Minor Unfinished Songs

Minor songs proposed, without much context, to be performed in Muppet productions, or songs written for unfinished projects with little information on them.

The Muppet Show^[1]

• "All I Do Is Dream of You": To be performed by the Muppet monsters to an unspecific female guest star.

• "Seasons in the Sun": A magical scarf act by Fozzie Bear and Gonzo goes awry when the scarves come alive and take over singing the song.

• "Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga": To be sung by a female guest star to Kermit and Fozzie. The song would start small and build to a large conga line.

• Two types of serenades, "Trumpet Serenade" and "Woodpecker Serenade," would be performed by the Snerfs and some woodpeckers, respectively.

• "Until It's Time for You to Go": Phyllis Diller would sing the song to Kermit, as he tries to leave to introduce her.

• "Up, Up and Away": A proposed version featured Muppets singing from chroma-key hot air balloons.

• "Without My Walking Stick": To performed by Fozzie Bear, accompanied by Rowlf the Dog on piano.

• Proposed songs to be performed by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem include "Strangers in the Night," "Spinning Wheel," "Softly As I Leave You," and "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars."

• Songs proposed to be performed by the Country Trio include "Johnny Be Good" [sic], "Another Saturday Night," "Good Old Mountain Dew," "Tiger By the Tail," "In the Summertime," and "You'll Never Get Away."

• Music numbers proposed to be performed by Rowlf the Dog in piano include "Yesterday When I Was Young," "My Way," "Pachalafaka" (later performed by a Whatnot in episode 103), "Money" (later performed by Dr. Teeth in episode 106), "Never Hit Your Grandma with a Shovel," "I Love a Piano," "The Pigs Song," and "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" (later performed by Kermit the Frog in episode 102).

• Musical numbers proposed to be performed alongside a guest star include "It's Never Too Late to Fall in Love," "Eleanor Rigby," "If I Only Had a Brain" (duet with Fozzie Bear), "Something" (duet with Sweetums), and "How to Handle a Woman" (duet with Thog).

• Other proposed songs for the first season, which went unperformed in any episode, include "Tennessee Bird Walk," "When I See An Elephant Fly," "Lovely," "I Am a Fine Musician," "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "Take Off the Mask," "Cry Me a River," "If Every I Would Leave You," "On Top of Old Smokey," "Sippin' Cider Through a Straw," and "It's a Musical World."

Sesame Street

• "Hey, Look Me Over": The song was intended to be performed in Episode 0042, but was not filmed.^[2]

• "Unforgettable": Singer Natalie Cole was scheduled to perform her hit song "Unforgettable" on the show with Forgetful Jones. Last-minute scheduling conflicts and the passing of Richard Hunt prevented the taping.^[3]

Little Muppet Monsters

• Songs written for episodes uncompleted and unaired include "In the Wash Reggae" (written by Christopher Cerf and Joe Carroll)^[4] and an all-animal performance of the "William Tell Overture."^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Archival document displayed in The Jim Henson Exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image
2. ↑ Script documents provided by trusted source
3. ↑ Clash, Kevin. The MuppetCast episode #41
4. ↑ BMI Work #722391
5. ↑ BMI Work #20061