The Muppets Take Manhattan - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[tom]

David Lazer: In Sardi's Restaurant.

[jesse]

After several less-than-satisfying takes of the scene between Joan Rivers and Miss Piggy, director/performer Frank Oz sent a stagehand to get he and Rivers two gin & tonics a piece. The two chatted and imbibed their drinks before filming one more take, which appears in the final film.

[violet]

Baby Rowlf can be seen "operating" on a plush Big Bird toy during the Muppet Babies dream sequence, which appears to be the Big Bird Talking Plush toy made in 1980 by Child Guidance.

[clayton]

Frank Oz: At the board meeting for "Ocean Breeze Soap".

[liam]

The Muppet musical "Manhattan Melodies" premieres at the Biltmore Theatre, a real Broadway house. Now known as the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, it has played home to numerous famous productions over the years, including "Barefoot in the Park," "Hair" and "Rabbit Hole."

[ivan]

Rizzo the Rat appeared throughout the final season of The Muppet Show (1976) and along with Scooter as the Happiness Hotel bellhops in The Great Muppet Caper (1981), but this is his first major role with The Muppets and his first appearance with his more "wiseguy" personality.

[javier]

Film debut of veteran stage and television actress Linda Lavin.

[kristen]

The scene of Miss Piggy singing "Saying Goodbye" with Kermit was filmed at the Lackawanna Rail Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey. The train Piggy is on is an electric train designed and built by Thomas A. Edison.

[frederick]

Heather Henson: At the Bavarian festival serving drinks.

[lynn]

The film's title references the 1925 song "Manhattan", by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers, with its lyric "I'll take Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island too." The Muppets popularized the phrase "Take Manhattan" as a title, which other films and television series have used since.

[manuel]

The kennel at which Rowlf is working has several dogs in labelled cages. Two of the cages say "Jim" and "Frank", in honor of Jim Henson and Frank Oz.

[aaron]

Brooke shields, James coco, Linda lavin, and Liza Minnelli all guest starred on the Muppet show.

[toni]

Brooke Shields who makes a cameo in the movie as a costumer who Miss Piggy serves in the coffee shop appeared in The Muppet Show: Brooke Shields (1980) 4 years earlier.

[bessie]

Approximately one hundred seventy-five people as extras, and a handful that were puppeteers, performed during the wedding finale sequence. The crowd sequence took one day to film.

[ray]

The teaser trailer for the film was composed entirely of footage created independently of the film. A breathless announcer describes the excitement and spectacle of Broadway, and the many hopefuls who come to New York City seeking stardom. Kermit and Miss Piggy only appear briefly at the end of the trailer.

[ethel]

The first The Muppets movie in which the fourth wall is never broken.

[miriam]

Fran Brill: As a reporter.