Looking back 50 years later, The Muppet Show feels like something that shouldn’t have worked—and somehow worked perfectly. A felt frog hosting a weekly variety show? A backstage held together by chaos ...

Arguably the greatest variety show from the genre’s ’70s heyday, The Muppet Show truly offered something for the whole family. It was a mix of old-fashioned “let’s put on a show” moxie, with ’70s ...