A 1981 musical comedy, The Great Muppet Caper is the second full-length movie featuring The Muppets, the iconic characters created by Jim Henson. It is a delightful musical comedy that follows Kermit, ...

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In The Great Muppet Caper, Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear play identical twins. At one point, their newspaper editor (oh, we’ll get to all that) shows us a picture of their father, a hybrid-looking — ...

Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her ...

Miss Piggy had a very mindful, very demure Hollywood debut in 1976 in the chorus of The Muppet Show, but it didn't take long for this diva to stand out as a superstar and begin her life as a femme ...

The Nostalgia Fact-Check is a recurring Vulture feature in which we revisit a seminal movie, TV show, or album that reflexively evinces an “Oh my God, that was the best ever!” response by a certain ...

Aside from the "bookending" Muppet movies --- the first “The Muppet Movie,” in 1979, and the franchise reboot “The Muppets,” in 2011 --- the Muppets’ shtick has been to gently satirize a classic ...

When they brought back The Muppets a few years ago, nobody was more delighted than I was. The 2011 movie did The Muppets franchise justice, I thought, even if it could not quite compare to The Muppet ...

Richard Hunt is an American actor and puppeteer. 1981 The Great Muppet Caper Beaker (Voice) 1981 The Great Muppet Caper Janice (Voice) 1981 The Great Muppet Caper Sweetums (Voice) 1981 The Great ...

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Kermit, Fozzie and Gonzo have a case to crack when Miss Piggy is framed for a London jewel heist. Crowd-pleasing caper with John Cleese and Charles Grodin. Flashing images. (1981)(94 mins) ...