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The Great Muppet Caper is a 1981 musical heist comedy film directed by Jim Henson (in his feature directorial debut) and the second theatrical film featuring the Muppets.The film stars Muppet performers Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, and Steve Whitmire, as well as Charles Grodin and Diana Rigg, with special cameo appearances by John Cleese, Robert Morley, Peter ...
The first Muppet characters appeared in Sam and Friends, a Washington, D.C.–based show which was broadcast from 1955 to 1961. Kermit the Frog was one of the show's regulars, and thus was one of Henson's first Muppet creations. [1] The characters became a household name after their appearance in the children's television program Sesame Street. [1]
This is a list of productions based on The Muppets characters and franchise, including films, television series and specials, and other media. The franchise's main work is The Muppet Show, a syndicated television series which ran from 1976 to 1981.
During the late 1970s and 1980s, the Muppets diversified into theatrical films, including The Muppet Movie (1979); The Great Muppet Caper (1981); and The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984). Additionally, new Muppet characters were created for Fraggle Rock (1983–1987). Disney began involvement with the Muppets in the late 1980s, during which Henson ...
Sam has appeared in every major Muppet feature film, usually only as a brief cameo or minor role (The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppets from Space). However, in Muppet Treasure Island, he played the first mate Samuel Arrow and thus takes a more active role in the story.
Articles related to films based on "The Muppets" characters from The Muppet Show. For the Sesame Street Muppets, see Category:Sesame Street features . Wikiquote has quotations related to Category:The Muppets films .
Mullen began performing on The Muppet Show in its third season, primarily as Gaffer the Backstage Cat. She also voice directed Dog City for Nelvana, worked as a designer for The Muppet Movie, right-handed for Frank Oz on Yoda on The Empire Strikes Back, [2] and was one of the creators of Between the Lions.
Puppet films feature puppets as lead characters. ... The Great Muppet Caper: $31,206,251: 1981 [10] 10: The Muppet Christmas Carol: $29,192,434: 1992 [11] 11: The ...