The Great Muppet Caper

The Great Muppet Caper is the second in a series of live-action musical feature films starring the Muppets.

Synopsis
In the story, Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear play the roles of twin brothers (yes, twin brothers) who are newspaper reporters for the Daily Chronicle. Accompanied by Gonzo as their photographer, they are assigned to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond necklace from fashion designer Lady Holiday. They travel to London, England to interview her, but without any money for travel, they're forced to fly in the baggage hold of an aircraft and are thrown out of the plane as they arrive over Britain. They stay at the ramshackle (but free) Happiness Hotel, run by Pops and populated by the likes of Scooter, Rowlf, and the Electric Mayhem. When Kermit seeks out Lady Holiday in her office, however, he instead finds her receptionist, Miss Piggy, and mistakes her for the fashion designer. Piggy falls in love with the little green reporter and masquerades as Lady Holiday, even going so far as to sneak into a ritzy house in order to impress Kermit with her dwellings, much to the surprise of the true British residents.

In fact, the jewel theft was orchestrated by Lady Holiday's nefarious brother Nicky, assisted by three of her put-upon fashion models. Despite Nicky's instant attraction to Miss Piggy, they successfully frame her for the theft and proceed to steal an even more valuable prize -- the coveted Baseball Diamond, which is on display at a local gallery. Kermit's crew, along with their friends from the Happiness Hotel, have no choice but to intercept and catch the thieves themselves in order to clear Miss Piggy's good name. Piggy, meanwhile, has escaped from prison and, in a bout of serendipity, finds a motorcycle which she uses to literally crash into the film's climax and help apprehend the lovestruck Nicky. The Muppets then return to America the same way they departed, being thrown out of the cargo hold and parachuting back to Earth as the credits roll.

Edits

 * Prior to 1993 video releases and TV broadcasts of the movie, "Night Life" lacked Dr. Teeth's vocals; when Piggy is walking down the alley after leaving Kermit, Joe Raposo's scoring is interrupted by Big Ben tolling, with no other sound effects; also the same score continues for both the jewel thieves and the Muppets going over their check lists; and Piggy delivers an elongated, "Hiiiiiiiiii-yaaaaaa!" as she crashes through the window at the Mallory Gallery.
 * When this movie aired on the Odyssey Network, the entire bicycle sequence was cut.
 * When aired on AMC, the following scenes were cut:
 * Gonzo takes a picture of a pigeon was cut.
 * Most of "Night Life"



Cast

 * Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog (Dubbing over Jim Henson's lines), The Muppet Newsman (Dubbing over Jim Henson's lines), Beaker (Dubbing over Richard Hunt's lines), Statler (Dubbing over Richard Hunt's lines), Rizzo the Rat and Lips
 * Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal and Sam the Eagle (Dubbing over Frank Oz's lines)
 * Matt Vogel as Floyd Pepper, Pops, Lew Zealand, Sweetums and Louis Kazagger (Dubbing over Jerry Nelson's lines and Richard Hunt's lines)
 * David Rudman as Scooter and Janice (Dubbing over Richard Hunt's lines)
 * Dave Goelz as The Great Gonzo, Beauregard, Zoot, Waldorf (Dubbing over Jim Henson's lines) and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
 * Bill Barretta as Dr. Teeth, Rowlf and The Swedish Chef (Dubbing over Jim Henson's lines)
 * Caroll Spinney as Oscar the Grouch
 * Kiran Shah as Miss Piggy (full-bodied stunt double)
 * Background Characters
 * Annie Sue, Crazy Harry, Gaffer, The Mutations, Droop, Timmy Monster, Frackles, Luncheon Counter Monster, Flower-Eating Monster, Miss Kitty, Lubbock Lou, Bubba, Gramps, Lou, Slim Wilson, Zeke, The Singing Food
 * Animated Characters
 * Bluebirds