ever have any famous guests?
Yes, hard to pick the most famous, some fade a bit. Right now I'd say Elton.
I vote for Liberace as the most extraordinary.
I'd like to have seen it.
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