Muppet show: Rita Moreno

1976

Guest Rita Moreno begins the show with a dance routine set in a Parisian cafe with a life size Muppet as her partner. Other highlights: Rowlf the Dog, as orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bob, attempts to operate on a reluctant Fozzie Bear, the Swedish Chef flips flapjacks; Marvin Suggs performs "Lady of Spain" on his Muppaphone; Kermit moderates a panel discussion about the dying art of conversation which degenerates into a heated argument between Moreno and Miss Piggy; Moreno sings "Fever" while Animal's wild drumming threatens to upstage her.

Moreno, Rita; Burns, Jack; Harris, Peter; Oz, Frank; Nelson, Jerry, 1934-; Hunt, Richard, d. 1992; Goelz, Dave; Ozker, Eren, 1948-1993; Lovelady, John; Wilcox, Caroly; Sahlin, Donald G; Krewson, Rollie; Fazakas, Faz; Jameson, Larry; Lynne, Gillian; Damerell, Stanley J Lady of Spain; Cooley, Eddie Fever; Henson, Jim

Jim Henson Television

Television programs; Television comedies; Puppet television programs

American Culture; Performing Arts, Music; Muppets (Fictitious characters); Kermit the Frog (Fictitious character); Fozzie Bear (Fictitious character); Piggy, Miss (Fictitious character)

North America; United States of America

The Jim Henson video collection at the University of Maryland

Special Collections in Performing Arts

English

Access restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.

027 minutes; color

Creation/Production Credits
Muppet performers, Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Eren Ozker, John Lovelady ; Muppet designers, Bonnie Erickson, Caroly Wilcox, Don Sahlin, Dave Goelz, Rollin Krewson, Faz Fazakas, Larry Jameson ; choreographer, Gillian Lynne.

Catalog Key: umd:1023; Catalog Key: alephsys003270272; Catalog Key: HENSON 002; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/350