Getting *chills* watching THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) - Movie Reaction - FIRST TIME WATCHING
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Starring:
Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton, and Edgar Bergen
Written by:
Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns
Directed by:
James Frawley 
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THIS MOVIE WAS SO HEARTWARMING!!! I will be watching the next muppet movie for sure and probably the third one as well???? Anyways this movie was awesome and had some great songs (rainbow connection!!!!) which I have been listening to on repeat since I watched this! The muppets as well were as entertaining as always and you could sense the joy and happiness radiating out of the film!
Thanks for watching! Have a great day! :)
Thank you Ollie!!!
Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you for watching this!!!
I'm going to watch this later, but seeing this come up in my notifications made my day!
The next two movies are great too but nothing can top the masterpiece that is this film!
Now, the fourth wall breaks, the running gags, the movie-within-a-movie and the cameos: Dom Deluise, Madeliene Kahn, Richard Pryor, Cloris Leechman, and *the man himself: Mel Brooks!!!*
These are all staples of Mel Brooks movies! The Muppet Movie is like "G" rated version of his films...which are definitely *not* "G" rated, but otherwise spot on!
You've already seen Spaceballs, you get into more of his movies you'll see what I mean!
Have a great day!!!
If you want India movie suggestion, you should definitely check out Baahubali 1 and 2. Both are on Netflix. As long as it is not English dubbed, go for it!
Muppets from Space could be added to your Star Trek series
As someone mentioned down below, definitely watch The Great Muppet Caper (my personal favorite one out of them all). There's also another one you might like, maybe just for a private watch. It's extremely rare, but has just about every muppet imaginable (at the time) in it. Here's a link to it: ruclips.net/video/Bi9qSKZuvC4/видео.html
You have to watch the season 4 episode of _The Muppet Show,_ "The Stars of Star Wars!"
Mark Hamil, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew...all *in character* as Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, R2-D2, and Chewbacca!!!
(This guy, Mark Hamil, who says he's Luke's cousin, also shows up).
If the Star Wars Holiday Special is how to do _everything wrong_ with making a Star Wars themed musical-comedy variety special, this episode of The Muppet Show shows that it is possible to do one right!
Sometimes if I'm sad or depressed, I watch the opening of Kermit singing "Rainbow Connection" and I realize everything is ok.
Me too!
I believe that what Jim intended with his muppets. He was a brilliant person and taught so many tough subjects to kids. He had a way of bringing things like loss and death down so that a 5 year old could grasp it and then let them know it's ok.
This movies is a perfect example of the genius of Jim Henson. The hands moving up and down the banjo bridge as Kermit plays it, the legs on the bike, the humor and the character development...all just brilliant.
Back in 1979; I was still a kid, high off of Star Wars. A movie that came out 2 years earlier. But I watched The Muppet Show every Friday night; when it aired, and couldn't wait to see this movie. Watching that first scene of Kermit singing Rainbow Connection.... I went out and bought the soundtrack first time. I have it now Digitally, and I have had a version of this throughout my entire life! This is a album; I will never be without. Rainbow Connection (as well as I Want To Go Back There, Someday" by Gonzo); is always on whatever playlist I have. At age 58; you can never tell me, that this isn't the greatest movie, or music in a movie ever made! As much as I love the new Muppets movie; this one will always have a special place in my heart! I love the Electric Mayhem and that song. 'Can You Picture' is one of my favors from this soundtrack! Dang! Hater! LOL
Totally agree with you!
Something I've always wondered about "Can You Picture That" though, and I've tried looking to see if I'm right but couldn't find anything, but that song always reminds me of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way." It's like when writing the songs they needed a signature song for the Electric Mayhem and it needed to rock hard so they used "Walk This Way" as inspiration.
RIP Jim Henson. You did make millions of people happy.
It's so wild how much one doesn't even realize how much effort it takes to pull shots in this movie off because of how real The Muppets feel as characters. Sure, Kermit sits on a log and plays banjo in the swamp because that's what Kermit the Frog does naturally, but pause for a moment and realize Jim Henson is operating Kermit while underwater sealed in a diving bell with a little television so he can see what he's doing and it's like, holy crap, man.
The cameos in this movie ("Special Guest Stars" in the credits) were all played by big stars. I got reminded how young you are when you didn't recognize them. It would be worth your while to go through the list and look them up to see who they were and are, and what they've performed in. You'll recognize Charles Durning when you get around to watching The Sting, and Austin Pendleton when you watch What's Up Doc.
