The Muppet Show: 1x20

Kaye Ballard

Tired of the « embarrassingly square » theme song, bass player Floyd Pepper informs Kermit that he and the rest of the orchestra pit (except Rowlf) are quitting. Kermit says their conductor Nigel will write a new theme, but Floyd refuses: « He wrote the first one, man. » Floyd performs his idea for a new theme, a dreadful Zappa-esque piece called « Fugue for Frog. » Kermit won’t use it and refuses that Floyd submits to Kaye Ballard a petition about the theme song, so the band leaves. The closing theme is performed solo by Rowlf on the piano.