Muppets eating other Muppets

Ever since the early days of Sam and Friends and Muppet commercials, there has been a long tradition of Muppet characters eating each other.

In the "Inchworm" sketch, which Jim Henson performed on many variety shows in the 1960s, Kermit the Frog would sit on a wall, eating passing worms. A Muppet monster would drag Kermit off the wall and then re-appear making a chewing motion, creating the illusion that Kermit was eaten whole.

For later sketches, a "slit" in the second Muppet's mouth was made so the eaten Muppet could be pulled through and, if necessary, performed from inside the second Muppet after being "eaten".

Commercials



 * Wilkins Coffee: A whale eats Wontkins


 * Southern Bell Telephone: Big V eats Mack


 * C & P Telephone Co. of VA: Big V eats Mack

The Ed Sullivan Show

 * "Rock n' Roll Monster": Sour Bird eats the dissolved monster


 * "Glow Worm" sketch, 1966: Kermit eats two Muppet worms and Big V eats Kermit during the "Glow Worm" sketch.


 * I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face: Yorick attempts to eat Kermit.


 * "Music Hath Charms" sketch, 1967: A piano eats Kermit.


 * "The Glutton" sketch, 1971: The Glutton eats a shunken Glutton and then tries to eat Ed Sullivan.


 * "The Computer Dinner" sketch, 1967: The monster eats the Talking Machine.

Sesame Street

 * Cookie Monster tries to eat Guy Smiley in a bakery segment when he thinks that he is the thing Guy told him that's eatable and rhymes with "buy"
 * In Episode 0001 of Sesame Street, a yet unnamed Cookie Monster tries to eat Kermit (by his frog leg), after devouring the letter "W" in his lecture.
 * A cow nibbles on a Muppet stack of hay as they exit frame in Forgetful Jones' "Oklahma" sketch.

The Muppet Show



 * Episode 103: Gorgon Heap eats Baskerville and Miss Piggy during the Sherlock Holmes sketch.


 * Episode 114: A crocodile eats two frogs during the "Never Smile at a Crocodile" number, but later spits them out.


 * Episode 115: Behemoth (unseen) eats Kermit for "Veterinarian's Hospital".


 * Episode 116: Gorgon Heap eats Wayne during the "Some Enchanted Evening" number.


 * Episode 119: Behemoth eats Shakey Sanchez during the "Under My Skin" number.


 * Episode 119: Gorgon Heap eats Pierre LaCousse and almost eats Kermit during the "Panel Discussion".


 * Episode 119: TV viewer is eaten by his TV during "Muppet News Flash".


 * Episode 119: The Muppet Newsman is eaten by his desk during "Muppet News Flash".


 * Episode 202: Behemoth tries to eat Zero in the opening.


 * Episode 202: Zero tries to eat Sam and Mean Mama tries to eat Zero during the closing.


 * Episode 204: Gorgon Heap eats Lenny the Lizard in a new version of the "Glow Worm" sketch.


 * Episode 205: Judy Collins: The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly swallowed a fly, a spider, a bird, a cat, a dog and assorted other shadow-puppet animals before she exploded.


 * Episode 210: Luncheon Counter Monster eats the entire machine in a new version of the "Monster & Machine" sketch.


 * Episode 221: The Automatic Wastebasket tries to eat Beaker in Muppet Labs


 * Episode 222: Monsters eat the singing Cheesecake at the end of "Cheesecake"


 * Episode 223: John Cleese's agent is eaten by Mean Mama in the first backstage scene.


 * Episode 223: The liquid Spooble is drunk by the Trumpet Fazoob during his interview.


 * Episode 224: Sweetums and Doglion try to eat Cloris Leachman during "Just in Time"


 * Episode 316: A lunchbox eats a construction worker.


 * Episode 419: A shark tries to eat a lobster during the UK Spot "Boom-A-Raka-Sacky".


 * Episode 418: A Crocodile tries to eat a frog during "Disco Frog".


 * Episode 419: A Crocodile eats the Newsman when he says the name of the Egyptian Crocodile-God, Rezal-evad-gib.


 * Episode 515: Mean Mama swallows First Mate Piggy during "Pigs in Space"

Mentions

 * Episode 115: During the talk spot, Kermit tells Candice Bergen that last week, Sweetums ate the guest.

