Kermit The Frog

Madeleine picks the "Muppet Movie" for tonight's home-screening and boy, does this bring me full-circle: I remember seeing the film in '79 and now again as a parent. Sonnet and I are cackling within the opening credits where we see all the favorites: Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Dr.Teeth, Rowlf and Waldorf; Frank Oz as Fozzie, Piggy and Animal; Jerry Nelson as Floyd Pepper, Robin the Frog, Lew Zealand and Crazy Harry; Richard Hunt as Janice, Statler,Beaker and Scooter. Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Dr Hunnydew and Zoot. Charles Durning and Mel Brooks. Wow. Wow. Wow. Kermit opens with the wonderful song "Rainbow Connection" while Fozzie gets booed off stage setting up one of those great friendships enjoyed for the ages by the ages - right there with Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin or Bogey and Bacall. The travel-buddy plot finds Kermit and his new found friends treking across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog-legs merchant is after Kermit. Somehow life's humanity distilled in a frog, and we are saved from ourselves, hallelujah.

Movie's first lines:

Statler: "I'm Statler. "
Waldorf: "I'm Waldorf. We're here to heckle "The Muppet Movie".
Gate Guard: "Gentlemen, that's straight ahead. Private screening room D."
Statler: "Private screening?"
Waldorf: "Yeah, they're afraid to show it in public."
Sniggering follows ..

"This is a narrative with very heavy proportions."
Dr Teeth