A Star Is Born

"A Star Is Barn" 2018 version poster parody.

A Star Is Born is the name of a 1937 film and several subsequent remakes that tell the story of a woman who comes to Hollywood to become a star, and falls in love with an established male star.

References

• In the Muppet Babies episode "This Little Piggy Went to Hollywood," Baby Piggy dreams of becoming a Hollywood star. During a song montage, she appears on a poster for A Star Is Born.

• In the Muppet Babies episode "...At the Movies," Piggy wants to see a movie called A Rising Star (referencing A Star Is Born). Footage from the 1937 film appears in a sequence where Piggy is trying to star in a movie. Assorted movie crew members call for the director, Mr. Burke (Owen Moore). Andy Devine (as assistant director Danny McGuire) is prominently featured in several shots. In another clip, two make-up artists (Arthur Hoyt and Adrian Rosley) practice their craft on Piggy, only for her to end up in clown make-up.

• On February 24, 2019, as Lady Gaga was waiting to find out if her Academy Award-nomination for the title role in the 2018 version was going to be followed by a win, several Muppets posted a parody of the official movie poster ("A Star Is Barn") to their social media accounts, wishing her good luck. She did not end up winning the award for Best Actress, but did win for Best Original Song ("Shallow").

Connections

• Alec Baldwin played himself in the 2018 version
• Gary Busey played Bobbie Ritchie in the 1976 version
• Rita Coolidge played herself in the 1976 version
• Lady Gaga played Ally Maine in the 2018 version
• Kris Kristofferson played John Norman Howard in the 1976 version
• James Mason played Norman Maine in the 1954 version