Bette Midler with Miss Piggy in 2012.
Midler caricatured as "The Sublime Ms. M."
Bette Midler (b. 1945) is a singer, comedian and actress known for the films Ruthless People, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Beaches, and her biggest hit, The First Wives Club.
In 1980, Midler recorded "Blueberry Pie" for the album In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record. She also appeared as "Mother Earth" on The Earth Day Special, an ABC special which featured a sketch with Kermit and Robin the Frog.
She appeared in "Yakety Yak - Take It Back", a 1991 recycling PSA that eventually aired on Sesame Street.
While guesting on Christmas in Rockefeller Center with Billy Crystal in 2012, she met with the Muppets backstage for a photo-op and exchanged kisses with another diva.
Midler voiced Kitty Galore in Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, the non-Creature Shop sequel to Cats & Dogs. She also provided the voice of Woody the Spoon on the PBS educational series Vegetable Soup (1975-1978).
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- Episode 518 of The Muppet Show sees Marty Feldman as a harem girl, who claims his costume was borrowed from Midler (using most of the show's budget).
- Miss Piggy features on the cover of an album titled "The Divine Miss P" in reference to Midler's 1972 album The Divine Miss M on the December entry in The Muppets Look at TV.
- A Sesame Street segment features a Muppet caricature of Midler, The Sublime Miss M, who sings a song spoofing "Friends," a song popularized by Midler. (First: Episode 2837)
- In a Sesame Street sketch, The Count asks his bats if they'd like to see the latest flick, Teenage Mutant Ninja Bats (starring Bat Midler).
- Elmo confers with Midler's caricature (and Lin-Manuel Miranda's) at Sardi's in a 2022 video promoting Sesame Street: The Musical.