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{{InfoboxLost
|title=<center>The Muppet Show (promos)</center>
|image=Promo-520.jpg
|imagecaption=A still from one of those advertisements.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
}}
'''''The Muppet Show''''' was a half-hour family television program, created by Jim Henson, which aired on syndication in the U.S. and ITV in the U.K., from 1976 to 1981. The show starred The Muppets, attempting to put on a weekly variety show, while in between acts showing The Muppet's backstage antics. In addition to the numerous characters, a guest celebrity would perform and become intertwined with the plot in each episode. 

To draw excitement for each new episode, Jim Henson, along with Miss Piggy/Fozzie Bear performer, Frank Oz (and occasionally Gonzo performer Dave Goelz) would create short, 10-30 second promos. Many of these were improvised on the spot, with main characters Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear announcing that week's guest star and showing a short clip, almost exclusively following this format:

'''Kermit: This week on ''The Muppet Show'', we're gonna have music and comedy, and our guest star is Mr/Mrs (Insert guest star name)

'''(Insert Guest Star Clip)'''

'''Kermit: Fun for the whole family, on ''The Muppet Show''!'''

'''(In the background, Fozzie does a gag, often interrupted by Kermit)'''

Many of these have been, unfortunately, lost overtime. Of the approximately 121 shorts, only 13 have been found, with even less being readily available on the internet. 7 of the shorts used to promote season one were included in the 2005 "The Muppet Show: Complete First Season" box set. These are the Bruce Forsyth, Phyllis Diller, Valerie Harper, Candice Bergen, Paul Williams, Sandy Duncan, and Peter Ustinov promos. 

In addition, The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York presented a screening on November 20th, 2016 of many of the previously lost promos for a 40th anniversary celebration<ref>[http://www.movingimage.us/visit/calendar/2016/11/20/detail/the-muppet-show-40th-anniversary-muppetational-celebrational The Museum of the Moving Image Page] Retrieved 08 Oct '17</ref>. As of right now, no videos from this panel have been released on YouTube.

