Favorite scene

The scene that never fails to impress me, even when I was little, is the scene in the desert. Gonzo's song is just gorgeous, but even better is Kermit's moment of self-doubt. What I love is that the film-makers chose to just have Kermit talking to himself, as sort of a mirage in the desert, without bothering to explain the "other" Kermit wasn't real. So strange, and really smart, and how complimentary of the film-makers not to take for granted the intelligence level of us kids.

I am making a birdhouse.

I like it when Kermit is looking at a road map while Fozzie is driving and then Fozzie looks over at the map while still driving to say something to Kermit about directions. They are talking for a moment and then Kermit says, "Uh, Fozzie, who's driving?" They look up slowly and then scream as their about to hit something.

My FAVORITE scene is near the end, when they're getting ready to make their movie. Bunsen Honeydew: "Sound is ready. Give me a level."
to which Animal goes up to a microphone, & YELLS "TESTING!!!" LOL!

Eight divided by one-half equals four squared!

My favorite scene is the finale when the sets falls down and the rainbow comes in through the ceiling. It wasn't just a good ending for the film. The film itself is really charged with philosophical content, much of the tongue in cheek humor is existentialist. What we see is the muppets arranging false painted set pieces in a soundstage, in this they are again admitting that this is just a film in the same way that Dr. Teeth keeps referencing the script throughout the film. They show that they are aware of really how goofy and vaudevillian the tone of the film is and that they would never have it any other way, that the silliness, absurdity and imaginative quality of the muppets is what is eminently worth making. The set pieces are knocked over, the illusion is broken and the stage lights explode and instead of stage light we see real sunlight entering the soundstage, reality entering a building meant for unreality.

"Rainbows are memories, sweet dream reminders
What is it you'd like to do?
All of us watching, and wishing we'd find it;
I've noticed, you're watching too. *looking directly at the camera, at you*
Someday you'll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers, and you."

The finale has pretty much every muppet ever used in Henson's work up until that point. In a way the story is as much a story about Henson's journey from making puppets in college to making the Muppet Movie itself. The finale is Jim Henson saying directly to the audience, "This is what I've wanted and searched for. All the imagination, the silliness, the absurdity, puppets, I've found my own rainbow connection, my love, my place, it's all of these characters and what they represent to me and to you. This is my dream. You can make dreams happen, you can write your own ending and find your own rainbow connection as long as you keep believing in it."

Life's like a movie, write your own ending
Keep believing, keep pretending
We've done just what we set out to do.
Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers, and you.

I love the whole "Movin' Right Along" song/sequence best. Particularly the actual fork in the road and the brief cameo from Big Bird (trying to break into Public Television).



I know what I like and I like what I know.

So many good scenes, but I agree with the poster who mentioned Steve Martin. Hilarious!

There's a lot to like in this movie, but I think the county fair scene is my favorite. Miss Piggy shows up and falls in love with Kermit at first sight, and it's the one scene I can think of where I recognize all the actors in cameo roles: Elliott Gould, Bob Hope, and Richard Pryor. There's a lot going on in that scene.

[Gonzo is floating away into the air from holding too many balloons]
Kermit: Gonzo! What are you doing?
Gonzo: About seven knots!

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Currently watching: The Muppet Movie (1979)
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