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

Just Because They Were In A Theater Doesn’t Mean People Were Watching

Jim Henson’s Muppets visit London during The Muppet Show on Tour in 1987. Miss Piggy dances on stage while Scooter and two other Muppets dance behind her. (Photo by julio donoso/Sygma via Getty Images)

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The show was not filmed in front of a full live studio audience. The way the show was taped, the crew used block and tape, meaning that each piece of material would take anywhere from half an hour to several hours to tape.

That makes it a long, slow process. However, just because they didn’t have an official audience didn’t mean there weren’t people from neighboring studios hanging around to see some of the famous hosts.