The Muppet Movie (1979)
I’d never seen any of the Muppet television shows or movies growing up as a kid, but I was raised on The Muppet Christmas Carol. After watching and loving 2011’s The Muppets, I thought it would be fun to rent their first flick from 1979. It was fun!
After Dom DeLuise overhears Kermit the Frog singing, he suggests he head on over to Hollywood for fame and fortune, since he’s so talented. Kermit takes a road trip and along the way meets up with a ton of colorful characters, as well as other Muppets, whom he becomes friends with. How great is that? You get to see how Kermit became friends with Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, and the others, and how he first romanced Miss Piggy!
With dozens of cameos, like Steve Martin as an inexplicably rude waiter, Bob Hope as an ice cream scooper, Milton Berle as a used car salesman, Richard Pryor as a balloon salesman, Orson Welles as a Hollywood producer, and Charles Durning, Scott Walker, and Austin Pendleton as the bad guys, you’ll be constantly entertained. You’ll also see Carol Kane, Cloris Leachman, Mel Brooks, Madeleine Kahn, James Coburn, Elliott Gould, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Telly Savalas, and Albert Finney. Paul Williams’s songs are really cute, including the birth of “The Rainbow Connection.” Watching Kermit the Frog strum his guitar in his little swamp will instantly put you at peace. There are silly little jokes that you’ll laugh at despite your attempts not to, and if you really love it, you can check out the sequels made throughout the decades.
More Steve Martin movies here!
After Dom DeLuise overhears Kermit the Frog singing, he suggests he head on over to Hollywood for fame and fortune, since he’s so talented. Kermit takes a road trip and along the way meets up with a ton of colorful characters, as well as other Muppets, whom he becomes friends with. How great is that? You get to see how Kermit became friends with Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, and the others, and how he first romanced Miss Piggy!
With dozens of cameos, like Steve Martin as an inexplicably rude waiter, Bob Hope as an ice cream scooper, Milton Berle as a used car salesman, Richard Pryor as a balloon salesman, Orson Welles as a Hollywood producer, and Charles Durning, Scott Walker, and Austin Pendleton as the bad guys, you’ll be constantly entertained. You’ll also see Carol Kane, Cloris Leachman, Mel Brooks, Madeleine Kahn, James Coburn, Elliott Gould, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Telly Savalas, and Albert Finney. Paul Williams’s songs are really cute, including the birth of “The Rainbow Connection.” Watching Kermit the Frog strum his guitar in his little swamp will instantly put you at peace. There are silly little jokes that you’ll laugh at despite your attempts not to, and if you really love it, you can check out the sequels made throughout the decades.
More Steve Martin movies here!