# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/41 "2018-07-25T13:21:03Z")
The Blues Brothers, but keep Cab Calloway. Fozzie and Kermit as Jake and Elwood. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/42 "2018-07-25T13:30:01Z")
Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Keep the human cast, but when one is replaced with a pod person, he or she becomes a Muppet. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/43 "2018-07-25T13:37:04Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > _Jaws_. Keep Robert Shaw. I would keep Richard Dreyfuss. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/44 "2018-07-25T13:38:42Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Does The Silence of the Lambs keep Anthony Hopkins, or Jodie Foster? I’m not qualified to decide. Keep Jodie Foster. Cookie Monster plays Hannibal Lecter. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/45 "2018-07-25T13:54:35Z")
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. The idea of Jack Nicholson surrounded by Muppets is priceless. Sam the Eagle as Chief Bromdon, and Miss Piggy as Big Nurse. ---
**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, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/46 "2018-07-25T14:06:59Z")
I was wondering how long it would take to suggest Sesame Street Muppets. I’m trying to decide what roles would be funniest for Big Bird and Mr. Snuffalufagus. ---
**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, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/47 "2018-07-25T14:33:46Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I was wondering how long it would take to suggest Sesame Street Muppets. I’m trying to decide what roles would be funniest for Big Bird and Mr. Snuffalufagus. I’ve long thought that it would be fun to do **1984** with a Muppet cast. You could have posters everywhere that read: **Big Bird is Watching You!** ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/48 "2018-07-25T15:01:48Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > O > > M > > G > Does The Silence of the Lambs keep Anthony Hopkins, or Jodie Foster? I’m not qualified to decide. Keep Ted Levine as Jame Gumb. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/49 "2018-07-25T15:09:25Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > O > > M > > G > Does The Silence of the Lambs keep Anthony Hopkins, or Jodie Foster? I’m not qualified to decide. > [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Keep Jodie Foster. Cookie Monster plays Hannibal Lecter. > [@puddleglum](#): > > Keep Ted Levine as Jame Gumb. Miss Piggy would make an even better Clarice Starling than Foster–can you imagine Piggy karate-chopping her way through the basement and Gumb? Big laffs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/50 "2018-07-25T15:17:08Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > 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. I’d swap out Gonzo for Fozzie (who pretty much _needs_ to be the one that replies, to an incredulous 007, that he never jokes about his work — you know, in order to set up quick mention of what he _does_ joke about — and in order for him to be the guy who, after all, designs hacky prop-comic gag devices), and I’m actually kind of amazed that you’d cast Bunsen Honeydew as Goldfinger and then not cast Beaker as the guy who follows him around and speaks no English and gets electrified. Speaking of, I’m now picturing Kermit in the opening: doing the underwater work while, presumably, camouflaged as a frog; and then hanging out at the bar in a tux; but, most importantly, dispatching a would-be killer by slapping an appliance into the bathtub, and saying _shocking; positively shocking_: only, being Kermit, he wouldn’t let it go at that and the walk off, but would instead get increasingly agitated and keep going on and on about _just how shocking that was_, flailing his arms even. (Wait, does that mean Kermit-as-007 dismissively slaps the ass of the one human in the picture when saying she needs to get lost because it’s time for Man Talk?) ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/51 "2018-07-25T19:08:57Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > 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. You’re gonna really love [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTofJSEdKCs). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/52 "2018-07-25T19:49:40Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > _Jaws_. Keep Robert Shaw. And Animal as the shark? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/53 "2018-07-25T19:56:42Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Guy Smiley as Lazlo, Uncle Deadly as Major Stasser, Sam the Eagle as Ferrara, Wayne and Wanda as the couple whom Rick helps at the roulette wheel. Floyd as the owner of the second-largest bank in Brussels, and Janice as his wife. I would keep Peter Lorre. Bunsen Honeydew as Signor Ferrari. Gotsta keep him roly-poly. ---
**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/54 "2018-07-25T20:04:48Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I’d swap out Gonzo for Fozzie (who pretty much _needs_ to be the one that replies, to an incredulous 007, that he never jokes about his work — you know, in order to set up quick mention of what he _does_ joke about — and in order for him to be the guy who, after all, designs hacky prop-comic gag devices), and I’m actually kind of amazed that you’d cast Bunsen Honeydew as Goldfinger and then not cast Beaker as the guy who follows him around and speaks no English and gets electrified. > > Speaking of, I’m now picturing Kermit in the opening: doing the underwater work while, presumably, camouflaged as a frog; and then hanging out at the bar in a tux; but, most importantly, dispatching a would-be killer by slapping an appliance into the bathtub, and saying _shocking; positively shocking_: only, being Kermit, he wouldn’t let it go at that and the walk off, but would instead get increasingly agitated and keep going on and on about _just how shocking that was_, flailing his arms even. > > (Wait, does that mean Kermit-as-007 dismissively slaps the ass of the one human in the picture when saying she needs to get lost because it’s time for Man Talk?) Certainly not. It’d go like this: Kermit: Dink, say hello to Fozzie Dink: Hello, Fozzie Kermit: Fozzie, say hello to Dink. Fozzie: Howya Doin’? Wocka Wocka Wocka. Kermit: Dink, say goodbye to Fozzie Dink: What? Kermit: (slapping her on rump to speed her on her way) Muppet Talk. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/55 "2018-07-25T20:43:26Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > 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. There’s also Annie Sue (a pig from the Muppet Show), Wanda (of Wayne and Wanda from The Muppets), and Abby Cadabby, Julia, Prairie Dawn, and Zoe (Sesame Street). I suggest **1776** with David Ford as John Hancock. Kermit is John Adams, Miss Piggy is Abigail Adams, Sam the Eagle as Franklin (makes the “eagle vs. turkey as national symbol” scene even better), Wayne and Wanda as the Jeffersons, Uncle Deadly as Dickinson (my husband suggested that one), Fozzie as Richard Henry Lee, and Big Bird as the Rev. John Witherspoon. ---
**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 26, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/56 "2018-07-26T01:25:27Z")
Poor Skeeter. No one every remembers Skeeter except for Nanny. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/57 "2018-07-26T02:02:06Z")
Rowlf plays Oskar Schindler. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/58 "2018-07-26T02:05:16Z")
Grover as Rambo. ---
**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 26, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/59 "2018-07-26T02:07:49Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever seen Skeeter in Muppet form, just animated. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/60 "2018-07-26T02:08:28Z")
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