Muppet explosions

One trademark of the muppets is explosions. Over the years, the muppets have either blown things/people up, or have been blown up.

In the early days of the Muppets (1950's and 60's) explosions were made by blowing into a tube attached to a funnle filled with powder. Around the time when The Muppet Show came, pirotechnecs and compressed air were used.

Commercials

 * Wilkins Coffee: Wilkins blows up Wontkins; Wilkins blows up Wontkins' house; Wilkins (as "Swilkins the Swami") predicts that Wontkins will explode, and he does; Wilkins' rocket explodes; Wilkins (as an army soldier) blows up Wontkins with a grenade.


 * C & P Telephone Co. of VA: Mack blows up.


 * Kerns Bakery: Tommy blows up Fred's house; A loaf of "Brand X" Bread blows up.


 * McGarry's Sausage: Mack blows up Kermit


 * Kraml Dairy: Wilkins' rocket explodes

The Ed Sullivan Show

 * The Computer Dinner: The machine blows up the monster at the end of the sketch.


 * Sclrap Flyapp: The Sclrap Flyapp creature blasts the other creatures.


 * Business, Business: the two "Business" creatures are blown up.


 * Java: The small creature blasts the larger one.

The Muppet Show

 * Episode 101: Juliet Prowse: Gonzo's gong explodes when he hits the "O" in the theme song, being all blackened; Fozzie's apple explodes after he realizes that the fuse is lit. Following this scene, the cigar that Statler has suddenly explodes.


 * Episode 102: Connie Stevens: Zoot blasts Mahna Mahna offstage with an explosion from his sax.


 * Episode 105: Rita Moreno: The phone sets off an explosion backstage.


 * Episode 107: Florence Henderson: Male and Female Koozebanians explode during the Galley-o-hoop-hoop.


 * Episode 110: Harvey Korman: Varoius explosions occur during Love Ya to Death and in Veterinarian's Hospital a Whatnot's stomach explodes.


 * Episode 111: Lena Horne: Boppity's head explodes in At the Dance.


 * Episode 112: Peter Ustinov: At the end of Muppet Labs Peter Ustinov as a robot politician explodes and Svengali also explodes at the end of You Do Something To Me.


 * Episode 115: Candice Bergen: The Swedish Chef's brain explodes.


 * Episode 116: Avery Schreiber: Cabitnets explode when the gorilla smashes them in Muppet Labs.


 * Episode 118: Phyllis Diller: Dr. Bunsen Honeydew gets blown up while showing off his exploding clothes.


 * Episode 119: Vincent Price: Wanda's head explodes, turing it into Boppity.


 * Episode 120: Valerie Harper: Gloat's head explodes in a backstage scene.


 * Episode 124: Mummenschanz: Two Whatnots' heads explode during At the Dance.


 * Episode 205: Judy Collins: Link presses a button and sets off an explosion durring Pigs in Space.


 * Episode 209: Madeline Kahn: The Newsman explodes.


 * Episode 210: George Burns: The machine blows up Luncheon Counter Monster at the end of the "Monster & Machine" sketch.


 * Episode 212: Bernadette Peters: The bomb blows up The Swedish Chef who tries to prepare a chicken egg.


 * Episode 218: Jaye P. Morgan: Kermit demonstrates explosions durring the Talk Spot, a cake explodes in Jaye P.'s dressing room, and a Whatnot woman's head explodes in At the Dance, turning it into Gloat.


 * Episode 219: Peter Sellers: A bomb explodes in Peter's dressing room.


 * Episode 307: Alice Cooper: Thog causes an explosion during the closing number; the school blows up at the end of the closing number and Gonzo enters the goodnights with an explosion.


 * Episode 401: John Denver: Gonzo's head explodes when he blowes his trumpet and Whatnot soldiers are blown up durring "Why Can't We Be Friends?".


 * Episode 407: Dudley Moore: The Great Gonzo gets blown up after trying to defuse a giant bomb.


 * Episode 418: Christopher Reeve: Bunsen's milking machine explodes.


 * Episode 419: Lynda Carter: Various explosions occur during the closing number.


 * Episode 424: Diana Ross: Link Hogthrob sets off an explosion by lighting a match while investigating a nitroglycerin leak from his lighter in Pigs in Space.


 * Episode 524: Roger Moore: When Kermit mentions the word "bang", an explosions occurs behind him.

Muppet Meeting Films

 * Explosion: Leo blows up Grump.

Playhouse Video: Rock Music

 * Beaker accidently sets off a few explosions during the video, such as in the introduction to "Don't Blame the Dynamite" and throughout the end credits.

Playhouse Video: Muppet Moments

 * A bomb explodes after Fozzie Bear realizes that the bomb he is holding is lit.

Muppet Treasure Island

 * A trail of fire leading into a gunpowder barrel blows up Black Dog.

Muppets Tonight

 * Episode 203: Heather Locklear: Steve's head explodes after drinking too much coffee in the opoening number

Muppets From Space

 * The stove explodes.

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

 * Wicked Witch of the West sets off a couple of explosions to block Dorthey's escape.

From the Balcony

 * Episode 17: Loni Dunne blows up