Also, one of the characters(you pick) should be human, ala “Muppet Christmas Carol”.
Kermit - Brad (A hero)
A human woman - Janet (A heroine)
Fozzy - Frank N. Furter (A scientist)
Cookie Monster - Rocky Horror (A creation)
Statler & Waldorf - Riffraff (a handyman) and Magenta (a domestic)
Miss Piggy - Columbia (a groupie)
Oscar the Grouch - Eddie (a delivery boy)
The Count - Dr. Scott (a rival scientist)
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew - The Criminologist (an expert)
I’ve only seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show once, but even I know that Frank N. Furter has to be Gonzo.
Only Kermit has the legs to pull off Frank.
Soundtrack by Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, naturally.
Soundtrack by the same characters as before.
And I’m seeing Floyd as Eddie.
Fozzie Bear was ill the day our car stood still,
But he told us where we stand.
Super-Gonzo was there in silver underwear,
And Rowlf played keyboards in the band.
Then things went wrong a bit,
For Miss Piggy and Kermit,
They got caught in a video jam–
But meanwhile on TV, as we soon will all see,
This is the message that ran:
Like a Muppet Movie Double Feature,
Waldorf and Statler will build a creature,
See bad guys fighting Piggy and Kermit,
They’ll wish they were on Forbidden Planit,
Oh-oh-oh-oh-ohohoho,
At the late-night, Muppet Movie picture show.
I wanna go-ho-ho-ho,
To the late-night, Muppet Movie picture show.
In the back row …
Kermit/Piggy have to be Brad and Janet
Gonzo as Frank (he is an alien after all)
others are harder…
Fozzie as Eddie,
Animal as Rocky
Denise as Columbia
Janice as Magenta
Dr Teeth as Riff Raff
I’m thinking maybe Elmo as Columbia. He’s got the voice for the role.
Honestly, I would really like to see Piggy as the usherette (from the original musical and from the remake), singing “Science Feature Double Feature” in the opening, and then doubling as Magenta.
Let’s say we kept Kermit as Brad but made Cloris Leachman Janet.
Fully agree with Gonzo being Frank.
I fully agree.
I lost my heart when you called me Kermie, Piggy
I thought about what you meant to me, Piggy
The fog lifted from my eyes and I could see, Piggy
That I love you.
Here’s the ring to prove I wanna do this,
'Cause that’s the way true love should go.
I really wanna be with you, young Miss,
Oh, P-I-G-G-Y, I love you so!
I’ve never seen anything like it, Kermit
It’s beautiful, and I have to submit, Kermit
To your charms, and I’ll admit, Kermit,
That I love you.
This thread makes me proud of humanity.
Neigh
I would assume living people for the purposes of this thread.
OK, so who do you think is living today who could do a love duet with a frog?
Definitely.
Sticking with one human character for the purposes of this thread, as the OP stipulates, I would suggest that the human character is Dr. Frank N. Furter. Obviously, we’d need an actor who is living, and as the role is traditionally played by a straight biological male (this is where the 2016 production failed, IMHO), I’d suggest John Leguizamo.
He knocked it out of the park in To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar, as a “drag princess” and I see no reason why he couldn’t do it here. Yes, he has a few years on him since, but in that Julie Newmar film, he had the bearing and understanding to portray his role perfectly.
My second choice: Mark Ruffalo. He’s got the chops to do it.
Perfect choice.
Piggy is just too much to play a straight-laced virgin. She’s far more suited for Columbia or Magenta (though I’m sticking with Statler and Waldorf for Riffraff/Magenta).
If we’re allowed access to the greater '70s family-friendly-crossover marionette universe, then I nominate the Fry Kids and the Banana Splits as the Transylvanians, with the Hamburglar cameoing as Eddie’s partially cannibalized corpse.
Reminds me of a thread I started on the subject long ago that seemingly had the origins of the decision.