Plot
Dorothy Gale lives with her Auntie Em and Uncle Henry in a trailer park in Kansas. Dorothy has dreams of becoming a famous singer, but when a tornado hits Kansas and Dorothy rushes to save Toto, her prawn (she couldn't afford a dog), she is whisked away to Oz where she meets the four witches (all played by Miss Piggy) and the Munchkins of Oz (the rats). On her way to see the Wizard, she meets the Scarecrow (Kermit), the Tin Thing (Gonzo), and the Cowardly Lion (Fozzie) who all wish to have something given by the wizard. On their way to Emerald City, they are captured by the Wicked Witch of the West (of course, Miss Piggy) and her flying monkeys (other muppets). When they finally make it back to Emerald City, the Wizard is really a man from Hollywood. But he "grants" their wishes, but what they wanted they already had inside (there's a lesson there). When Dorothy finally is back in Kansas, she becomes what she had wanted, a famous singer and on the Muppets Star Search show.
Keywords: based-on-novel, goofy-holler, lion, puppet, scarecrow, the-muppets, why-are-we-whispering, witch
Hit the Bricks this May!
Everyone's Favorite Story Becomes One Twisted Tale.
Dorothy: You're all big! And you're talking...::Toto: Si... but more importantly, I'm naked, okay!
Dorothy: [referring to the Tin Thing] You think he's stuck?::Scarecrow: Do you think he needs our help?::Toto: You think he can check my e-mails?
Tin Thing: Welcome to the Total Intelligence Network, T.I.N. for short.
Kermit the Frog as "Scarecrow": [Angry; referring to the crow pecking at him] That's the last straw!::Crow: No, I see one right here!
Dorothy: [to the Muppet Munchkins] I know a rat when I see one.
[as the Wicked Witch of the West]::Miss Piggy: Hahahaha! I'm not melting! Ah nuts! [begins to melt]
Miss Piggy (as Tattypoo): [looking at the silver slippers] And look how sparkly they are!::Dorothy: [in sing-song tone] Uh-uh!::[Piggy and the Munchkinlanders feign laughter]::Miss Piggy (as Tattypoo): Listen, high pockets, here's how things work in enchanted lands. Shoes have magical powers. If you have the shoes, you get the powers. But if you're going to question every little detail, the whole thing's gonna fall apart and we might as well call it a day, okay?::[Piggy turns away from her]::Miss Piggy (as Tattypoo): They're Manolos...!::The Munchkinlanders: [taunting her] Manolos!::Dorothy: Manolos! Why didn't you say so?::[grabs shoes from Tattypoo]
Kermit the Frog as "Scarecrow": [to Wizard of Oz] Hello there, Mr. Oz. By any chance are you related to Frank Oz?
Waldorf: There's only two things I don't like about lion's jokes.::Statler: What's that?::Waldorf: My ears.
Pepe the Prawn: I'm so darn sexy it hurts!
Plot
The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the only copy of the contract between her father and the Muppets, she changes it so the Muppets have very little time to pay a debt they owe. Meanwhile, the Muppets are trying to put on a Christmas show. After the Muppets are confronted by Bitterman, they make a lot of sacrifices to save up so they can keep the Theatre.
Keywords: angel, apostrophe-in-title, christmas, despair, holiday-in-title, movie-in-title, punctuation-in-title, puppet, the-muppets, theater
More holiday fun than humanly possible!
[In a parody of 'Moulin Rouge.']::Robin: I'm the Green Fairy.::Kermit: But what are you doing in my drink?::Fozzie: The backstroke.
Daniel: I know that Bitterman changed the contract.::Kermit: Wha- how do you know THAT? Oh, wait a second, you don't run one of those Muppet Internet fan sites, do ya?
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog: Muppet movies are always the best.::Kermit: You mean that?::Triumph the Insult Comic Dog: FOR ME TO POOP ON!
Rachel Bitterman: You are very fit for a plus sized pig.::Miss Piggy: And you will not look good with a plus sized lip.
Sam the Eagle: It seems the words on my mug are right: "It is hard to soar with Eagles when you work with Turkeys."
