Raquel Welch and Kermit
Raquel Welch and Chevy Chase with the Muppets of the Land of Gortch on Saturday Night Live.
Raquel Welch (1940-2023) was an actress who appeared in The Muppet Show episode 311.
For the episode of The Muppet Show, Welch opened the show by performing "Baby It's Me" (originally performed/covered by Diana Ross) with a human-sized spider puppet.
She also performed "Confide in Me" with a very nervous, insecure Fozzie Bear, in which she boosted the bear's confidence by calling him "sexsational" -- her final performance with Miss Piggy was "W-O-M-A-N". Originally a solo number, Miss Piggy weasels her way in at the last moment (as always).
Welch also appeared on the cover of Us magazine with Kermit on November 28, 1978, and made a brief appearance in the 1979 special The Muppets Go Hollywood.
When she hosted Saturday Night Live during the first season, she interacted with Scred and King Ploobis, who made clumsy romantic overtures toward her.
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- In an interview with Leslie Mostly on Sesame Street, Kermit the Frog shows off various awards he's received from his various interviews. Although most are for fairy tale-related pieces, he claims one award was for an interview with Raquel Welch.
- In an early script draft for The Great Muppet Caper, Miss Piggy would fantasize about escaping from jail by leaving behind a dummy in her cell "with a Miss Piggy body and a Raquel Welch head."