# Replace a movie cast with The Muppets (with one human) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523 "2018-07-24T20:36:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/21 "2018-07-25T01:43:15Z")
I’m thinking Hitchcock. Maybe Rear Window, keeping James Stewart. There aren’t a lot of humans to replace with muppets, but I think it’d work. Or maybe more absurdist. Raising Arizona, keep the human baby. Sweetums could be the hunter… Smalls, was it? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/22 "2018-07-25T01:48:37Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > Or maybe more absurdist. Raising Arizona, keep the human baby. Sweetums could be the hunter… Smalls, was it? For the Coens, I was thinking _Fargo_. Kermit as Jerry Lundegard, Piggy as his wife, Gonzo in the Steve Buscemi role. Keep Frances McDormand as Marge. And really, you could just drop Gonzo into any Steve Buscemi movie. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/23 "2018-07-25T01:56:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Does it have to be a recent enough film that the human actor is still available? Because I’d like to see Casablanca with Kermit as Rick and Miss Piggy as Ilsa but keeping Claude Rains as Renault. (Actually, they may have done a parody of Casablanca on their variety show.) They did a very brief “tribute” in a 1981 special. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BCswxH6VNI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BCswxH6VNI) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/24 "2018-07-25T03:19:14Z")
> [@Atomic\_Alex](#): > > Or The Terminator with Arnold Schwarzenegger as the only human _(well cyborg)_ would be pretty entertaining/alarming. Nah, man…Arnie has to be replaced by a Muppet - Link Hogthrob would be a good choice. Make Kyle Reese the only human. Miss Piggie as Sarah Connor. And keep the Kyle/Sarah love scene. (Terminator’s significant cast is too small to really be fun for this, though…) Hmm… Not originally a movie, but it’s been filmed, so it fits. Jesus Christ Superstar: Significant (having at least one feature scene as a soloist) Jesus - Kermit (natch). Mary Magdeline - Piggie (also natch). Judas - Hmm…I think Gonzo would work best. Peter - Fozzie. Simon Zealotes - [Edit - spent too much time thinking about this, moved on… Then forgot to backtrack and come up with one. Oops] The human choice, since I can’t come up with a Muppet to fit, unlike all the others. Time travel to grab Larry Marshall. Ciaphas and Annas - Tempted to go with Bunsen and Beaker, but… No. Making Annas’s lines unintelligable would require too much writing around them. Let’s say Pepe the Prawn and Rizzo the Rat. Pilate - Sam the Eagle. Herod - Rolf (Herod’s song is pretty piano-heavy). Minor, but significant roles - Money Changers - The Electric Mayhem Other priests: Bunsen and Beaker can be here. Not-in-the-original-movie: Statler and Waldorf giving commentary during the 39 lashes. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/25 "2018-07-25T03:34:29Z")
Does the lone human have to be the same actor that played the role originally, or can we replace them with someone better at working with Muppets? ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/26 "2018-07-25T06:50:18Z")
Jaws. All the formerly human characters are muppets, but it’s a real live shark. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/27 "2018-07-25T10:26:29Z")
_ **The Blues Brothers** _ with Kermit as Elwood, Fozzy as Jake, Dr Teeth in the Ray Charles Role, Miss Piggy in Karrie Fisher’s role, Janice could take Aretha’s spot, the rest of _Electric Mayhem_ can fill in as the rest of the band. Get Steve Carell to play the leader of the Illinois Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/28 "2018-07-25T11:06:59Z")
Replace the entire cast of E.T. with muppets. E.T. himself to be played by James Earl Jones. If Jones isn’t available, then Clint Eastwood as he was in the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/29 "2018-07-25T11:17:14Z")
OK this is totally cheating and doing it wrong, but I would love one episode of a Gordon Ramsay show where he is replaced by The Swedish Chef but everyone else stays as they are. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/30 "2018-07-25T11:24:10Z")
Julie Andrews stays, in _The Sound of Muppets_. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/31 "2018-07-25T11:32:14Z")
