It’s Not Easy Being Green: Fascinating Facts Behind The Muppets

For A Brief Time, Hosts Were Muppet-fied

Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev (1938 – 1993) with Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, characters from ‘The Muppets’, UK, 20th October 1977. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Originally, hosts were supposed to be given a Muppet version of themselves at the end of their appearance. However, the tradition only last for two episodes.

Juliet Prowse and Connie Stevens were given their Muppet counterparts. The idea was canned due to the Muppets being too expensive to make.