Muppets at Disney World: Part 06 (1990)

[SegaNintendoGuy64]

Well Jim Henson this is the last time we'll ever hear your voice on TV.

[xCokePepsii]

I love that song they sing; what's it called? :3

[jicarillagurl]

Fabulous!! I'm a die-hard Muppet fan, and, well, Kermie and Mickey TOGETHER? Right ON!

[TheWonderwoman311]

I love my muppets and that awesome seeing Kermit and Mickey

[top40listener365]

Wow. Mickey Mouse and Kermit The Frog together. Epic

[MollyKoenigStarGleek]

Ah! Mickey Mouse and Kermit the Frog. Near perfection! Now all that's missing is Bugs Bunny.

[OreoBrawl]

...Is it me or did Mickey seemed to excited to see Miss Piggy?

[2071Johnny]

Welcome to the Family

Now let's say that the Muppets had no knowledge of the Henson Company and that Jim Henson was like their birth father. After Henson passed away, the Muppets had nowhere else to go. So Mickey Mouse took them in as members of the Disney family. However, this would cut of any contact/interaction with the casts and Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock. Later on, the current Disney Corp. big-shots would take over everything,

[2071Johnny]

buy Marvel and Naruto, plunge Mickey and his people into obscurity (i.e. a namby-pamby children's show), and significantly reduced the numbers of the Muppet cast, as well as their involvement (TV series' and specials) in anything. Meanwhile, Disney themselves are too busy green-lighting High School Musical, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, and the Jonas Bros.

Luckily, Jason Spiegel caught wind of this and decided to do something about it.

[mattjnor98]

@2071Johnny Selena is one of the better Disney Channel stars. Judging by her cameo in the recent Muppet movie, I can tell she's as big of a Muppet fan as Jason Segel is. She also posed for some British magazine wearing a T-shirt with, Guess who? Donald Duck! That's her message to Disney to never forget their roots. BTW, don't blame Disney in general for all the teenybopper shit now, that's the Disney Channel's fault.

[2071Johnny]

Really? I'm not so sure.........

[ChipmunksAndBulldogs]

I wish Mickey really did run Disney World

[AntiVenom36]

I think Oswald the Lucky Rabbit's also a member of The Fictional Animal Stars of America.

[AlinaAnn]

I was 5 when I last saw this, and all I could remember was Miss Piggy flirting with Mickey. Thanks for uploading!

[nightmareofshadowvil]

why is Micky looking at Kermit so oddly like he know some thing at the part  1:17 - 1:22

[saxandviolin]

Thank you for posting this special.

[mattjnor98]

Michael Eisner once said this during Jim Henson's first attempt to sell the Muppets to Disney, "Mickey Mouse has a new sibling, he'll need to get used to it". Well, he and kermit seem to have been friends for a long time according to this special.

[sonikkufanboy]

As mickey would say: "Gosh!" He's met everybody! Bugs Bunny, Kermit the Frog, a lot of other stuff!

Mickey rules n

[Rtkat3]

@sonikkufanboy Kermit mentioned that he and Mickey were members of FASA (short for Fictional Animal Stars of America). Bugs Bunny and Yogi Bear might even be members of this group as well.

[ToonJoey34]

@Rtkat3 Yeah, and you know, I kind of think Winnie the Pooh, The Pink Panther, The Cat in the Hat, Scooby-Doo and Spongebob are part of that club too.

[Rtkat3]

@ToonJoey34 Unfortunately, SpongeBob SquarePants wasn't created back then.

[ToonJoey34]

@Rtkat3 Yeah, but I'm talking about now. And I would've also said Garfield and Snoopy.

[cesarjimenezanimator]

@sonikkufanboy I think he even met Super Mario. He even DRESSED UP like him!

[ArmandtheWise]

mickey meeting kermit. that was so amazing for me as a kid back than!! two icons created by two outstanding creative geniuses meeting each other. rip mr. disney and henson.

[SuperSonichero10]

3 of My Favorite Loves Were Put Together in THIS Special! My Love of Disney, My Love of Disney Parks and My Love of the Muppets!!!! This was the Embodiement of both the Legacies of the Great Jim Henson and Walt Disney!!! And to be completely honest, I'm happy that those loves came together again nearly 10 Years Later! I just wish there was just more specials like this today!!! But Anyway I just want to say thank you for sharing your childhood memories to all the world!!! =)

[Benstudio13]

I thought it was just going to be someone in a costume for Mickey. Instead they go through the trouble of animating, putting him in a real enviorment, and make it look like he's interacting from the Muppets. That's true quality and hard work right there!

[mattjnor98]

Imagine if Minnie also had a desk at Mickeys office. When Miss Piggy came in, Minnie would have gone like "Mickey, shield your eyes!".

[evantrude]

kermit the frog meeting mickey mouse how can it be any better than that

[MermaidJassica]

@evantrude yea

[EvilgidgitReturns]

"Gosh, it's sure is swell to see all the Muppets here at Walt Disney World..."

