The BEST episodes of The Muppet Show season 3

Every episode of The Muppet Show season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Muppet Show season 3!

The Muppet Show is a British-American television program produced by puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring Muppets. After two pilot episodes were produced in 1974 and 1975, the show premiered on September 5, 1976, and five series were produced until March 15, 1981, lasting 120 episodes. The program shows a vaudeville- or music hall-style song-and-dance variety show, as well as glimpses behind the scenes of such a show. Kermit the Frog stars as a showrunner who tries to keep control of the antics of the other Muppet characters (and his temper), as well as keep the guest stars happy. The show was known for outrageous physical slapstick, sometimes absurdist comedy, and humorous parodies. Each episode also featured a human guest star. As the show's popularity rose, many celebrities were eager to perform with the Muppets on television and in film.

Last Updated: 12/2/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
Leslie Uggams
star
15.00
2 votes

#1 - Leslie Uggams

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 7/5/1979

Sketches/Songs: "Hey There, Good Times", "Muppet Labs", "Here You Come Again", "Mad About the Frog", "Bear on Patrol", "Vendawish", "Camilla", "Love Will Keep Us Together"

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Roger Miller
star
15.00
2 votes

#2 - Roger Miller

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/1979

Song: Penguins in Mayflower: "Alabama Bound" Cluckitis (best running gag they ever had IMHO) Roger sings with watermelons Bear on Patrol: assaulting an officer Song: Roger: "A Hat Like That" Rowlf Vet's Hospital Song: Roger: "Whack-a-Doo" Song: "Dang Me".

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Harry Belafonte
star
9.40
30 votes

#3 - Harry Belafonte

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1979

Sketches/Songs: "Day-O", "Tea For Two", "Pigs In Space", "Honeysuckle Rose", Animal and Harry play the drums, "Muppet Sports", "Turn the World Around"

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Alice Cooper
star
9.04
112 votes

#4 - Alice Cooper

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1978

Sketches/Songs: "Welcome to my Nightmare", "Muppet Labs", "Toothache", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "Once a Year Day", "You and Me", "Pigs In Space", "School's Out"

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Spike Milligan
star
8.79
47 votes

#5 - Spike Milligan

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1979

Sketches/Songs: "Oklahoma", "An Editorial by Sam The Eagle", "The Music of Scotland", "Muppet Newsflash", "Dog Walk", "America", "The Intergalactic Brotherhood of Man, Including Things", "It's a Small World"

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Marisa Berenson
star
8.56
57 votes

#6 - Marisa Berenson

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/21/1978

Sketches/Songs: "Russian Pig Dance", "Dance", "Muppet Sports", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Do-Re-Mi", "Our House", "The Wedding"

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Loretta Lynn
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8.55
85 votes

#7 - Loretta Lynn

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1978

Sketches/Songs: "You're Looking at Country", "I'm All Alone", "Muppet Newsflash", Fozzie's Act, "At the Dance", "Sentimental Journey", "Oh, Lonesome Me", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Muppet Newsflash", "The Rhyming Song", "One's on the Way"

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Pearl Bailey
star
8.18
56 votes

#8 - Pearl Bailey

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1978

Sketches/Songs: "My Soul is a Witness", "Muppet Labs", "Muppet Newsflash", "In the Good Old Summertime", "An Actor's Life For Me", "Pigs In Space", "At the Dance", The Camelot joust

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Cheryl Ladd
star
7.88
52 votes

#9 - Cheryl Ladd

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1978

Sketches/Songs: "True Love", "South Rampart Street Parade", "Pigs In Space", "There's a New Sound", "I Enjoy Being a Girl", Gonzo's Act, "Sunshine on my Shoulder"

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Elke Sommer
star
7.88
49 votes

#10 - Elke Sommer

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/1979

Sketches/Songs: "Pennsylvania 6-5000", "Animal Crackers", "Pigs In Space", "Tuxedo Junction", "Pigs In Space", "Muppet Sports", "Row, Row, Row"

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Roy Clark
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7.85
128 votes

