Debbie Harry & The Muppet Band - One Way or Another

[@anthonyferris8912]

Good God!! I was the production designer on this show and this is one of the very first sets I ever designed……………but I did get a lot better.

[@ShayLaLaLooHoo]

While she was opening and closing all the doors, I was thinking about how fun and cool it was! And the pops of colors we get, the oranges and blues and reds, are striking against the backdrop!

[@mechanic6682]

You did a much better job then whoever dyed her hair.

[@vinmanr2d2]

THANKS for the wonderful memories! Too kool !

[@jenniferellison3480]

I have a weird fascination with old doors - I love it!!!

[@cis4cookiethatsgoodenough456]

Thank you it is perfect

[@bodyheat1990]

"hey! this ain't not my normal band! ...but what's normal about a band anyway?" that's such a Debbie Harry quote :D

[@teptime]

I hope Debbie outlives me so that I'll never know a world without her.

[@fergalhughes165]

That's what I used say about Peter Ustinov

[@man.inblack]

They are modern muses of Olympian proportions. Unrealised Gods & goddesses of their time

[@JohnSegerclucka]

This! And Stevie Nicks 💓

[@Snowflakeliberalsaremelting]

Wow, that’s such a sad and kind of pathetic statement. The only one who deserves that kind of statement is your kids, wife/husband. Debbie Harry doesn’t know, and could care less that you’re alive.

[@jenniferferraro1062]

I echo this sentiment.🥰

[@NekoMouser]

Debbie rules. The Muppets rule. This clip rules.

[@CynthiaJFinnegan]

I remember seeing this episode when I was a kid. It made me a die-hard Blondie fan. Still holds up.

[@john_mckinney]

Made me a die-hard kermit fan

[@eddieboggs8306]

@@john_mckinney Always one In every cro☝️

[@FreudianSlipandSlide-s5g]

Debbie and The Muppets is an irresistible combo.

[@marypagones6073]

Same!

[@khristophertaylor3718]

I'm 59 years old I remember seeing this episode

[@eduardo_corrochio]

This show was the zenith of Jim Henson and his team's talent. They took an idea and made it a love letter to music, comedy and vaudeville/variety programs, and gave us a family show that was funny and tremendously entertaining. Sometimes I wish they had made more seasons, but a show should always stop before people start asking "Is _that_ still on?"

[@johnvetere]

I loved this show growing up. ❤😂

[@cannonball666]

Lucky Muppet got a hug and a kiss from Debbie. I'm so jealous!

[@richardbool4232]

And how many others ❤😂😂

[@earthdate3495]

Back when rock was rock and Muppets were fun!

[@vjenkins6815]

Yes indeed! Back in the 70s and 80s, The Muppet show was some edgy. Having Debbie Harry and Alice Cooper on the show was rock n' roll as fck!

[@chipsterb4946]

Two things I’ve always loved about Debbie Harry: she never took being a rock star too seriously and she is GORGEOUS.

[@jasoncromwell4206]

Knowing the true story of this song (It's about letters her stalker sent her) the fact that Debbie was able to have a laugh with something as innocent as the Muppets speaks volumes.

[@fredmarks5381]

She claims to have been raped soon after. This song makes me very sad.

[@РуфинаРуфь-в2т]

Ого! Мы же не знаем ни перевода песни, ни её истории. Слышим только музыку как таковую, вроде весёленькая, а там история-то не весёленькая. Спасибо за инфу 🌹

[@rickeys]

That stalker was an ex-boyfriend who had threatened her with a g.u*n, physically assaulted and stalked her. Very dark material.

[@kirkfeather1]

Debbie Harry's instinctive (as well as practiced) theatricality shines through on this clip. She was as much of a great actress as a singer.

[@kirkfeather1]

IS, I gratefully say.

[@stevenrobert8567]

I like her a lot, miss her. Great music, one of a kind.

[@WNHTCT]

Wasn't she in a Creep Show episode?

[@stevenrobert8567]

@@WNHTCT Debbi was in Tales from the Darkside. She was in a slew of not so good B movies. She was in Copland with Sly. I never recognized her in the movie, and I watched it twice over the years. She ended up being the B movie Queen. She didn't have "it" to make it to the A list sadly. But she was indeed a great singer.

