The amazing,beautiful, and incredibly talented Debby Harry.....I was lucky to be in the generation that grew up with Countdown, Solid Gold and The Muppet Show...... What a wonderful era it was!
I saw Blondie in 1978 at the Philadelphia Spectrum opening for Alice Cooper, and then saw them start to make the hits. It was a treat to see her on The Muppet Show. Many top stars appeared on the show, and you could always tell when they were really enjoying themselves by their expression and how relaxed they were while working with them. In 1978, they won the Emmy Award for best variety show, beating out both Second City TV and Saturday Night Live. If the Muppet Show returned, SNL would be blown out of the water, no doubt. Long live the Muppets!! 😎😎😎
OMG, Debbie Harry is adorable! I have literally been in love with her (and Blondie) since 1979. Meeting her is at the top of my "bucket list." And I'm a girl!
I remember being so excited to see this when it first aired. I loved Blondie. I was in 6th grade. We had one of those big wooden cabinet console TVs in the living room that I cranked up as loud as it could go. My mom thought I was silly, but my dad liked it. Deb Harry and the Muppets? What wasn't to like?
HEY thanks for helping me feel so darn OLD ,LOL LOL LOL some more LOL LOL, I was already 19 now that sucks more LOL LOL LOL ,with all my respect peace out . . P .S . all in good fun ......
OK, two things: They must have had a blast building this set. These decorators had the best jobs. Also, she's singing here. They recorded a whole new version of the song. These days, they would just play the track off the album and film the muppets over it. This was a performance.
These days? They used to just play the album track on Top of The Pops back in the 70s and 80s, and the band would mime. Don't paint it as a modern trend.
Alice Cooper said that pretty quickly he felt he was interacting with actual people, not puppets.... and that's when he could actually see the performers underneath.
it’s very easy to stop seeing them as puppets and start seeing them as people. I think it was on Oprah that they had Miss Piggy and Kermit, and they realized they couldn’t hear Kermit very well because they put the mic on kermit, not the person playing kermit.
WOW. The muppets look as though they're really playing. That's Henson man, blurring reality like the master-hippie-jedi he was easily on a daily basis!
@@Kowasi No he didn't. Yoda was built by Wendy Midener Froud and Stuart Freeborn, and was performed by Frank Oz, with the assistance of Midener and Kathryn Mullen. George Lucas wanted Henson to play the character but he was too busy.
@@yosefdemby8792 Oz characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street, and the storeroom keeper in The Blues Brothers - among many other roles.
Great Performance by Debbie Harry accompanied by her Muppet Musicians. She looked like she was genuinely enjoying herself. No Ego! No Diva! No Drama, simply a great performance by a talented and skilled pop rock star singer, puppeteers and stage hands.
Definitely lip syncing to prerecorded tracks, and she does it well. She certainly could have sung it live but with that type of production they'd need to have all the music prerecorded because of all the extraneous noise caused by the puppeteers. I don't know this for a fact, just an educated guess.
@@JohnLRice you guessed wrong.. this doesn;t sound at all like any recorded version of this song . and if you ask me, the recording here IS full of random muppet noise.... that is what makes it so cute
To everyone wondering why Electric Mayham wasn't in this, Jim Henson Studios designed them with very specific instruments. This song is more new wave, where as Electric Mayham (Despite the name) were more classic rock, with a mix of motown and the occasional jazz number. There's one more guitar in this line up than anyone in the band can play, and Dr.Teeth can only play pianos and keyboards, while Zoot can only play brass instruments. None of them would be familiar with an electric-new wave type device that they're using on the right. And yes, I know way too much about the history of muppets. : /
I can't believe this didn't even get a million views... at the very least! I know it's the Muppets, but that's Debbie Harry! In her prime! I'd definitely give her a call back then.
I like the regular version a lot, but somehow watching and listening to this one is more fun. All the guests that they had on The Muppet Show seemed to have fun with it and do really well. It's the same as a guest appearance/voiceover on The Simpsons is today. You know you're successful when they ask you to be on the show.
I love it. And I love Debbie. Watched the Muppet Show with dad. My earliest intro to punk. I see now where Debbie "gets" she is playing to both kiddos and grown ups. (possibly ones that never heard of Debbie Harry or Blondie. ) Debbie performs just as if in a small cabaret. Yet like she gets to be a little kid again, too.
