Top Ten Muppet Musical Moments

What would the Muppets be without their marvellous musical interludes? The all-singing, all-dancing troupe of felt-covered entertainers have been leaving their legacy for over 50 years (if you count the early TV incarnations), and here are some of our favourite musical moments. The Muppets is now playing in cinemas nationwide.

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1. Fozzie and Kermit – Movin’ Right Along

From The Muppet Movie (1979), Kermit and Fozzie are new friends, wide-eyed and full of excitement on their trip to make it big in Hollywood…

2. Happiness Hotel

In The Great Muppet Caper (1981), Kemit and friends are in London without a place to stay. As Fozzie so succinctly puts it, if this is the ‘happiness’ hotel, he’d hate to see the sad one…

3. Gonzo’s Intros

At the end of every Muppet Show intro, Gonzo’s awful trumpet skills were put to good use in a variety of ways…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESnteqhieVM

4. Kermit – The Rainbow Connection

Easily the biggest Muppet song ever, and a Top 40 hit in its own right, Rainbow Connection has always been Kermit’s finest moment. Look out for a new rendition in the latest film (now playing).

5. Rolf and Sam Eagle

Everyone’s favourite humourless Republican, Sam Eagle, teams up with good-natured ivory-tinkler Rolf to perform a Gilbert and Sullivan number…

6. Miss Piggy’s Fantasy

From The Great Muppet Caper comes the definitive moment for the Muppets’ most self-indulgent, self-obsessed, powdered-snouted member, Miss Piggy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UUQTbwqX5Y&feature=related

7. The Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody

One of the more recent Muppet offerings, a spoof on Queen’s original music video.

8. Mahna Mahna

Originally made famous by The Benny Hill Show, and later Sesame Street, this song featuring ‘The Snouths’ (those pink things) is now a familiar Muppet staple.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bJxYRtGUM4&feature=related

9. Muppaphone

Marvin Suggs and the Muppahone is allegedly one of Jason Segel’s favourite Muppet acts, so keep an eye peeled for these guys in the latest movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qiJPZ0Rruc&feature=related

10. Time in a Bottle

And because the Muppets are not all laughs and lunacy, we can’t forget this moving little number about the passing of time.

Any favourites you think we’ve left off? Leave your suggestions below…