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No People Like Show People: ‘The Muppets Take Manhattan’ (1984)

July 18, 2019 By retromoviebuff 1 Comment

Part of my ‘New York State of Mind’ series. Since he first appeared on screen in 1955, Kermit the Frog has had a prolific career. Discovered playing banjo in the swamp, Kermit (created and voiced by Jim Henson) has been a reporter on Sesame Street, the long-suffering MC and stage manager of the Muppet Theatre, the […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Muppets, Musicals, New York

Frank Oz at The Museum of the Moving Image

September 30, 2017 By retromoviebuff Leave a Comment

Miss Piggy made a guest appearance in Queens last Friday. So did Fozzie Bear, Bert, Animal, Grover, Cookie Monster and Yoda. Frank Oz, the man behind some of the world’s most beloved puppets, encompasses multitudes, his voice (or rather voices) familiar to anyone who has ever spent time on Sesame Street, at the Muppet theatre […]

Filed Under: Film Appreciation, TV Tagged With: Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Miss Piggy, Muppets, Museum of the Moving Image, TV

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