==Promos==
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! style="background-color:lightblue" | Promo Name
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Status
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Found By
! style="background-color:lightblue" | Notes
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|Season One Promo||[http://youtu.be/gmeScAU4z-0 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [http://youtube.com/channel/UC8gPMJ_3HpzUm6_j-lfsGRw OscarfanMW]||N/A
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|Episode 101: Juliet Prowse||[https://youtu.be/IApNMtFAvfs <span style="color:green">Found</span>]||Found by: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCWkJ4RURVwqp81seOuzAzQ]|| N/A
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|Episode 102: Connie Stevens||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 103: Joel Grey||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 104: Ruth Buzzi||[http://youtu.be/M9xlnWHFpC8 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [http://youtube.com/channel/UCStdLrD_9De7T0AExscvsyw Jamie Gee]||N/A
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|Episode 105: Rita Moreno||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 106: Jim Nabors||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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| Episode 107: Florence Henderson||[https://archive.org/details/The_Muppet_Show_promo_SAS-10_1982_2 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [https://archive.org/details/flemishdog FLEMISHDOG]||N/A
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|Episode 108: Paul Williams||<span style="color:green">Found</span>||Present of The Season One DVD Box Set||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 109: Charles Aznavour||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 110: Harvey Korman||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 111: Lena Horne||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 112: Peter Ustinov||<span style="color:green">Found</span>||Presented on the Season One DVD Box Set||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 113: Bruce Forsyth||<span style="color:green">Found</span>||Presented on the Season One DVD Box Set||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 114: Sandy Duncan||<span style="color:green">Found</span>||Presented on the Season One DVD Box Set||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 115: Candice Bergan||<span style="color:green">Found</span>||Presented on the Season One DVD Box Set||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 116: Avery Schrieber||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 117: Ben Vereen||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 118: Phyllis Diller||<span style="color:green">Found</span>||Presented on the Season One DVD Box Set||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 119: Vincent Price||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 120: Valerie Harper||<span style="color:green">Found</span>||Presented on the Season One DVD Box Set||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 121: Twiggy||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 122: Ethel Merman||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 123: Kaye Ballard||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 124: Mummenschanz||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 201: Don Knotts||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 202: Zero Mostel||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 203: Milton Berle||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 204: Rich Little||[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgiWQdz5jzo<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChoYlGf7k9NACJZtvtmgtSA Chuck D's All-New Classic TV Clubhouse]||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 205: Judy Collins||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 206: Nancy Walker||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mL8C8vrIvY<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh8AiU28tZEuiKLYd2-yTQQ The TV Museum]||N/A
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|Episode 207: Edgar Bergan||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 208: Steve Martin||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 209: Madeline Kahn||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 210: George Burns||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 211: Dom DeLuise||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 212: Bernadette Peters||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 213: Rudolf Nureyev||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 214: Elton John||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 215: Lou Rawls||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 216: Cleo Laine||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 217: Julie Andrews||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 218: Jaye P. Morgan||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 219: Peter Sellers||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 220: Petula Clark||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 221: Bob Hope||[http://youtu.be/fDWpLQp3fbo <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [http://youtube.com/channel/UC8gPMJ_3HpzUm6_j-lfsGRw OscarfanMW]||N/A
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|Episode 222: Teresa Brewer||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 223: John Cleese||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 224: Cloris Leechman||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Season Three Promo||[https://youtu.be/zcVGKPeKl3E <span style="color:green">Found</span>]||Found By: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8gPMJ_3HpzUm6_j-lfsGRw]||Made only for ITV
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|Episode 301: Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 302: Leo Sayer||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 303: Roy Clark||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 304: Gilda Radner||[http://youtu.be/LSwqkTCcb1k <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [http://youtube.com/channel/UCRaoXpQSEMQhuFhYukOxjRQ Randy Dunford]||N/A
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|Episode 305: Pearl Bailey||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 306: Jean Stapleton||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 307: Alice Cooper||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 308: Loretta Lynn||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 309: Liberace||[http://youtu.be/tQP_vF4nk3Y <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [http://youtube.com/channel/UC2NuL7i39523JhlojRXzgIg bbctim123]||N/A
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|Episode 310: Marisa Berenson||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 311: Raquel Welch||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 312: James Coco||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 313: Helen Reddy||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 314: Harry Belafonte||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 315: Lesley Ann Warren||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 316: Danny Kaye||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 317: Spike Milligan||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 318: Leslie Uggams and Big Bird from ''Sesame Street''||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 319: Elke Sommer||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 320: Sylvester Stallone||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 321: Roger Miller||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 322: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 323: Lynn Redgrave||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 324: Cheryl Ladd||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 401: John Denver||[http://youtu.be/09Bkr_vdtrU <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [http://youtube.com/channel/UCCWkJ4RURVwqp81seOuzAzQ MuppetWiki]||N/A
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|Episode 402: Crystal Gayle||[http://youtu.be/9ROytLZP3eM <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [http://youtube.com/channel/UCnFo2It8Gf9O8otTZES72eQ Sean Mc]||N/A
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|Episode 403: Shields and Yarnell||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 404: Dyan Cannon||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 405: Victor Borge||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 406: Linda Lavin||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 407: Dudley Moore||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 408: Arlo Gurthrie||[http://youtu.be/16Ad-iNEtEA <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [http://youtube.com/channel/UCeX6HJP-LqYHKLgFs_duztA Daffy Duck]||N/A
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|Episode 409: Beverly Stills||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 410: Kenny Rogers||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 411: Lola Falana||[http://youtu.be/600q0WPx25g <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [http://youtube.com/channel/UCDW8ozzxMsBSdtpoGPcVVZA derbyjunkie]||N/A
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|Episode 412: Phyllis George||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 413: Dizzy Gillepsie||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 414: Liza Minnelli||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 415: Anne Murray||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 416: Jonathan Winters||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 417: Mark Hamill and The Stars of ''Star Wars''||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 418: Christopher Reeve||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 419: Lynda Carter||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 420: Alan Arkin||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 421: Doug Henning||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 422: Andy Williams||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 423: Carol Channing||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 424: Diana Ross||[https://youtu.be/jlVpIYWTi1I <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [https://youtube.com/channel/UCnFo2It8Gf9O8otTZES72eQ Sean Mc]||N/A
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|Episode 501: Gene Kelly||[https://youtu.be/muYCgsG1W2c <span style="color:green">Found</span>]||Found By: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbNDF2z19PJIq7G42mwijQ]||N/A
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|Episode 502: Loretta Swit||[http://youtu.be/yeqTaOjIop0 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [http://youtube.com/channel/UCCWkJ4RURVwqp81seOuzAzQ MuppetWiki]||N/A
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|Episode 503: Joan Baez||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 504: Shirley Bassey||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 505: James Coburn||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 506: Brooke Shields #1||[https://youtu.be/9mD-lpaXMmY <span style="color:green">Found</span>]||Found By: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvISDEXdfwwOBtvqUu9cuig]||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 506: Brooke Shields #2||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 507: Glenda Jackson||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 508: Señor Wences||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 509: Debbie Harry||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiBhSe3sXH4 <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeX6HJP-LqYHKLgFs_duztA Daffy Duck]||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 510: Jean-Pierre Rampal||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 511: Paul Simon||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 512: Melissa Manchester||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 513: Tony Randall||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 514: Mac Davis||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 515: Carol Burnett||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 516: Gladys Knight||[http://youtu.be/q5sXSvN7_tM <span style="color:green">'''Found'''</span>]||Found by: [https://www.youtube.com/user/eyeontv eyeontv]||N/A
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|Episode 517: Hal Linden||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 518: Marty Feldman and The Cast of ''Sesame Street''||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 519: Chris Langham||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 520: Wally Boag||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||Screened at the Museum of the Moving Image 40th Anniversary Muppetational
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|Episode 521: Johnny Cash||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 522: Buddy Rich||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 523: Linda Rondstat||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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|Episode 524: Roger Moore||<span style="color:red">Lost</span>||N/A||N/A
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==='''Unaired/Unconfirmed Promos'''===
At the aforementioned Museum of the Moving Image panel, Dave Goelz claimed that there was a promo that was filmed, but never actually used. Goelz said that before filming the spot, he happened to find a Kermit puppet that was not being used at the moment, and decided that that would be a funny prop to use. As such, while Kermit would narrate the promo, Fozzie would be puppeteering a separate Kermit puppet in the background. This promo went unused because, as Frank Oz stated, "The puppet wound up looking so warped and just weird that we couldn't let it go on TV". It is unknown whether or not any copies of this short still exist.

In addition, there are also four speculated lost promos. As there was a promo that highlighted clips from the entirety of Season One, many Muppet Show fans speculate that similar ones must have been produced for the remaining four seasons. While this seems likely, there is no solid evidence to back up these claims.

==Source==
* [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Muppet_Show_promos The Muppet wiki article on the promos.]

==Reference==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Lost advertising and interstitial material|Muppet Show promos]]
[[Category:Lost puppetry|Muppet Show promos]]
[[Category:Lost TV|Muppet Show promo]]
[[Category:Partially found media|Muppet Show promos]]