The Muppet Show begins streaming tomorrow on Disney+, but today let's look at a few of our favorite characters as they appeared BEFORE the series that led them to international superstardom.
It's hard to imagine now but before The Muppet Show many of the best known Muppets didn't exist.
There was no Fozzie Bear, Gonzo was a little known "Cigar box" frackle in 1970's The Great Santa Claus Switch.
Miss Piggy made her debut during an appearance on Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' 1974 special
Rowlf was best known as Jimmy Dean's Sidekick. First appearing on The Jimmy Dean show in 1963.
Mah Na Mah Na first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1969, where he sang "Mah Na Mah Na" for the first time.
Before Sex and violence Waldorf , Sam, Janice, appeared in the very first Muppet Meeting film: Jim Henson's Muppet Meeting Films: Picker-Upper (1975)
Statler & Waldorf first appeared together, sans balcony in the Muppet Show pilot: Sex and Violence
Which is also were we were introduced (literally) to Crazy Harry and Nigel who would later be demoted from host to orchestra conductor.
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem's first gig was also on Sex and Violence
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