Muppet show: Elton John
- Date
1978
- Summary
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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."
- Contributors
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
- Publishers
Incorporated Television Company; Henson Associates; CBS Inc; Jim Henson Television
- Genres
Television comedies; Puppet television programs; Television programs
- Subjects
American Culture; Performing Arts, Music; Muppets (Fictitious characters); Piggy, Miss (Fictitious character)
- Locations
North America; United States of America
- Collection
The Jim Henson video collection at the University of Maryland
- Unit
Special Collections in Performing Arts
- Language
English
- Terms of Use
Access restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
- Physical Description
026 minutes; color
- Notes
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.
- Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: umd:1029; Catalog Key: alephsys003340377; Catalog Key: HENSON 005; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/353
Access Restrictions
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