I was ok with Ollie not recognizing them because I didn't either as a child watching this. I love seeing all the old stars now and getting jokes that originally went over my head. Jim Henson was brilliant at making movies/shows that worked on both a kid and adult level.
I'm definitely going to have to remember this movie the next time I play "6 degrees of separation."
Watch some Mel Brooks movies then come back to this and he'll recognize about a third of the cameos...
@@janleonard3101 When I saw this as a 4 year old kid in the theater, the only cameos I recognized were Milton Berle, Bob Hope, and Steve Martin (because I had seen them all on The Muppet Show 😝) but when Big Bird showed up that blew my mind! That was the best cameo in the movie, in any movie, as far as I was concerned.
@@Drawkcabi That's really sweet, and I'm sure would have warmed Jim Henson's heart if he could have heard you say that. (I have a sneaky suspicion that was exactly the reaction he was hoping for.)
I saw this in first run when I was 6 years old. My mom took me and my sister and we were running late so when the theater doors opened there was Kermit, larger than life, singing Rainbow Connection in the swamp. I was just 😍 and so transfixed I could barely take my eyes off the screen to sit down. Later I got the soundtrack on cassette and played it until it stretched out. This will always be one of my favorite memories of childhood. Thanks for reacting to it, Oliver!
Kermit’s speech at the climax is why these movies are timeless.
Be sure to watch The Muppet Christmas Carol!
⚠️VERY IMPORTANT: make sure the version you watch is the VHS or the limited edition DVD (other DVDs, and the Disney+ version are missing the best song of the movie, When Love Is Gone)!
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Muppet Christmas Carol was the first Muppet movie made after Jim Henson’s death, and is gaining a reputation as one of the best Christmas Carol movie adaptations!
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No argument here!
The extended version was added to Disney+ last month for the 30th anniversary. To access it, though, you have to scroll down to "Extras" and select "Full-length version."
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Awesome!
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Paul Williams --the little blond piano player in the bar--- wrote the music for this and, to my delight, for the Muppet Christmas Carol.
As for the Muppets having so much chemistry they're like people...John Cleese had a story about doing a scene with Kermit for _The Muppet Show._ They kept having to re-shoot the scene, and when they finally got it right, he instinctively reaches over and _pats Kermit on the head._ That's in spite of the fact that he was right next to Kermit, and he could _see_ Jim Henson down below the scenery with his hand up through through Kermit's body...that's just how "alive" the Muppets feel. :)
Noone can recreate the humor of Jim Henson. Once he died and Disney took over they were never the same. Rainbow Connection is an amazing song
Disney didn't take over until hella years later, dummy. Henson died in early 90s.
Disney didn't buy them until relatively recent, dummy!
The Orson Welles cameo (as the studio executive) is simultaneously --- and paradoxically --- both incredibly iconic (go to Hollywood and get everything you want!) AND incredibly ironic (Orson as studio head?!!) . Just another brilliant moment in the movie's avalanche of brilliance...
This is legit one of my favorite movies. EVERY song is wonderful and two of them make me cry.
The song "I'm going back there someday" was sung by Dave Goelz (Gonzo) on Jim Henson's funeral in 1990. It was going to be featured in Muppets From Space but the plans were scrapped, though a remixed version appeared on the soundtrack.
Jim Henson insisted they make an actual gigantic Animal head for the standoff showdown. Sheer genius...a real visionary, that one
This move made the Guest Star Cameo the main thing, and every Muppet film (with the expectation of Muppet Treasure Island, and A Christmas Carol); would be filled with cameos. Even if you didn't know they were there; because of how young you are. The list goes like this:
Dom DeLuise as Bernie, a Hollywood agent who meets Kermit in the swamp. The character's name alludes to Bernie Brillstein, talent agent and producer of the original Muppet Show.
James Coburn as the El Sleezo Café Owner
Madeline Kahn as an El Sleezo Patron with the same rhotacism and personality Kahn used for Lili von Shtupp in Blazing Saddles
Telly Savalas as El Sleezo Tough
Carol Kane as "Myth" (summoned by name). Kane would be Miracle Max's wife (the witch); in The Princess Bride
Paul Williams as the El Sleezo Pianist.
Milton Berle as Mad Man Mooney, a used car salesman who employs Sweetums as a jack.
Elliott Gould as the Compère who announces Miss Piggy as the winner of the Bogen County Beauty Pageant.
