The Great Muppet Caper
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Sep 29, 2026
Matt (Arizona)HOST
I grew up with him.
Matt (Arizona)HOST
I was a little kid, so the first things I ever saw him in was the Great Muppet Caper and then the Beethoven movies.
Matt (Buffalo)HOST
Yeah, Great Muppet Caper.
Matt (Buffalo)HOST
That's a long time since watching that one.
Matt (Buffalo)HOST
So, okay, hey, it's the midnight run.
JeremyHOST
I
TronHOST
fucking love The Great Muppet Caper.
TronHOST
I think we own that in Fandango if you've never seen it, Tron.
TronHOST
It's something you jazz and the kids will love.
David DedrickHOST
Pushing forward the medium of puppetry in a way that's, you know, I mean, obviously he went crazy cuckoo gaga for Muppets Take Manhattan.
David DedrickHOST
Is that Muppets Take Manhattan or is it The Great Muppet Caper? Muppet Caper.
David DedrickHOST
The one where there's like a gajillion bikes in a park, you know.
Ian BoothbyHOST
I think that was, yeah, I think that was The Great Muppet Caper.
Ian BoothbyHOST
Great
David DedrickHOST
Muppet Caper, yeah, I think you're right.
Jeremy DunsGUEST
And this is the kind of inspiration for the Tom Cruise Mission Impossible thing where he drops down from the ceiling.
JeffHOST
Oh, see, I thought you were going to say inspiration for The Great Muppet Caper.
Jeremy DunsGUEST
Probably that as well.
Jeremy DunsGUEST
I think it's the inspiration for every single thing that's ever done that.
BrevHOST
door.
BrevHOST
Actually, on the back of the door for years as a child, I had the Great Muppet Caper poster.
BrevHOST
Now that is why we like you.
BrevHOST
I
Angelica Jade BastiénGUEST
Those 50 years are really fascinating.
Angelica Jade BastiénGUEST
We have, you know, images of Miss Piggy in things like The Great Muppet Caper.
Angelica Jade BastiénGUEST
We see her in a smaller role in The Muppets Christmas Carol, although I think she has the best line reading in that movie.
Ina GartenADVERTISER
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Michael Lee RichardsonHOST
it is
Callum SinclairHOST
time to play the music and light the lights yes on the most sensational inspirational celebrational muppetational episode of our romantic season we are talking about the special love between a frog and a pig and perhaps gonzo and some chickens with 1981's the great muppet caper i'm so glad to be
Michael Lee RichardsonHOST
talking about this one i'm so excited to always excited to talk about the muppets but i think this one in this series is such a good choice
Callum SinclairHOST
maybe an unexpected choice for a romantic season but i love that we're talking about it's
Jonathan NorthGUEST
I was like, this is a great idea for a podcast.
Jonathan NorthGUEST
Why doesn't somebody do that? So then I did it.
Callum SinclairHOST
uh you made it happen doing the comparisons uh yes fantastic job with it as well so we've already touched on this john but before we start talking about the great muppet caper we always like to ask our guests what is your connection with 80s and 90s fantasy so do you have any particular favorites perhaps
Jonathan NorthGUEST
My favorites are probably, there's sort of three eras of what I can consider favorites.
Sarah KanowskiHOST
Riding the bicycle.
Lisa HensonGUEST
Riding the bicycle or in, or also in Muppet Caper, all of the Muppets riding bicycles in Hyde Park.
Lisa HensonGUEST
And there are other ones.
Lisa HensonGUEST
I mean, Miss Piggy swimming in The Muppet Caper.
Lisa HensonGUEST
There, you know, he, if he was directing, there had to be a puppetry tour de force moment.
Sarah KanowskiHOST
By the time The Muppet Show came to be, Lisa, you were a teenager.
Jess FisherHOST
No.
David KreizmanHOST
Great Muppet Caper.
David KreizmanHOST
The Great Muppet Caper.
David KreizmanHOST
They were trying to get the baseball diamond.
David KreizmanHOST
That was the name of it.
Sarah KanowskiHOST
Were those some of the things he loved, those kind of technical challenges? Was that what was exciting to him?
Lisa HensonGUEST
He wanted all of the Muppet movies feature various technical... tour de force scenes riding the bicycle riding the bicycle or in or also in Muppet Caper all of the Muppets riding bicycles in Hyde Park and there are other ones I mean Miss Piggy swimming in the Muppet Caper there you know he if he was directing there had to be a puppetry tour de force moment
Sarah KanowskiHOST
By the time The Muppet Show came to be, Lisa, you were a teenager.
Sarah KanowskiHOST
So what kind of conversations were you having with your mum and dad about what your future might look like?
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