[@El_Nombre-e3x]

He certainly could act

[@christopherburd9495]

This has got to be some kind of cultural landmark.

[@kennethsleigh3170]

A nice reminder of how stunning Debbie Harry is with an amazing voice

[@HeatherWallace-o3m]

was

[@danw1374]

​@@HeatherWallace-o3mShe is still cool

[@daynasafranek7807]

Debbie Harry has always been fabulous! I miss the tv shows back then… kids these days don’t know what they missed! 😊❤

[@rexfreeman4981]

The musicians are more convincingly playing here in sync than real people on tv/film usually are.

[@mechanic6682]

Exactly. Ivwatched some clips of The Guess Who on TV from 1970 and it's so obvious they aren't playing and the singer has no mic, guitars had no wires, etc.

[@nicasio1916]

They look alike the real band Blondie.

[@vprwave]

Chris Stein has some Bob Dylan lookalike style, other than that I agree. :)

[@wayne3302264]

I read an article that said many of the celebrities of the day wanted to be on The Muppet Show because it was a hit show and it was also fun.

[@jeremygagne1753]

they need to bring shows like this back

[@manchesterexplorer8519]

Kids wouldn't watch it , that's why these shows dont exist anymore otherwise they'd be on . Children are messed up these days .

[@mikejorsch304]

They had tried three times once on NBC with Jim Henson twice on ABC after his death

[@miasolala8415]

this show was just unique...the humor, the brilliant creative minds, the freedom and all the stars. today, everything in media is perfectly calculated to achieve best results (and still keeps failing). with some luck, some creative people might be able to create something new, but similarly funny and anarchistic.

[@doughesson]

My parents actually thought that this was a kids show. It had Muppets in it,what else could it be?

[@polfig7558]

Every now and again they have a successful comeback. Like the one with Kermit the Frog and Jason the Seagull... or whatever his name is.😉

[@jeffnettleton3858]

I love the fact that there was, literally, a lady or a tiger, behind the doors!

[@roberthanks1636]

She really got into the spirit of the show: great hammed up performance!

[@jonathanleslie9100]

despite the obvious lip synch, its still her best "live" video of her. She had a terrible stage presence despite having some really great songs.

[@offbeat65]

@@jonathanleslie9100 - Terrible stage presence? This genuinely made me laugh.

[@jonathanleslie9100]

@@offbeat65 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2PaZqqvoNqWnc0

[@jonathanleslie9100]

@@offbeat65 midnight special at least it was a live performance, here she is just lip synching and can't muster enough energy for the camera to wake up a cat. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gl6aaaOZq79lZpI

[@cmet8280]

The Muppet band was seriously underrated, they should be in the R&R hall of fame.

[@hhvictor2462]

Those two muppets on the balcony are always a laugh riot.

[@gorillaau]

Waldorf and Satler. Yes, same as the hotel names.

[@MikeSmith-qg3bf]

I absolutely love Debbie Harry! Her appearance on The Muppet Show is awesome.

[@gorillaau]

She made an orange jumpsuit look good.

[@shooterman20kills]

Oh I miss Statler and Waldorf the old "Geezers" they made that show. R.I.P. Jim Henson thank you you made childhood fun.

[@RadicalCaveman]

I guess by now Statler and Waldorf are probably in the rag factory. Sad...

[@2MattTV]

They were the original trolls before the Internet existed.

[@elapid68]

@@RadicalCaveman The pair were sold at auction last month for $90k

[@jamesmasonaltair]

Musical talent + amazing voice + beautiful + class act = Debbie Harry Debbie Harry was also the first artist to rap and make Billboards top 💯. She was a pioneer.

[@peterang6912]

Nop, she didn't..The first person that " rap" is William Shatner, who did it before rap was invented...

[@jamesmasonaltair]

@@peterang6912 sir, I said, "and make the billboard top 💯. Bill did rap before Debbie, but it sure didn't make the billboard's top. Many rapped before Blondie. Grandmaster Flash is one example. Bill does have many firsts. I highly respect Shatner and Roddenberry for one in particular. Shatner was the first white man to kiss a black woman on television. Kirk kissed Uhura. The first truly modern raps were monologues by pimps in the 40's, 50's, and 60's. There was no music or instrumentation, but their words carried the modern rap cadence, meter, and form. As an aside, have you ever seen Spock sing about Bilbo Baggins?

