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Template:Talk The Muppets Go Hollywood aired on CBS on May 16, 1979.

In this one-hour special, Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movie. Hosts Dick van Dyke and Rita Moreno interview the wide array of celebrities and Muppets who attend the event.

Highlights include the following:

The Muppets and their guests arrive in limousines.
The Muppet monsters sing and dance in a production number of "Hooray for Hollywood".
Rita conducts a poolside interview with Miss Piggy.
The Peter Matz Orchestra plays "How High the Moon," featuring a solo by Zoot on saxophone.
Miss Piggy arrives on a chaise carried by four bronzed bodybuilders, and sings "Baby Face".
Johnny Mathis sings "Never Before, Never Again", with piano accompaniment by Rowlf the Dog.
Dick serenades Miss Piggy with "You Oughta Be in Pictures".
Lyricist Paul Williams and composer Kenny Ascher perform "The Rainbow Connection".
Rita does a Carmen Miranda dance routine, backed by the Mutations.

Celebrity guests include: Steve Allen, Loni Anderson, Burt Bacharach, Anne Bancroft, Candice Bergen, Mel Brooks, LeVar Burton, Ruth Buzzi, Red Buttons, James Coburn, Dom DeLuise, Phyllis Diller, Charles Durning, Peter Falk, John Forsythe, Don Knotts, Cheryl Ladd, Liberace, Ethel Merman, Donny Most, Vincent Price, Carl Reiner, Christopher Reeve, Jean Stapleton, Charlene Tilton, Raquel Welch.

Trivia

Steve Whitmire makes a cameo appearance. You can see him sitting in the foreground in the scene between Sam the Eagle and Dick van Dyke.

Jim Henson also makes an appearance.

Credits

Executive Producer: Martin Starger

Producer: Jim Henson

Coproducer: David Lazer

Director: Stan Harris

Writers: Jerry Juhl and Don Hinkley

Creative Consultant: Frank Oz

Muppet Performers: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Kathryn Mullen

Muppet Characters

Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo the Great, Animal, Dr. Teeth, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Zoot, Rowlf, Scooter, Statler, Waldorf, Swedish Chef, Sam the Eagle, Sweetums, Timmy Monster, Doglion, Big Mama, the Mutations, Fletcher Bird, Gawky Bird, Bossman, Pigs

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+{{talk}}
-'''The Muppets Go Hollywood''' aired on CBS on May 16, [[1979]].
+'''''The Muppets Go Hollywood''''' aired on CBS on May 16, [[1979]].
-In a parody of the glamour and glitz of Hollywood, this one-hour special celebrates the premiere of [[the Muppets]]' first feature film, [[The Muppet Movie]].
+In this one-hour special, [[Kermit the Frog]] throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of [[the Muppets]]' first feature film, ''[[The Muppet Movie]]''. Hosts [[Dick van Dyke]] and [[Rita Moreno]] interview the wide array of celebrities and Muppets who attend the event.
-At the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, [[Dick van Dyke]] and [[Rita Moreno]] interview the wide array of celebrities and Muppets who turn out for the Tinseltown event.
 Highlights include the following:
 *The Muppets and their guests arrive in limousines.
-*The [[Muppet monsters]] sing and dance in a production number of ''Hooray for Hollywood''.
+*The [[Muppet monsters]] sing and dance in a production number of "Hooray for Hollywood".
-*Moreno conducts a prerecorded poolside interview with [[Miss Piggy]].
+*Rita conducts a poolside interview with [[Miss Piggy]].
-*The Peter Matz orchestra plays ''How High the Moon,'' featuring a solo by Muppet musician [[Zoot]] on sax.
+*The Peter Matz Orchestra plays "How High the Moon," featuring a solo by [[Zoot]] on saxophone.
-*Miss Piggy arrives on a chaise carried by four bronzed bodybuilders.
+*Miss Piggy arrives on a chaise carried by four bronzed bodybuilders, and sings "Baby Face".
-*[[Johnny Mathis]] sings ''[[Never Before, Never Again]]'', with piano accompaniment by [[Rowlf the Dog]].
+*[[Johnny Mathis]] sings "[[Never Before, Never Again]]", with piano accompaniment by [[Rowlf the Dog]].
-*Van Dyke serenades Miss Piggy with ''You Oughta Be in Pictures''.
+*Dick serenades Miss Piggy with "You Oughta Be in Pictures".
-*Lyricist [[Paul Williams]] and composer [[Kenny Ascher]] perform ''[[The Rainbow Connection]]''.
+*Lyricist [[Paul Williams]] and composer [[Kenny Ascher]] perform "[[The Rainbow Connection]]".
-*Moreno is joined by three awkward Muppets in a Carmen Miranda dance routine.
+*Rita does a Carmen Miranda dance routine, backed by [[the Mutations]].
-Also included are appearances by [[Raquel Welch]], [[Burt Bacharach]], [[Peter Falk]], [[Vincent Price]], [[Candice Bergen]], [[Ethel Merman]], [[Steve Allen]], [[John Forsythe]], [[Jean Stapleton]], [[Cheryl Ladd]], [[Liberace]], [[Phyllis Diller]], [[Red Buttons]], [[Christopher Reeve]], [[LeVar Burton]], [[Charles Durning]], [[Jim Henson]] and many others.
+Celebrity guests include: [[Steve Allen]], [[Loni Anderson]], [[Burt Bacharach]], [[Anne Bancroft]], [[Candice Bergen]], [[Mel Brooks]], [[LeVar Burton]], [[Ruth Buzzi]], [[Red Buttons]], [[James Coburn]], [[Dom DeLuise]], [[Phyllis Diller]], [[Charles Durning]], [[Peter Falk]], [[John Forsythe]], [[Don Knotts]], [[Cheryl Ladd]], [[Liberace]], [[Ethel Merman]], [[Donny Most]], [[Vincent Price]], [[Carl Reiner]], [[Christopher Reeve]], [[Jean Stapleton]], [[Charlene Tilton]], [[Raquel Welch]].
+==Trivia==
+:[[Steve Whitmire]] makes a cameo appearance. You can see him sitting in the foreground in the scene between [[Sam the Eagle]] and Dick van Dyke.
+:[[Jim Henson]] also makes an appearance.
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 '''Muppet Performers:''' [[Jim Henson]], [[Frank Oz]], [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Richard Hunt]], [[Dave Goelz]], [[Steve Whitmire]], [[Kathryn Mullen]]
+*''Muppet Characters''
+:[[Kermit the Frog]], [[Miss Piggy]], [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Gonzo the Great]], [[Animal]], [[Dr. Teeth]], [[Floyd Pepper]], [[Janice]], [[Zoot]], [[Rowlf]], [[Scooter]], [[Statler]], [[Waldorf]], [[Swedish Chef]], [[Sam the Eagle]], [[Sweetums]], [[Timmy Monster]], [[Doglion]], [[Big Mama]], [[the Mutations]], [[Fletcher Bird]], [[Gawky Bird]], [[Bossman]], [[Pigs]]
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