RIP Muppet Show Guests

[Daffyfan4ever]

Harry was definitely a tough loss. As the list continues to shrink, it will eventually reach a point every Muppet show guest has passed. And it will be there before any of us know it.

Then you have to admire Brooke Shields for appearing on the show when she was so young implying that "hopefully" she'll be with us for a while. Yet, we can't even see the poor girl's episode on Disney+. Thank goodness for the TimeLife episodes.

 

[CoolGuy1013]

Glenda Jackson has gone to the big pirate ship in the sky.

Glenda Jackson: Oscar-winning actress and former MP dies aged 87

The actress and former MP had completed a film with Sir Michael before her death aged 87.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[DMHFan]

Glenda Jackson has gone to the big pirate ship in the sky.

Glenda Jackson: Oscar-winning actress and former MP dies aged 87

The actress and former MP had completed a film with Sir Michael before her death aged 87.

www.bbc.co.uk

Her episode has been and will remain one of my favorite Muppet Show episodes.

May she rest in peace.

 

[CoolGuy1013]

Another one bites the dust…

Alan Arkin, Oscar-Winning 'Little Miss Sunshine' Actor, Dead at 89

Alan Arkin won an Oscar for 2006's 'Little Miss Sunshine' and recently starred with Michael Douglas in 'The Kominsky Method'

people.com

‘Tis a shame, I really enjoyed his work with the Muppets (and in Minions: Rise of Gru, but that’s besides the point).

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

Another one bites the dust…

Alan Arkin, Oscar-Winning 'Little Miss Sunshine' Actor, Dead at 89

Alan Arkin won an Oscar for 2006's 'Little Miss Sunshine' and recently starred with Michael Douglas in 'The Kominsky Method'

people.com

‘Tis a shame, I really enjoyed his work with the Muppets (and in Minions: Rise of Gru, but that’s besides the point).

"The Rise of Gru?"It's interesting to note that he was in something that recent, that he's still been kind of active recently before his passing.

 

[DMHFan]

Here's a list of all the dead guest stars from The Muppet Show, sorted by season.
Season 1

1. Juliet Prowse
2. Jim Nabors
3. Florence Henderson
4. Charles Aznavour
5. Harvey Korman
6. Lena Horne
7. Peter Ustinov
8. Bruce Forsyth
9. Avery Schreiber
10. Phyllis Diller
11. Valerie Harper
12. Ethel Merman
13. Kaye Ballard
14. Andres Bossard

Season 2

1. Don Knotts
2. Zero Mostel
3. Milton Berle
4. Nancy Walker
5. Edgar Bergen
6. Madeline Kahn
7. George Burns
8. Dom DeLuise
9. Rudolf Nureyev
10. Lou Rawls
11. Peter Sellers
12. Bob Hope
13. Teresa Brewer
14. Cloris Leachman

Season 3

1. Roy Clark
2. Gilda Radner
3. Pearl Bailey
4. Jean Stapleton
5. Loretta Lynn
6. Liberace
7. Raquel Welch
8. James Coco
9. Helen Reddy
10. Harry Belafonte
11. Danny Kaye
12. Spike Milligan
13. Roger Miller
14. Roy Rogers
15. Dale Evans
16. Lynn Redgrave

Season 4

1. John Denver
2. Lorene Yarnell
3. Victor Borge
4. Dudley Moore
5. Beverly Sills
6. Kenny Rogers
7. Phyllis George
8. Dizzy Gillespie
9. Jonathan Winters
10. Christopher Reeve
11. Alan Arkin
12. Doug Henning
13. Andy Williams
14. Carol Channing

Season 5

1. Gene Kelly
2. James Coburn
3. Glenda Jackson
4. Señor Wences
5. Jean-Pierre Rampal
6. Tony Randall
7. Mac Davis
8. Marty Feldman
9. Wally Boag
10. Johnny Cash
11. Buddy Rich
12. Roger Moore

The season with the least deceased guests: Season 5
The season with the most deceased guests: Season 3

 

[Muppet Master]

Very helpful list. Sad to see only 1/3 of the season 3 guest stars remain. It feels like the muppet show guest stars have been dying more than usual. RIP to Harry, Glenda, and Alan.

 

[YellowYahooey]

I feel as if the last celebrity guest to remain will likely be Brooke Shields, considering she was much younger when she appeared.

 

[LittleJerry92]

Alan was also Larry in the “Larry and Phyllis” season 2 segments in Sesame Street (who I honestly liked more than “Buddy and Jim”). May he R.I.P

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

Alan was also Larry in the “Larry and Phyllis” season 2 segments in Sesame Street (who I honestly liked more than “Buddy and Jim”). May he R.I.P

Yeah, I thought I remembered him from SS. It's easy to forget because now we have another famous Alan on SS who's still kicking and seen on the show regularly, but yeah, I remember hearing about the other Alan being seen on the show early on.