[@peterang6912]

@@jamesmasonaltair yes, i have the album..

[@groofoot]

@@peterang6912 you guys are arguing about 'Rapture', which Did, indeed go to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 .... and was, in reality, the first song including rap lyrics, to TOP the Billboard Hot 100

[@boomerhgt]

Yawn ...try and get out more bubba

[@dk237]

She would’ve been the most amazing mom. I love her so much.

[@dielaughing73]

Not my first thought when I look at her

[@kcanspaugh9378]

If Debbie was my mommy you could just call me Oedipus

[@DuelingBongos]

I remember watching this when it was originally broadcast back in 1981. Thank God for KZbin where we can relive a little bit of the good ol' days!

[@Svenson-kr2ry]

I saw this originally when I was 7 years old! I never, ever forgot it.

[@kingpetra6886]

The Muppet's Show was the most important venue that a rock band could play.

[@arkady714]

The brilliance of the muppets is how they can complement any act. Their function, always done to a tee, is to bring out the best in a performer. Here is yet another example.

[@Tyreus1]

brilliant, kids these days should see how classy this is, giving the kids a great show like this !!

[@williampaz2092]

“The Muppet Show” was the only variety show that I know of that didn’t HAVE to ask Celebrities to be guest stars. Especially musicians. They called up and pleaded to be on the show! Linda Ronstadt, John Denver, Barbara Mandrell & Buddy Rich all had their agents book them on the Muppets. When the show was canceled (Jim Henson was too sick to do it anymore and he KNEW no one else was going to do it right) Pat Benatar, Heart and Fleetwood Mac were among the artists on the waiting list.

[@vjenkins6815]

I watched The Muppet Show as a child in the 70s. Most of my musical tastes were born from watching the musical artists on the show. I would've loved to have seen Pat Benatar, 70s-era Heart, and Fleetwood Mac on the show.😭😭😭😭😭

[@ComradeStiv]

I've never been so jealous of a blue old man monster muppet. Mother of God she was cute 😳

[@stillme4084]

She's still a hottie

[@grytlappar]

Omg, BEST. I can't even deal with how awesome this is. Also: I want that jumpsuit.

[@harveylee51]

i'll tell you what I want to JUMP into but this a kid's show so [COUGH COUGH !!] yes love the suit love DEBBIE!!

[@rolloverriderpgr]

I want what's in the suit even today at 74 Debbie Is still beautiful! Just like ABBA! Both favorites!

[@sethjbaker143]

I remember watching this, she was so fantastic, so funny, so into the silliness of it! May Debbie last forever!

[@michaelredd-b2t]

She looks like she is having a good time,I miss this show!

[@andyb7963]

Deborah was a class act then and she still is, I was at the bulldog bash in England where she was doing her comeback tour and she was amazing

[@flickwtchr]

I saw video from the Isle of Man concert on that tour. Still rocking at over 70, just incredible.

[@harrismust2851]

Debbie is so adorable in this clip🥰Cuteness overload😍

[@zagnut36]

its amazing how this Show used to get so much talent back in the day lol

[@gayham]

This is so cute! Debbie is a doll.

[@beatnicksodyssey]

I love that episode. Debbie Harry was so adorkable before it was a thing.

[@joshgellis3292]

'Adorkable' is not a word, shithead! Wokefucktarded zombie biden voter!

[@JoanneFalkinder]

Pure brilliance ❤❤

[@flickwtchr]

Was 16 when the debut Blondie album came out, and had an instant crush on her. I definitely wasn't alone.

[@rupertschwarz1176]

In the late 70ties it was Debbie Harry. In the mid 80ties it was Susanna Hoffs

[@sallywilliams5444]

She was so beautiful.

[@CinimodNorton]

Damn, I was kid back then. Loved this show BTW.

[@kenpatton8761]

The Muppet Show was friggin AWESOME!!! Like the old Batman show of the 1960‘s, most of the big entertainers of the day wanted to be a guest on the show. Cheers

[@mrwest5552]

She Got Him, She gave him the hugs.

[@briang.7206]

Debbie is adorable.