Find the whole episode if you can, Debbie looks naturally happy in every scene. Even though Call Me, and One Way Or Another rocks, her Rainbow Connection duet with Kermit is heavenly to see & hear. Thank Jim for asking his son who do you want on the show?
(Show's opening, as Debbie enters the studio) Pops: Oh yeah, you're from that rock group, uh... Debbie: Blondie. Pops: Right. But if I had a band, I wouldn't call it Blondie, I'd call it, uh... Debbie: Face it, Pops. You'd call it BALDY!
Still can! I saw Blondie a couple years ago, and they covered, "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer. It was amazing!!! She nailed every note, and it was the END of the set!
It is amazing how - because she was so intrinsically cool, and didn't take herself too overly seriously - she could even make playing with the Muppets on TV look cool! Note how she is singing live, too (or at least is miming to a pre-recorded vocal for this appearance, but I think the former)! I wonder how many 'stars' today would be willing to play with the Muppets?
I think most would if there was a popular show like this. If anything, stars take themselves less seriously today (They're just like us...) It's the stars of the old studio system I can't imagine doing something like this.
This is not auto tuned it didn’t exist in 1980 is simply double tracked live with a previous live version she did previously that morning. Check out any other female and there have been many trying to hit the high note in the bridge and no one else can do it and let’s not forget the women wrote the song. Total legend
Agree she's a total legend, but no other female could hit the high note? Seems you've never heard of Linda Ronstadt. Look her up... your mind will be blown.
Linda and Pat Benatar. In her prime she could practically shatter glass. Check our her cover of Wuthering Heights... or early live versions of You Better Run or Heartbreaker.
@@edricawebb1578 True that. And Ann Wilson is another who seems to be able to hit high notes without any obvious effort, and remarkably in her case, her range has barely diminished over the years.
If an agent were to suggest an appearance like this today, they'd be fired on the spot. But back in the day, you knew you made the big time when you were booked on the Muppets or if Weird Al did one of your songs. Bring back the old days.
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Back when the Muppets actually played their instruments.
As opposed to the Muppets that now lip sync and fake playing instruments
yep. And their lrad singer didn't need auto tune
LOL!!
Left handed, even.
@@AlanCanon2222 All of them are southpaws.
Even as a punk rocker, Debbie Harry is still a great role model for children. She is a good sport to perform in this jestingly cute performance.
She's cute anywhere anytime
No. This is a song about prostitution.
When you can sing without autotune, you can rock the house anytime....even if it's full of muppets.
Debbie Harry is a LEGEND.
Well, since autotune wasn't even a choice back then, an artist was actually required to have actual talent 😁
She speak more then she sings. But hey that's ok, you don't need to sing over 3 octaves every time.
Not only no autotune, no chorus no reverb, no delay.
ABSOLUTELY. LEGEND.
@@spacetrucker2196 No chorus? No reverb? What?!
The amazing,beautiful, and incredibly talented Debby Harry.....I was lucky to be in the generation that grew up with Countdown, Solid Gold and The Muppet Show...... What a wonderful era it was!
Debbie Harry AND the Muppets - what more do we want?
Gosh who could not love her. such a natural talent and so adorable.
There's no such thing as natural talent. There is only passion and perseverance.
@@nebularain3338 Many have tried...many have failed!
Auditioning a drummer:
"Who are your influences?"
"Animal from the Muppets."
"You're hired." -
From the movie "The Commitments"
This aint Animal.
Debbie was the greatest! 2024 and still lovin her.
Can't believe how much I underappreciated The Muppet Show when I was a kid.
I LOVED this show - I always had to fight with my dad - he wanted to watch Hee Haw and we only had one tv.
I always watched it with my kids.
We knew it was good.
All the big stars wanted to appear on the Muppet Show!
dont worry we adults more than made up for it
@@torpol being a kid is a bi#ch
I'm 60 years old and I'm still a huge Muppets fan! Jim Henson was a genius who left us way too soon!
I saw Blondie in 1978 at the Philadelphia Spectrum opening for Alice Cooper, and then saw them start to make the hits. It was a treat to see her on The Muppet Show. Many top stars appeared on the show, and you could always tell when they were really enjoying themselves by their expression and how relaxed they were while working with them. In 1978, they won the Emmy Award for best variety show, beating out both Second City TV and Saturday Night Live. If the Muppet Show returned, SNL would be blown out of the water, no doubt. Long live the Muppets!! 😎😎😎
Long live the Muppets!!!!!!
