UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (Singing) This is what we call The Muppet Show. MARTIN: "The Muppet Show" is returning for a one-time special. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Sad to say that song is imprinted in my head.

Fifty years ago—even earlier if you count its two early pilots—The Muppet Show arrived to prove that a frog could host a variety show and that human celebrities could mix it up in sketch comedy and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sabrina Carpenter and the Muppets in "The Muppet Show." (Disney/Mitch Haaseth) Despite the logistical challenges of puppetry-based ...

In the decades since viewers in the Washington, D.C., market got their first glimpse of Kermit the Frog, in the 1955 sketch series Sam and Friends, there have been many Muppet shows. Eighties kids ...