Edgar Bergen as Himself and Charlie McCarthy playing judges at the County Fair. This appearance marks Bergen's final film role; he died soon after.
Bob Hope as an Ice Cream Vendor serving cones to Fozzie at the County Fair.
Richard Pryor as a Balloon Vendor selling balloons to Gonzo at the County Fair.
Steve Martin as an Insolent Waiter working at the restaurant where Rowlf plays piano.
Mel Brooks as Professor Max Krassman, a mad scientist hired by Doc Hopper.
Cloris Leachman as Miss Tracy, Lew Lord's secretary who is allergic to animals. Leachman is also in many Mel Brooks films
Orson Welles as Lew Lord, a Hollywood producer and studio executive. The character's name alludes to Sir Lew Grade, head of ATV, the British company that co-produced the original Muppet Show.
Dom Deluise was also in Many Mel Brooks films...
He was the "Stick out your tush" director" in Blazing Saddles
He was Caesar in History of the World, Part 1
He was the Godfather in Robin Hood: Men in Tights
And in Spaceballs he was Pizza the Hut
The animal you seen at the end really was a huge muppet , Jim refused to just make it a camera trick so they had to build that huge muppet head 😆
You truly get so into the muppets that you really forget they aren’t real 😂 but it truly shows how much talent the people that did them was , how much heart they put into it 🥰
I keep adding stuff! LOL.
The reason why the Muppets are so alive, and you are so drawn to them, as actually live characters is for a few reasons. One; the Muppettees put so much live and personality into each of their creators, it's hard not to see them as alive. Second is the human cast. Everyone loves the Muppets, and so acting with them, you want to feel like they are alive. The human cast treat the Muppets like actual living being, and it comes across as so. Even the actors in the cameos; never give away the fact, they are only talking to puppets. It's that attention to detail; they idea of them being actual being, that gives the Muppets live.
The reason why Muppet's Christmas Carol is so good, and it considered one of the best, is Michael Kane. He gave his best AAA performance; as if he was on the Royal British Stage, and not in a Muppet movie. Never once giving away; he was acting with puppets. That's why this works so well. That's why these movies are so good. If the human actors treat and believe the Muppets are real; then you can't but help seeing them as so!
Not everyone. Some sections of the human race ignorantly view the Muppets with harsh criticism & only look at them as mere kiddie fodder, even though they were meant to much more than just simple children's entertainment (that's _Sesame Street_ to a degree [this is considering its intended audience of toddlers & their parents as well as early childhood educators, mind you]), given the fact that Jerry Juhl (this quiet man was the head writer for the majority of Muppet projects actively responsible for making sure they each retain the emotional heart & musical whimsy they're meant to have despite the character's irreverent silliness) stated himself that at their core, even seemingly trite concepts like _Sesame Street_ wouldn't have had the staying power (read as: longevity & cultural impact, which it has rightfully earned as an educational childhood institutional mainstay "for over 50 years & still counting") they've gotten if they weren't enjoyed by the childlike but not childish adults that made the individual Muppet brands what they are to uphold the oftentimes lofty standards set by the late creative genius that was Jim Henson as the Muppet's driving force/creator/founder (subsequently with Kermit The Frog thereby being seen as Jim Henson's alter-ego just as much as Mickey Mouse is seen as Walt Disney's alter-ego).
There is an outake video on RUclips with Richard Gervais and Elmo just ragging each other. Those Muppets have so much personality!
I get a little teary eyed hearing Rainbow Connection because it makes me miss Jim Henson.
Well, you're not wrong, Orson Welles was kind of a grumpy guy.
So many legends, so little recognition. 🤣🤣🤣 At least you recognized Steve Martin even if you couldn't recall his name.
Oh, and if you liked the music, especially Rainbow Connection, look in to Paul Williams. He was playing the piano at that first place, and introduced Fozzie. He's one of the greatest modern songwriters with a ton of credits including Rainbow Connection. If you ever saw Baby Driver he has a bit of a cameo as the Butcher (gun dealer) because Edgar Wright loves a movie called Phantom of the Paradise, which Williams both wrote the music for and played the antagonist Swan. That's a wild ride you should check out sometime.
The real magic is in the stuff that’s so good you don’t even question it.
Like the opening helicopter shot into the swamp where Kermit sits IN A BODY OF WATER on a log and plays a banjo.
Its 1979 - this is practical puppet trickery. There is no cgi or green screen here - there is a full grown man under that frog.
