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

The Shows Opening Had Too Many Muppets To Count

The artists and crew behing the television program The Muppet Show, created and produced by Jim Henson (front, 3rd from L). (Photo by Nancy Moran/Sygma via Getty Images)

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The over-the-top opening to The Muppet Show featured muppets singing and dancing, culminating in each character standing in five distinctive and lighted arches on stage.

Each row was filmed individually, with puppeteers sporting one Muppet per hand. Footage of each pass was then put together to make it look like a single performance.