History Series / TheMuppetShow

** Also, Miss Piggy in the early episodes was almost unrecognizable.
*** On a related note, in the first season, Miss Piggy was alternately played by both Frank Oz and Richard Hunt, the latter usually portraying her when the former had to play a more prominent character like Fozzie or George the Janitor. This is made even more peculiar in the first episode, in which the final sketch had Oz doing Piggy's speaking voice, and Hunt singing for her.

** The Newsman originally simply read out silly news bits. Starting in Season 2, the news would always happen to ''him''. Also, he didn't wear glasses in Season 1.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: in the Cleo Laine Episode, Fozzie's mother is in the audience, and to make her proud he snuck, cheated, and tricked his way into almost every skit, ticking off the rest of the cast... only to discover that his mom has fallen asleep - and implied to have ''slept through the entire episode'', rendering his efforts for naught.

* AllForNothing: in the Cleo Laine Episode, Fozzie's mother is in the audience, and to make her proud he snuck, cheated, and tricked his way into almost every skit, ticking off the rest of the cast... only to discover that his mom has fallen asleep - and implied to have ''slept through the entire episode'', rendering his efforts for naught.

* LiteralMinded: The butt of many, ''many'' of the show's jokes. Beauregard is perhaps the most recurring example.

** The pilots had Statler and Waldorf speaking slower, like in ''Sex and Violence'', which is easily noticeable in the aired versions when they still have their slower delivery in some of their scenes.

** The Newsman didn't have his glasses in Season 1.

** Zoot spoke more often in the first season, and was the one dating Janice in the "At the Dance" sketches. Season 2 established Floyd as Janice's boyfriend, while Zoot became TheQuietOne in the Electric Mayhem.

* HighDiveHijinks: In the Danny Kaye episode, the Flying Zucchini Brothers attempt a daredevil high dive into a bucket of water. While they're on their way down, the theatre's janitor notices somebody's left a bucket of water on stage and helpfully tidies it away.

* FourFingeredHands: A vast majority of characters fit this trope. The few exceptions include Gonzo (three fingers), Kermit (five), and any Muppet (such as the Swedish Chef and Rowlf) with live hands (five, for obvious reasons).

* {{Expy}}: Beauregard the Janitor is virtually the exact same character as Wendell the Porcupine from ''Literature/EmmetOttersJugBandChristmas'', down to the same personality, fur color, performer, and voice. Beauregard even looks a bit like a porcupine.