Talking Muppets Most Wanted With the Muppets Themselves

win ph 03 15 14 113I recently had the opportunity to talk with Kermit, Miss Piggy and Constantine (AKA the “evilen froggen”) about the new Muppets movie  “Muppets Most Wanted”, which opens in theaters tomorrow.

The trio was extremely funny- I have to say, Constantine was by far and away my favorite interview-ee.  He didn’t miss a beat.  No worries, he’s much nicer in person then in the movie- but he still wears his sassy pants all day long, and you know I love that in a frog.

What did they have to say for themselves?  Plenty.  Read on for the interview.

Kermit: So why do they call you mommy bloggers because I see at least three men.

MALE BLOGGERS: [LAUGHS] We’re known as daddy bloggers. There’s nothing weird going on.

Kermit: Daddy bloggers. Okay I just wanna clear that up right off the bat you know. Yeah okay good, good, good.

Miss Piggy: You’re all just fans of mine.

Constantine: How does this work? Do we ask them questions?

Kermit: No, no, no. They ask us questions.

Constantine: All right fine. Who’s first?

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Interview- via Disney

Q : This one’s for Constantine and Kermit. Boxers or briefs?

Kermit: Oh I’m definitely boxers myself, although I’m nothing right now.

Constantine: I just like to go free and easy.

Miss Piggy: [to Kermit]: Do not lie to all these people. They can see the answer right now.

Constantine: I am more honest than you. I wear nothing.

Kermit: No I do like to wear boxers. Every chance I get.

Q:  Hi Miss Piggy- Who’s more romantic, Kermit or Constantine?

Miss Piggy: Well that’s easy! It’s Kermie. He’s so much more handsome than this, this uh, toad (referencing Constantine).

Constantine: You know what? She does not know difference. Watch. Close your eyes, Pig.

Miss Piggy: [STARES UNBLINKING] I can’t.

Constantine: Close your eyes. Look other way. Do something, come on. Okay watch this. Miss Pig, can you hear me?

Miss Piggy: You’re not fooling me, Kermit.

Constantine:  HAHAHAHA I fool you, Pig.

Miss Piggy: Oh come on, Constantine. You sound nothing like Kermit.

Kermit:  See, she has no idea.

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Scene from the Muppets Most Wanted movie- via Disney

Q: I have a question for Miss Piggy. You look fantastic, Miss Piggy.

Miss Piggy: That’s a wonderful question. Thank you so much.

Q: What’s your secret?

Miss Piggy: My secret?

QUESTION: For looking so great?

Miss Piggy: I just woke up one morning and decided I’m not gonna’ age. It’s not for me.  I’m gonna’ do something else with my life.  I’m not gonna’ waste my time aging you know.  I’m gonna’ drink some coffee. That’s what I’m gonna’ do.  I’m gonna’ drink coffee. I’m not gonna’ age. I’m gonna’ go get my nails done.  I’m not gonna’ age.

Constantine: She also has good plastic surgeon. [LAUGHS] It is true. I only speak truth.

Q:  You always look so fashionable Ms. Piggy, and I was wondering if you have a favorite designer and how was it working with Vivian Westwood?

Miss Piggy: Yes. Right now Vivian Westwood is my favorite.  She made me some exquisite dresses, including a certain white gown.

Kermit: I’ve seen it.

Miss Piggy: That I wear down a certain aisle in the movie.

Kermit: Which you fortunately you did not get from me.  You didn’t get to keep your wardrobe.

Miss Piggy: Well I, I can call her. I can call Vivian. I’m sure she’d let me borrow it again you know. Anyways, I love her fashions.  And the dress that she made is really quite something. It’s actually made out of recycled plastic.

Kermit: Yeah, it smells like sour milk. [LAUGHS]  But it looks great. It’s true, it’s true, it’s true.  We’d say Piggy you got milk?  That was our big joke on set. [LAUGHS].

Q: (For Kermit) So we saw Ms. Piggy’s dream sequence.  Your future together, you guys get married and you have a cute like pink frog and green pig. Any plans to make that come true?
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Disney’s FROZEN Activity Sheets

 
In celebration of today’s release of Disney’s FROZEN on Bluray combo pack please see below for fun friendship activities inspired by the film. Make your own princess capes and honor a relationship with a sister or someone who is like a sister to you with sister bracelets.

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Giveaway- THE SWAN PRINCESS: A ROYAL FAMILY TALE

The Enchanting, All-New, Animated Adventure

Debuts on Blu-ray Combo Pack*, DVD* & Digital Feb. 25

Bonus Materials Include Two Sing-A-Long Features

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CULVER CITY, CALIF. (Dec. 16, 2013) – With friendship, teamwork, original songs and plenty of laughs, the beloved characters from the Swan Princess franchise return for a fifth engagement when THE SWAN PRINCESS: A ROYAL FAMILY TALE debuts on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital* Feb. 25 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The all-new, CG animated musical tale is a must-see for the whole family. This uplifting installment follows the exciting adventures of Princess Odette and Prince Derek shortly after the Royal Family adopts a young girl named Alise. Princess Alise is soon taken into the forest and Princess Odette, Prince Derek and their trusted woodland friends must work together to find a way to help her return home.
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Coffee Talk with Executive Producers of ABC’s Trophy Wife

While we were in LA, we were able to screen the TV show Trophy Wife. (We watched “The Wedding” parts 1 and 2.) We were also able to meet the “wife” of the show Malin Akerman and the Executive Producers the ABC show, Sarah Haskins and Emily Halpern.  Malin chatted with us about the show, but more about her nearly year old son.  It was cool to see the mom come out in this TV star, who was asking us for tips she can use as he grows up as well as what to expect, and what age is the best and worst in our opinions.