Kermit: [whispers] Psst, come close. [Daniel leans foreward and Kermit shouts] I wish I had never been born!
Kermit: I wish I've never been born!
Kermit: We're going to get you that money.::Rachel Bitterman: Yeah, when pigs fly. [Miss Piggy suddeny comes flying by, dangling from the "five golden rings"] For the record, I consider that flying pig to be a coincidence and not a sign from God!
Kermit: [watching Rizzo the Rat on "Fear Factor"] How can NBC live with themselves?
Pepe the Prawn: I got good news! I got the fire permit, the health permit, the permit to open a topless nightclub, all the contracts...::The Great Gonzo: Wait a minute. The permit to open a topless nightclub?::Pepe the Prawn: Better safe than sorry, okay?::The Great Gonzo: Good point.
Plot
After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack and dies just as Jim and his friends are attacked by pirates. The gang escapes into the town where they convince Squire Trelawney to hire out a boat and crew to find the hidden treasure, which was revealed by Bones before he died. On their voyage across the seas, they soon find out that not everyone on board can be trusted.
Keywords: actor-playing-multiple-roles, animal-that-acts-human, arrest, based-on-book, based-on-novel, breaking-the-fourth-wall, disarming-someone, dual-wield, exotic-locale, explosion
Set sail for Muppet mayhem!
Billy Bones: Beware lads! Beware.::Jim Hawkins: What, the one-legged man?::Billy Bones: Aye. But also, beware runnin' with scissors or any other pointy object. It's all good fun, until somebody loses a - Ahhhh!
Rizzo: What's wrong?::Gonzo: It just feels so weird.::Rizzo: You mean that Mr. Arrow's dead?::Gonzo: Yeah, that... and my pants are filled with starfish.::Rizzo: You and your hobbies.
Statler: "Take a cruise," you said. "See the world," you said. Now here we are, stuck on the front of this stupid ship.::Waldorf: Well, it could be worse. We could be stuck in the audience.
Mudwell the Mudbunny: [sobbing] Dead Tom's dead. Long John shot him!::Walleyed Pike: But Dead Tom's always been dead. That's why he's called Dead Tom.
Zoot: Hey man, I can't figure out what side we're on. Are we with the pirates or the frog captain?::Floyd: Oh, hey, man. Just play the gig. Never get involved in politics.::Animal: Politics! Politics!
Rizzo: Terrific. Captured by crazed wild pigs and sacrificed hideously before a pagan altar.::Gonzo: Are we lucky or what?
Gonzo: One leg, Jim, count'em, one.
Benjamina Gunn: You left me standing at the altar.::Captain Abraham Smollett: I was on a ship headed for Zanzibar. I got cold feet.::Benjamina Gunn: You're a frog. You're supposed to have cold feet.
Benjamina Gunn: All right. No more Ms. Nice Guy.
Rizzo: He's some kind of a blind fiend.::Gonzo: I believe they prefer visually challenged fiend.
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A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th-century, based-on-novel, bitterness, boss, change-of-heart, charles-dickens, childhood, christmas, christmas-eve
Gonzo: Hello! Welcome to the Muppet Christmas Carol! I am here to tell the story.::Rizzo the Rat: And I am here for the food.
Rizzo the Rat: Light the lamp, not the rat, light the lamp, not the rat! Put me out, put me out, put me out!::Gonzo: Oh! My apologies! Um...::[Suddenly spotting a barrel of water below the lamp post]::Gonzo: Rizzo!::Rizzo the Rat: What?::["Mr Dickens" pushes Rizzo so he falls into the water barrel]
Vegetables: If he became a flavor you can bet he would be sour. Yuck!::Muppet Man: Even the vegetables don't like him!
[Gonzo and Rizzo are flying over London]::Gonzo: [Thrilled] Hello, London!::Rizzo the Rat: [Scared] Goodbye, lunch!
[an urchin steals a talking vegetable]::Vegetable: Hey, I'm being stolen! Hey, help me! Help me!
Ghost of Christmas Past: Let us see another Christmas in this place.::Ebenezer Scrooge: They were all very much the same. Nothing ever changed.::Ghost of Christmas Past: You changed.
