The Miss Piggy Cover Girl Fantasy Calendar
Fan art by Ben Crew for his "Muppets Great Gatsby" script, fan casting Tom Holland as Nick Carraway
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a millionaire who attempts to reunite with his former lover. The story has been adapted several times, including films in 1974 and 2013 where the main character was played by Robert Redford and Leonardo DiCaprio, respectively.
References[]
- The December portion of The Miss Piggy Cover Girl Fantasy Calendar is presented as a parody of The Saturday Evening Post, including an excerpt from a story titled "Tender Is the Frog (or) The Great Frogsby."
- The personal library of Oscar the Grouch, as seen in the 2002 book What's in Oscar's Trash Can?, includes The Great Grouchby.
- Shortly before the novel entered into the public domain in 2021, Ian Carlos Campbell wrote an article for The Verge suggesting that the Muppets should adapt the story.[1] The idea went viral, leading to documentary filmmaker Ben Crew publishing a script as fan fiction on his website.[2] Kermit the Frog was asked about the "fan-led campaign" in a 2022 interview with NME, "I've heard of that. An interesting idea, and I’m sure Miss Piggy would make a fantastic Daisy Buchanan, but as they say in Hollywood: 'We’ll get back to you.'"
Connections[]
- Amitabh Bachchan played Meyer Wolfsheim in the 2013 film
- Richard Carter played Herzog in the 2013 film
- Jason Clarke played George Wilson in the 2013 film
- Francis Ford Coppola wrote the screenplay for the 1974 film
- Ashley Fairfield was assistant stunt coordinator and stunt performer in the 2013 film
- Mia Farrow played Daisy Buchanan in the 1974 film
- Stephen James King played Nelson in the 2013 film
- Tobey Maguire played Nick Carraway in the 2013 film
- Barry Otto played Benny McClenahan in the 2013 film
- Paul Rudd played Nick Carraway in the 2000 TV movie
- Nick Tate played a taxi driver in the 2013 film
- Sam Waterston played Nick Carraway in the 1974 film
- Felix Williamson played Henri in the 2013 film
Sources[]
- ↑ The Verge "We deserve The Muppet Great Gatsby" by Ian Carlos Campbell, Dec 31, 2020
- ↑ The Verge "The Muppet Great Gatsby exists — in script form" by Ian Carlos Campbell, Jan 20, 2021