Muppets Tonight

 * Episode 102: Garth Brooks: Big Mean Carl eats Buffy on Swift Wits.
 * Episode 105: Cindy Crawford: Big Mean Carl eats Winky on Swift Wits.
 * Episode 110: Martin Short: Big Mean Carl eats Magda on Swift Wits.
 * Episode 201: The Artist Formerly Known as Prince: Big Mean Carl eats Bill the Bubble Guy.
 * Episode 204: Pierce Brosnan: Big Mean Carl eats Rufus and Arthur Modell on Swift Wits.
 * Episode 206: Paula Abdul: Big Mean Carl eats Raymond J. Saluga the Porcupine.
 * Episode 206: Paula Abdul: Big Mean Carl eats Hopper on Swift Wits.
 * Episode 211: Andie MacDowell: Big Mean Carl eats a frog.
 * Episode 211: Andie MacDowell: Big Mean Carl eats Alfonso D'Bruzzo.
 * Episode 212: Johnny Fiama Leaves Home: Carla the Big Mean Mom eats a backstage crew member.

Mentions

 * Episode 101: Michelle Pfeiffer: Rizzo the Rat reveals that he ate the Dancing Cheeses.

Fraggle Rock

 * Boober and the Glob: A big pink glob eats Cotterpin and several other Doozers.

The Jim Henson Hour

 * Science Fiction: Jo Beth Garfdoohoo eats the judges of the alien beauty pagent.


 * Food: A lizard eats a bumblebee, then a snake eats a lizard, a hawk eats a snake, the hawk crashes into a tree and falls and gets eaten by a crocodile, who gets eaten by Luncheon Counter Monster, who gets eaten by Doglion.


 * Food: Animal eats a bee.


 * Food: Anthony and Fern eat the Screaming No-Nos.

From the Balcony

 * Episode 24: The Blimp eats The Defroster.

Muppet Meeting Films

 * Coffee Break Machine: Luncheon Counter Monster eats the Compu-Coffee 2000.


 * Leo and the Monster: Luncheon Counter Monster threatens to eat Leo if he doesn't shorten his speech.


 * Think Bigger: Big Mean Carl eats Boo Monster.

Kokomo Music Video

 * A shark tries to eat an Inkspot.

Dinosaurs

 * Episode 101: The Mighty Megalosaurus: Earl Sinclair almost eats Arthur Rizzic.


 * Episode 105: The Howling: Roy Hess eats a live creature who can be seen while Roy eats with his mouth open, but spits it out.


 * Episode 203: I Never Ate for My Father: The Swamp Monster eats Robbie Sinclair, some small creatures and later Earl.


 * Episode 205: Endangered Species: B.P. Richfield eats the two Grapdelites.


 * Episode 214: Fran Live: Robbie eats a live creature, but spits it out.


 * Episode 222: Slave to Fashion: The Swamp Monster eats various dinosaurs on the "Totally Hidden Predator" TV show.


 * Episode 310: Wilderness Weekend: The Swamp Monster tries to eat Earl, Robbie, Baby Sinclair, Roy, Sid Turtlepuss and Gus Spikeback.


 * Episode 313: Getting to Know You: Baby eats Francois Poupon.


 * Episode 316: Steroids to Heaven: Dolf and Robbie eat some of the Thornoids.


 * Episode 406: Terrible Twos: The Swamp Monster eats Dr. Elliott Piaget.


 * Episode 413: Into the Woods: The Swamp Monster eats a baby dinosaur in the "Your Solo Wilderness Ritual" video.

Mentions

 * Episode 203: I Never Ate for My Father: A small creature in the woods says that he tried to get his son to be a carnivore, and ate him when his son didn't become one.


 * Episode 217: A New Leaf: B.P. Richfield says that he ate a little boy for breakfast and was planning to eat that boy's sister for lunch.


 * Episode 224: WESAYSO Knows Best: B.P. Richfeild says that he bit his nephews head off.


 * Episode 308: Hungry for Love: It's revealed that B.P. Richfield ate his daughter Wendy's last four boyfriends.

Disney Xtreme Digital

 * In a "Do Not Touch" video, Kermit gets eaten by an alligator.
 * In a starting video on Arbor Day, Luncheon Counter Monster eats a bunny.

Haunted Holidays

 * Big Mean Carl eats the Pink Frackle and Mo Frackle.

Miscellaneous

 * In the virmup video for "Habanera", the Swedish Chef ends the number by swallowing Beaker.
 * In the virmup video for "Bohemian Rhapsody", Big Mean Carl eats Rizzo and two other rats.
 * In the virmup video for "Stand By Me", Big Mean Carl eats several rabbits during the song.
 * In Kermit's Swamp Years, Kermit almost eats Horace D'Fly, before spitting him out.

Mentions

 * In Here Come the Muppets. Floyd Pepper says that Animal likes kids, and adds that he had two for breakfast.