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** Another spoof of sorts came when [[Peter Sellers]] was the guest star. Kermit says that backstage, Sellers is free to be himself and not a character, but Sellers says he cannot do so: "There used to be a me, but I had it surgically removed." Sellers helped the writers create this skit because he simply ''wasn't'' willing to be himself, and it became one of his most famous quotes. In the "15 seconds to curtain" opening bit, he appears in character as [[The Pink Panther|Inspector Clouseau]]. In [[Real Life]], of course, this was Sellers' [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352520/ particular neurosis] - making it [[Harsher in Hindsight]].

** The episode featuring "the stars of ''[[Star Wars]]''" [[I Am Not Spock|introduced Mark Hamill and his 'cousin' Luke Skywalker separately]]. The former had to admit that the latter upstaged him.

** There was also the time Señor Wences guest starred. He was a puppeteer himself, so Kermit decides to do something "new": a puppet show.

** Several of the guest stars tried shamelessly to out-Muppet [[The Muppets]] -- like [[Spike Milligan]], [[John Cleese]] and [[Peter Sellers]] -- with results that were indeed highly awesome.

* [[Instrument of Murder]]

* [[Insult Backfire]]:

{{quote|'''Sam the Eagle:''' You, sir, are a demented, sick, degenerate, barbaric, naughty freako!

'''[[Alice Cooper]]:''' Why, thank you. }}

{{quote|'''Maid Marian:''' You black-hearted, villainous swine!

'''The Sheriff of Nottingham (Gonzo):''' Oh, you silver-tongued flatterer. }}

* [[Let's See You Do Better]]: The Hal Linden episode had [[Statler and Waldorf]] run the show themselves while Kermit and Fozzie watch from the balcony.

{{quote|'''Kermit:''' Y'know, I don't miss me at all.}}

** After a scene in which guest star Juliet Prowse dances and then artfully fades out of view:

{{quote|'''Waldorf:''' Hey, she just vanished! How did she do that?