Bernie



Bernie is a talent agent for many characters in Muppet TV shows and movies, particularly Miss Piggy. Bernie is never seen; characters communicate with him in one-way phone conversations.

Dom DeLuise played a character named Bernie the Agent in The Muppet Movie. It's unclear whether there's any relationship between the two characters -- or, for that matter, whether any of the Bernies are the same Bernie. Maybe every agent is named Bernie.

The name Bernie is a reference to Bernie Brillstein, who was Jim Henson's manager and close friend for most of his career.

"Appearances"

 * Lola Falana talks to Bernie in the opening to The Muppet Show episode 411, asking him to get her off the show.
 * Kermit the Frog tells Bernie he doesn't want to play Las Vegas in a Kermit at Home sketch on Sesame Street.
 * Boober Fraggle calls Bernie, in the Fraggle Rock wrap party film, announcing his availability for the male romantic lead in the new Meryl Streep film.
 * In the outtakes from Episode 21 of From the Balcony, Statler calls to his off-camera accountant, Bernie.
 * Miss Piggy has mentioned her agent as Bernie in a Muppetism and in Best Ever Muppet Moments.
 * Grover, in a "Singin' in the Rain" segment, yells to Bernie offstage if he wants to go to lunch.
 * In his Into the Night cameo, Jim Henson speaks on the phone with Bernie.