The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 1

The Very Best of The Muppet Show Volume 1 was released on VHS by Columbia TriStar Home Video in 1999 and on DVD in 2002, exclusively in the United Kingdom. It was part of a series of UK-exclusive compilation releases consisting of sketches, segments and songs from The Muppet Show.
It was followed on with The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 in the same year, and the DVD-exclusive The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 in 2004.
==Contents==
Picture	Segment 	Description 	Source
 	Intro 	Opening Titles 	Episode 306: Jean Stapleton
center 	Song 	"I Go to Rio" 	Episode 424: Diana Ross
center 	Sketch 	Motorbike Madness 	Episode 315: Lesley Ann Warren
 	Sketch 	Veterinarian's Hospital: Kermit's Sprained Flipper 	Episode 410: Kenny Rogers
 	Sketch 	"The Daffodils" 	Episode 302: Leo Sayer
 	Episode fragments	Pigs in Space: Meteor Storm (plus backstage scene) 	Episode 509: Debbie Harry
 	Sketch 	"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" 	Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie
 	Sketch 	Muppet Labs: Teleporter 	Episode 219: Peter Sellers
 	Sketch 	Muppet Melodrama 	Episode 306: Jean Stapleton
center 	Sketch 	The Swedish Chef: Chicken in a Basket 	Episode 311: Raquel Welch
 	Song 	"Mah Na Mah Na" 	Episode 101: Juliet Prowse
 	Episode fragments	Gonzo's Cannonball Act (plus backstage scene and piano song by Rowlf & chicken)	Episode 223: John Cleese
 	Episode fragments	"Two Lost Souls" plus backstage scene 	Episode 223: John Cleese
 	Sketch 	Muppet Labs: Shrinking Pills 	Episode 306: Jean Stapleton
 	Sketch 	Fozzie's Monologues: Fozzie's Memory Act 	Episode 302: Leo Sayer
 	Sketch 	Veternarian's Hospital: Hungry Operating Table 	Episode 220: Petula Clark
 	Sketch 	Muppet News Flash 	Episode 308: Loretta Lynn
 	Song 	"Bein' Green" 	Episode 219: Peter Sellers
center 	Sketch 	The Swedish Chef: Chocolate Moose 	Episode 220: Petula Clark
 	Sketch 	Muppet Labs: Alchemy Machine 	Episode 504: Shirley Bassey
 	Sketch 	Gladys' Sandwich 	Episode 306: Jean Stapleton
 	Sketch 	Wonder Pig 	Episode 419: Lynda Carter
 	Sketch 	Muppet News Flash: Gold Security Guard 	Episode 504: Shirley Bassey
 	Sketch 	Muppet Labs: Edible Paperclips 	Episode 305: Pearl Bailey
 	Sketch 	Pigs in Space: The End of the Universe 	Episode 501: Gene Kelly
center 	Sketch 	"Feelings" 	Episode 424: Diana Ross
 	Song 	"Memory Lane" 	Episode 219: Peter Sellers
 	Montage 	End Credits 	Episodes 504 and 306
==Notes==
*The closing theme for this video compilation is taken from the song After You've Gone from Episode 504: Shirley Bassey, the original music has been muted and the audio for the closing theme has been added in.
==Releases==
 	 	 	
Cover	Year	Notes	
 	1999	Distributor: The Entertainment NetworkCatalogue number: VCR29661 UPN number: 5023940 966187 Running time: approx 50 minutes
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The first VHS release.	
 	2002	Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home EntertainmentCatalogue number: CDRP 977 UPN number: 5035822 097711 Running time: approx 50 minutes
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DVD release. Re-released in 2003 with minor layout changes to the packaging, but under the same product and UPN numbers.
Bonus Features:
*Episode 417: Star Wars (complete with UK spot)
*Episode 214: Elton John (complete with UK spot)
*Of Muppets and Men: The Making of The Muppet Show
*Test Your Knowledge Quiz
*Muppet Character Conceptual Drawings (Swedish Chef, Angus McGonagle, Animal, Statler and Waldorf, Beaker)
*Muppet Character Facts
*Muppet Character Profiles (features Muppetisms for Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo and Animal)
*Access to the Website Muppetworld.com	
 	2003	Distributor: Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd. (UCA)Catalogue number: C820 1129 UPN number: 5050582 011296 Running time: approx 50 minutes
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VHS re-release.	
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