Pitt's name appearing on the marker board in The Muppets
Brad Pitt (b. 1963) is an American actor best known for his roles in the films Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and the Ocean's Eleven film series.
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- In a 2009 Sesame Street musical segment, Ricky Gervais appears in Elmo's bedroom to perform a "celebrity lullaby." Elmo, misunderstanding that Gervais is the celebrity providing the lullaby, hopes Pitt will be coming to sing ("Elmo loves Brad Pitt.").
- In a 2011 interview on InStyle's Facebook page, Miss Piggy claims to have a crush on Pitt. She mentions it again in a 2011 interview with CNN.
- Pitt appears as one of the items on Veronica's "Key Demographic Analysis of Top 100 Things in Popular Culture" chart in The Muppets.
- At a January 2012 press conference for the theatrical release of The Muppets in the United Kingdom, the panel (consisting of Kermit, Piggy, and director James Bobin) is asked who they would love to work with. Kermit combines Bobin and Piggy's answers and proposes that they make a "Brad Pitt/Bill Murray movie, James can direct, and if you can just get Reese Witherspoon, I'd be quite happy." (YouTube)
- In an interview during the T4 Muppet Takeover, host Jameela Jamil asked Piggy which Hollywood star she would like to appear in a movie with — a question Kermit interprets as "a freebie" — she names Brad Pitt as her top pick.
- Pitt is listed among several other male celebrities in The Muppets episode "Hostile Makeover" as a potential People's Choice Awards date for Miss Piggy.
- During Muppets Haunted Mansion, a sharply-dressed Pepe the King Prawn thinks he's accompanying Gonzo to a celebrity-filled Halloween party, which is really an invitation to stay overnight in a haunted house. Upon entry, he asks their host where the celebrity room is so he can "mingle with the Beyoncés, the Ryan Goslings, the Bard Pitts."