The Muppets Go to the Movies (TV Movie 1981)
includes a clip from the movie"Muppet Babies" Close Encounters of the Frog Kind (TV Episode 1984)
A clip of Kermit's legs exiting Bunsen's lab is used during the western game."Miami Vice" Cuba Libre (TV Episode 1987)
An establishing shot in this episode was the helicopter shot of Kermit's swamp in Muppet Movie.
"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" Episode dated 2 April 1979 (TV Episode 1979)
Movie is plugged and clip freaturing Steve Martin as the waiter is shown.The Muppets Go Hollywood (TV Special 1979)
there are several clips, since this show promotes the first muppet film- Clips shown
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie 1982)
Clips are shown with Miss Piggy"The Saturday Show" Episode #2.18 (TV Episode 1984)
Clip shown during interview with Jim Henson.
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Inner Tube (TV Short 1987)
A Muppet Family Christmas (TV Movie 1987)
MuppeTelevision (TV Series 1987–1992)
The Muppets Valentine Show (TV Special 1974)
The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (TV Special 1975)
The Muppet Show (TV Series 1976–1981)
"The Muppet Show" Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (TV Episode 1979)
Kermit tells Roy Rogers that he has "only made one movie."- Brief mention. Clip shown
"Diff'rent Strokes" Arnold's Hero (TV Episode 1979)
Mr. Drumond suggest watching the Muppets movie"Taxi" The Great Race (TV Episode 1979)
Mentioned by the nuns in Alex's cab over which movie to see."The Muppet Show" Christopher Reeve (TV Episode 1980)
Miss Piggy refers to the film. She intended to perform "Never Before, Never Again" for Kermit before she learned that Christopher Reeve was the guest star.
King Kong (1933)
Mentioned in song lyrics: "They made a monkey out of old King Kong".The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The line "Why are there so many songs about rainbows?" in "The Rainbow Connection" is a nod to "Over the Rainbow," another beloved movie theme song about rainbows.Gone with the Wind (1939)
When Kermit's bicycle is run over by the steam roller, Kermit says, "It's a good thing frogs can hop or I would have been gone with the Schwinn" With the When Miss Piggy gets picked up by Kermit and the gang, from hitch-hiking, she tells them that so much has happened to her since they last saw her, Kermit responds, "Frankly Miss Piggy, I don't give a hoot."High Noon (1952)
The stand-off between Kermit and Doc HopperTom Jones (1963)
Kermit & Piggy chase each other in 18th cent. dress, have love scene a la Tom Jones
"Family Guy" Stewie Loves Lois (TV Episode 2006)
A man in a swamp asks for directions when Kermit is playing a banjo and singing and Kermit says the way out is "back the way you came" while loading a shotgun."Family Guy" Baby Not on Board (TV Episode 2008)
While doing a stand-up routine in Saudi Arabia, Fozzie Bear starts to tell a joke with "I knew a guy who was so Arab....." He is interrupted by a man who pulls out a sword and asks "How Arab was he?" Fozzie nervously answers "He was so Arab that everyone liked him and there was nothing funny about him at all!" This is almost the same thing that happened to Fozzie in the movie, except the joke started "I knew a sailor who was so fat..." and a fat sailor breaks a bottle and menacingly asks "How fat was he?!""Mad" Ribbitless/The Clawfice (TV Episode 2011)
Kermit seen with his banjo at a swamp trying to write a song about rainbows.Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Constantine says it's not easy being mean. Kermit sang song it's not easy being green in the muppet movie."Nostalgia Critic" Monkeybone (TV Episode 2017)
The Critic sings to the tune of "The Rainbow Connection" about the poor screenplay of Monkeybone.