Charlie Sheen stays, and Gonzo takes the title role, in Being John Malkovich. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Alex](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atomic_alex/32/175_2.png) [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/32 "2018-07-25T11:36:02Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Nah, man…Arnie has to be replaced by a Muppet - Link Hogthrob would be a good choice. > > Make Kyle Reese the only human. > > Miss Piggie as Sarah Connor. > > And keep the Kyle/Sarah love scene. > > (Terminator’s significant cast is too small to really be fun for this, though…) Yes, you’re probably right, it was the first thing I thought of while writing the OP 🙂 > [@Chronos](#): > > Does the lone human have to be the same actor that played the role originally, or can we replace them with someone better at working with Muppets? I’m pretty sure that’s fine _(I can’t claim credit for this idea, I read it elsewhere)_ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/33 "2018-07-25T11:39:19Z")
**The Muppet Centipede** , with Dieter Laser (the Mad Doctor) still keeping his role, although you can substitute a more famous crazy guy in that role if you want. The Swedish Chef should be in the front, his speech as incomprehensible as ever\*, Miss Piggy in the middle, and Kermit at the end. I look forward to the scene where Dr. Heiter explains the joining process using his PowerPoint presentation, except now you can see a human arm snaking up through all three conjoined Muppets. \*You can substitute Beaker, if you want. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/34 "2018-07-25T11:42:19Z")
Princess Bride - keep either Prince Humperdink or Count Rugen as human. Rizzo as the other one? Or Animal. Kermit as Westley, Piggy as Buttercup, Sweetums as Fezzick is a lock, Great Gonzo as Montoya. Pepe as Vizzini or Fozzy? Swedish Chef as the Priest, Bunsen as Miracle Max, maybe, but who for his wife? Or maybe Statler and Waldorf for that pair? I like Beaker for the Albino. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/35 "2018-07-25T11:58:39Z")
Harvey Keitel is the only human left in Thelma & Louise. The title duo are played by Janice (from the band) and Miss Piggy. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/36 "2018-07-25T12:02:58Z")
The biggest problem with this premise is that you almost _have_ to pick a movie with an overwhelmingly male cast, because there are so few female Muppets. Miss Piggy obviously has to be the female lead, then you have Janice, then… who else? ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/37 "2018-07-25T12:03:34Z")
O M G Does The Silence of the Lambs keep Anthony Hopkins, or Jodie Foster? I’m not qualified to decide. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/38 "2018-07-25T12:22:45Z")
Don’t do Austin powers – go straight to the original. Do **Goldfinger**. Keep Sean Connery as Bond – either use his footage from the original, or CGI him in like Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher in _Rogue One_. Dr. Benson Honeydew as Auric Goldfinger Both Waldorf and Statler as “M” (the same way they were The Marly Brothers in _Muppet Christmas Carol_) Miss Piggy as Piggy Galore Janice as both the Mastersons Bobo the Bear as Oddjob Fozzie as Felix Leiter Gonzo as Q Camilla Chicken as Miss Moneypenny Rizzo the Rat as Solo I realize this leaves us with no place for Kermit. If it were all-Muppet, of course, he’d be Bond, but if we have to have a human, I’d prefer Sean Connery be it, rather than Gert Frobe or some other stand-in. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/39 "2018-07-25T12:34:22Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > The biggest problem with this premise is that you almost _have_ to pick a movie with an overwhelmingly male cast, because there are so few female Muppets. Miss Piggy obviously has to be the female lead, then you have Janice, then… who else? Off the top of my head, there’s Denise, the other pig Kermit dated from the recent series (AKA Natalie Dormer-as-a-pig); Jill the frog from _Manhattan_; Camilla, Gonzo’s chicken paramour; Miss Poogy; Yolanda the Rat. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/40 "2018-07-25T12:34:29Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > OK this is totally cheating and doing it wrong, but I would love one episode of a Gordon Ramsay show where he is replaced by The Swedish Chef but everyone else stays as they are. 🙂 [This might scratch your itch.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KtIBPwaRkk) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523.md?page=3)