Potential guest stars

Over the years the Muppets have announced or developed episodes for their television series that never came to fruition. Many of these episodes neven went beyond the early development stages.

Sesame Street

 * Steve Martin - Sesame Street writers created a sketch for Steve Martin about his feet expressing his emotions; Martin canceled, and was replaced by Jim Carrey.

The Muppet Show

 * Richard Pryor - In the 2002 documentary I Love Muppets, Chris Langham claims he was chosen to replace Pryor as guest on the The Muppet Show because Pryor "blew himself up freebasing."


 * Robin Williams - In 1979, Williams was announced as a guest star on The Muppet Show in an issue of The Muppet Show Fan Club Newsletter, however he did not appear on the show.


 * Lionel Richie - Richie was scheduled to appear as a guest in 2002's The Muppet Show Live singing "Say You, Say Me". However Richie was unable to participate in the show due to illness.

Muppets Tonight

 * Rosie O'Donnell - In a cold opening sketch aired in the summer of 1996, O'Donnell attempted to court Miss Piggy via telephone into being a guest on her new daytime talk show. O'Donnell succedded by reminding Piggy that she was already scheduled to appear on Miss Piggy's current show, Muppets Tonight. However the series was canceled before O'Donnell could ever appear.