It’s amazing to really nerd out about the muppets.
All of my pets since I was 3 in 1979 have had muppet names. I haven’t had many as they have thankfully had long full lives. As I type this my old stripy dog Gonzo and my cat Kermit (it’s pretty easy being orange) are snoring next to me.
In the Rainbow Connection finale, aside from the regular Muppeteers (Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Louise Gold, Katrhyn Mullen etc.) there are 137 puppeteers from The Puppeteers of America standing in a 6 foot deep and 17 foot wide pit. Among the puppeteers were Blues Brothers director John Landis (he did Grover) and Tim Burton. Beside all the Muppets from The Muppet Show being made up until that point, there are Muppets from Sesame Street including Ernie and Bert, the special Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas and even from the SNL sketch The Land of Gorch (which Jim and co did before The Muppet Show was shot, as they attempted to make a puppet show for the whole family but it was difficult as The Muppets were pidgeon holded as "just for kids" thanks to Sesame Street).
Great reaction! 😊
I've been looking forward to this ever since I saw it on your schedule.
This one, and the two original sequels "The Great Muppet Caper" and "Muppets Take Manhattan" are the Muppet movies that I grew up on watching..
And to this day, I still love all of the songs. Especially "Rainbow Connection", "Movin' Right Along", and "Never Before, Never Again".
28:35 - 29:00 This scene used to scare the you know what out of me when I was younger. LOL!
So excited that you'll be reacting to the other two movies.
Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊
Where is his Schedule?
@@MrParkerman6 You can find it on his RUclips channel under "Community."
That scene scared me too!
I was 4 years old when this movie came out and I went to see it in the theater.
The part where Animal grows humongous, I'm this little kid watching this on a 40' foot screen and while they did use camera tricks for some of it, Ollie guessed right, they _did_ build and Animal Muppet that big (and had to use a crane to operate him). No CGI, Animal was physically there!
Damn right it scared me!
But I loved the movie so much I asked my grandmother to keep taking me back to see it. When I knew we were getting close to the Animal scene, I started getting nervous and just before it happened I'd get up and walk out of the theater. I'd ask the usher to tell me when that paet was over and when they did I'd go back in and watch the rest of the movie.
I went and saw this movie in the theater 5 or 6 times and the ushers would know me and what I was going to do, but they always helped.
Thank you, Oliver! 🐸 The choir I was in during my Junior High years performed "Rainbow Connection". 🌈 #RolyPolyOllie #TheMuppetMovie
I watched the muppet show on TV with my parents growing up. During the actual air times, not reruns. We would laugh so hard, and then they could make you tear up just as fast. If you want to fight back some tears, find the poster of all the muppets mourning the loss of Jim Henson. It will break your heart!
HEY THERE!!! without doubt, the best adult Jim Henson is the Farscape Series.
The start of the movie where Kermit is sitting on the log in the swamp, Jim Henson was sitting in a diving bell in a tank, with oxygen tanks connected to the diving bell so he could breath and he had a TV screen in front of him so he could see what Kermit was doing when he puppeteered him. Another puppeteer controlled Kermit's strumming hand with a radio control, sitting in a row boat behind the camera.
The Kermit on the bike was done with a full body Kermit attached on the bike, which in turn was held up by strings from a crane above the view of the camera. In the close ups of Kermit reacting and doing dialouge on the bike, Jim was lying on a dolly while holding up Kermit, who is holding a bike handle.
This is the perfect kids movie. It has a message for the kids, humor for the adults. Jim Henson was a special man who made special movies. Also I love the bits with Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. Brings back memories. I saw these on the big screen when I was a kid.
Great Muppet Caper is the other one. And Muppets is an other one. If you watch the moder ones where they nostalgia bait you 1st then you are seeing sad moments with zero nostalgia.
Also "Follow that bird" is the name of the movie Big Bird stars in right around the same time as this
and you also have the TV movies like Muppet Family Christmas and Emit Otter
The Disney/Muppet crossover would be the last thing filmed in Jim's life time and his son will head up from Christmas Carroll onwards.