Fozziwig: At this time in the proceedings, it is a tradition for me to make a little speech.::Jacob Marley: And it's a tradition for us to take a little nap!
Fozziwig: My speech! Here's my Christmas speech. Ahem. "Thank you all, and Merry Christmas."::Jacob Marley: That was the speech?::Robert Marley: It was dumb!::Jacob Marley: It was obvious!::Robert Marley: It was pointless!::Jacob Marley: It was... short!::[turns to Robert]::Jacob Marley, Robert Marley: I loved it!
Rizzo the Rat: Mother always taught me: "Never eat singing food."
Ebenezer Scrooge: You're a little absent-minded, spirit.::Ghost of Christmas Present: No, I'm a LARGE absent-minded spirit!
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Muppet*vision 3-D, more appropriately, 4-D, can only be seen at the Disney's Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL and also at California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, CA. This "4-D" film begins with an entertaining 15 minute pre-show in the waiting area. The movie is shown in a huge theater on screen that is twice the size of a typical movie theater. 3-D glasses are required to see the film correctly. Antics abound in this hilarious show that is true to the classic Muppet Show. Kermit narrates while we visit the Muppet Lab which, of course, has its difficulties. This is where we meet Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's newest discovery, Waldo - the spirit of 3-D, who causes some trouble. Next, Miss Piggy sings a song where Bean Bunny tries to improve the show. Bean Bunny's good intentions do not satisfy Miss Piggy, and disheartened, he runs away with Waldo and the search is on in the theater. Finally, Sam Eagle is in charge of the grand finale, "A Salute to All Nations, but Mostly America" but, of course, things don't go so well. Don't forget to look at the rear of the theater to see the Chef running the projector... and the cannon.
Keywords: 3-dimensional, 3d-in-title, 70mm-film, asterisk-in-title, digit-in-title, disney-park-attraction, hyphen-in-title, number-in-title, punctuation-in-title, spoof
Kermit the Frog: We will also see a rousing finale from Sam the Eagle. What's it called, Sam?::Sam the Eagle: It's called "A Salute to All Nations, But Mostly America".
Kermit the Frog: Sam, are you ready with that finale?::Sam the Eagle: It's a glorious three-hour finale!::Kermit the Frog: You got a minute and a half.
Waldorf: Hey, hey, what's going on?::Sweetums: Bean Bunny ran away!::Statler: Well, you know what that makes him...::Waldorf, Statler: SMARTER THAN US!
Waldo C. Graphic: [after being inflated and duplicated] Great! Now I can start my own football team!
Statler: Well, what do you think?::Waldorf: Do we have time to go to the bathroom before the next show?::Statler: We can't. We're bolted to the seats!
Sam the Eagle: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is my honor to present to you... Mr. Mickey Mouse!::Rizzo the Rat: [singing to the tune of the Mickey Mouse Club March] Oh, Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da! Hi there, welcome to my park, how'ya doin'...::Sam the Eagle: Wait a minute! You are not Mickey Mouse! You are a rat!::Rizzo the Rat: Rat, schmat! Besides, they're tourists. What do they know?
Scooter: Uh, ladies and gentlemen, if you could just step as far forward and close together as you can.::Rizzo the Rat: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, real close. You see, we're doing research on deodorant strength.::Scooter: Rizzo, you're disgusting.::Rizzo the Rat: Hey, it's a gift.
[first lines]::Statler: Hey, Waldorf, what is this anyway?::Waldorf: Oh, it's one of those 3-D movies. Better put on your glasses.::[Statler does so]::Statler: [looking at the audience] Hey, check out the guy in the Goofy mask.::Waldorf: That's no mask.::Statler: Ooops. Sorry, lady!
[a banana cream pie comes flying out of the screen]::Kermit the Frog: What is that?::Fozzie Bear: Isn't it great? It's my new remote-controlled banana cream pie. Hey Kermit... Watch this! [Fozzie presses a button and the remote control breaks causing the pie to spin and end up on Fozzie's face]::Kermit the Frog: Oh, Fozzie, that's terrible!::Fozzie Bear: [tasting it] Yeah, you're right... needs more sugar.
