Minor Movie Mentions

The following is a list of Muppet Mentions made in other media outside of the Henson/Sesame fold, all of which are too brief or minor to constitute having their own page in the Movie Mentions category.

Death to Smoochy
A dark comedy following Sheldon Mopes' (Edward Norton) rise to stardom with his Barney-like character Smoochy the Rhino, and all the amoral inner workings of the children's entertainment that he encounters. Early in the film, Sheldon states "I was born on November 11th, 1970. You know what else happened on that day? [The] first broadcast of Sesame Street!" (The statement is factually incorrect by one year.) Later, while Robin Williams' character Randolph Smiley (aka Rainbow Randolph) smashes Angelo's television set, he calls Smoochy a "Muppet from hell," during a barrage of expletives. The film also features the Leonard Bernstein song "I Feel Pretty," which the Muppets have performed in numerous times.

Connections:
 * Danny DeVito directed and co-starred as Burke Bennett
 * Harvey Fierstein played Merv Green
 * Jon Stewart played Marion Frank Stokes
 * Robin Williams played "Rainbow" Randolph Smiley
 * Danny Woodburn played Angelo Pike

Flushed Away
A 2006 computer animated feature by Aardman Animation, about a mouse trapped in the sewer. At one point, heroine Rita addresses the villainous toad with "Hoy! Kermit!"

Connections
 * Sean Barrett supplied additional voices
 * Miriam Margolyes voiced Rita's Grandma

Noises Off
Noises Off is a farcical play about the behind-the-scenes troubles of a new play. In a scene shot for the film version in New York City, an advertisement poster for Kodak can be seen displaying an image of Elmo and Big Bird.

Connections:
 * Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve and John Ritter appeared in the film.
 * T. R. Knight appeared in the Broadway revival.
 * Louise Gold appeared in the last month of a West End revival (October 2003).

Notting Hill
William Thacker, played by Hugh Grant, opens the 1999 movie Notting Hill, talking about the location of the same name. His voice-over describes a montage of scenes:


 * "Notting Hill -- my favorite bit of London... There's the market on weekdays, selling every fruit and vegetable known to man... the tattoo parlour -- with a guy outside who got drunk and now can't remember why he chose 'I Love Ken'..."


 * (A woman with hair dyed bright blue exits a hair salon) "The radical hairdressers where everyone comes out looking like the Cookie Monster, whether they want to or not."