! This would make a great gift ! FAST Priority Shipping Available - More Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys - - For Children and Adults Alike - with lots of interesting memorable celebrity personalities Best of The Muppet Show 25th Anniversary Edition * * * Produced by Time Life * * * 15 DVD Collector Set Extremely Rare - Out of Print The most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational show on TV is back. IT'S THE BEST OF THE MUPPET SHOW! These hilarious, uncut episodes are jam-packed with all the outrageous skits, music hits, great stars and Muppet moments you love...plus some extra laugh-out-loud tunes and sketches never before available. So join Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo and the rest of your Muppet pals for the one, the original, The Muppet Show! * * * * * * * Produced by: Time-Life Release Date: 2001-2002 Discs: 15 (each sold separately) Region: 1 Best of the Muppet Show was a line of videos and DVDs available through Time-Life Video. Time-Life originally released 6 videos, and then 9 more videos were released. The first ten were soon released on DVD, and the remaining 5 videos were released on DVD in 2002. Best of the Muppet Show was a line of videos and DVDs available through Time-Life Video. Time-Life originally released 6 videos, and then 9 more videos were released. The first ten were soon released on DVD, and the remaining 5 videos were released on DVD in 2002. Each video and DVD in the series (each sold separately) contained 3 select episodes from the Muppet Show UK skitisodes included the UK skits. However, the season 1 opening sequence was replaced on the season 1 episodes with the syndication reworked "season 2" opening. Each episode included a brief introduction by Brian Henson, and each disc included bonus interstitials and an original concept drawing. On the main menu, there was a picture of Animal which could be highlighted, leading to a hidden feature: a fact about the show that usually related to one of the episodes included. After the end credits, the first two episodes would close with a wide shot of the orchestra from the first season's closing sequence, followed by a shot of Zoot from the 1980s. The third episode would just end with The Jim Henson Entertainment Company Logo. In honor of the 25th anniversary of The Muppet Show in 2002, Columbia began re-releasing the series in stores. At that time Time-Life had only 10 volumes available on DVD; they released the remaining 5 a short time later. Columbia initially announced that they would reissue the entire Time-Life series and add an additional 5 volumes, for a total of 20, but they had only released volumes 1-5 and 7-8 before the sale of the Muppets to the Walt Disney Company in 2004 terminated their distribution contract. Here are just a few performance highlights of what you will find on each DVD! Cover Title Episodes Bonus features Volume 1 Episode 214: Elton John Episode 217: Julie Andrews Episode 501: Gene Kelly Muppetism (Floyd Kermit) Movie Mania - Flipperdance Swedish Chef concept drawing Volume 2 Episode 417: Star Wars Episode 511: Paul Simon Episode 311: Raquel Welch Muppetism (Miss Piggy) Movie Mania (Star Wars: Yoda Screen Tests) Angus McGonagle concept drawing Volume 3 Episode 314: Harry Belafonte Episode 523: Linda Ronstadt Episode 401: John Denver Muppetism (Bunsen Beaker) Movie Mania (A Streetcar Named Desire: Screen Tests) Statler Waldorf concept drawing Volume 4 Episode 219: Peter Sellers Episode 223: John Cleese Episode 407: Dudley Moore Muppetism (Waldorf Statler) Movie Mania (The Frogfather) Animal concept drawing Volume 5 Episode 307: Alice Cooper Episode 119: Vincent Price Episode 518: Marty Feldman Muppetism (Animal) Movie Mania (Kerminator) Uncle Deadly concept drawing Volume 6 Episode 208: Steve Martin Episode 515: Carol Burnett Episode 304: Gilda Radner Muppetism Fozzie (da Bear) Movie Mania (I Love Lucy: Screen Tests) Beaker concept drawing Volume 7 Episode 210: George Burns Episode 211: Dom DeLuise Episode 221: Bob Hope Muppetism (Kermit) Movie Mania (From Here to Eternity) Bob Hope's horse concept drawing Volume 8 Episode 424: Diana Ross Episode 506: Brooke Shields Episode 213: Rudolf Nureyev Muppetism (Kermit) Movie Mania (Dances with Wolves) Pig Ballerina concept drawing Volume 9 Episode 505: James Coburn Episode 320: Sylvester Stallone Episode 509: Debbie Harry Muppetism (Gonzo) Movie Mania (Silence of the Lambs) Betsy Bird concept drawing Volume 10 Episode 524: Roger Moore Episode 207: Edgar Bergen Episode 316: Danny Kaye Muppetism (Waldorf Statler) Movie Mania (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) Louis Kazagger concept drawing Volume 11 Episode 322: Roy Rogers Dale Evans Episode 410: Kenny Rogers Episode 514: Mac Davis Muppetism (Beaker Bunsen) Movie Mania (The Horse Whisperer) Rowlf concept drawing Volume 12 Episode 309: Liberace Episode 105: Rita Moreno Episode 419: Lynda Carter Muppetism (Gonzo) Movie Mania (What's New, Pussycat?) Marvin Suggs concept drawing Volume 13 Episode 513: Tony Randall Episode 409: Beverly Sills Episode 305: Pearl Bailey Muppetism (Rizzo) Movie Mania (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) Pops concept drawing Volume 14 Episode 414: Liza Minnelli Episode 209: Madeline Kahn Episode 124: Mummenschanz Muppetism (Pepe) Movie Mania (Planet of the Apes) Dog Lion concept drawing Volume 15 Episode 508: Señor Wences Episode 411: Lola Falana Episode 101: Juliet Prowse (description exceeds maximum possible length)