The Great Muppet Caper (1981) on Netflix
Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear and Gonzo are reporters sent to London to interview fashion designer Lady Holiday about a jewel theft. Kermit mistakes her receptionist, Miss Piggy, for Holiday.
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Plot summary
Fozzie Bear and Kermit the Frog work as investigative reporters at The Daily Chronicle, with Gonzo as their photographer. After they fail to cover a jewel theft from fashion designer Lady Holiday, their editor fires them, and Kermit persuades him to send the three to London to interview her instead. There is no money for the trip, so they fly in the cargo hold and stay at the rundown Happiness Hotel, where they meet the other Muppets. Miss Piggy, who hopes to be a fashion model, turns up unannounced at Lady Holiday's office and is given the receptionist's job. When Kermit comes to arrange the interview, he mistakes her for Lady Holiday, and she does not tell him who she is.
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- Robbie Barnettas Muppet Performer
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Muppets' bicycle ride through Battersea Park was achieved by puppeteer Faz Fazakas and Jim Henson's son Brian using radio-controlled bicycles, some joined to each other with rods, plus marionette rigging.
- For Miss Piggy's underwater swim, puppet designer Caroly Wilcox and the New York Muppet workshop built waterproof puppets from compressed urethane foam, and around 40 heads and seven bodies were needed because the material tore so easily.
- Miss Piggy won the 1981 Youth in Film Award for Best Young Musical Recording Artist for "The First Time It Happens", becoming the first and only non-human recipient in the award's history.
