Queen Elizabeth II, with Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, and Sweetums
Queen Elizabeth II, far left, is amused
Kermit meets the Queen at the Golden Jubilee.
The Queen's (dubbed) appearance on Muppet Babies.
Elizabeth II (1926-2022) was the Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 until her death in 2022. She made her residence primarily in Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty took an active interest in affairs of state, but more often avoided politics, taking a more ceremonial role. One example is her attendance at the Royal Variety Performance. At the conclusion of the 1977 performance, she personally congratulated Jim Henson and his puppeteers.
Decades later, Kermit the Frog was one of the many celebrities paying their respects during the Golden Jubilee celebrating her fiftieth year on the throne.
Her son, Charles III, inherited the throne upon her death; her daughter is Princess Anne.
Mentions[]
- During a party at Claridge's following the 1981 wedding of Charles and Diana, the Queen, martini in hand, caught footage of herself on one of the monitors playing the ceremony on a loop. "Oh Philip, do look! I've got my Miss Piggy face on!"[1] A similar sentiment was expressed by Daily Mail columnist Lynda Lee-Potter when she wrote, "Diana is possibly the only member of the royal family who doesn't kowtow the instant she is fixed with one of the Queen's terrifying Miss Piggy looks.[2]
References[]
- In the seventh season Muppet Babies episode "Happy Birthday, Uncle Piggy," Baby Piggy's fantasy party plans for Uncle Statler include heads of state as guests. A cut-out of Queen Elizabeth appears (voiced by Frank Welker) to add her congratulations.
- The Muppet Babies episode "Remote Control Cornballs" features footage of the Queen and Prince Phillip, who can be seen while the Babies flip channels.
- Stock footage of the Queen 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."
- On Muppets Tonight, Her Majesty (played by an uncredited impersonator) appears in episode 103 as part of The Billy Crystal Band with fellow lookalikes Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Clint Eastwood, and Boris Yeltsin. She uses her feminine charms on Bobo in order to gain admission into the studio, but the bear is appalled by her flirtation and sends her to the back of the line.
- Betty Lou imagines herself as President of the United States meeting dignitaries such as the Queen in the Sesame Street storybook I Want to Be President.
- In the Farscape episode "A Kiss Is But a Kiss," when John Crichton learns he'll need to work on a pose for his statue, he says he'll do a wave similar to Queen Elizabeth's. The idea is dropped when he further learns that he'll be frozen as the statue for 80 years.
- As part of a UK promotion for The Muppets premiere, Kermit answered questions for an Ask Kermit section on Twitter. When asked what his career highlight has so far been, he answered, "We’ve worked with all kinds of big stars but one of my all time favourites was when I met the Queen."[3]
- An altered photo of Kermit meeting the Queen sits on Kermit's desk in the 2011 film The Muppets. The doctored image was later used in an exhibit displayed at the El Capitan Theatre following the release of the film.
- Miss Piggy reveals in The Muppets episode "The Ex-Factor" that she gave a GoPro to Queen Elizabeth.
- In an animated segment produced for Canadian Sesame Street, first aired in 1992, the Queen on the Canadian 25 cent piece (the "quarter") picks a caribou to be on her opposite side.
Notes[]
- The Queen Elizabeth 2, used on multiple occasions by Jim Henson and his staff,[4] was named after the monarch.
Sources[]
- ↑ Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch, page 303, Sally Bedell Smith, Random House, 2012
- ↑ Toepfer, Susan (editor). People Weekly Tribute: Diana, Princess of Wales. New York: Time, Inc., 1997. p. 10.
- ↑ Twitter post dated January 16, 2012
- ↑ Jim Henson's Red Book "Take QE2 to London with Jane and Jack" May 15, 1976