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DVD's of The Muppet Show debut

By Phillip Chapman
Courtesy of Time-Life
July 25, 2001

Time-Life has now expanded their Muppet Show collection to include 30 episodes on DVD. These discs are available from Time-Life's Web site.

Each DVD of the best of The Muppet Show is priced at $24.99 and features 3 uncut Muppet Show episodes.

The entire 10 volume DVD set is available for a limited time at $175, a savings of $75 off the individual DVD prices.

Here are the episodes included in the DVD collection:

DVD 1 - Elton John, Julie Andrews, Gene Kelly
DVD 2 - Star Wars, Paul Simon, Raquel Welch
DVD 3 - Harry Belafonte, Linda Ronstadt, John Denver
DVD 4 - Peter Sellers, John Cleese, Dudley Moore
DVD 5 - Alice Cooper, Vincent Price, Marty Feldman
DVD 6 - Steve Martin, Carol Burnett, Gilda Radner
DVD 7 - George Burns, Dom DeLuise, Bob Hope
DVD 8 - Diana Ross, Brooke Shields, Rudolf Nureyev
DVD 9 - James Coburn, Sylvester Stallone, Debbie Harry
DVD 10 - Roger Moore, Edgar Bergen, Danny Kaye

Time-Life is planning a full-scale nation-wide promotional launch for these DVD's, including television, print, and trade magazines. The wide-spread appeal of the Muppets is the perfect choices for one of Time-Life's first DVD collections.