In episode 106, Kermit identifies the name of the theater as The Benny Vandergast Memorial Theater, although by the time of It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, it is simply called " The Muppet Theater.

According to The Phantom of the Muppet Theater, the theater was built by a stage actor named John Stone in 1802.

Locations seen in the Muppet Theater include backstage right ( which includes Kermit's desk ), the dressing rooms, the attic ( featured in four compilation videos released in 1985 ), the canteen, the prop room, the stage, the house, the stage door lobby, and the back alley.

The Muppet Theater is shown to be in New York City as Rachel Bitterman plots to tear down the Muppet Theater and build a club.

She is thwarted when Pepe the King Prawn manages to get the Muppet Theater to be made into a national landmark.

In The Muppets, a version of the Muppet Theater is seen in Los Angeles and is the main plotline of the movie where the Muppets reunite to raise money to buy back the Muppet Theater deed from an oil magnate named Tex Richman ( who got the deed from Statler and Waldorf tricking them into believing that he will rebuild it as a museum ) as he plans to demolish it and drill for oil.

When Kermit entreats Tex Richman to return the ownership of the Muppet Theater, Tex says no and reveals that the Muppets will also lose their trademark name and rights which he plans to give to an imitation group, the Moopets.

Although they were short on their telethon goal, the Muppets get the Muppet Theater and their trademark name back when Gonzo's head bowling act gives Tex Richman a head injury that ends with him laughing comically.

This was referenced in the 2011 film The Muppets, where he saw an old picture of himself at the Muppet Theater and ridiculed the "' 80s haircut " he sported back then.

* Muppet Classic Theater ( TV )-The Emperor

They are first shown in Kermit's old office where they inform evil oil baron Tex Richman that the only thing that could stop his purchase of The Muppet Theater would be Kermit raising ten million dollars.

While using Muppet characters to act out educational principles, " Monsterpiece Theater " is also a parody of the similarly acclaimed PBS show Masterpiece Theatre, now known simply as Masterpiece.

Muppet Classic Theater had a version where a shoemaker ( played by Kermit the Frog ) faces ruin until his livelihood is saved by a group of philanthropic entertainers ( played by The Elvises ) who, naturally, make only blue suede shoes.

* Muppet Classic Theater ( 1994 )

Although the term is often used to refer to any puppet that resembles the distinctive style of The Muppet Show, the term is both an informal name and legal trademark owned by the Walt Disney Company in reference to the original characters created by Henson.

The legal trademark on the term " Muppet " is currently held by The Muppets Studio, a wholly owned division of the Walt Disney Company, although Sesame Workshop and the Jim Henson Company continue to occasionally use the term on their characters with certain permissions from Disney.

The Muppet Show is an American primetime television show produced by puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring Muppets.

* Muppet News Flash – The Muppet Newsman gives a newsbrief only to have some disaster befall him ( typically the same disaster he was just describing ), or another strange scenario: such as the time that he ran on, stated " There is no news tonight.

A third example, a cross-over with the Swedish Chef, has the Swedish Chef open and cause a wine bottle " explosion " ( if a bottle is shaken too much before opening it for the first time, fizz will shoot up and out of the bottle ) and flies through the air, classified as a UFO by the Muppet Newsman.

He is also apprenticed at the Muppet workshop in New York City, and on the set of The Lord of the Rings films in New Zealand, in addition to working as a stilt-walker with a troupe in England.

Oscar the Grouch is a Muppet character on the television program Sesame Street.

Frank Oz ( born Frank Richard Oznowicz ; born May 25, 1944 ) is a film director, actor, voice actor and puppeteer who is known for creating and performing the characters Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Show, as well as Cookie Monster, Bert and Grover in Sesame Street.

This live-to-tape segment comprised all cast members and occasional surprise celebrities dancing before a 1960s " Mod " party backdrop, delivering one-and two-line jokes interspersed with a few bars of dance music ( later adopted on The Muppet Show, which had a recurring segment that is similar to " The Cocktail Party " with absurd moments from characters ).

