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The Muppet Show Almost Didn’t Get Made – Here’s the 50-Year-Old Proof

Jim Henson pitched American television his idea for an adult-leaning puppet variety show twice, and both times it went nowhere. A 1974 ABC pilot called The Muppets Valentine Show, featuring Mia Farrow ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Kermit the Frog Was Just Trying to Put on a Variety Show. Fifty Years Later, the Muppets Are Some of the Biggest Stars in Television History

The first episode of Jim Henson's "The Muppet Show" premiered in the United Kingdom on September 5, 1976. Enthusiasm for the eclectic ensemble has endured ever since ...