[@leeengelsman6356]

Debbie often imitated never replicated.

[@aurthurodonnell6707]

I thank the GREAT SPIRT for all of Ms. Harry's Muppet shows and for her ........with all my love to all peace out .

[@PlantyMcFlowers]

SO GREAT ON SO MANY LEVELS!

[@nevbarnes1034]

I think this may be her best performance.

[@shannonkohl68]

The Muppets are always awesome, even though I'm now old enough to be one of the old fogies in the balcony.

[@tmwii8795]

They could have spun off the old guys into their own show and done very well. They always killed it!

[@michaelshanahan4042]

LOVED her back in the day when I was 16 that wood be 1979 fast forward 2o23 and i am 6o still love the lady 😊

[@flickwtchr]

I totally relate. Life long crush.

[@MadMaxMiller64]

Two of my favs together: Muppets and Debbie Harry - thanks for the memories.

[@whoistechcmty]

I love that Statler & Waldorf knew she was too good for the show! I grew up hearing Debbie Harry but took for granted what a privilege that was for so long.

[@michaelmccluskey1155]

I had the biggest crush on Ms. Harry back then.

[@DieFlabbergast]

You were probably just one out of tens of millions.

[@jackhighdale6857]

Hands off buddy!

[@fra1916]

Woah!! Big lad u back off, 66years old irishman here, n we aint knowen as the "fighting irish" for nothing😂😂😂 u has been warned​@jackhighdale6857

[@jackhighdale6857]

@@fra1916 lol, 57 y, pomscotirecoon. She's mine boyo! An I'll perish in the effort of defending if'n I has ta.

[@michaelmccluskey1155]

@@jackhighdale6857 Never!!

[@slaapliedje]

I’d never seen this, but I do find it amazing that Debbie Harry was the one painted by Andy Warhol during the announcement of the Commodore Amiga and he ‘painted’ her on stage using the Amiga.

[@1moredayof]

Debbie is a great performer, and she is a good sport.

[@starletohara1631]

Awesome!Who doesn't love the Muppet Band...and Debbie Harry rocks!😎

[@chestersleezer8821]

When this came out I was just four days away from getting married over in Korea. Next year will be our 43rd anniversary.

[@Shift2Movies]

OMG Debbie, I loved you then, and I love you now!

[@biljam972]

She is so cute! And that voice!

[@mhodgson66]

Debbie Harry + Muppets = a perfect combination!

[@AlskinsX1-9]

They should have made a muppet movie together!

[@michaelbarlow6610]

I love Debbie's enthusiasm at the end of "One Way Or Another" when she gives a big bear hug and a kiss to the large Muppet!

[@dunning234]

She is so beautiful thanks.

[@Realmasterorder]

2 Awesome timeless things nearly everyone loved Debbie and the Muppets,you cant go wrong with combining them.

[@chrisflynn237]

Tht had to be the most fun ever I loved the Muppet show and Debby Harry n all the Guest appearances GREAT SHOW!! THE CREATORS OF THT SHOW WERE AWESOME

[@ryancriswell429]

I have to say I have her music but her attitude has brought her now into my favorites!

[@MemphiStig]

I referenced this song in a comment 4 days ago, and here it is in my feed. Coincidence? I think not. The algorithm is stalking us all, and one way or another....

[@rhircyn]

Just watching this clip gave me goosebumps, but not the usual kind I get from music. It felt more like a reminder that my soul was when I watched thus as a young enough child when it was on TV.

[@martykardaseski6549]

This is great The Muppets and Debbie oh my God!

[@xray7908]

Debbie Harry was never a favorite for me, I thought Blondie had some great songs, but they weren't one of my favorite bands. However, seeing her with the Muppets Band and in the duet with Kermit gives me a whole new appreciation and deep affection for her. She did those with a sense of humor and sincerely playing along, and more class than I ever knew she possessed. Looking back, she has achieved a kind of grand dame status in my mind.

[@nadiaddis1145]

Oh, shut T.H. Up!! Sanctimonious and saved tool!!

