Songs from | The Muppet Show |
Released | 1978 |
Format | LP |
Label | Arista Records |
Cat no. | AB 4192 |
The Muppet Show 2 is a 1978 album featuring songs and skits from the second season of The Muppet Show. Unlike the first Muppet Show album, The Muppet Show 2 features guest stars (Peter Sellers and Bernadette Peters) and the closing theme. It also features some newly recorded material, including heckling from Statler and Waldorf, Miss Piggy bugging Kermit to take her out to dinner after the show, and Fozzie Bear getting locked in the theater after everybody else has gone home. While some songs are the actual soundtracks from the show, others have been re-recorded for this album.
The final song, "We Got Us", uses the audio track from the Muppets' appearance at the 1977 Royal Variety Performance.
When this record was originally sold, it came with a sign-up sheet for The Muppet Show Fan Club. It also came in a paper sleeve depicting various Muppet Show scenes and characters in illustrated arches (see below).
Like the first album, this album was also translated into French. See The Muppet Show 2 (French album) for details.
Track listing[]
Side One
- The Muppet Show Theme - Cast
(Henson, Pottle)
Introduction by Kermit the Frog - Baby Face - The Chickens
(Akst, Davis)
Dialogue with Statler and Waldorf - There's a New Sound - Scooter
(Tony Burello) - A Monologue by Fozzie Bear
Fozzie's Theme Music written by Derek Scott
Fozzie's Skating Music arranged by Derek Scott - Cuanto Le Gusta - Miss Piggy and the Pigs
Music by Gabriel Ruiz, Lyrics by Ray Gilbert
Dialogue with Kermit and Miss Piggy - Who? - Zelda and Her Singing Owl
Music by Jerome Kern, Lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II - Time in a Bottle
Music and Lyrics by Jim Croce - An Editorial by Sam the Eagle
Sam's Theme Music written by Derek Scott - Borneo
(Donaldson, Kewskin) - At the Dance
Background music written by Joe Raposo - Upidee - Cast
Music and Lyrics by Aubrey Kennett - Just One Person - Bernadette Peters
(Grossman)
Side Two
- Happy Feet - Kermit
(Milton Ager)
Dialogue with Statler and Waldorf - Pigs in Space - Link Hogthrob, First Mate Piggy and Dr. Julius Strangepork
Music written by Derek Scott - I'm Five - Robin the Frog
Music and Lyrics by Milton Schafer - Sea Chantey - Link Hogthrob, Scooter, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Robin
Music and Lyrics by Abe Burrows - New York State of Mind - Floyd
Music and Lyrics by Billy Joel - Pig Calypso - The Pigs
Music and Lyrics by Derek Scott
Dialogue with Statler and Waldorf - When - Rowlf
Music and Lyrics by Abe Burrows
Dialogue with Kermit and Miss Piggy - A Gypsy's Violin - Peter Sellers
Music and Lyrics by Abe Burrows - Wishing Song - Gonzo
(Paul Tracy) - Animal Sings Gershwin
Music by George Gershwin, Lyrics by Ira Gershwin - For What It's Worth - Woodland Creatures
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Stills - We Got Us - Cast
Music and Lyrics by Walter Marks - Closing Theme
(Henson, Pottle)
Note[]
- On the US version of the album, Fozzie's cries for help fade out at the very end of Side Two. However, on the UK version, they keep going into the actual end grooves of the record, next to the label, and repeat until the listener takes the needle off of the record. End-groove dialogue can also be found on Camping in Canada.
Cast[]
- Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Teeth, and Waldorf
- Frank Oz as Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Animal, and Sam the Eagle
- Jerry Nelson as Floyd Pepper, Robin the Frog, and Dr. Julius Strangepork
- Dave Goelz as Gonzo, and Zoot
- Richard Hunt as Scooter, Statler, and Janice
- Louise Gold as Zelda and others