Notable Muppet cameos
Dom DeLuise : The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, Spaceballs, Oliver & Company,All Dogs Go to Heaven, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West,
Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and Cooking with Dom DeLuise
Telly Savalas : On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Kojak
Paul Williams song writer for Rainbow Conection
Milton Berle : the Milton Berle show
Elliott Gould: M*A*S*H (movie)
Edgar Bergen : Known for his puppet act
Bob Hope: Road to Morocco, Road to Singapore, Road to Utopia, Road to Zanzibar, Road to Rio, The Road to Hong Kong, Spies Like Us
Richard Pryor : See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Brewster's Millions, The Toy, Superman 3, Stir Crazy , The Wiz, Car Wash
Steve Martin: The Jerk, The Man with Two Brains, Three Amigos, Little Shop of Horrors, Roxanne, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Father of the Bride Part , Sgt. Bilko, Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Mel Brooks Director of many parody movies you know
Orson Welles: known for War of the Worlds Radio version, The inspiration for Brain of Pinkey and the Brain, was in the Transformers animated movie, almost Darth Vader till a recast, and did those funny commercial outtakes for frozen peas and whine.
also known for Citizen Kane
If you want to see The Muppet Show for reactions Type the name of a star you love in to a search
some I'll shout out
Jim Nabors
Paul Williams
Harvey Korman
Vincent Price
Mummenschanz
Edgar Bergen
Steve Martin
George Burns
Dom DeLuise
Elton John
Bob Hope
John Cleese
Gilda Radner
Raquel Welch
Harry Belafonte
Danny Kaye
Leslie Uggams
Sylvester Stallone
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
John Denver
Victor Borge
Jonathan Winters
Mark Hamill and the stars of Star Wars
Christopher Reeve
Gene Kelly
Loretta Swit
Roger Moore
also highly Redfcomend
Fraggle Rock
The Jim Henson Hour
The Story Teller
Muppets Tonight
the muppets 2015
Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody
This by far is one of the classic Muppet movies and in fact the first one. Now I didn't get to see it when it was shown in the theaters cause I wasn't born yet. Wasn't till at least the late 80's till I got to witness this movie. It is one of my favorites but I grew up with "The Muppets Take Manhattan" movie. Now that one I didn't get to see in theaters but later on in VHS format. The second movie is called "The Great Muppet Caper" where they are in London. That's my second favorite of the 3 original Muppet movies. This is pretty neat for anyone getting to see it for the first time. I was already in love with the Sesame Street muppets and being that Kermit was on Sesame Street too. Growing up with the reruns of The Muppet Show and Fraggle Rock (another great classic from Henson) and Sesame Street. I enjoyed everything you can name of the main three franchises.
Here's the cast names
Kermit the Frog
Robin (Kermit's Nephew)
Fozzie Bear
The Electric Mayhem Band: Dr. Teeth, Floyd Pepper, Janice, Zoot and Animal
Scooter
Gonzo
Camilla the Chicken
Sweetums (Jack Job)
Miss Piggy
Rowlf the Dog
Doctor Bunsen Honeydew
Beaker
Doc Hopper
Max
Frog Killer
Here is a Muppet movie to add, after these ones. A Sesame Street movie, "Follow That Bird".
Jim Henson said these were Muppets, because puppets use a hand to manipulate the mouth to talk, and marionettes use strings and sticks to make them move. So, he created Muppets that were a mix of the two.
The Muppets were meta before meta was a thing. Also a childhood favorite of mine.
“Little Kermit” - that is Kermit’s nephew, Robin.
(He does an utterly adorable rendition of ‘Halfway Up the Stairs, a song based on an AA Milne poem; and he also plays Tiny Tim to Kermit’s Bob Cratchit in the Muppets Christmas Carol)
I believe Robin first appeared as the title character in _The Frog Prince_ Muppet television special. :)
The big Muppet that was trying to catch up to Kermit and company and does at the end, he's name is Sweetums, not actually Jack (like he says "Jack not name, jack job").
There was an album that came out back in 2011 called "Muppets: The Green Album" where alt rock musicians covered Muppet songs. Several of the songs from this movie are on it. Including Weezer singing Rainbow Connection. Definitely worth checking out.
Rainbow Connection (and *lots* of Muppet music) was written by Paul Williams...the piano player in the saloon.
Phantom of the Paradise has him and his music too. It's...a different movie...
Not to mention *Bugsy Malone* (1976).
I love The Datk Crystal, but you make a good point about the Muppet characters here seeming so much more like people. I think it’s because of the distinct personalities, the charm, and the earnestness of it all. The heart, as you said.
The song; Moving Right Along, is even better, if you know a few years later. Jim Henson made movie. "Follow That Bird" is the first Sesame Street movie, and it about Big Bird trying to get back home! So seeing him on the rode in this movie, and watching that one after links to two
Tossed salad!
