# 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:** 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:** [November 26, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/81 "2004-11-26T13:19:40Z")
Since **Sunset Boulevard** and **Jesus Christ Supermuppet** have been mentioned, what about **Evita**? Eva Peron is an obvious role for Miss Piggy. Grover can be Che, and Kermit Peron. You’d think Andrew Lloyd Webber and Henson Productions would get together on a project. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/82 "2004-11-26T13:39:59Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > _The Godmuppet_ > > Kermit as Michael Corleone > Statler & Waldorf as Clemenza and Tessio > Animal as Luca Brazzi > Rowlf as Tom Hagen > Miss Piggy as Connie (who this time beats the living be-jeezus out of Carlo with a “Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeee-YAH!”) > Gonzo as Sonny > Scooter as Fredo > Sofia Coppola as an inanimate object > John Goodman as Don Vito Corleone > Alex Rocco as Moe Greene > > . The tag line to this could be **It’s Nothing personal. It’s Show Business.** ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/83 "2004-11-26T13:42:46Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > _Muppetblanca_ : you work out who is who > > Miss Piggy > Kermit > Rizzo the Rat > Oscar the Grouch > The Count (for the roulette scene) The **Swedish Chef** for the " Which watch?" " Ten Watch" scene. or whatever they say. It could be verbatim. A perfect homage for the perfect muppet. ---
**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 26, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/84 "2004-11-26T14:19:43Z")
**Cat on a Hot Tin Roof** Maggie…Miss Piggy Brick…Kermit Big Daddy…Cookie Monster I can see Piggy bringing a certain authority and forcefullness to the role of Maggie, and I think Cookie Monster has the right genial authority to be Big Daddy. **Metropolis** Joh Frederson…Kermit Maria/the Robot…Miss Piggy Rotwang…Swedish Chef I can’t decide who would play Freder Frederson (Rowlf, Gonzo, Sam the Eagle?), but tell me you wouldn’t want to see the Swedish Chef in the original mad scientist’s lab throwing the levers and switches to create his robot Piggy. ---
**Author:** ![SilentButDeftly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@SilentButDeftly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SilentButDeftly)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/85 "2004-11-26T15:47:54Z")
**Ghostbusters** with Gonzo as Egon Fozzie as Ray Ernie as Peter Oscar as Winston Scooter as Louis Janice as Janine Miss Piggy as Dana Bert as Walter Peck Rowlf as the Mayor Lew Zealand as Gozer Animal as the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/86 "2004-11-26T17:15:01Z")
_One Muppet Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_ R.P. McMurphy: Animal Chief Broom: Sweetums Nurse Ratched: Miss Piggy Billy Bibbit: Scooter Harding: the Great Gonzo Etc. There are plenty of ‘crazy’ Muppets who could play minor parts, like Lew Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/87 "2004-11-26T20:27:11Z")
**Gone With The Muppet** **Scarlet O’Hara** - Miss Piggy **Rhett Butler** -Kermit **Ashley Wilkes** Scooter **Melanie** Janice **Mamie** - Beeker in drag **Daddy O’Hara** Bunson Honeydew Elton John could make an appearance somewhere. And a variety muppets in the background playing the civil war soldiers. ---
**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 26, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/88 "2004-11-26T21:33:58Z")
> [@SilentButDeftly](#): > > **Ghostbusters** > > with > Gonzo as Egon > Fozzie as Ray > Ernie as Peter > Oscar as Winston > Scooter as Louis > Janice as Janine > Miss Piggy as Dana > Bert as Walter Peck > Rowlf as the Mayor > Lew Zealand as Gozer > Animal as the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man And Cookie Monster as Slimer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/89 "2004-11-27T01:02:19Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > _The Muppet Fight Club_- when Kermit meets Oscar the Grouch on a plane after losing himself in the heaving boobs of Animal, a genius idea is born that revitalizes the testosterone culture. How weird. For some reason I opened this thread ONLY to make the joke, “What we do on Sesame Street STAYS on Sesame Street!” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/90 "2004-11-27T02:12:44Z")
Piggy the Vampire Slayer Judgment at Muppetberg Nightmare on Sesame Street ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/91 "2004-11-27T02:22:05Z")
Twelve Angry Muppets Deep Felt ---
**Author:** ![Satyagrahi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Satyagrahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satyagrahi)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/92 "2004-11-27T06:48:35Z")
Dances With Muppets Everyone gets to wear feathers. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/93 "2004-11-27T14:49:19Z")
The Stepford Muppets. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/94 "2004-11-27T15:20:18Z")
Tane no Kaze no Kermit aka Kermit of the Valley of the Wind Kermit as Nausicaa Piggy is Princess Kushana (talk about an obvious casting call.) Sam as Lord Yupa, Kermit’s wandering tutor Fozzie as the cheif retainer for Waldorf as Kermit’s ailing father, Prince Jiro And Sweetums (and his many, many, many clones) as the Ohmu of the Sea of Corruption. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/95 "2004-11-27T15:50:54Z")
The Devil and Miss Piggy (OK, that was Mr. Kat’s idea) ---
**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:** [November 27, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/96 "2004-11-27T16:21:59Z")
**Deep Muppet Throad** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/97 "2004-11-27T16:49:35Z")
**The Blues Brothers** is the perfect muppet movie. Kermit - Elwood Blues Gonzo - Jake Blues Miss Piggy - The Nun (name?) Fozzie in John Candy’s role Animal and Rizzo as members of the country/western group. Beaker and Dr. Bunson Honeydew as the two cops chasing them. I can see the scene with their deaths: Beaker "Mimimimimimi! ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/98 "2004-11-27T19:19:00Z")
This is not exactly in the spirit of this thread, but I remember thinking, shortly before I walked out on **Moulin Rouge** , that this might have worked if they had cast it with Muppets. ---
**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 28, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/99 "2004-11-28T03:23:50Z")
_9 1/2 Oinks_ Piggy sends Kermit into an ectothermic coma with the ice cube trick… ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423/100 "2004-11-28T06:16:15Z")
**Galdiator** **Kermit** in the leading role. **Froginator** \*\*Kermit the Frog \*\* is sent back in time to kill the future leader of the Revolution (Beeker). Ms. Piggy is his mother. They are protected by Gonzo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-recast-with-muppets/276423.md?page=6)