Muppet show: Elton John

1978

Special guest Elton John opens the show with a performance of "Crocodile Rock," accompanied by members of the Muppet band and a quartet of crocodiles. Highlights include: the Swedish Chef has a culinary adventure with a renegade chicken; John performs "Bennie and the Jets" with a chorus of Muppets, and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" with Sgt. Floyd Pepper, Zoot, Animal, and the rest of the Muppet band; Miss Piggy, Capt. Link Hogthrob, and Doctor Strangepork battle boredom in the ongoing saga "Pigs in Space"; and, in the finale, John and Miss Piggy sing "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart."

Henson, Jim; Juhl, Jerry; Harris, Peter; Oz, Frank; Nelson, Jerry, 1934-; Hunt, Richard, d. 1992; Goelz, Dave; Wilcox, Caroly; Kaestle, Mari; Lovelady, John; Van Gilder, Amy; Hendrickson, Calista; Fazakas, Faz; Jameson, Larry; Erickson, Bonnie; Sahlin, Donald G; Frith, Michael K; John, Elton

Incorporated Television Company; Henson Associates; CBS Inc; Jim Henson Television

Television comedies; Puppet television programs; Television programs

American Culture; Performing Arts, Music; Muppets (Fictitious characters); 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.

026 minutes; color

Creation/Production Credits
Muppet performers, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Jim Henson ; Muppets and costumes, Caroly Wilcox, Mari Kaestle, Dave Goelz, John Lovelady, Amy Van Gilder, Calista Hendrickson, Faz Fazakas, Larry Jameson, Bonnie Erickson ; special puppets, Don Sahlin ; Muppet creative consultants, Frank Oz, Michael K. Frith.

Catalog Key: umd:1029; Catalog Key: alephsys003340377; Catalog Key: HENSON 005; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/353