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May 11, 1971 · Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince: Directed by Jim Henson. With Trudy Young, Gordon Thomson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson. A frog and a princess, both cursed by a witch, figure out how to break each other's spells.
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episode 201
Prince Rogers Nelson (1958-2016) appeared as a guest star in episode 201 of Muppets Tonight on September 13, 1997. At the time, he was known as (dubbed by the media as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince). A Muppet caricature of the star appeared in the same episode.
Twelve years before, in 1985, Prince won the Academy Award for "Best Original Song Score" for the movie Purple Rain, defeating Jeff Moss, nominated for his work on The Muppets Take Manhattan.
•In a Sesame Street insert, The Cosby Kids argue over what is sadder, not making the Football team, a best friend moving away, or losing a purple pen with a picture of Prince. (First: Episode 2127)
•In Sesame Street Episode 2222, Telly overhears that Leo the Party Monster is having a dance party. Leo hypes how exciting his party will be by saying "we're gonna party like it's 1999!"
•The cover of Purple Rain appears in the "Rechov Video" segment from the Shalom Sesame episode "The Land of Israel".
•The Sesame Street song "Nineteen" spoofs Prince's song "1999."
•Purple Rain was spoofed as "Piggy Reigns" by (Frog) Prince in the 1993 Muppet Trading Cards set.
•In a 1993 appearance on Friday Night Videos, Clifford jokes that he could've worked for the Muppets or the big purple dinosaur. Branford Marsalis thinks he means Barney, but Clifford clarifies that he meant Prince.
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2.Bream, Jon. “Prince Yields to Miss Piggy, Performs in His Studio Parking Lot.” Star Tribune. September 16, 1988.
•Prince, Abby Cadabby's stuffed toy
•Prince the Dog, from •Princes
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Later syndicated alongside The Muppet Show. Cast. Trudy Young as Princess Melora; Gordon Thomson as Sir Robin the Brave; Heather Henson as Baby Prince Kermit; Muppet performers. Jerry Nelson as Robin the Frog (voice), Featherstone, Sweetums (in-suit performer) Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Garth the Frog, King Rupert the Second
- Jim Henson
- Jerry Juhl
- May 12, 1971
Cast [] Muppet Performers: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Carl Banas (voice only), Richard Hunt, John Lovelady, Daniel Seagren, Faz Fazakas (uncredited) Human Cast: Trudy Young as Princess Melora; Gordon Thomson as Sir Robin the Brave; Heather Henson as Prince Kermit (uncredited) Voices: Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Gareth and King ...
Prince with his Muppet likeness, Cynthia Rose, and Muppet Whatnots from a school days flashback. The Muppets' special guest (also known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince) visits the show, while Sal takes a correspondence course to become a bone doctor.
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There was a time when sharing the screen with the Muppets was the ultimate celebrity status symbol. Prince never appeared on The Muppet Show – 1999, the 1982 album that made him a household name, was released the year after the series concluded its run — but he got his chance fifteen years later, with an appear ...
The Frog Prince (released on home video as Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince) is a 1971 Muppet special produced and directed by Jim Henson. It's a Spiritual Successor to Hey Cinderella!, similarly taking a classic fairy tale ( The Frog Prince) and presenting it with a Muppet cast, though this special is a more straightforward retelling ...