Yeah, Mickey, it's not they'll become property of your company or anything...

[mattjnor98]

@EvilgidgitReturns Mickey probably had no idea that Disney was trying to buy the Muppets.

[SuperMrCRAZYMAN]

@mattjnor98 its only because of the creater of the muppets diead that deal to sell the rights to disney so disney had to wait around 10 years to earn the rights

[bluethunder25]

Snow White is cheating on her Prince.

[ztslovebird]

OMG, MICKEY'S a member of the "Men who have Flirted with Miss Piggy" fraternity?

[antsamthompson9]

This was a great special! Thanks for posting it.

[PhaedrusNYC]

Why did you cut the credits?! I wanted to see who wrote the songs!

[PixarShark]

@PhaedrusNYC Try checking on imdb.com. It should be there. :)

[PhaedrusNYC]

@PixarShark I did before I posted. No composer credits.

[themiddleguy]

Its amazing how much this brought me back to the days when I would stay up late at night just dreaming of being there. I remember recording this when I was six and watching it in the mornings, after I would have a dream of being there. Thank you for bringing this back to me after so many years, this film, for me really defines the "disney spirit" I feel it as I watched this just like I did then. I have yet had the same feeling about anything else. This film really contains magic for me, thanks

[TheGarthAlgar]

hell yeah thanks

[Technus]

Amazing isn't it how they were able to put cartoon Mickey next to Kermit

[ChrisC11291980]

@Technus Well, to be fair, they were able to put cartoon Roger Rabbit next to Bob Hoskins two years earlier...

[ThePirateprincess23]

It is funny that Miss Piggy has a change of clothes in her purse.

[Riddler95]

It doesn't look like that the animation was very high in quality.

[747flagship]

Great special! I loved it. Thanks for uploading!

[MoNkEyCaKeS85]

I was 5 years old when this came out, my mom recorded it and I watched it every day. Still one of the best muppet features!! RIP Jim Henson.

[catbot158]

0:35

This is probably why they never show this on TV again.

[spicychilepepper]

This was one of my favorite movies when i was little. I really loved getting to watch it again.

[alttakes]

Obviously they're joking about the "philosophy" line, but I've always thought that Rainbow Connection was a really profound philosophical song! And much more beautiful than When You Wish Upon a Star, which it even gently criticizes in its lyrics ("Who said that every wish would be heard and answered when wished on the morning star? Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it: and look what it's done so far...").

[printthelegends]

I love "Rainbow Connection" as much as any Muppet fan, but "When You Wish Upon a Star" is Disney magic personified. Let's not sell it short.

[KGarna2009]

@printthelegends

[Wirewolf616]

Micky was epic in this but its def a muppet movie

[Webkinzrocks400]

Mickey mouse!!

[bezzybecks123]

now thats wot i call an ending LOL

[crystalmoon789]

Was this made before or after Jim Henson died?

[StabbingKnifes]

Before, the last Muppet project he did.

[cancerman50]

Before. It was around the same time as The Jim Henson Hour.

[Timekeeper102]

Before.

[printthelegends]

It was basically made to promote Disney's impending acquisition of the Muppets, which is why Mickey says "welcome to the family," but the deal fell through after Henson's death.

[MarioBro6494]

@crystalmoon789 this was made a little before Jim died

[Wrestling824]

if u look closely at 10:03 beaker's helmet and wig make him look like lil wayne.

[wowinkorporated]

Mickey looks a little strange in his casual office clothes there... and if you freeze frame it while he's talking he strikes the oddest faces and poses. 1:11

[CN90s]

1:19 Wow, that's probably the first time I've seen a hand drawn character actually touching a live puppet (though Mickey's hands are huge compared to Kermit 's small body).

Seeing those two together is amazing.

[1stingfan]

This was made in 1990 the year Jim Henson died and the muppets are woderfull in this production

[YuiHarunaShinozaki]

When you wish upon a star dreams come true

Find the rainbow connection, for the lovers, the dreamers and you

[loudrgfan]

Sorry died.

[loudrgfan]

I thought he dies of tumbers.

[casadia1121]

Henson actually died of organ failure due to a streptococcal infection. And he wasn't a Jehovah's witness, but a Christian Scientist.

[Muppephile]

I though he left the church at some point.

[jdohe]

Shortly after this film was made, Jim Henson went on the Arsenio Hall talk show to promote it. He had a sore throat, he waited too long to go to hospital, started coughing up blood, and died 12 days after the Arsenio Hall show apperance. He would have survived if he had antibiotics a few hours sooner or if he had a blood transfusion but he refused the blood transfusion due to his Jehovah's Witness beliefs.

[LFirstbasema]

Good thing Minnie wasn't there. She would be jealous of Mickey taking a liking of Miss Piggy.

[mattjnor98]

@LFirstbasema Actually, I could see her covering Mickey's eyes the moment Miss Piggy went in his office.

[ScOoByFaNcAnDy]

The whole muppet crew together reminds me of me and my friends all together

[blahgah12]

Whats the name of that song? I love it!!