Camilla: Bawk, buck, ba-gawk.::Fozzie Bear: Hey, you're not a penguin. You're a chicken. I told you chickens to stay on the other side of the road. [to no one in particular] Okay, everyone, why did this chicken cross the road?::Camilla: Ba-gawk, buck, ba-gawk, bawk, bawk, bawk.::Fozzie Bear: Oh, that's funny. Hey, everyone, why did the chicken cross the road?
Plot
Filmed right after the merger between Disney and Jim Henson productions, the Muppet's are featured heading to the greatest place on earth, Walt Disney World. Kermit and Robin take the gang to the swamp for a vacation in Califorina. It is the annual Bug Fry and it's a journey to the roots again for Kermit and Robin. However, the rest of the cast is less than excited about being in a stinking bog. When it is mentioned that they can see the fireworks from Disney, everyone is excited and wants to go to the park instead of being at the bug fry. Kermit says the'll take a short peak and be right back. As the Muppets accidentally break into the park, security tries to round them all up as they visit all of the parks. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney/MGM. Finally, after being round back up, they get a chance to meet the one and only Mickey Mouse and show a huge musical number at the end.
Keywords: disney-park, drinking-straw, paper-cup, swamp, the-muppets, theme-park, travel, vacation, walt-disney-world
Kermit: We're both members of FASA - Fictional Animal Stars of America.
Security Guard: Rats!::Rizzo the Rat: You called?::Security Guard: Ah! Don't do that!
The Great Gonzo: [looking in a trash can] Ah, Camilla! A plastic straw and paper cup exhibit!
Robin the Frog: I think it's great to be going back to the swamp and rediscovering our roots.::[Janice trips]::Rowlf: Hey, there's one now.::Janice: Thanks.::Rowlf: It goes with the poison ivy.
Beauregard: Are you sure you really need all this luggage? I mean, you don't have to dress for the alligators, you know.::Miss Piggy: Alligators? Are we going to see alligators?::Alligator: Only if you're really really lucky!
Bean Bunny: I'm learning to speak frog.::Frog: He's so cute.::Scooter: Well, that's his job. See, the rest of us got sick of being cute, so we hired him to do it.
Fozzy Bear: Kermit, you don't understand. You're giving us the choice between Walt Disney World and fried bugs!
Scooter: Cute is his middle name.::Bean Bunny: Actually, it's Norman.
Rizzo the Rat: Hey, you know, this ice cream's really good. Now all we need is some root beer.::Security Guard: Will you stop eating and help me capture the Muppets?::Rizzo the Rat: Hey, I can't scheme on an empty stomach, but if you want to capture the Muppets, you gotta watch for the weird an unusual.::[the guard's phone rings]::Security Guard: [on his phone] Fitzwaller here. World Showcase? A Scandinavian Cook? And a guy with a bucket on his head?::Rizzo the Rat: Bullseye!
Dog Catcher: Who's your owner?::Rowlf: Owner? I have no owner, sir!::Dog Catcher: Aha!::Rowlf: But perhaps you can help me. You see, Walt Disney World is such a big place. I don't know what to do with all this incredible freedom.::[the dog catcher nets Rowlf]::Rowlf: Now there's a solution I hadn't particularly thought of.
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'Jim Henson (I)' (qv)'s classic Muppets put on a tribute to their creator, but also ponder the question: Who was he? To help them figure that out are some of Jim's human friends, as well as some rare clips from the Henson legacy.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, filmmaker, filmmaking, puppet, puppeteer, puppetry, the-muppets, tribute
Plot
Bean Bunny is too small to be useful (says his brother) to help prepare for the Bunny Picnic, so he wanders off and sees a legendary persecutor of all rabbits: the farmer's dog. But nobody believes him when he tries to tell them he's seen the dog, until the dog breaks up the picnic. And it's up to Bean to come up with a plan to defeat the farmer's dog and discover the one thing the dog fears.
Keywords: brother-brother-relationship, character-name-in-title, dog, family-relationships, rabbit, the-muppets
[after talking quietly to himself in bed]::Bean: [loudly] Wait a minute, Wait a minute, wait a minute...::[falls off the bed]::Lugsy: we're waiting...
