With the exception of the opening and/or closing theme sequences, these main characters did not appear in the following episodes of The Muppet Show:
Miss Piggy[]
- Episode 119: Vincent Price
- Episode 121: Twiggy
- Episode 219: Peter Sellers
- Episode 322: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
- Episode 403: Shields & Yarnell
- Episode 416: Jonathan Winters
- Episode 504: Shirley Bassey
- Episode 518: Marty Feldman
- Episode 519: Chris Langham
Fozzie Bear[]
- Episode 123: Kaye Ballard (excluding the opening joke)
- Episode 423: Carol Channing
- Episode 509: Debbie Harry
- Episode 515: Carol Burnett
- Episode 519: Chris Langham
Scooter[]
- Episode 103: Joel Grey
- Episode 105: Rita Moreno
- Episode 107: Florence Henderson
- Episode 110: Harvey Korman
- Episode 113: Bruce Forsyth
- Episode 509: Debbie Harry
- Episode 517: Hal Linden
Gonzo[]
- Episode 104: Ruth Buzzi
- Episode 105: Rita Moreno
- Episode 107: Florence Henderson
- Episode 110: Harvey Korman
- Episode 116: Avery Schreiber
- Episode 201: Don Knotts
- Episode 202: Zero Mostel
- Episode 214: Elton John
- Episode 313: Helen Reddy
- Episode 316: Danny Kaye (Although he does appear in the original version only aired in the UK)
- Episode 322: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
- Episode 413: Dizzy Gillespie
- Episode 415: Anne Murray
- Episode 420: Alan Arkin
- Episode 421: Doug Henning
- Episode 423: Carol Channing
- Episode 524: Roger Moore
Rowlf[]
- Episode 119: Vincent Price
- Episode 122: Ethel Merman
- Episode 222: Teresa Brewer
- Episode 224: Cloris Leachman
- Episode 307: Alice Cooper
- Episode 311: Raquel Welch
- Episode 317: Spike Milligan
- Episode 322: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
- Episode 323: Lynn Redgrave
- Episode 401: John Denver
- Episode 403: Shields & Yarnell
- Episode 416: Jonathan Winters
- Episode 417: Star Wars
- Episode 419: Lynda Carter
- Episode 503: Joan Baez
- Episode 507: Glenda Jackson
- Episode 509: Debbie Harry
- Episode 515: Carol Burnett
- Episode 517: Hal Linden (although Hal does mistake Fozzie for him)
- Episode 518: Marty Feldman
- Episode 519: Chris Langham
Animal[]
- Episode 101: Juliet Prowse (his drum solo in the pilot was cut from the broadcast version)
- Episode 107: Florence Henderson
- Episode 113: Bruce Forsyth
- Episode 117: Ben Vereen
- Episode 119: Vincent Price
- Episode 203: Milton Berle
- Episode 205: Judy Collins
- Episode 206: Nancy Walker
- Episode 207: Edgar Bergen
- Episode 210: George Burns
- Episode 212: Bernadette Peters
- Episode 217: Julie Andrews
- Episode 219: Peter Sellers
- Episode 220: Petula Clark
- Episode 223: John Cleese
- Episode 224: Cloris Leachman
- Episode 305: Pearl Bailey
- Episode 307: Alice Cooper
- Episode 315: Lesley Ann Warren
- Episode 316: Danny Kaye
- Episode 318: Leslie Uggams
- Episode 322: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
- Episode 323: Lynn Redgrave
- Episode 324: Cheryl Ladd
- Episode 401: John Denver
- Episode 402: Crystal Gayle
- Episode 405: Victor Borge
- Episode 409: Beverly Sills
- Episode 410: Kenny Rogers
- Episode 411: Lola Falana
- Episode 412: Phyllis George
- Episode 416: Jonathan Winters
- Episode 418: Christopher Reeve
- Episode 421: Doug Henning
- Episode 422: Andy Williams
- Episode 423: Carol Channing
- Episode 501: Gene Kelly
- Episode 502: Loretta Swit
- Episode 503: Joan Baez
- Episode 506: Brooke Shields
- Episode 507: Glenda Jackson
- Episode 519: Chris Langham
- Episode 521: Johnny Cash
Statler[]
Floyd Pepper[]
- Episode 101: Juliet Prowse
- Episode 106: Jim Nabors
- Episode 109: Charles Aznavour
- Episode 111: Lena Horne