#11 - Roy Clark

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1978

Sketches/Songs: "Rocky Top", "Swedish Chef", "Pigs In Space", "Yesterday When I Was Young", "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire", "Talk Spot", "At the Barn-Dance", Gonzo's Act, "Sally Was a Good Ol' Girl"

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Gilda Radner
star
7.84
80 votes

#12 - Gilda Radner

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1978

Sketches/Songs: "The Lullaby of Broadway", "Modern Major General", "Muppet Melodrama", "Witch Doctor", "A Saucy Little Bird on Nellie's Hat", "Muppet Labs", "Muppet Newsflash", "Tap Your Troubles Away"

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Jean Stapleton
star
7.70
86 votes

#13 - Jean Stapleton

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1978

Sketches/Songs: "Tico Tico", "Play a Simple Melody", "At the Dance", "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-Wow", "Talk Spot", "Muppet Melodrama", "Muppet Labs", "I'm Just Wild About Harry"

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Leo Sayer
star
7.61
79 votes

#14 - Leo Sayer

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1978

Sketches/Songs: "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", "Carbon Paper", "The Daffodills", "The Show Must Go On", "She was a Dear Little Dicky Bird", Fozzie's Act, "When I Need You"

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Liberace
star
7.57
78 votes

#15 - Liberace

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1978

Sketches/Songs: "Never on Sunday", "Swedish Chef", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Muppet Newsflash", "She Wants to Sing in Opera", "Liberace bird concert"

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Lesley Ann Warren
star
7.35
48 votes

#16 - Lesley Ann Warren

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/8/1979

Sketches/Songs: Gonzo's first motorcycle jump, "Beauty and the Beast", "Pigs In Space", "Mack the Knife", "Just the Way You Are", Gonzo's second motorcycle jump, "Last Dance"

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Danny Kaye
star
7.32
53 votes

#17 - Danny Kaye

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/1/1979

Sketches/Songs: "Age of Aqaurius", "Lunchtime", "Cheek to Cheek", "Jogging", "Swedish Chef", "The Flying Zucchini Brothers", "The Municipal Vermin Abatement Code", "Inchworm"

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Raquel Welch
star
7.19
53 votes

#18 - Raquel Welch

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1978

Sketches/Songs: "Someone Just Like You", "Jamboree", "At the Dance", Fozzie's Act, "Talk Spot", "Confide in Me", "Swedish Chef", "I'm a Woman"

Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge
star
7.17
52 votes

#19 - Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1978

Sketches/Songs: "Help Me Make It Through the Night", Gonzo's Act, "Muppet Labs", "My Wild Irish Rose", "Muppet Newsflash", "We're All Alone", "A Frog He Would a Wooing Go", "New York State of Mind", "An Actor's Life For Me", "A Song I'd Like To Sing"

Helen Reddy
star
7.16
114 votes

#20 - Helen Reddy

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1978

Sketches/Songs: "Staying Alive", "How Can You Be", Fozzie's dance number, "Muppet Newsflash", "Beethoven's Sonata No.8, Opus 13", "You and Me Against the World", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Tie Me Kangaroo Down", "We'll Sing in the Sunshine"

Sylvester Stallone
star
7.10
29 votes

#21 - Sylvester Stallone

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1979

Sketches/Songs: "Hawaiian War Chant", "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", "Lady Be Good", "The William Tell Overture", "Veterinarian's Hospital", Fozzie's Act, "Bird in a Gilded Cage"

Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
star
7.10
29 votes

#22 - Roy Rogers & Dale Evans

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/1979

Sketches/Songs: "Blue Skies", "Skyball Paint", "Muppet Sports", "Deep in the Heart of Texas", "A Four Legged Friend", "Bear on Patrol", Cowboy and Skyball sketch, "Medley"

James Coco
star
6.17
81 votes

#23 - James Coco

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1978

Sketches/Songs: "Octopus's Garden", "The Medium", "Eight Little Notes", "Swedish Chef", "Catch a Falling Star", "Veterinarian's Hospital", "Short People"

Lynn Redgrave
star
0.00
0 votes

#24 - Lynn Redgrave

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/24/1979

The Muppets perform the classic tale of Robin Hood.