Blackouts

These Muppet Show sketches, which may or may not have had a proper name on the show, took place in front of a backdrop that had a fountain painted on it and were really short. These skits featured a guest star and some muppets. They lasted the first season.

Individual Sketches
Zoot has a question for Juliet Prowse: "What's red, long, fuzzy, and has one eye?" Zoot doesn't know either but Juliet is wearing it around her neck.
 * Zoot's Question

Joel Grey has gotten a new car and offers to take Gonzo for a "spin", but Gonzo takes him literally.
 * Figures of Speech

Jim Nabors wishes Animal luck by telling him to "break a leg".
 * Break a Leg

Sweetums literally falls for Florence Henderson.
 * Sweetums Falls for Florence

Paul Williams explains that one reason he agreed to be a guest star is that it gives him the chance to be the tallest person on the show. Sweetums, Thog, and one of the Mutations prove him wrong.
 * The Tallest Person on the Show

T.R. Rooster leads the Muppet chickens, and a chicken-suit-clad Harvey Korman, in a march.
 * Chicken March

Lena Horne tries to ask Animal where her key is, until he uses a mallet to smash her foot.
 * The Lost Key

Ben Vereen gets sent flying onto the rafters by Crazy Harry's explosion.
 * A Big Charge

Vincent Price has to carry a load of wardrobe. Sweetums offers to give him a hand.
 * Need a Hand?

Ethel Merman, tells Hilda about a mouse in her dressing room, and wonders whether she's on a show or in a zoo... then she meets Animal.
 * Mouse in My Dressing Room