Bean: [imagining] I'm not really Bean, I'm not really Bean, I'm not really Bean, I'm a giant tree and that dog can't get me. [fantasy sequence: Bean's a tree out in the middle of the woods when the dog comes up]::Dog: Sniff sniff sniff, now where'd that bunny go? [Bean sighs and the dog looks up]::Bean: Nobody here but us trees.::Dog: Right.
Twitch: [Bean's told them he saw a dog] Do you think he's telling the truth?::Lugsy: He says he's a fire breathing dragon, and you ask me if he's telling the TRUTH?
Bunnies: [singing] Hello sunshine/Hello birds on the wing/Hello spring time/We've been living for spring.
Twitch: Bean... Bean?::Bean: [hissing] Bean's not here.::Lugsy: Then who're you?::Bean: [hissing] I'm a fire breathing dragon.::Lugsy: I'm not a bad bunny, am I?::Twitch: No.::Lugsy: [shouting] Then why do I have to have a little brother who always pretends he's a fire breathing dragon?
Bean: Please don't make me go, there's a dog out there!::Father: Dog! Did you say dog?::Bean: Dog!::Father: Dog!::Bean: Dog!::Father: Dog!::Bean: Dog!::Father: Dog!::Lugsy: There's no dog.::Father: No dog?::Lugsy: No dog, it's just his imagination, again.
Dog: I'll get that bunny or my name's not, my name's not... whatever it is.
Bunny: [after Grandpa Bean tells the story of the bunny picnic and the dog and the farmer] But Grandpa Bean, what about the bunny picnic?::Bean: Oh well I'm glad you asked, because there's never been another bunny picnic like it, before or since.
Bean: [Bean and the Dog are hiding, the farmer's sneezing] What's going on?::Dog: Bunnies make him sneeze something awful.::Bean: They do? That gives me an idea. [leaves the bush]::Dog: Where are you going, bunny? If he sees you... oh no...::Farmer: [sees Bean] Oh no! Stay away from me! Stay away from me or I'll... ACHOO!::Bean: Quick everyone, out in the open!::Lugsy: [to Twitch] If he can do it, so can I.
Twitch: Bean? Bean?::Bean: I'm not Bean, I'm a weasel.::[sniffs]::Lugsy: No no no, you're not a weasel, you're a pain in the...::Great Grandmother: [opens her door] Next door neighbor.
Bean Bunny is one of the Muppets. His first appearance was in the HBO special The Tale of the Bunny Picnic. He is performed by Steve Whitmire. In Muppet Babies, he was voiced by Dave Coulier, who took over all of Howie Mandel's roles (except for Skeeter, whom Frank Welker voiced from 1985 to 1990).
According to Brian Henson, he is not popular with Muppeteers: "Inside the Muppet Company, we love to hate Bean Bunny."
Bean Bunny first appeared as the central character of the 1986 television special The Tale of the Bunny Picnic. This special featured all new Muppet characters, without any of the usual Muppet Show cast.
He joined the Muppet Show family in the series The Jim Henson Hour, in which it was a running joke that, when he was outside his native heartwarming-TV-special context, people found him insufferably cute. In The Muppet Christmas Carol, he was the young boy to whom the reformed Scrooge entrusts the task of purchasing the giant turkey for the Crachits.
He is a main character in Disney Park's "Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3-D".
Mr. Bean is a British comedy television programme series of 14 half-hour episodes written by and starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character. Different episodes were also written by Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis and one by Ben Elton. The pilot episode was broadcast on ITV on 1 January 1990, with the last television episode, "Goodnight Mr. Bean" broadcast on 31 October 1995. The final episode, "Hair by Mr. Bean of London", was a video exclusive released on 15 November 1995, but not broadcast in the UK until 2006.
Based on a character originally developed by Atkinson while he was studying for his master's degree at Oxford University, the series follows the exploits of Mr. Bean, described by Atkinson as "a child in a grown man's body", in solving various problems presented by everyday tasks and often causing disruption in the process. Bean rarely speaks, and the largely physical humour of the series is derived from his interactions with other people and his unusual solutions to situations. The series was influenced by physical performers such as Jacques Tati and comic actors from silent films.