What guest stars would you have liked to seen?

[Tim]

"The Muppet Show" took over a year to really "catch on" at least here in the States, and Jim had to call in a lot of friends to take a chance and appear on the show. Later on, the got over booked and had to actually turn down people like Paul Mcartney since they were going out of production.

So who would you have liked to have seen on the show? My (partial) list:

STEVE ALLEN-since he gave them their start he should have been the first Guest Star

JIMMY DEAN-they could have let Rowlf host the show for once.

MEL BROOKS-he could sing, tell jokes and play the drums.

JOHNNY CARSON-he could have done a magic and played the drums.

LUCILLE BALL-lots of phyisical stuff

DOLLY PARTON

MICHAEL PALIN

SHARI LEWIS

JOHN RITTER

GEORGE HARRISON

RICHARD PRIOR

MICKEY ROONEY

ANN MILLER

CARL REINER

DONALD O'CONNOR-they could have spoofed "Francis the Talking Mule"

THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS

BENNY HILL

ROBIN WILLIAMS-"Pigs in Space" meets Mork form Ork

and of course
PAUL MCARTNEY

There are others, but who would you suggest?

 

[MartyMuppets]

2 men who I would have really loved to have seen on the show are the great Welsh singer Mr.Harry Secombe. He was a part of the radio comedy team Goon Show featuring Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan both of whom guest starred in seasons 2 and 3 respectively. So it would have been wonderful if Harry had guest starred and finished off the Goon Show triumvirate.

The other man I'd have loved is Mr.Tim Brooke-Taylor british comedian not really very well-known outside Britain itself and my own country Australia and also New Zealand. But he also was part of a comedy trio I grew up watching on television called The Goodies and his partners were Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie

Because I always thought these men would have worked so well with the Muppets I wrote outlines for them which I'm hoping to turn into scripts eventually. When I'm ready to write more I'm sure I'll think of some other guests I would have loved to have seen

 

[Muppet Matt]

How about Lew Lord Grade? Lol!

 

[balana]

I'd loved to have seen Caroll O'Connor. He could've sung and maybe done a skit or two.

 

[giovannii]

Ann Miller, Cher, Ginger Rogers, Bette Midler, Lucille Ball, Barbra Streisand

 

[Pug Lover]

A lot of the guest stars I would like to have seen,Tim has already written down.
Johnny Carson
The Smothers Brothers
Lucille Ball
Paul McCartney
Others I would have like to have seen that have already been mentioned.
Bette Midler
Cher
Barbra Striesand
Here are others that haven't yet been mentioned.
Ann Margret
Adam West
James Garner
Neil Diamond
Sharon Gless
Donna Summer
Suzanne Somers
Mick Jagger
Cyndi Lauper
Tina Turner
Gordon Lightfoot
Neil Young
Bryan Adams
Bruce Springsteen
Mel Blanc
Bill Cosby
Stevie Wonder
Annie Lennox
Christina Applegate
Betty White
Mary Tyler Moore
Olivia Newton John
John Travolta
Dustin Hoffman

 

[BEAR]

Bea Arthur would have been hysterical!

What about Angela Lansbury? Did Dick Van Dyke ever guest star? He'd be great!

 

[mikebennidict]

A lot of the guest stars I would like to have seen,Tim has already written down.
Johnny Carson
The Smothers Brothers
Lucille Ball
Paul McCartney
Others I would have like to have seen that have already been mentioned.
Bette Midler
Cher
Barbra Striesand
Here are others that haven't yet been mentioned.
Ann Margret
Adam West
James Garner
Neil Diamond
Sharon Gless
Donna Summer
Suzanne Somers
Mick Jagger
Cyndi Lauper
Tina Turner
Gordon Lightfoot
Neil Young
Bryan Adams
Bruce Springsteen
Mel Blanc
Bill Cosby
Stevie Wonder
Annie Lennox
Christina Applegate
Betty White
Mary Tyler Moore
Olivia Newton John
John Travolta
Dustin Hoffman

Lightfoot recorded many great songs besides the hits he had in the 70s. There was 1 he recorded back in 1967 called Canadian RR Trilogy about the building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. I'd would of loved to have seen Lightfoot perform it and have the Muppets acting out the song.

 

[Gonzo14]

What About

Henry Winkler
Buddy Ebsen
Dan Akroyd
Johnny Cash

 

[Tim]

Did Dick Van Dyke ever guest star? He'd be great!

Dick and Rita Moreno hosted "The Muppets Go Hollywood" Special. That should have been included on the 50th Muppet Movie DVD.