Nancy Reagan

Kermit in an altered picture with Ronald and Nancy Reagan as seen in The Muppets.

"Just Say No" advert in Sesame Street Episode 3300.

Nancy Reagan (1921-2016) was a Hollywood actor and, as the wife of Ronald Reagan, the 40th First Lady of the United States.

References

• A mini-arc from The Muppets comic strip in January 1982 has Miss Piggy upset that "Nancy & Ronny" didn't invite her to a White House gala.

• Stock footage of Queen Elizabeth II with Nancy Reagan walking the red carpet for a 1983 event at 20th Century Fox appears in the Muppet Babies episode "A Punch Line to the Tummy."

• Reagan's "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign helped serve as the basis for Sesame Street Episode 2706, which subtly tackles the issues of drugs and peer pressure. The scene where sketchy salesman Smelly Tavales gives Elmo the word "NO" is titled in the script as "Just Say No."

• A "Just Say No" ad is seen in the stadium of the Worm Summer Games in Episode 3300 of Sesame Street. Instead of advising against drugs, the ad dissuades worms from fishing hooks.

• In the third season Farscape episode "Revenging Angel", animated Aeryn transforms into Nancy Reagan.

• An altered picture of Kermit the Frog with Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev hangs in Kermit's office in The Muppets as well as a picture of Kermit with Ronald and Nancy.

• An Anything Muppet caricature of Nancy appears as President Elmo's "second lady" in the "Elmo the Musical" segment, "President the Musical."

Aeryn as Nancy Reagan

Anything Muppet caricature