The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 1

This golden cover region 2 release of The Very Best of The Muppet Show Volume 1 was produced by Columbia Tristar in 2002, and available in the United Kingdom only.

Special Features (only on the DVD)

• Episode 417: Star Wars (complete with UK spot)
• Episode 214: Elton John (complete with UK spot)
• Of Muppets and Men: The Making of The Muppet Show
• Test Your Knowledge Quiz
• Muppet Character Conceptual Drawings (Swedish Chef, Angus McGonagle, Animal, Statler and Waldorf, Beaker)
• Muppet Character Facts
• Muppet Character Profiles (features Muppetisms for Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo and Animal)
• Access to the Website Muppetworld.com

Contents

Picture	Segment	Description	Source
	Intro	Opening Titles	Episode 306: Jean Stapleton
	Song	"I Go to Rio"	Episode 424: Diana Ross
	Sketch	Motorbike Madness	Episode 315: Lesley Ann Warren
	Sketch	Veterinarian's Hospital: Kermit's Sprained Flipper	Episode 410: Kenny Rogers
	Sketch	"The Daffodils"	Episode 302: Leo Sayer
	Episode fragments	Pigs in Space: Meteor Storm (plus backstage scene)	Episode 509: Debbie Harry
	Sketch	"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"	Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie
	Sketch	Muppet Labs: Teleporter	Episode 219: Peter Sellers
	Sketch	Muppet Melodrama	Episode 306: Jean Stapleton
	Sketch	The Swedish Chef: Chicken in a Basket	Episode 311: Raquel Welch
	Song	"Mah Na Mah Na"	Episode 101: Juliet Prowse
	Episode fragments	Gonzo's Cannonball Act (plus backstage scene and piano song by Rowlf & chicken)	Episode 223: John Cleese
	Episode fragments	"Two Lost Souls" plus backstage scene	Episode 223: John Cleese
	Sketch	Muppet Labs: Shrinking Pills	Episode 306: Jean Stapleton
	Sketch	Fozzie's Monologues: Fozzie's Memory Act	Episode 302: Leo Sayer
	Sketch	Veternarian's Hospital: Hungry Operating Table	Episode 220: Petula Clark
	Sketch	Muppet News Flash	Episode 308: Loretta Lynn
	Song	"Bein' Green"	Episode 219: Peter Sellers
	Sketch	The Swedish Chef: Chocolate Moose	Episode 220: Petula Clark
	Sketch	Muppet Labs: Alchemy Machine	Episode 504: Shirley Bassey
	Sketch	Gladys' Sandwich	Episode 306: Jean Stapleton
	Sketch	Wonder Pig	Episode 419: Lynda Carter
	Sketch	Muppet News Flash: Gold Security Guard	Episode 504: Shirley Bassey
	Sketch	Muppet Labs: Edible Paperclips	Episode 305: Pearl Bailey
	Sketch	Pigs in Space: The End of the Universe	Episode 501: Gene Kelly
	Sketch	"Feelings"	Episode 424: Diana Ross
	Song	"Memory Lane"	Episode 219: Peter Sellers
	Montage	episodes 504 and 306

Trivia

• The Very Best of the Muppet Show compilation was previously released on VHS.
• This DVD would be followed by Volume 2 and Volume 3.
• The closing theme for this video compilation is taken from the song After You've Gone from Episode 504: Shirley Bassey, the original music has been muted and the audio for the closing theme has been added in.

Other releases

VHSUnited Kingdom, 2003
Columbia-Tristar Home Entertainment/Jim Henson Home Entertainment
ASIN B00008OP24