The Muppets were created in 1955 Jim Hensonbut they didn’t achieve celebrity status until 1976 and debut The Muppet Show. The Show Made Them Stars: The Great Gonzo (Dave Goltz), of unknown origin; Fozzie BearFrank Oz), purveyor of bad jokes; Kermit the Frog (Henson), the heart of the franchise and its most prominent face; Miss Piggy (Oz), the pig princess; and many other foam and felt phenomena. Soon Hollywood called, and in 1979 was released muppet movie. It was the first of many popular films featuring the manic group, but they couldn’t do it alone. Each film also featured great human actors ready to embrace the madness, but only the best of them were able to fully stand toe-to-toe with their felted counterparts.
Charles Durning (The Muppet Movie)
Durning plays Doc Hopper, the southern owner of Doc Hopper’s French Fried Frog Legs and the villain from the film. After seeing Kermit dance, Hopper is determined to make Kermit the spokesman for his franchise. Kermit is apparently unwilling, which leads Hopper to increasingly desperate actions, including attempting brainwashing and hiring hitman Snake Walker (Scott Walker). By treating them like real performers and not just puppets, Durning helped set the template for movie actors working with puppets in the future.
Michael Caine (Muppet Christmas Carol)
Michael CaineScrooge is one of the best portrayals of the character, consistently appearing in the top ten “Best Scrooge in Movie” lists (including 7th on Collider’s own list). What makes his acting so good is almost counterintuitive: Kane doesn’t try to live up to the silliness of the dolls, but instead plays the character directly and seriously. Is not puppet christmas carol For him; it’s a legal adaptation Christmas songand he gives it the seriousness that any good actor gives to a role.
Steve Martin (Muppet Movie)
This is a scene that lasts less than three minutes, but Steve Martin makes the most of this time to create a brilliantly hilarious moment with Kermit and Miss Piggy. As “Insolent Waiter”, Martin contemptuously serves “Sparkling Muscat, one of Idaho’s finest wines” to their dinner table. This is a brief but memorable snapshot of the comedy master at the height of his career.
Madeleine Kahn (Muppet Movie)
Trust comedy icon Madeline Kahn bypass Martin and make the most of 31 seconds. Kahn resurrects the image of his iconic Blazing Saddles the character, Lili von Stupp, will play the patroness of a boisterous diner known as El Slizo Cafe, who attacks Kermit. She’s great in her quick cameo, which creates a terrible pun (by which we mean stunning a little pun) between Kermit and the Hollywood tough guy Telly Savalas:
Kermit: It’s a myth.
Savalas: Yes, but she is my myth!
Kermit: No, no, myth, myth!!
Dave Grohl (The Muppets)
If any celebrity looked the most like The Muppets, it would be safe to bet that the Clown Prince of Rock, Dave Grohlwould top the list. The musician makes one of the first cameos in dolls, a rambunctious and perfect pseudo-animal in the cover band “The Moopets”. Grohl will also appear in 2015. dolls episode “Going, Going, Gonzo” calling Animal to a drum roll… and they’re almost impossible to tell apart.
Tim Curry (Doll Treasure Island)
Tim Curry, like Kane before him, plays a character with a rich history in English literature, but the comparisons end there. His Long John Silver has no doubt that he is just as wild, goofy and flamboyant as his furry counterparts. Instead of playing straight (like Kane did), Curry raises his game to Muppets-worthy levels. And he adds even more to the role beyond that. Do you believe the character can lure young Jim Hawkins (Kevin Bishop) goes down the path of evil, and Curry can rein in his emotions as needed without sacrificing what makes him funny.
Jason Segel (The Muppets)
When Jason Segel was credited as a star, co-writer and producer dolls, skepticism was high. Siegel had a hand in some of the raunchy comedies of the 2000s, and it was in many ways reintroducing the Muppets to a whole new generation. They didn’t have to worry. Siegel not only brought back the energy of their 70s and 80s heyday while keeping it pure, but his role in the film as Gary is as serious and upbeat as the dolls themselves. He even sang “Man or Muppet” with his “brother” Walter (Peter Lintz), a welcome addition to the Muppet musical canon.
John Cleese and Joan Sanderson (The Great Muppet Caper)
Miss Piggy breaks into the house to keep Kermit’s illusion that she is Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer. The house belongs to Neville (John Cleese) and Dorcas (Joan Sanderson), who are sitting at dinner, talking. And it’s brilliant. The pair continue their winning joke in Fawlty Towers episode “Communication Trouble” and have a dry, slow, and completely absurd conversation, including the fact that Dorcas hasn’t left the house for 12 years. Even after finding Miss Piggy, they casually continue. Two British legends doing what they do best.
Joan Rivers (The Muppets Take Manhattan)
Exuberant scene, one of the best in the film, is seen Joan Rivers selling Quelle Difference perfume with Miss Piggy. They are both equally dressed in pink dresses with outrageously embroidered collars, which looks funny anyway. But then Rivers starts putting makeup on Miss Piggy and things turn into chaos as the two laugh wildly with lipstick on their faces. Two iconic divas are getting fired, but it’s a memorable moment from one of the weakest jobs in Muppets filmography.
Tina Fey (Dolls Most Wanted)
Forever talented Tina Fey plays Nadia, a Russian prison guard who is in love with Kermit, who is imprisoned in the Siberian gulag where Nadia is being held. Fey is impeccable - she sings, dances and makes her heroine attractive. The Russian accent is terrible, but somehow still seems perfect. In addition, if the villain Konstantin (Matt Vogel), masquerading as Kermit, can impersonate his unmistakably strong Russian accent as a result of a cold, we can definitely miss Tina’s intentionally bad accent.
Source: Collider
