The Muppets/Brady Bunch Hour (1974 TV Special)

The Muppets/Brady Bunch Hour is an hour-long special hosted by Gary Owens and featured the cast of The Brady Bunch and various Muppet characters. It aired on ABC on March 1974.

Muppets

 * Kermit
 * Rowlf
 * Thog
 * Mahna Mahna
 * Snowths
 * Beautiful Day Monster
 * Gonzo
 * Rufus
 * King Goshposh
 * Featherstone
 * Wally
 * Droop
 * George the Janitor
 * Mildred Huxtetter
 * Brewster
 * Crazy Harry (or Donald)
 * Miss Mousey
 * Male Koozebanian
 * Female Koozebanian
 * Baby Koozebanians
 * Blue Frackle
 * Green Frackle
 * Snake Frackle
 * Scoff
 * Green Buzzard Frackle
 * Lenny the Lizard
 * Gorgon Heap
 * Miss Kitty
 * Hugga Wugga Aliens
 * The Snerfs
 * Javas
 * Grump
 * Marcus Welby
 * The Balloon-Headed Conductor
 * The Country Trio featuring Jim, Frank, and Jerry
 * Gawky Birds
 * Bossmen
 * Catgut
 * Rover Joe
 * T.R. Rooster
 * Baskerville
 * Cow
 * Chickens
 * Rats
 * Frogs
 * Whatnots
 * Greg Brady Muppet
 * Marcia Brady Muppet
 * Peter Brady Muppet
 * Jan Brady Muppet
 * Bobby Brady Muppet
 * Cindy Brady Muppet

Highlights

 * Mahna Mahna and the Snowths perform "Mahna Mahna"
 * Two slinky characters perform "Java"
 * Lenny the Lizard and Gorgon Heap perform "Inchworm"
 * A talk show parody sketch featuring King Goshposh (a la Johnny Carson) and Featherstone (a la Ed McMahon)
 * T.R. Rooster and the chickens take the control room, which is later taken over by frogs, rats, and various monsters
 * A dog commercial with Rowlf, Baskerville, Rufus, and Rover Joe
 * A hillbilly band consisting of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Jerry Nelson lookalike Muppets perform "You Don't Mess Around With Jim"
 * Dr. Jerry Lee Nelson (played by a live-action Jerry Nelson) and a Whatnot man perform "A Change of Face"
 * Brady Kids sing with Muppet versions of themselves
 * Kermit reports on Koozebane (also done on "The Muppets Valentine Show", and the Florence Henderson episode of "The Muppet Show")
 * Grump's poem is overwhelmed when Beautiful Day Monster threatens to attack him
 * Florence and various Muppet monsters perform "Happy Together" (later performed again in Florence's episode of "The Muppet Show")
 * A Balloon-Headed Conductor conducts balloons to "Pizzicata" in a sketch "Evening at the Pops" (later performed again as the opening act in the Peter Ustinov episode of "The Muppet Show")
 * Grump and Kermit perform "Visual Thinking"
 * Snerfs perform "In The Little Spanish Town"
 * Miss Kitty (in his "All of Me" drag) sings "Only Five Minutes More" with Gonzo
 * Guest star Tennessee Ernie Ford sings "Milk 'Em In The Morning Blues" as he milks a Gladys-esque Muppet cow
 * Muppet aliens perform "Hugga Wugga"
 * Brady Kids perform the finale with the Bossmen, the Gawky Birds, and Thog

Muppet Performers

 * Frank Oz
 * Jerry Nelson
 * Richard Hunt
 * Dave Goelz
 * John Lovelady
 * Jane Henson
 * Caroly Wilcox
 * Jim Henson

Brady Bunch Cast

 * Robert Reed as Michael
 * Florence Henderson as Carol

with


 * Barry Williams as Greg
 * Maureen McCormick as Marcia
 * Christopher Knight as Peter
 * Eve Plumb as Jan
 * Michael Lookinland as Bobby
 * Susan Olsen as Cindy

and


 * Ann B. Davis as Alice