Episode 624: Alex Band (lead singer of The Calling)

==Plot Summary==
Kermit and the Muppet gang are excited to have Alex Band, the lead singer of The Calling guest star on the show......so he can sing 'Wherever You Will Go' in a memorial tribute for the seasons 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 guest stars who had passed away over the past years and the 1 that passed away last year as well too.
==Cold Open==
Guest Star's Dressing Room: Scooter knocks on Alex Band's dressing room door 7 times and tells him '12 2nds 'til curtain'........and Alex agrees to sing onstage with the Muppet gang.
'The Muppet Show' Theme Song: Gonzo's trumpet lets out some blue glitter
==Songs and Sketch #s==
*Things Will Go My Way (performed by Alex Band along with Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem)
*Veterenarian's Hospital Sketch #-Rizzo as the patient
*The Swedish Chef Sketch #-Rigatoni
*Pigs in Space Sketch #-Slow motion waves
*At the Dance Sketch #-same as always
*Muppet News Flash-Giant robot rampage
*Sam's Editorial Speech-It's very important to brush your teeth after every single meal
*Muppet Labs Sketch #-Wireless Disco Machien
*Closing Musical #-Wherever You Will Go (in memorial tribute for the seasons 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 guest stars who had passed away over the past years and another 1 that passed away last year as well too, performed by Alex Band along with Kermit, Rowlf, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem band)
==Muppet Voice Performers==
*Steve Whitmire as Kermit, Statler Rizzo, Captain Link Hogthrob, the Muppet Newsman and Beaker (voices, taken over 5 characters from the late Jim Henson and the late Richard Hunt)
*Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Animal, Sam and Marvin Suggs (voices)
*Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Zoot, Beauregard, Waldorf and Bunsen (voices, taken over 1 character from the late Jim Henson)
*Bill Barretta as Pepe, the Swedish Chef, Rowlf, Dr. Teeth and Bobo (voices, taken over 3 characters from the late Jim Henson)
*Matt Vogel as Robin, Crazy Harry, Floyd, Camilla, Sweetums, Lew Zealand and Uncle Deadly (voices, taken over 1 character from the late Richard Hunt and 6 characters from the late Jerry Nelson)
*David Rudman as Scooter, Janice and Wayne (voices, taken over from the late Richard Hunt)
*Kathryn Mullen as Wanda (voice, taken over from the late Erin Ozker)
*Kevin Clash as Clifford (voice)
*Peter Linz as Walter (voice)
==Muppet Memorial Dedications==
Dedicated to the loving memories and magic of Jim Henson (1936-1990), Richard Hunt (1951-1992), Erin Ozker (1948-1993), Jerry Juhl (1938-2005), Joe Raposo (1937-1989), Jerry Nelson (1934-2012) and Jane Henson (1934-2013)......we'll all be forever grateful.
==Trivia Notice==
During the song, 'The Calling'........there are several photographs of the seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 guest stars who had passed away over the past years and another 1 that had passed away last year as well too....
==Season 1 includes==
#Juliet Prowse (1936-1996)
#Ethel Merman (1908-1984)
#Peter Ustinov (1921-2004)
#Avery Schreiber (1935-2002)
#Vincent Price (1911-1993)
#Harvey Korman (1927-2008)
#Lena Horne (1917-2010)
#Phyllis Diller (1917-2012)
==Season 2 includes==
#Don Knotts (1924-2006)
#Zero Mostel (1915-1977)
#Milton Berle (1908-2002)
#Nancy Walker (1922-1992)
#Edgar Bergen (1903-1978)
#Madeline Kahn (1942-1999)
#George Burns (1896-1996)
#Dom DeLuise (1933-2009)
#Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993)
#Lou Rawls (1933-2006)
#Peter Sellers (1925-1980)
#Bob Hope (1903-2003)
#Teresa Brewer (1931-2007)
==Season 3 includes==
#James Coco (1930-1987)
#Gilda Radner (1946-1989)
#Pearl Bailey (1918-1990)
#Danny Kaye (1911-1987)
#Spike Milligan (1918-2002)
#Roger Miller (1936-1992)
#Roy Rogers (1911-1998) and Dale Evans (1912-2001)
#Lynn Redgrave (1943-2010)
==Season 4 includes==
#John Denver (1943-1997)
#Lorene Yarnell (1948-2010)
#Victor Borge (1909-2000)
#Dudley Moore (1935-2002)
#Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)
#Christopher Reeve (1952-2004)
#Doug Henning (1947-2000)
#Andy Williams (1927-2012)
==Season 5 includes==
#Gene Kelly (1912-1996)
#James Coburn (1928-2002)
#Señor Wences (1896-1999)
#Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922-2000)
#Tony Randall (1920-2004)
#Marty Feldman (1934-1982)
#Johnny Cash (1932-2003)
#Wally Boag (1920-2011)
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