Muppets 2007 Presentation Pilot

The 2007 Muppet Presentation Pilot is a spec presentation pilot (a pilot episode of shorter running time than the proposed series) produced by Disney.

The pilot was shot in mock documentary style and featured a fictional English filmmaker named Ian Bascombe. The premise of the piece is that Bascombe and his camera crew have been given complete access to film as Kermit and the rest of the Muppets attempt to develop a new prime-time television series.

In addition to following Kermit as he meets with a network executive, Bascombe interviews other Muppet characters. Some, he discovers, have left entertainment (Sam Eagle, for example, is working as a security guard) while others have been pursuing solo projects (Fozzie Bear has continued to perform as a stand-up comedian, but he also mentions that he spent a season as a writer on Moesha).

The Presentation Pilot, completed in January 2007, proposes a series shot in the same mock documentary style that continues to follow the adventures of the Muppets, on-stage and off, as they create a new television series.

The piece was written and produced by Bill Prady. It was directed by Bill Barretta and featured puppetry by Barretta, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire and Eric Jacobson. It also includes cameo appearances by John Landis and Melina Kanakaredes.