Saw them at the Spectrum open for Rush, back in the days of open floor tix for like 6 bucks...
OMG, Debbie Harry is adorable! I have literally been in love with her (and Blondie) since 1979. Meeting her is at the top of my "bucket list."
And I'm a girl!
And how cute does she look in that purple outfit?
I met her twice. The second time was on the street in Manhattan. She’s very sweet.
Debbie Harry was one of my teenage crushes. I am still discovering the depth of her coolness.
@@kevinvilleneuve5030 is she as beautiful in the flesh? She's very special x
@@saraheart2804 She also looks good in blue, Awesome!
Deborah Harry.
Beautiful woman.
Beautiful voice.
Squishy muppet
Also one of the coolest people ever
I like how this is actually a different take from the version we are used to hearing. She's singing live on this which is so cool.
And since it was a family show, she couldn't use the provocative lyrics in the song. But, that's okay. It still sounded great!!
Because back then, singers could actually, y'know, sing.
@@TUO__ You'd think so, but no. Autotune and songwriting by comittee is not a step in the right direction.
The band is pretty good too!
@@TUO__ w.a.p. and whatever the hell Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga screeches is not art
I remember being so excited to see this when it first aired. I loved Blondie. I was in 6th grade. We had one of those big wooden cabinet console TVs in the living room that I cranked up as loud as it could go. My mom thought I was silly, but my dad liked it. Deb Harry and the Muppets? What wasn't to like?
I bet you had "Wood".
@@manstersr You know I did. Muppets are hot.
Your dad must've been a manly man.
HEY thanks for helping me feel so darn OLD ,LOL LOL LOL some more LOL LOL, I was already 19 now that sucks more LOL LOL LOL ,with all my respect peace out . . P .S . all in good fun ......
Wow! That back up band rocks!
Is it wrong that this is probably my favorite version of "Call Me"?
OK, two things:
They must have had a blast building this set. These decorators had the best jobs.
Also, she's singing here. They recorded a whole new version of the song. These days, they would just play the track off the album and film the muppets over it. This was a performance.
These days? They used to just play the album track on Top of The Pops back in the 70s and 80s, and the band would mime. Don't paint it as a modern trend.
@@nebularain3338 sad but true also why some bands refused to go on the show
Debbie Harry rocking out with punk rock muppets. Now that's a good time.
How the heck did Debbie keep a straight face? Absolutely wonderful.
Alice Cooper said that pretty quickly he felt he was interacting with actual people, not puppets.... and that's when he could actually see the performers underneath.
Cocaine?🤔
it’s very easy to stop seeing them as puppets and start seeing them as people. I think it was on Oprah that they had Miss Piggy and Kermit, and they realized they couldn’t hear Kermit very well because they put the mic on kermit, not the person playing kermit.
@@mr.d.rektorstudios the whole space-time continuum is an illusion anyway, so for me Kermit and miss Piggy are as REAL as everybody else!
WOW. The muppets look as though they're really playing. That's Henson man, blurring reality like the master-hippie-jedi he was easily on a daily basis!
He made Yoda after all…
@@Kowasi No he didn't. Yoda was built by Wendy Midener Froud and Stuart Freeborn, and was performed by Frank Oz, with the assistance of Midener and Kathryn Mullen. George Lucas wanted Henson to play the character but he was too busy.
@@yosefdemby8792 Oz characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street, and the storeroom keeper in The Blues Brothers - among many other roles.
High notes, beautiful voice. The reasons why I fell in love with Debbie when I was 11.
Great Performance by Debbie Harry accompanied by her Muppet Musicians. She looked like she was genuinely enjoying herself. No Ego! No Diva! No Drama, simply a great performance by a talented and skilled pop rock star singer, puppeteers and stage hands.
An excellent live vocal! Respect to Debbie Harry!
If you don't think that Debbie is live, you must be asleep!
I love Debbie Harry and The Muppets!! Awesome.
WOW! She isn't lipsynching either. What a talent.
Definitely lip syncing to prerecorded tracks, and she does it well. She certainly could have sung it live but with that type of production they'd need to have all the music prerecorded because of all the extraneous noise caused by the puppeteers. I don't know this for a fact, just an educated guess.
