# Let's recast The Muppet Show

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-muppet-show/367393>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 4, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-muppet-show/367393 "2006-08-04T21:58:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-muppet-show/367393/1 "2006-08-04T21:58:19Z")

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Sooner or later, every “Let’s recast…” thread winds up with Muppets. Turnabout is fair play, so…

Kermit the Frog – Topher Grace  
Miss Piggy – Janeane Garofalo  
Fozzie – Horatio Sanz  
Rowlf – Ethan Suplee  
Bunson Honeydew – John Lithgow

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-muppet-show/367393/2 "2006-08-04T23:01:29Z")

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Gonzo – Ben Stiller  
Animal – Will Ferrel

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**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2006, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-the-muppet-show/367393/3 "2006-08-05T03:21:02Z")

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So… are we supposed to recast it with Muppets? 'Cuz then, I don’t see the point.