The community is the birthplace of Kermit the Frog, a Muppet created by Jim Henson, who was born in nearby Greenville.

Fozzie Bear is a Muppet, created by Jim Henson.

A replica of the theatre serves as the setting for the Muppet * Vision 3D attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney California Adventure.

As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and created advanced puppets for projects like Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth.

Exceptions include characters appearing on Sesame Street ( as they were previously sold to Sesame Workshop, although they have always had creative rights, only reimbursing The Jim Henson Company to create and provide their Muppet characters for their use ) and the Fraggles of Fraggle Rock ( which are still owned by the Jim Henson Company ).

In the first season, the Muppet Newsman read out news items that occasionally featured the guest star for that week playing a character that was somehow involved in the item.

Two specials were produced and aired that are considered pilots for The Muppet Show.

The Muppet Show was nominated for a total of 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning 4, including the 1978 award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series.

Reruns of The Muppet Show aired in syndication for many years and eventually turned up on TNT from the channel's sign-on in 1988 to 1992.

Time-Life began marketing ' best of ' volumes of The Muppet Show for mail-order in 2001, with six initial volumes with 3 episodes on each VHS and DVD.

Although the producers decided against depending upon a single host for Sesame Street, instead casting a group of ethnically diverse actors, they realized that a children's television program needed to have, as Lesser put it, " a variety of distinctive and reliable personalities ", both human and Muppet.

He has sung in film roles as well, including for the musical film, The Muppet Christmas Carol.

Unlike its counterpart Sesame Street, which licensed its Muppet characters for merchandising, The Electric Company did not have a brand or character that could help generate profit.

" Oscar also appeared in the Jim Henson holiday special, A Muppet Family Christmas, when the Sesame Street Gang comes to the Grizzly Farm House for the holidays, in the film he befriends Rizzo the Rat ( whose name parodies that of the Midnight Cowboy character Ratso Rizzo ) who asks the Grouch if he could stay in his trash can for the night.

Burton played a role as a visitor to Fantasy Island, was a participant in Battle of the Network Stars, a guest of the Muppet Shows televised premiere party for the release of The Muppet Movie, and a frequent guest on several game shows.

Major French political figures were designed by artists: Alain Duverne, Jacques Loup, Jean-Yves Grall ... representing as characters similar to those of The Muppet Show, with, for instance, François Mitterrand portrayed as a frog named Kermitterrand ( and naming himself God ), a reference to Kermit the Frog.

* Animal ( Muppet ), a drummer character in The Muppet Show band, Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem

* Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, fictional character from the Muppet Show

He guest-starred much later in his career in episodes of The Muppet Show, The Cosby Show and in the 1980s revival of The Twilight Zone.

The success of Sesame Street spawned The Muppet Show, which featured Muppets created by Henson.

In the 1970s and 80s, Ft. Lauderdale swimming champion Charkie Phillips revived water ballet on television with The Krofftettes in The Brady Bunch Hour ( 1976 – 77 ), NBC's The Big Show ( 1980 ), and then on screen with Miss Piggy in The Great Muppet Caper ( 1981 ).

* Special guest star of 18 January 1979 edition of The Muppet Show

Floyd Pepper, a character from The Muppet Show and related works

" The Muppet Show Theme " was played at the beginning and end of every episode of The Muppet Show.

Statler and Waldorf then sang a new verse expressing their hatred toward The Muppet Show.

Each episode ended with an extended instrumental performance of " The Muppet Show Theme " by the Muppet orchestra before Statler and Waldorf gave the last laugh of the night.

This would have taken place sometime after 1996, as J. P. can be seen ( and referred to as such by the head of the KMUP network ) in episode 107 of Muppets Tonight, the 1990s reworking of The Muppet Show.

Fozzie Bear and Rowlf the Dog perform " English Country Garden " on episode 2. 18 of The Muppet Show