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Trophy Wife stars Ryan Lee as Warren, Bailee Madison as Hillary, Marcia Gay Harden as Diane, Bradley Whitford as Pete, Malin Akerman as Kate, Natalie Morales as Meg, Michaela Watkins as Jackie and Albert Tsai as Bert.

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Photo Credit: ©(ABC/Bob D’Amico)

About Trophy Wife:

From ABC:  ”They say third time’s a charm and reformed party girl Kate (Malin Akerman) is hoping that’s true when she becomes the third wife of a slightly older man, Pete (Bradley Whitford).  The fell into each other’s arms (literally) at a karaoke bar, and flash forward a year later, Kate finds herself with an instafamily complete with three step-children and two ex-wives.  But Kate is determined to make this work and become a part of the family no matter what.”

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How did you come up with the idea for Trophy Wife?

Sarah Haskins: We’re the creators, so we came up with the idea together. It’s very loosely based on my life. I married an older man who’d been married a few times before and has children from those different marriages. Kind of like Malin Akerman’s character, without rocking the short shorts. It’s a situation that while unique and highly specific, is also very universal. People have dealt with divorce and co-parenting. It’s very common and we think it has a place on TV.

The characters have very good chemistry. How hard was it to get who you wanted?

Sarah: We filmed the pilot off-cycle and we didn’t appreciate it at the time. That wound up being a huge advantage because we weren’t competing for all the exact same actors as all of the other pilots at the same time. And a lot of that had to do with Malin. She was really the first piece. ABC had actually passed on Trophy Wife the first year we developed it and ultimately it was given a second life when Malin read the script and ABC really wanted to work with her – and so did we.
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Disney’s The Pirate Fairy on Blu-ray and Digital HD April 1st

Check out this new clip for Disney’s The Pirate Fairy out on Blu-ray and Digital HD April 1st.
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Muppets Most Wanted Premiere at the El Capitan Theatre

The Muppets Most Wanted premiere at the El Capitan Theatre was an experience for this lifelong Muppets fan to remember.  Having watched the Muppet Show when I was a kid (so did my husband) and even Muppet Babies (which was one of my favorites- I still have my McDonalds Muppet Babies toys, believe it or not) I love that they are back for my son to enjoy now.  OK, enjoy with us.  We would still watch them.  More on the movie later, this post is to share pictures of the red carpet and the after party.

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A look down the red carpet- Photo Courtesy of Disney

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Miss Piggy and Kermit show up in style- Photo Courtesy of Disney

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Here come the rest of the gang in their Toyota – Photo Courtesy of Disney

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balconyAs we got into the theater, who should surprise us just before the show started but Statler and Waldorf, the hecklers of all hecklers. The 2 grumpy old men who have been ragging on the Muppets since forever, and who the show wouldn’t be the same without.  When the spotlight hit them, I was so excited I started bouncing and smacked Matt (seated next to me) in the arm, I was so excited to see in person what I had been watching since I was a little kid.  It was, in my opinion, the best part of the night, and very, very cool.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day From the Muppets

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Follow The Muppets on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheMuppets

Follow Miss Piggy on Twitter: @RealMissPiggy
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ABC’s New Series “Resurrection”

Have you seen Resurrection yet?  Episode 2 is on later tonight, so if you missed the first one, get thee to a computer or Hulu and download it stat.  You don’t want to miss this series, it’s going to be a good one.  Even IO9 says to give it a shot, and they are a pretty good source when you are looking for fun new sci-fi or sci-fi-ish-ness. I totally made up that word, deal.  It’s a great word, use it with zeal.

Back to the point- the show is pretty good thus far.  I was able to preview episode two after seeing episode one, and it only gets better (and weirder) but will keep shocking you. I’m by no means any type of wild fangirl of much, but I’m going to be watching this show and you can bet on that.  The first episode (and in case you have not seen it, I wont’ give away any spoilers) has the young son of a couple come back after being dead for 30 years.  When he arrives on his parents doorsteps, and his father realizes who he is, I almost threw up.  I had to hit “pause” and leave the room for a second- can you imagine first losing a child (God forbid) then having that child returned to you?  You really put yourself in his place for that second,  it was very visceral.  The show was completely amazing, and you find yourself being sucked in the entire time.   The second episode gives you more of those feelings, and has a feeling of the show “Lost” or “Haven” to it if you watched either of those.

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As much fun as it was to see an episode of Resurrection before it aired,I must say it was made even more so because we watched it with the Executive Producers and had a question and answer session afterwards.

Are we going to find out how these people were brought back? 

Tara Butters: That’s one of the central questions of the entire series. There are some answers but we don’t answer everything. We still want to have an investigative drive. Do we know yet? There are several questions: Why here? Why Arcadia? Why is it happening? How is it happening? When we pitched the season to ABC, we pitched them the last scene of the last episode of the series. So we know where we want to go.

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