The Muppets Theme (Johnsonverse)

"The Muppets Theme" is played at the opening of each episode of The Muppets. The theme was composed and performed by Dave Thomas Junior and is based on "The Muppet Show Theme" originally written by Jim Henson and Sam Pottle.
== Opening sequence ==
The opening sequence begins with an exterior shot of the soundstage at night with many background Muppets in line; Kermit pops out of the door to announce the night's guest star and runs to the left as the Muppet crowd hurries into the building. The camera follows the action seen in the control room and the dressing rooms, as in the Muppets Tonight opening; shown are Miss Piggy in her dressing room with a Whatnot doing her makeup, Scooter and Ashlee holding clipboards and Ashlee pointing at something off-screen with a pen as several Muppets carrying equipment scramble to prepare for the show, the Swedish Chef next to a craft services table backstage with various Muppets (including Bobo the Bear, Beaker, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Johnny Fiama, Sal Minella, Uncle Deadly, Sam the Eagle, Behemoth, Pepe the King Prawn, Lew Zealand, Sweetums, Nigel, Chip, Big Mean Carl and Randy Pig) immediately ravaging the table in a time-lapse, Fozzie Bear reading from his joke book and amusing himself, Gonzo, Rizzo, and Skeeter wheeling in a cannon, Clifford making last-minute revisions to a script, various Muppets in the control room, the Electric Mayhem getting ready to perform, and Statler and Waldorf on their front row seats, making comments that vary every episode. On the set, as the Muppet crowd enters their seats, Walter points at his watch in Kermit's direction. Kermit says "It's time to get things started" (a callback to the lyrics of the original Muppet Show theme song) and walks off to the front. 
The show's title and "created by" credits then appear after the camera cuts to a stage door, punctuated by Dr. Teeth's signature laugh. 
== Closing sequence ==
The closing sequence features the Electric Mayhem performing the song. After they're finished, Statler and Waldorf provide one last crack, before Zoot blows his trademark "bum note"; in a nod to Zoot's Muppet Show closing shots from the 1980s, a bubble comes out of Zoot's saxophone as he looks in shock, covering the screen with the Jim Henson Productions and Johnson Television logos.
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