- Episode 112: Peter Ustinov
- Episode 113: Bruce Forsyth
- Episode 114: Sandy Duncan
- Episode 115: Candice Bergen
- Episode 117: Ben Vereen
- Episode 119: Vincent Price
- Episode 203: Milton Berle
- Episode 204: Rich Little
- Episode 205: Judy Collins
- Episode 207: Edgar Bergen
- Episode 210: George Burns
- Episode 212: Bernadette Peters
- Episode 217: Julie Andrews
- Episode 219: Peter Sellers
- Episode 224: Cloris Leachman
- Episode 307: Alice Cooper
- Episode 310: Marisa Berenson
- Episode 315: Lesley Ann Warren
- Episode 318: Leslie Uggams
- Episode 319: Elke Sommer
- Episode 324: Cheryl Ladd
- Episode 402: Crystal Gayle
- Episode 405: Victor Borge
- Episode 409: Beverly Sills
- Episode 410: Kenny Rogers
- Episode 421: Doug Henning
- Episode 507: Glenda Jackson
- Episode 509: Debbie Harry
- Episode 515: Carol Burnett
- Episode 516: Gladys Knight
- Episode 518: Marty Feldman
- Episode 521: Johnny Cash
Janice[]
- Episode 101: Juliet Prowse
- Episode 107: Florence Henderson
- Episode 119: Vincent Price
- Episode 203: Milton Berle
- Episode 205: Judy Collins
- Episode 208: Steve Martin
- Episode 209: Madeline Kahn
- Episode 217: Julie Andrews
- Episode 219: Peter Sellers
- Episode 221: Bob Hope
- Episode 223: John Cleese
- Episode 224: Cloris Leachman
- Episode 303: Roy Clark
- Episode 304: Gilda Radner
- Episode 306: Jean Stapleton
- Episode 307: Alice Cooper
- Episode 310: Marisa Berenson
- Episode 311: Raquel Welch
- Episode 318: Leslie Uggams
- Episode 319: Elke Sommer
- Episode 322: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
- Episode 323: Lynn Redgrave
- Episode 324: Cheryl Ladd
- Episode 401: John Denver
- Episode 402: Crystal Gayle
- Episode 403: Shields & Yarnell
- Episode 405: Victor Borge
- Episode 416: Jonathan Winters
- Episode 506: Brooke Shields
- Episode 507: Glenda Jackson
- Episode 509: Debbie Harry
- Episode 515: Carol Burnett
- Episode 518: Marty Feldman
- Episode 519: Chris Langham
- Episode 521: Johnny Cash
Zoot[]
- Episode 119: Vincent Price
- Episode 121: Twiggy (Zoot only appeared in the German version of the episode)
- Episode 122: Ethel Merman
- Episode 203: Milton Berle
- Episode 204: Rich Little
- Episode 205: Judy Collins
- Episode 207: Edgar Bergen
- Episode 208: Steve Martin
- Episode 210: George Burns
- Episode 212: Bernadette Peters
- Episode 217: Julie Andrews
- Episode 219: Peter Sellers
- Episode 223: John Cleese
- Episode 224: Cloris Leachman
- Episode 307: Alice Cooper
- Episode 309: Liberace
- Episode 310: Marisa Berenson
- Episode 311: Raquel Welch
- Episode 312: James Coco
- Episode 315: Lesley Ann Warren
- Episode 318: Leslie Uggams
- Episode 319: Elke Sommer
- Episode 321: Roger Miller
- Episode 322: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
- Episode 323: Lynn Redgrave
- Episode 324: Cheryl Ladd
- Episode 401: John Denver
- Episode 402: Crystal Gayle
- Episode 403: Shields & Yarnell
- Episode 404: Dyan Cannon
- Episode 405: Victor Borge
- Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie
- Episode 409: Beverly Sills
- Episode 412: Phyllis George
- Episode 416: Jonathan Winters
- Episode 418: Christopher Reeve
- Episode 421: Doug Henning
- Episode 422: Andy Williams
- Episode 423: Carol Channing
- Episode 501: Gene Kelly
- Episode 503: Joan Baez
- Episode 506: Brooke Shields
- Episode 507: Glenda Jackson
- Episode 508: Señor Wences
- Episode 509: Debbie Harry
- Episode 512: Melissa Manchester
- Episode 515: Carol Burnett
- Episode 517: Hal Linden
- Episode 518: Marty Feldman
- Episode 519: Chris Langham
- Episode 521: Johnny Cash
- Episode 522: Buddy Rich
- Episode 523: Linda Ronstadt