[Jennennett]

why did miss piggy said help?

[ajcamper539]

because she was stuck in the sand and it was dry!

[jr52990]

cement.

[LFirstbasema]

Jim's last Muppet Feature!

[ISynchronictyI]

HELP! HELP! HELP! said Miss Piggy.

[JoelandtheBots]

Poor Nicky Holiday just can't catch a break with the muppets around. I still think he should have been a recurring nemesis for them.

[igloodude11]

I remember seeing kermit's prints in front of the theater when I went to disney world as a kid. I always wondered when they did it.

[CanadianRanger17]

Could this be the early version of Kingdom Hearts?

[Shrekdonkey1973]

Thanks!

[NepperCat]

HA! Mickey looks like hes about to choke Kermit!

[TherealRNO]

Just the mouse is Walt's alter ago, the same can be said for Kermit with Jim. And both have inner "magic" that no dark cynical attitude can destroy, for indeed, "when you wish upon star, dreams come true", especially after you "find that rainbow connection for the lovers, the dreamers, and you".

RIP Walt & Jim! You were true visionaries and your countless fans miss you dearly!

[FLPman]

great way to tie that all together...

[TherealRNO]

FLPman: I thought so, for even among the corporate senergy, there has to be fans somewhere that love both Disney and Henson for their original visions.

[TherealRNO]

Luckily for the mouse and frog, when the pig began to hit on the big cheese, Minnie was not present.

[colacadstink]

She came in just a few moments after the Muppets left; Mickey just squeaked by.

[TherealRNO]

colacadstink: Mickey's lucky then. I am surprised that Piggy hit on the mouse though, especially since--according to Walt--"in 'real life', Mickey is privately married to Minnie" and considering that Piggy got hitched with her frog in Muppets Take Manhattan (and Muppet sources make the weddding scene canon, even if the pig and frog beat around the bush about the whole thing).

[summercannibal]

Seeing this now...I loved it as a kid but had no idea it was just a promotional thing for Disney acquiring the Muppets. Still fun, though.

[bagelpuss1]

I love the muppets and I thank whoever put this up because I love to see anything muppet, however...this thing is a shameless shill for Disney World and it's hard to see it as anything but a commercial. I'll never understand why Henson sold the Muppets to Disney anyway. On the positive side, the Muppet "ride" at MGM is my favorite thing at Disney and one of the last projects Henson worked on!

[Fujikorific]

But, remember, the Muppets were first used in commercials in the 50s and 60s anyway, they've always existed for the purpose of selling things. And didn't he sell them to Disney because managing the company was too stressful for him and he was more interested in the creative angle?

[animalbond007]

in memory of jim henson

[animagusurreal]

An historic moment :)

[NUTCASE71733]

The scene with Mickey wasn't what I thought it'd be and I'm glad. I at first expected someone in the Mickey Mouse cotume they use at Disney World with a pre-recorded sample of his voice, so I was pleasently suprised to see the true animated Mickey projected in the real world via green screen like in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

[disneyrangerblue02]

Tell me about it. The way they put live action and animation together is the greatest! Better than that CGI crud.  I'd give ANYTHING to be filmed with Max or Darkwing Duck!!!

[wallflowercat]

Saw this when I was 4, finally see this after 20 years and I still remember the words to that song, The Muppets have such fun catchy songs.

thanks for posting!

[FLPman]

thanks for the post... i miss Jim dearly

[TsWade2]

Is it an audio animatronic Miss Piggy?

[jackskellingtonsora]

lol, Ms. Piggy

[FLARNGUS]

Thanks for uploading. This brought back some fond memories.

[KatrAnna]

This a wonderful video, maybe now that Disney owns the muppets this can be released on DVD

[simsgirlgem]

lol loved micky

[cartwheelee]

thanks for posting this! :D

[BrickstarRunner]

poor Miss Piggy

Help? Hellp? HHHEEEELLLPPPP!!!!

[ElectricShark]

Miss Piggy's gown is VA-VA VOOM!

[tejojo]

lol it was funny.

[Roncace]

Cool movie!

[Wilfilco]

Nice...

[mpwheat]

This is the best Muppet movie ever...I can't thank you enough for posting it!!! :D

[iloveericlyons]

i like the muppet movie better

but that me

[goonies3000]

I agree with you the best.

[SpideyGirl317]

I heard Jim Henson died 4 days or so after this was filmed :( He was so great!

[mrtelevision]

10 days after, to be exact.

[SmilinSweetpea]

Thank you for putting a smile on my face.  I was in a bit of a funk, now I'm not! Bless you and bless Jim Henson!

[perualonso]

What's the title of this song?

[teenangel93]

Jim Henson and Walt Dsiney are great leaders. R.I.P. Jim Henson and Walt Disney.

[hanekuriboh]

its just so funny to see a 2d guy in a 3d world

[mgs001]

YUP

[bboytramp]

Wow! It's the wonderful Mickey Mouse!