Back cover, with glorified credits by Piggy
The Miss Piggy Cover Girl Fantasy Calendar for 1981 was the second entry in the popular line of Miss Piggy calendars produced in the 1980s. This calendar featured Miss Piggy's dreams of cover girl stardom, with parodies of twelve magazine covers.
Credits[]
- Published 1980 by Harry N. Abrams Inc. with the Muppet Press
- Designed and directed by Michael K. Frith
- Inspired by Frank Oz
- Photographed by Nancy Moran, Donal Holway
- Text by Henry Beard
- Costumes by Polly Smith, Joanne Green, Debbie Schneider, and Calista Hendrickson
- Wigs styled by Christine Cooper
- Creative consultants: Frank Oz, Christopher Cerf
- Art direction by Harry N. Abrams: Nai Y. Chang; design: Leslie Fry
- Production coordinator: Jane L. Quinson
- Props by Dennis Smith
- Master carpenter: Larry Jameson
- Special thanks to Leslee Asch, Ed Christie, Janet Kuhl, and Nomi Frederick; to the Empire Diner and Ferdinand D'Carre; to Carl Fischer
January Time: Bringing Home the Bacon
February Popular Mechanics: Home Workshop: How to Build a Frog
March Harper's Bazaar: Conversations with a Legend: Miss Piggy
April Photoplay: "The Night I Almost Lost My Kermie!"
May Life: Miss Piggy: She Sings for Victory
June Modern Bride: How to have a marriage made in heaven - not Taiwan
July Field & Stream: How I Caught My Frog
August National Geographic: Pearls Cast Upon the Pacific
September Cosmopolitan: Step Into My Parlor
October OMNI: A Star is Launched
November Sports Illustrated: The Readers Take Over
December The Saturday Evening Post: Tender is the Frog (or) The Great Frogsby
Centerfold - Miss Piggy: A Pig for All Seasons
Miss Piggy and Art Director Michael K Frith look over the proofs for the calendar
Packaging, front
Packaging, back