"Have you been half-asleep
And have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
"Is this the sweet sound
To call the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same
"I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm s'posed to be
"Someday we'll find it
The Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me"
Fun Fact: Jim Henson spent an entire day in a 50-gallon steel drum submerged in a pond for the opening scene of Kermit the Frog in the swamp.
Final Bow Fact: The Beauty Show Judge Edgar Bergen died shortly after his scene was shot in 1978. It held particular meaning for Jim Henson, who cited, on many occasions, how Bergen and his wooden sidekick, Charlie McCarthy, influenced his interest in puppetry. The end credits include a dedication to Bergen.
Historical Fact: Orson Welles plays a studio executive named Lew Lord who draws up a standard rich-and-famous contract for The Muppets. It's a reference to real-life producer Lew Grade. When Jim Henson was trying to find a producer to make The Muppet Show (1976) happen, no American network understood, nor was interested in the concept. Grade recognized Henson's vision and made the show possible.
Muppet Muppet Muppet Fact: The closing reprise of "Rainbow Connection" featured a crowd of more than 250 Muppet characters, virtually every Muppet that had been created up to that point in time. One hundred fifty puppeteers in a six foot deep, 17-foot wide pit. They were recruited through the Los Angeles Guild of The Puppeteers of America and almost every puppeteer west of the Rockies reported for pit duty. In a 2004 interview, John Landis revealed that he was the puppeteer for Grover during the final sequence, as Frank Oz was busy operating Miss Piggy. Landis also noted that Tim Burton was also amongst the many puppeteers in the finale.
Talking about the puppets as if they were real people.
That is something what I noticed watching Ray Harryhausen movies. His stop-motion monsters didn't look real, but there was his magic. He managed to make us want to be real and so they became more real than even the best up-to-date CGI can ever hope to match.
The Muppets are the same. They might not be real, but you wish they were and therefore they become real.
And for anyone not understanding this mindset, we know they are not real, but sometimes we forget for a moment that they aren't. Also, you have no idea what you are missing.
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"You call that a mind control device?" "No sir. We call it...Mr. Coffee."
I think my mom took me to see this in theaters but I was too young to remember. What I do remember is a few years later it was being shown on TV and the song Rainbow Connection made me cry. To this day I still have a Pavlovian learned reaction to the opening riff.
This movie is filled with cameos like Steve Martin as the waiter, Mel Brooks as the evil doctor, Dom DeLuise as the agent at the beginning, and the legendary Orson Welles as Lew Lord (the “mean looking bearded guy” at the end). Lew Lord was named for Lord Lew Grade who helped the Muppets get their big break in real life
Watching as a little kid I loved it but didn't realize the calibre of guest star they had. Orson Welles, Cloris Leachman, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Bob Hope, Mel Brooks, Eliot Gould, Carol Kane, Milton Berle, Dom DeLuise, Edgar Bergen, James Coburn, Madeline Khan, Telly Savalas...
I wore out the soundtrack for this playing it on my family's 8 Track deck.
Rainbow Connection IS the iconic Kermit song, but It's Not Easy Being Green is a close second.
I grew up on this movie and love how timeless it is. My mother took her cousins and siblings to see it in 1979 and said Orson Welles staring down at them out of that big armchair in Hollywood quieted an entire theater of antsy children.
All of the cameos were done by people who (mostly) had been guest stars on The Muppet Show.
Also, according to real wine aficionados, you're supposed to smell the wine cork, hence Steve Martin's joke about smelling the bottle cap (the mark of cheap wine).
Kermit singing the rainbow connection always had a calming effect
30:07 that’s Orson Welles. He wrote, produced, directed and starred in Citizen Kane. It’s considered the greatest movie of all time.
The writer of The Rainbow Connection and other Muppet music makes a cameo in an episode of Community. @7:21 There he is. Paul Williams.
@8:40 the public defender in My Cousin Vinny
I love the Muppets ever since I was a little girl.
And Beaker's my favourite.
You are such a reliable provider of smiles. Thanks for sharing! 😁
"Even Santa Claus believes in you" great line. It's funny how few of the very famous people with cameos you recognized.
The movie studio owner is Orson Welles, one of the most famous actor directors of all time.
