Here Come the Muppets Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park Television Commercial (1990)

"Here Come the Muppets" was a live show that premiered on May 25, 1990, at Disney's Hollywood Studios (Disney-MGM Studios) in Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
The holding area of the show featured a specially recorded video of Rowlf playing the piano and singing, with interruptions from Sam the Eagle.
The show, which featured walk-around versions of the Muppets, ran until September 2, 1991, and was replaced in that location by Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Two weeks after the show closed, a second live Muppet show, Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses, opened in another location in the park, right next to Muppet*Vision 3D.
Summary
Kermit the Frog is onstage, but the other Muppets are late. Kermit gets a call from Mickey Mouse on the videophone. Mickey is checking on how the show is going, and Kermit assures him that it's going fine despite the others not being there yet.
Kermit calls the operator (Lily Tomlin as her Ernestine character from Laugh-In) and asks to get Miss Piggy on the phone. Miss Piggy is wearing a robe and has mud on her face. She claims that she is talking with some Disney executives, but when she finds out that Kermit is using a videophone and that she can be seen, she instantly gets ready for the show. Kermit then calls Fozzie Bear. Fozzie thinks that he's lost, but Kermit tells him that he has to go through the door that Fozzie is in front of, and this leads him to the stage.
Shortly after entering the stage, Fozzie tells Kermit that Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem are going to come by monorail. The monorail crashes through the wall, and the band emerges. Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and Bean Bunny soon arrive as well, and the show gets started.
Songs
Make 'Em Laugh (originally from Singin' in the Rain)
Personality (originally by Lloyd Price)
Bein' Green (originally by Kermit the Frog)
The Heart of Rock & Roll (originally by Huey Lewis)
Shout! (originally by The Isley Brothers)
Cast
On-Stage:
Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Bean Bunny, Dr. Teeth, Floyd Pepper, Animal, Janice, Zoot
In Video Footage Only:
Lily Tomlin as Ernestine, Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse, Rowlf the Dog, Sam the Eagle, Foo-Foo, Penguins
Muppet Performers/Voices
Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Dr. Teeth and Rowlf the Dog
Frank Oz as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal and Sam the Eagle
Dave Goelz as Gonzo and Zoot
Steve Whitmire as Bean Bunny and Foo-Foo
Richard Hunt as Janice
Jerry Nelson as Floyd Pepper
Notes
The videophone footage of Fozzie and Miss Piggy was reused in the World of Jim Henson special as part of the introduction.
"Make 'Em Laugh" features projected clips from "The Glow-Worm" as performed on The Jack Paar Program, and The Muppet Show (including Kermit's intro in episode 119, Gonzo's act in episode 301, and Statler and Waldorf in episode 424).
The holding area video with Rowlf and Sam was later shown at a Disney Passholder event at Disney's Hollywood Studios with Craig Shemin and Dave Goelz on March 7, 2009; and again at Jim Henson's Musical World at Carnegie Hall on April 14, 2012.
After over ten years in storage, the Electric Mayhem Muppets are on display again at Disney's Hollywood Studios in the Stage One Company Store at the exit of Muppet Vision 3D.
John Kennedy, who was a Dr. Teeth costume performer in the actual show, puppeteered Dr. Teeth riding an ice cream cart in a shot cut from the television commercial promoting the show.
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