When Miss Piggy ends up in the clink, it's up to the gang to save her. | Hulton Archive/GettyImages Riggs told The A.V. Club that when Rachel visited the set one day, she “burst into tears when she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 1981 musical comedy, The Great Muppet Caper is the second full-length movie featuring The Muppets, the iconic characters created ...

As a lifelong Muppet obsessive, I awaited the new Muppet movie (which opens today) with a combination of giddiness and dread. Having grown up on the Jim Henson classics (“The Muppet Movie,” “The Great ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Dame Diana Rigg‘s career was all about showing women off in all their fabulous glory. From her iconic turn as super spy Emma Peel in the original Avengers to her ...

S.F. Sketchfest’s Summer Social spends a day at the Castro Theatre on Saturday, Aug. 13, beginning with a family matinee of “The Great Muppet Caper,” which is still fabulously entertaining 35 years ...

After The Muppet Movie was directed by James Frawley, Jim Henson decided to helm The Great Muppet Caper himself. But for Henson, directing his first theatrical film wasn’t a big enough challenge. He ...

When I first heard the news that comic actor Charles Grodin had died at the age of 86, I exclaimed, “No!” Grodin’s performances in a string of family comedies — most notably The Great Muppet Caper — ...

Someone restrain Miss Piggy, 'cause Mickey Mouse is dissing her guy. Just days after announcing on Good Morning America that Kermit would embark on a 15-month 50th-anniversary world tour, Disney cut ...

Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday (Dame Diana Rigg), a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace was stolen. Kermit meets ...

2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need comforting. With that in mind, we asked our contributors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every few months, it seems someone from Hollywood says the same thing: There are no true movie stars anymore. Blockbusters are now ...