I saw this movie in the movie theater when i was 7 years old, i always thought Doc Hopper was a sociopath. chasing Kermit across the country and threaten to kill Kermit, wow! that is too intense for a kids movie, but i still love it years later
You were having lots of fun with this one! Awesome! 🤪
I'm 47, and the Muppets have been a part of me for a long time. I have fuzzy memories of watching the original TV show in syndication, and of course of Sesame Street, but I also loved the 3 original films (though I was still a little young when the first came out, but I still have my "Great Muppet Caper" book that I ordered through the book club at school). The characters are people to me, I think of them like any other celebrity (better actually). They are friends of my inner child. My personal favorite is the Swedish Chef, for the record. My point here is that I absolutely love to see the next generation(s) watching the classics such as The Muppet Movie and getting to experience it for themselves. Jim Henson was a hero of mine when it came to his vision for the world and his artwork, and he still is.
My favourite is the Swedish Chef as well!! Watched him so much as a kid!
This movie if filled to the brim with famous people of the era.
30;00 that's the late great Orson Welles. He had his own radio show by the time he was 22. He's scared the hell out of A good portion of America with his radio adaptation of HG Wells War of the Worlds.
He also won several Oscars for his movie citizen Kane.
Yes I have listened to that radio show! Just never put a face to the voice :)
your dog herd the rainbow connection had to come in. your right immortal song.
A few bars into Rainbow Connection and my eyes were already watering up. That song is so perfect and pure.
Jim Henson moved from TV to film with this movie. I like it a lot, but I had The Muppets Take Manhattan on VHS and watched it a lot, so that's my favorite, can even say most of the lines.
Wow! Blast from the past! This movie was my childhood. I think Rainbow Connection has probably been covered 100 times, and deservedly so. If you ever get to hear Karen Carpenter's rendition, it's one of the best.
Almost every single line spoken by a human in this movie is a cameo appearence by entertainers/actors/musicians who were well-known at the time.
And most of them guest starred on the original Muppet Show.
This movie has so many cameos of very famous Hollywood royalty. Milton Berle was the car salesman. Bob Hope was the ice cream man., Steve Martin was the rude waiter, Edgar Bergen and his side kick puppet Charlie McCarthy were the judges as well as Dom DeLuise, James Coburn, Orson Wells, Richard Pryor, Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein) and of course the infamous Mel Brooks.
Fun Fact:
One of the puppeteers in this movie was Tim Burton!
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Yes, you read that right.
Tim Burton was one of the puppeteers on this movie!
The Swedish Chef is my mom's favorite character. They even got the accent of him talking, is really Swedish . I've seen a RUclips channel who is a Swedish man. When you hear him, you know the Muppets got it right. I can't pick my favorite Muppet. I love them all.
Love this! If you have the time search for the docu 'Of Muppets and Men'. It's a kind of making of documentary of the Muppet Show (not the films), and it gives a really nice overview of how everything was done, and especially the people behind and below the puppets.
The Muppets Take Manhattan is also great :)
The first three movies are the Jim Henson movies.
The drinks on the house joke was borrowed from the Droopy Dog cartoon The Shooting of Dan McFoo (it was used in an episode of The House of Mouse). The fork in the road joke was also borrowed from another Droopy cartoon (forgot which one, though).
This movie makes me feel all the feels
"I hope that something better comes along" got me through the crash and burn that was my first crush. The soundtrack album has a longer version of that song. Movin' Right Along is longer on the album too.
I know you're young, and i think every single one went over your head, but this movie was a "Who's Who" of classic Hollywood, TV and comedy legends. There are sooooo many cameos by huge stars, that alone is so fun to watch. Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Mel Brooks...Orson fucking WELLES!?!? Icons. Every single one.
So many famous people in this movie! Milton Berle, Mel Brooks, Bob Hope, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor, Orson Welles!! Are just a few!
Brings back a lot of memories, been a while since I’ve seen this! I look forward to more Muppet reactions 😀
Yeah, that Animal head was indeed in actual size and not a regular sized in a miniature house. Jim Henson insisted on that effect to be done that way.
14:00 the salesman the first big television star ever.... The great Milton Berle.
15:00 the host of the beauty pageant Elliott Gould.
15:10 Edgar Bergen was so good at ventriloquism that many young people thought Charlie McCarthy was real.
16:40 this is mr. Entertain himself Bob Hope.
16:30 The balloon vendor is Richard Pryor the funniest foul mouth comedian that ever lived.
18:18 the rude waiter is Steve Martin the wild and crazy guy.
These are just a handful of the big stars in this movie. To find out all the big stars in this movie look at the casting list of The Muppet Movie guest stars.
This movie started the tradition of having Superstars play alongside the Muppets in the movies.