@@JohnLRice you guessed wrong.. this doesn;t sound at all like any recorded version of this song . and if you ask me, the recording here IS full of random muppet noise.... that is what makes it so cute
@@Blackadder75 🤷♂😄
@@Blackadder75 if you look at the other muppet track: one way or another she does not appear to lip sync, the mic is live, so I agree with you.
You're right, this was live... The proof is at 0:41, when she is away from the microphone and the voice is at a lower volume
This song is such a bop even after 40 years
That guitar solo , holy crap !
Debbie Harry is just the queen of cool for so many reasons... this is just another one.
One of the best Blondie performances anywhere anytime any place. Smoking guitar solo and perfect balance.
I used to follow 'The Muppet Show' every Sunday at 6:30!! I was a loyal viewer. Great memories.
The Muppet Show was the best at incorporating their guests into the show.
GORGUES DELICOUS GIRL ❤ CALLING OUT YOUR NAME ALL MY LIFE DEBBIE 🤣
This totally made my day! Two icons: Debbie Harry and the muppets... :)
To everyone wondering why Electric Mayham wasn't in this, Jim Henson Studios designed them with very specific instruments. This song is more new wave, where as Electric Mayham (Despite the name) were more classic rock, with a mix of motown and the occasional jazz number. There's one more guitar in this line up than anyone in the band can play, and Dr.Teeth can only play pianos and keyboards, while Zoot can only play brass instruments. None of them would be familiar with an electric-new wave type device that they're using on the right.
And yes, I know way too much about the history of muppets. : /
I figured it was because Janice was threatened by Debbie Harry.
I never wondered any of that.
I scrolled down with the intention of asking about that very thing. Thank you! I'm a big Muppets fan and didn't know this.
They could have kept Animal. :)
Who was the best drummer in history? Clem Burke or Animal?
I absolutely loved the Muppet show when it came out and I was absolutely 💯 in love with blonde..
I can't believe this didn't even get a million views... at the very least! I know it's the Muppets, but that's Debbie Harry! In her prime! I'd definitely give her a call back then.
Love it love it I was 20 years old in 1980 and Debbie and her band were great part of the atmosphere
I didn't get to see the Muppets in their day, a rockin band with a great singer.
Ohhh ... you missed a great series.
(Yeah, I'm that old ...)
Legendary & Beautiful
still great, after 43 years!! He Miley, look at Debbie, she sung with the Muppets!!
One of the most fabulous things I've ever seen
I like the regular version a lot, but somehow watching and listening to this one is more fun. All the guests that they had on The Muppet Show seemed to have fun with it and do really well. It's the same as a guest appearance/voiceover on The Simpsons is today. You know you're successful when they ask you to be on the show.
So gorgeous
Awesome that they had a muppet synth player.
I fell in love with this absolute smokeshow when she debuted and have never stopped ❤️🔥
I love Debbie Harry!
I saw this when it originally aired, when I was 9. I think it was my first exposure to current, popular music.
The moment I fell in love with New Wave as a kid......
It wasn't my cup of tea, personally, but, I did like Debbie Harry and the songs that were put out on the radio way back then.
Blondie always reminds me of my late wife God bless her soul
Good lord...she is gorgeous..
my wife's favorite songs . God bless her soul in heaven where I know she is at this very moment
Yeah, Debbie rocks the stage. I love it.
In the days when lavender-coloured velour leisure suits with sequins were cool...
How was she so pretty!? And seems like a genuinely lovely person. Also I really want her hair do lol
I can remember seeing this on tv at the time.
I love that she did multiple things with the Muppets, it’s really fun
I love it. And I love Debbie. Watched the Muppet Show with dad. My earliest intro to punk. I see now where Debbie "gets" she is playing to both kiddos and grown ups. (possibly ones that never heard of Debbie Harry or Blondie. ) Debbie performs just as if in a small cabaret. Yet like she gets to be a little kid again, too.
Wonderful live performance watch her hit the high note
I love this ! It makes me smile!
The Muppets show have seen quite some celebrities, like Linda Ronstadt, and Cristal Gale, but Blondie is a real suprise to me !
Find the whole episode if you can, Debbie looks naturally happy in every scene. Even though Call Me, and One Way Or Another rocks, her Rainbow Connection duet with Kermit is heavenly to see & hear. Thank Jim for asking his son who do you want on the show?
