10 Greatest Episodes Of The Muppet Show
5. Season 3, Episode 8 (Loretta Lynn) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5So02Fk6cbU Its time to meet the Muppets on the rail road tracks tonight Moving from unusual Muppet stars to strange settings, in Loretta Lynns episode, the Muppets move their production to a train station while the Muppet Theatre gets fumigated. Some Muppets adapt quite well to the change, such as the News Man, who simply moves his operation to a news stand, and the move hardly fazes Lynn, who claims that country singers can sing anywhere. Other cast members, however, struggle with the new scenery: speeding trains and the bustling of crowds interrupt many of the skits, and Kermit hops onto what he believes to be a defunct train car, that in reality works perfectly well and is headed for Pittsburgh. The Coal Miners Daughter performs multiple musical numbers throughout the episode, including a rendition of Ones On The Way sung in front of a kitchen backdrop painted by Fozzie. In the mid-70s, Lynns recording of a controversial song titled The Pill spread the word about contraceptives in rural parts of the U.S., but the creepy babies featured in this Muppet Show episode are reason enough to use birth control.