Thank you for watching Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, please watch Great Muppet Caoer, Take Manhattan, treasure Iskand, from space and rewatch the muppets and the sequel, you will appreciate them a lot more. 😊
Spot-on about the brilliance of the comedy throughout the movie.
There is one song that is more iconically associated with Kermit: It's Not Easy Being Green.
Floyd's full name is Floyd Pepper, and yes, he was inspired by both Pink Floyd and the Beatles in their Sgt. Pepper era (his outfit is based on the Beatles' suits on the cover of the album).
Thanks for sharing this reaction to a part of childhood. Looking forward to The Great Muppet Caper and the The Muppets Take Manhattan.
It's so crazy how Miss Piggy and Fozzie are voiced by Frank Oz (aka Yoda)!
The first movie I ever saw as a 3 year old. You will never ever go wrong with the Muppets. Jim Henson was unmatched and losing him was like losing a trusted friend.
Forgot how many stars were in this; Bob Hope, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, James Coburn, Orson Welles, Richard Pryor, Telly Savalos, etc, etc.
It is so much fun to watch you have so much fun watching these films It brings back a lot of memories knowing that this still makes people feel good and brings smiles even today as it did when I was a kid watching it for the first time in 1979 . Great Job Kiddo. This movie had more huge stars in it than any film I can remember. Steve Martin , Bob Hope , Dom Deluise, Milton Burle , Mel Brooks , Madeline Kahn to name just a few .This film was pure Genius from concept to creation.Keep on making great Reaction Vids.
i was 8 when this came out. I annoyed my parents to no end playing the album over and over and insisting to pop the movie in the VCR. The original Muppet Show is a must watch, while for kids, plenty of jokes only the grown ups will get.
When I was a kid I had an ongoing series of dreams that I was actually one of the muppets.
Check out muppets xmas carol .. that one is also a real tear jerker .. I’m not kidding. Michael Canes portrayal of Scrooge is one of the best ever. Made me cry.
Make sure to watch Belle’s song which has been cut in the DVDs. There was an extended version on Disny+
Haircut looks good, man. Suits you.
I think I’ve seen behind the scenes footage of that bike scene somewhere… Maybe on the tribute show they made where the muppets were trying to find out about him… I think they connected the bikes using some sort of metal frame and pulled them all along… The wheels would turn on their own to make it look like they were pedalling… For some shots anyway… They probably used similar techniques for other shots… Some sort of rigs…
My favorite is Gonzo too. Rainbow Connection is fantastic, but Going to Go Back There Someday is just so beautiful
I saw this as a kid and didn’t like it cause I didn’t understand most of it. Now that I am an adult and watched a lot of the movies with the actors in it made it so much better.
This movie is 10 years older than me. Lol
You know. I think I’ll watch this with my grand daddy and mamma to make them laugh. Especially with how much I have learned and… “matured”
(As if I’ll ever truly grow up. But it runs in the family. Lol)
Disney family!
But I’m the Disney Parks, and old classics buff. Even my sister in law let me lead them on their first visit to Disney World with my new nephew. It surprised them how much awesome history went into these beloved rides and areas.
All songs were written by Songwriter Paul Williams and Composer Kenny Asher
I adore this film, it always reminds me of my late little brother. We were kids when it came out and we watched it together a million times on HBO and Betamax. We would constantly crack each other up doing voices and lines from the movie from the time he was nine up until he died, six years ago, at the age of 46. So, yeah, this movie gives me big feels, but the memories are so joyous that they are good feels. I miss him a lot.
Nice haircut, by the way. Looking clean.
What Mel Brooks means by Electronic Cerebrectomy: he's going to electronically zap his frontal lobes and basically making them mindless automaton that will do anything that he's told to do.
The great muppet caper is really good . I had soundtrack on cassette back in day and it made me feel so happy inside . Hey a movie number is great on it .
Another series! What’s cool is that while the movies are hit or miss, the original television series holds up.😊
Hell yeah! I saw this as kid at the theater
Beautiful doggy!
nobody discusses this, but i think Gonzo is based off of hunter s thompson. henson was a big ole hippie and hippie artible writer hunter s thompson invented what is known as 'gonzo journalism' gonzo in the muppets is a journalist. hunter s was proud of being one of the 'freaks' and so is gonzo. not to mention how gonzo is always the acid trip in the story whenever he apperas.
I worked as a background puppeteer on 'Muppets From Space.' Just sayin'.