# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**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 27, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/81 "2018-07-27T14:03:34Z")
Statler and Waldorf. ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/82 "2018-07-27T14:26:58Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Statler and Waldorf. Statler and Waldorf as stand-ins for any Matthau and Lemmon movie. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/83 "2018-07-27T16:39:10Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > **Pulp Fiction** , because I now can’t stop picturing Fozzie shooting Marvin in the face and Kermit’s reaction: I figure Sam The Eagle can do Christopher Walken’s part, and I figure Miss Piggy for Uma Thurman, and figure Gonzo delivers every Bruce Willis line (only to, y’know, a _chicken_ as his love interest), and figure Dr. Teeth and Janice swap in as Ringo and Honey Bunny, and so on; but the key is, the guy who doesn’t even have an opinion and gets killed by a muppet who wasn’t even trying — and nobody really much _cares_, except that he now mildly inconveniences other muppets? > > Yeah, he’s the human. > > (Rowlf as Ving Rhames and the Swedish Chef as Harvey Keitel, or vice versa?) This is brilliant! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/84 "2018-07-27T16:58:24Z")
How about _ **Amadeus** _? Salieri can be Sam the Eagle and Mozart can be Crazy Harry, who not only does the trademark crazy laugh but also blows up his piano at the end of each performance. Keep Jeffrey Jones as the emperor. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/85 "2018-07-27T17:27:58Z")
Kermit: The Dude John Goodman: Walter Fozi (or maybe Beaker): Donnie Big Bird: The Big Lebowski Janet: Bunny Lebowsk Pepe the King Prawn: Jesus Swedish Chef: Nilhilist leader Miss Piggy: Maude Lebowski Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: Brandt Animal: Jackie Treehorn Gonzo: The Stranger (Sam Elliot’s role) ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/86 "2018-07-27T17:36:32Z")
_Witness for the Prosecution_ (1957): Waldorf is Charles Laughton, Miss Piggy is Elsa Lanchester, Kermit is the judge, the witch from _The Frog Prince_ is Una O’Connor, Prairie Dawn is “the other woman,” Grover is Sir Wilfred’s assistant, and Fozzie Bear is Tyrone Power; keep Marlene Dietrich. ---
**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 27, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/87 "2018-07-27T20:05:12Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > Kermit: The Dude > John Goodman: Walter > Fozi (or maybe Beaker): Donnie > Big Bird: The Big Lebowski > Janet: Bunny Lebowsk > Pepe the King Prawn: Jesus > Swedish Chef: Nilhilist leader > Miss Piggy: Maude Lebowski > Dr. Bunsen Honeydew: Brandt > Animal: Jackie Treehorn > Gonzo: The Stranger (Sam Elliot’s role) Did you not see my earlier post? Any Steve Buscemi role can be, and I would argue, must be, recast with Gonzo. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/88 "2018-07-27T20:07:07Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Did you not see my earlier post? Any Steve Buscemi role can be, and I would argue, must be, recast with Gonzo. And vice-versa. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523/89 "2018-07-28T02:51:55Z")
_Basic Instinct_. Kermit in the Michael Douglas role, with Fozzie as his buddy-cop sidekick and Miss Piggy in the Jeanne Tripplehorn role. Sharon Stone is, obviously, the only human. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-a-movie-cast-with-the-muppets-with-one-human/818523.md?page=4)