[@AvengerII]

I didn't know this but Blondie until recently was apparently one of those bands that was appreciated more outside of the US. They were very big in Europe! When I hear the name, Blondie, I still think of the old comic strip first! LOL I watched a few of the old movies in the Blondie series that ran for 10-13 years (?). The funny thing is the title character was played by the same actress, Penny Singleton, who did the voice of Jane Jetson on The Jetsons. If you've watched the animated series (The Jetsons) it's so obvious Singleton was Jane because her voice didn't change! I know Debbie Harry. She was huge in the 1980s when I was growing up. I'm sure a LOT of guys had crushes on her. I thought she was very attractive in her prime (which is when she did The Muppet Show). She was the face and voice of Blondie whether people liked that or not. She's different but seems like a nice person.

[@aburger1789]

So entertaining & enjoyable to watch, she is a super special performer singing sweet songs!

[@Tipi_Dan]

This little video has given a whole new world of meaning to the term "cuteness overload".

[@lordpie3141]

I can't help but smile the whole time.

[@tootsie5052]

My daughter was 5 years old when this aired, we always watched The Muppet Show together, great times for sure.

[@pacificostudios]

I never saw this performance, and I thought that I had seen every Muppet Show show. Five anonymous guys in black suits is what most people thought of "Blondie," even though Debbie Harry and Chris Stein were what we'd now call life partners. The ending is definitely a surprise.

[@patrickwentz8413]

I still love her. Her band rocks!

[@jhorton4791]

I love that they made a whole Muppet version of the Blondie band. Straight off the cover of "Parallel Lines".

[@tiborpurzsas2136]

I liked the twin sharks ! I had a childhood crash on Blondie in the late 70s . I was a ten y old boy , and every time I saa her on tv I thought I want a girl like her when I grow up

[@robsawalker]

I still miss the Muppets, such a brilliant show and such innocent fun. No political messages, just entertainment and great guests.

[@middleamerican9022]

Well, imagine that. Yet another conservative commie traitor brings politics into a thing that isn't about politics to say they don't like politics. Just so you know, Kermit WAS a social justice warrior. Seriously, get help, you mentally unstable, Putin loving pig.

[@joeavery5756]

What a tool.

[@ablemagawitch]

No political message, what you call "Its Not Easy Be Green"? Things were hard for Kermit because he was green, if that wasn't political message to like green..... than you have Boomer Nostalgia.

[@charlesblount1083]

Wow what a beautiful gorgeous woman 👩 😍 ❤ 💕 💖

[@antoniop1968]

The Muppet band was my first taste of punk rock.

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

Super cool love how when she opened those doors different Muppets were coming out

[@martykardaseski6549]

Bring these guys back!

[@ArnoldKates]

I loved this classic from Debbie Harry and it's even better on the Muppet Show.😊❤🎉

[@that_thing_I_do]

Yes....rockers can be fun. Good times.

[@patricktully1874]

I'm in love with Debbie Harry

[@thecocktailian2091]

Waldorf with the zinger. Still makes me chuckle. And why in the world did they put Debbie on such a dangerous set?!?!? Nothing but monsters around every corner and behind every door.

[@HKT-4300]

HOW CAN ONE BE THAT CUTE

[@philipmeckley5154]

This show got me theough college. Each werk, my buddies would drop everything to gather around the tv. And Debbie Harry is a class act. All the performers who guested on the Muppets were good sports, but she just seemed instinctive.

[@lowe-quay-shush]

If I watched her every week as a child on The Muppet Show, I would have been in heaven watching an angel.

[@snakeplissken44]

Back when our stars had real talent and x-factor!

[@davidhsloan8732]

the best for any reason

[@CharlesOdell]

Deborah Harry is a darling sweetie pie and beloved angel of my heart.

[@georgeryerson5788]

thanks for reminding me why i miss them all soooooo much.xoxo

[@JeremyYost]

3:00 "Who is she supposed to be looking for anyway?" "The guy who booked her on this crummy show!"

[@garyproffitt5941]

One way or another with the Muppet Band and famous BlondIe A.K.A. Debbie Harry and my Dad was a Royal Marine Commando fighting for freedom in Borneo.

The only thing that tops this is Debbie and Kermit singing The Rainbow Connection.

[@metalguru8559]

Where have these good days gone?

[@CletusT-j3z]

Deb does a great guest

[@DanielOrtegoUSA]

I remember watching this when it first aired, and this was when I really paid attention to Blondie. 🤗