Sunday, June 13, 2021

Guest celebrities on "The Muppet Show", who also did Disney (part five)

My look at guest celebrities on The Muppet Show who also did things for Disney continues, with this final part of the second season. As always, I will not do every single guest celebrity, only those who have done significant things for Disney.

Up next, we have Peter Sellers:

Sellers was proposed to play Bert in Mary Poppins and then Prof. Emelius Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, but he was ultimately passed over.
Sellers was one of the many guest celebrities to pay tribute to Mickey Mouse on his 50th birthday in 1978, as per a TV special then:


Up next is Bob Hope:

Unfortunately, no images are available, but Hope, like Sellers, did pay homage to Mickey Mouse on his 50th. He also appeared another TV special on the 25th anniversary of The Wonderful World of Disney.

Up next, we have John Cleese:

Cleese's Disney roles have been fairly recent, including Dr. Julius Plumford in a live-action version of The Jungle Book (not the 2016 version)...

...an ape named Ape in George of the Jungle...

...Mercury in Valiant...

...and Bulldog in Planes:

Cleese also narrated several episodes of Mickey Mouse Works...

...particularly those in the "MouseTales" segments...

...which feature parodies of classic literature, such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Around the World In 80 Days" and "The Nutcracker".

And finally, we have Cloris Leachman:

Leachman's Disney credits include Claire in The North Avenue Irregulars...

...Aunt Louise in Herbie Goes Bananas...

...Nurse Spex in Sky High...

...Dr. Doofenshmirtz's mother on Phineas and Ferb...

...and Eliza Feyersied, also on Phineas and Ferb:

Leachman was also one of the many celebrities to pay homage to Donald Duck on his 50th birthday in 1984, as per a TV special then:

And that concludes the second season of The Muppet Show.