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Episodes of The Muppet Show began with a theme song containing what opening lines?
Welcome to Muppet Town
It's time to play the music, It's time to light the lights.
It's that time of season. It's that time of year.
Thank you for stopping by. I hope you're prepared.
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Jim Henson and his puppetry team largely got their start in television by producing advertisements for what coffee brand?
Colombian
Erbridge
Wilkins
Folgers
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What is the name of the green puppet who led The Muppets?
Franklin Turtle
Kermit the Frog
Oscar the Grouch
The Green Giant
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Muppet Labs was a science-based skit on The Muppet Show that was hosted by what two characters?
Richter and Chroma
Celsius and Kelvin
Scales and Brian
Bunson and Beaker
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In what year did The Muppet Show officially begin?
1967
1970
1973
1976
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Henson and company shot two pilots in order to get The Muppets their own television show. The first of those pilots was The Muppets' Valentine Show. The second was which of the following?
The Muppets Show: Sex and Violence
The Muppets Show: Death in the Family
The Muppets Show: Adult Comedy Hour
The Muppets Show: Life Lessons from Sinners
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What educational public access show debuted many of The Muppets before they got their own show?
Caillou
Fraggle Rock
Sesame Street
SpongeBob SquarePants
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What Muppets character hosted an absurdist cooking show where he prepared ridiculous foods?
Swedish Chef
Chef Murray
British Chef
The Blind Baker
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The very first official sketch of The Muppets Show featured what song where pink-snouted creatures and a wild sunglass-ed-Muppet interrupted each other's routines?
Bang-Shang-a-Lang
Ob La Di Ob La Da
Mimi Moomoo
Mahna Mahna
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What Muppet had a diva's personality and pursued Kermit the Frog romantically across the franchise's history?
Miss Piggy
Spamilla Hamderson
Link Hogthrob
Porkerella
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Miss Piggy was one of the primary characters voiced and puppeteered by what actor who was Jim Henson's second-in-command in certain matters and who also played Yoda in the Star Wars series?
Donald Gleason
Frank Oz
Mickey Rooney
Harvey Corman
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What was the name of The Muppets Show's house band that was led by frontman Doctor Teeth?
The Chicago Troopers
Locomotive Breath
The Sleepy Windows
Electric Mayhem
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Animal was a Muppet based specifically on Keith Moon who was the wild drummer of what rock and roll band?
The Kinks
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Who
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What bespectacled Muppet, in-universe, was only allowed to join the group because his uncle owned the Muppet Theater?
Sammy Boy
Tito
Scooter
Walter
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What was the name of the first Muppets motion picture that released in 1979?
Muppets from Space
Muppets on the Road
The Muppet Movie
Muppets Take Hollywood
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1979's The Muppet Movie opened with Kermit the Frog singing what now-legendary Muppet tune?
Halfway down the Stairs
Rainbow Connection
Live and Learn
We're Gonna Be Famous
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What "Country Roads" and "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" singer appeared in multiple specials with the Muppets and even filmed a tribute to Jim Henson that was played during his memorial special?
Waylon Jennings
John Denver
Tim McGraw
Willie Nelson
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What is the name of Kermit the Frog's nephew who appeared in many of the later Muppets projects?
Charlie the Frog
Billy the Frog
Terrence the Frog
Robin the Frog
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The Muppet Show proved to be a critical and commercial hit. The series won how many Emmy Awards?
1
2
3
4
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What blue beaked Muppet was known for his whacky stunts and his constant attempts to be taken as a serious artist?
Gonzo
Bert
Mercutio
Lew
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Jim Henson and his puppetry team got valuable experience producing a weekly television show when they performed The Land of Gorch sketches as recurring bits on what variety show?
In Living Color
Saturday Night Live
Wallflowers
Mad T.V.
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The crew behind The Muppet Show kept a large stock of customizable and generic puppets to act as background characters. What was the name for these puppets?
Whatnots
Funnies
Goobers
Shift 'Ems
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In 1984, the Muppets made a comeback by starring in what animated series about their youthful misadventures?
Those Little Muppets
Muppet Babies
Rugrat Muppets
Nursery Time with The Muppets
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The Muppet Christmas Carol was a 1992 film where the Muppets portrayed Charles Dickens' famous holiday tale opposite what actor who played Scrooge?
Tim Curry
John Cleese
Michael Caine
Michael Gambin
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What 1999 film's terrible box office return put the kibosh on Muppets movies for over a decade?
Muppets from Space
Muppet Dance Party 2000
The Great Golden Muppet
How the Muppets Stole Christmas
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What grouchy Muppet was known for his editorials on the necessity of high culture and moral uprightness in American television?
Bernie Falcon
Sam the Eagle
Rooster Jim
Tar and Feathers
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From 1996-1998, the Muppets appeared in what raunchier reboot series that sought to modernize the format of the original Muppet Show?
Muppet Tonight
Muppet.com
And One for the Muppets
Encore! Muppets
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Who were the two cantankerous Muppets known for sitting in a box of The Muppet Theater and heckling the performers while they put on their show?
Myron and Driscoll
Statler and Waldorf
Thicke and Thin
Slide and The Professor
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In 2005, The Muppets were bought out by what entertainment conglomerate that has owned them ever since?
Disney
Universal
Warner Bros.
Paramount
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The Muppets proved to still have cultural capital when they appeared in what successful 2011 movie about the crew reforming after years of being apart?
The Muppets
Muppets in Central Park
The Muppets: Back in the Saddle
Muppets on the Run
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