Summary Capsule
On-the-go felt try to solve a string of jewel robberies
Justin's Rating: Ah, the good old days before Elmo, the Teletubbies, or Pokémon
Justin's Review: Let's cast our TimeVision back on the original star cast of the Muppets, as seen in The Muppet Caper...
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Kermit: The hapless leader, he spends a lot of time vaguely coordinating the actions of the group before falling head over heels in love with swine. Doing this, of course, despite any evidence that frogs and pigs can mate in the wild or captivity. Liking Kermit is considered old fashioned, but we miss his Sesame Street news reports -- the last news we ever trusted.
Fozzy: I think Fozzy's sole appeal was supposed to rest on a combination of clownish looks and cheap catch phrases. Hey, it worked for the Simpsons. Fozzy is the fall guy who is always expected to take a bullet for Kermit, even though bears come higher in nature's pecking order than amphibians.
Gonzo: I think of Gonzo as a back-up Fozzy, there for pratfalls and stupid comments when Fozzy is too busy mauling the felt of the less fortunate. And there is something perverted going on with Gonzo's obsession with chickens.
Scooter: The smartest of all the gang, so naturally he gets only two lines.
The Rats (Rizzo): I've always been disturbed by Rizzo and his clan. Rats are filthy, dirty creatures with no intrinsic cute factor, even with oversized eyes.
Miss Piggy: Representing 87% of the Muppet female community, I think most women should be more offended that Henson picked a ditzy pork product to be their ambassador. M.Piggy (her street name) is constantly self-serving and shallow, but has some mean karate skills to back it up.
Statler and Waldorf: AKA "The Muppets Whose Names I Can Never Remember How To Spell Correctly." The most famous critics of any era... I can't wait to be a grumpy old man!
Sam the Eagle: Completely robbed of an Oscar for each film he's been in, Sam deserves much more screen time and credit space. I like to think of this movie as Sam the Eagle's Great Muppet Caper. Sam just rocks my patriotic world.
John Cleese: While not technically a Muppet, Cleese's extended cameo is always very welcome in a film. He does the ignorant stiff British elite act better than anyone else, while still making us giggle like fools.
 1981 Rated G Comedy Musical Director
Starring
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Keep your eyes open for Jim Henson as the man that Gonzo takes a photo of in the restaurant.
...and Peter Falk as the watch-selling storyteller in the park with Kermit
...and Frank Oz as the bald man standing behind Gonzo when he yells "stop the presses!"
At the Happiness Hotel everyone keeps saying there's no kitchen and no food. However, when Beaureguard drives through the lobby, the Swedish Chef comes out of the kitchen with food.
Animal replaces the roaring MGM lion
End credits: Gonzo takes a picture of the whole audience and the screen goes black when he takes it because the flashbulb "blinded" the audience.
The Movie Store!
The Great Muppet Caper: Movie [VHS]
The Great Muppet Caper: Movie [DVD]
Intermission!
This was the last Muppet movie that Jim Henson directed before his death.
Official and Not-So-Official Websites
Pigs in Cyberspaaaaaaace - It's dumb, has almost no content, but we loved the name
Groovy Quotes
Sam the Eagle: You are all weirdos!
[Kermit is sitting on a bench. A man and his daughter walk by.]
Girl: Look, father! A bear!
Father: No, dear. That's a frog. Bears wear hats.
Miss Piggy: You! It was you! Kermit was right. You're a phony. You're a PHONY. Yes, and you know what, you can't even sing. You were dubbed!
Lady Holiday: It's plot exposition. It has to go somewhere.
Statler: I guess all's well that ends well.
Waldorf: I don't care, as long as it ends.
Truck Driver: What are you doing here?
Oscar the Grouch: A very brief cameo.
Truck Driver: Me too.
Gonzo: I wonder what it would be like to do this without a balloon.
Kermit the Frog: Do what? Plummet to the ground?
Gonzo: Yeah!
Kermit the Frog: Well... I guess you could do it once.
Fozzy: Wow, a lot of people worked on this movie...
Fozzy: [about the credits] Nobody reads those things anyways, do they?
Kermit: Sure... they all have families.
Soundtrack Review
Lots of vastly forgettable musical numbers in here... skip and move on.
If you liked this movie, try these:
The Muppet Movie
Muppets From Space
Muppets Take Manhatten
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