Debbie was the bomb!!!
Priceless!!!
Every performer he/she should perform with the puppets....
This is better than any band I can recall in recent history.
"Appelle moi mon chéri" (call me my darling) ...I LOVE THAT.
I was in the 3rd grade probably when this was on .. I remember the era and feel of the time.
The frogs mosh pit is everything to me.
Debbie Harry the Marilyn Monroe of rock
Goddamned was she ever beautiful...
Still is
Brains and beauty is the irresistable combination.
La marilyn de la musica es y fuue madonna
She was a Playboy Bunny, and Marilyn was in the first Playboy!
Debbie is an amazing talent
(Show's opening, as Debbie enters the studio)
Pops: Oh yeah, you're from that rock group, uh...
Debbie: Blondie.
Pops: Right. But if I had a band, I wouldn't call it Blondie, I'd call it, uh...
Debbie: Face it, Pops. You'd call it BALDY!
I was 3 when this aired and loved it. Played it a thousand times with VHS.
The lady could sing...
Still can! I saw Blondie a couple years ago, and they covered, "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer. It was amazing!!! She nailed every note, and it was the END of the set!
best performance ever!!!!!!!! I love it so much!
I always loved that band. My favorite.
Her singing talent is amazing. But so is her ability to look and act beautiful and sexy as well.
What a Legend
The Muppet Show always had an edge. This song is from American Gigolo, featuring Richard Gere running about naked in a scene.
God I LOVED that show. That's a real blast from the past!
70's Seems like yesterday
The Muppets it was really a sensational show!
It is amazing how - because she was so intrinsically cool, and didn't take herself too overly seriously - she could even make playing with the Muppets on TV look cool! Note how she is singing live, too (or at least is miming to a pre-recorded vocal for this appearance, but I think the former)! I wonder how many 'stars' today would be willing to play with the Muppets?
Lady Gaga, for one.
Any to plug a song.
I think most would if there was a popular show like this. If anything, stars take themselves less seriously today (They're just like us...) It's the stars of the old studio system I can't imagine doing something like this.
Even those from the studio system might have enjoyed the challenge. Michelle Pfeiffer appeared on Muppets Tonight I think.
My absolute idol I just wanted to be her!!
There will never be another Debbie Harry though many have tried! 💕💕
Il coro dei Muppets è fantastico😂😂😂
She's wonderful even in pijama
A national treasure.
So great she was almost one of the crew as she was on the muppets so many times!
I never knew she was on the Muppets! I live for this kind of unexpected pop culture connection.
Debbie! Awesome! With the Muppet band! It's always better when she's with Kermit the Frog. Two peas on a green pod. Karl
Lip-syncing on TV shows had been done for decades by this time.
Debbie is doing it fucking live. Hell yeah.
My favorite singer, my favorite song and she's wearing my favorite Color!!
I love you Debbie ¡¡¡
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤DEBBIE FOREVER!
This is fantastic
I love Debbie Harry,and the Muppets.great!
This is not auto tuned it didn’t exist in 1980 is simply double tracked live with a previous live version she did previously that morning. Check out any other female and there have been many trying to hit the high note in the bridge and no one else can do it and let’s not forget the women wrote the song. Total legend
First couplet isn't double tracked though, it's 100% live.
Agree she's a total legend, but no other female could hit the high note? Seems you've never heard of Linda Ronstadt. Look her up... your mind will be blown.
Linda and Pat Benatar. In her prime she could practically shatter glass. Check our her cover of Wuthering Heights... or early live versions of You Better Run or Heartbreaker.
@@ajo3085 Yep. Pat Benatar was singing opera before she started singing pop rock.
@@edricawebb1578 True that. And Ann Wilson is another who seems to be able to hit high notes without any obvious effort, and remarkably in her case, her range has barely diminished over the years.
Oh yeah ! That's goooood music !
No 1 song of 1980 call me
Debbie at 1:10...smoldering... high heels, thighs in sweatpants... she is amazing in any outfit.
Love the granny outfit lol
If an agent were to suggest an appearance like this today, they'd be fired on the spot. But back in the day, you knew you made the big time when you were booked on the Muppets or if Weird Al did one of your songs. Bring back the old days.
Not really. I remember coming across a video of Katy Perry singing one of her songs on Sesame Street with Elmo.