# What movie would you recast... with Muppets? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423 "2004-11-24T05:25:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/21 "2004-11-24T12:22:07Z")
_The Muppet Chainsaw Massacre._ _Beyond the Blue Foam Rubber Door_ _All The President’s Men, And Puppets._ Or, re-do _The Muppet Movie_, but with a live, Human cast. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/22 "2004-11-24T12:32:57Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Or, re-do _The Muppet Movie_, but with a live, Human cast. They did that. It was called _The Wizard of Oz_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/23 "2004-11-24T12:33:16Z")
Star Trek !! The Wrath of Khan Kirk\_\_\_\_\_\_Kermit Spock\_\_\_\_Sam the Eagle Piggy\_\_\_\_\_Carol Marcus Robin\_\_\_\_\_David Marcus Fozzie\_\_\_\_McCoy Gonzo\_\_\_\_Khan Or Natural Born Killers ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/24 "2004-11-24T12:36:37Z")
_Return of the Jedi_. It was half Muppets anyway, might as well just finish the job. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/25 "2004-11-24T12:43:54Z")
> [@Gamaliel](#): > > Miss Piggy would be perfect as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard . I second **jayjay** ’s comment, this is an awesome idea. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/26 "2004-11-24T13:09:54Z")
_Cool Hand Kermit_ Kermit as Luke, Fozzie as Dragline, and Gonzo as the Captain of the camp. Miss Piggy does the car-washing scene. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/27 "2004-11-24T14:06:05Z")
Eraserhead - the “baby” looks like a Muppet anyway Any porno movie - “Pork me, Kermit, pork me!” Reservoir Dogs - Cutting off a Muppet’s ear off wouldn’t require special effects ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/28 "2004-11-24T14:26:34Z")
I’m going to go with Glengarry Glen Ross. First, because I think Fozzie could really pull off the Jack Lemmon role well. Second, because the thought of muppets cursing each other constantly for 90 minutes is just soooo delicious. It’s the bizzaro Sesame Street. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/29 "2004-11-24T14:32:44Z")
Dammit, **Mr. Blue Sky** , \*I \* was working on Reservoir Dogs! Pink -Gonzo White -Kermit Brown (Tarantino) -Bert Blonde, I’m having trouble with. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/30 "2004-11-24T14:37:07Z")
For _Reservoir Dogs_ I picture Bert tied to a chair while Ernie dances around, then goes up to him and pulls off his nose. _Kermit of Arabia_, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/31 "2004-11-24T14:37:48Z")
**All the President’s Muppets** with Bert and Ernie as Woodward and Bernstein, respectively, Kermit as Ben Bradlee, Oscar the Grouch as Deep Throat, and the Count (seen only on TV screens) as Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/32 "2004-11-24T14:40:22Z")
Also: **A Clockwork Elmo** ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/33 "2004-11-24T14:42:36Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > For _Reservoir Dogs_ I picture Bert tied to a chair while Ernie dances around, then goes up to him and pulls off his nose. > > _Kermit of Arabia_, anyone? I guess Ernie would do. He _is_ kinda suave. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/34 "2004-11-24T14:42:52Z")
Given that Muppets are creatures with detachable body parts… _The Crying Game_. ---
**Author:** ![braintree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@braintree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/braintree)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/35 "2004-11-24T14:48:28Z")
Look, if you’re going to do a porner it should be “Last Tango In the Children’s Television Workshop.” Now, of course the natural impulse will be to put Kermit in the Marlon Brando role and have Miss Piggy as Maria Schneider’s character. And while I have no problem with Miss Piggy as the anonymous, volcanic Jeanne I think it’s obvious that Kermit lacks the tragic, nihilistic gravity the Brando role demands. Fozzy the Bear is right physically but he needs to be more testosteronal while also being able to convey a sense of world wearyness and anger at defeat. Ralph Wiggum would be a better choice. Of all the muppets to assume the Brando role, really the only one with the right sort of innards to pull it off is Bert, friend of Ernie. I know, he doesn’t look the part but imagine if you will that most famous moment when he and Miss Piggy are alone and he insinuatingly makes the following demand: Bert: Get the butter AND the mint jelly. I tell you, that would be pure magic. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/36 "2004-11-24T14:49:07Z")
As a vehical for Miss Piggy Mommy Dearest ---
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/37 "2004-11-24T14:50:17Z")
**Rocky Horror Picture Show!** Sam the Eagle…Brad Majors Miss Piggy…Janet Weiss Gonzo the Great…Riff Raff Janet…Magenta Rolf the Dog…Dr. Scott Statler & Waldorf…Narrators (Hey, it’s my movie) Fozzie…Eddie Animal…Rocky Horror Kermit the Frog…Frank N. Furter Although I have no idea how to get 7" stilettos on a frog. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/38 "2004-11-24T14:51:46Z")
They could do pretty much any Marx Brothers movie. Miss Piggy = Margaret Dumont Kermit = Groucho Rolf the Dog = Chico Beaker = Harpo Zeppo would be played by a human. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/39 "2004-11-24T14:56:45Z")
How about _The Silence Of The Muppets_? Piggy as Clarice of course. Animal as Multiple Miggs. “I slash wrist! Look At Blood! Look At Blood!” Sam the Eagle as Lechter? Or as Jack Crawford? The Swedish Chef as Buffalo Bill. “It poot de lotion on de skin.” ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/40 "2004-11-24T15:22:20Z")
A Nightmare on Sesame Street… Kermit Krueger (or maybe Sweetums Krueger?) “I’m your boyfreind now, Piggy” “How sweet, fresh meat!” Piggy Langenkamp Sam Saxon Muppet Freddy Vs. Jason Muppet Python and the Holy Grail King Arthur - Kermit Sir Bedimere - Dr. Bunsen Honeydew Sir Launcelot - Sam the Eagle Sir Robin the Not Quite So Brave as Sir Launcelot - Beaker Sir Galihad - Fozzie The Old Man from Scene 24 - Animal The Black Knight - Gonzo The French Taunters - Statler and Waldorf ?Tim? the Enchanter - Uncle Deadly The Killer Rabbit - one of Gonzo’s chickens [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423.md?page=3)