"mid-1960s, then again as a solo performer in 1974. The latter reached number 12 on U.S. pop charts, and was Muldaur's only hit other than her signature song ""Midnight at the Oasis"". Other well-known versions include Bette Midler's from her Peggy Lee tribute album ""Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook""; a duet by Raquel Welch and Miss Piggy from the former's appearance on ""The Muppet Show"", with Raquel spelling the first two letters from the word ""Woman"" (W O) while Miss Piggy ended it with the letters ""P I G""; and two performances by Melinda Doolittle on season 6"
"at the Brooklyn Museum. An essay was written for ""Time"" magazine as if by Miss Piggy, titled ""Why I Am a Feminist Pig"", explaining why she deserved the award. In 2014, Miss Piggy appeared in an advertisement for Wonderful Pistachios. Miss Piggy Miss Piggy is a Muppet character known for her breakout role in Jim Henson's ""The Muppet Show"". Since her debut in 1976, Miss Piggy has been notable for her volatile diva personality, tendency to use French phrases in her speech, and practice of karate. She was also known for her on-again/off-again relationship with Kermit the Frog, which began"
"was on the Herb Alpert television special ""Herb Alpert and the TJB"", broadcast on October 13, 1974, on ABC. Miss Piggy's voice was noticeably more demure and soft, singing with Herb, ""I Can't Give You Anything but Love."" The first draft of the puppet was an unnamed blonde, beady-eyed pig who appeared briefly in the 1975 pilot special """", in a sketch called ""Return to Beneath the Planet of the Pigs."" She was unnamed in that show, but by the time ""The Muppet Show"" began in 1976, she had assumed something resembling her classic look—a pig with large blue eyes,"
"a flowing silver gown, satin long white gloves, blue sheer shawl, and a hopelessly romantic persona. Miss Piggy began as a minor chorus pig on ""The Muppet Show"", but gradually developed into one of the central characters of the series, as the writers and producers of ""The Muppet Show"" recognized that a lovelorn pig could be more than a one-note running gag. She spawned a huge fad during the late 1970s and early 1980s and eclipsed Kermit and the other Muppets in popularity at that time, selling far more merchandise and writing a book that, unlike any of Kermit's books,"
"ranked her number 23 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. In a 1979 interview with ""The New York Times"", performer Frank Oz outlined Piggy's biography: ""She grew up in a small town in Iowa; her father died when she was young, and her mother wasn't that nice to her. She had to enter beauty contests to survive, as many single women do. She has a lot of vulnerability which she has to hide, because of her need to be a superstar."" During development of ""The Muppet Show"", Oz assigned a hook for each Muppet he performed;"
"Piggy is short for ""Pigathius"", ""from the Greek, meaning 'river of passion'"". Also during the Jim Nabors episode when asked what (astrological) sign she was born under she replied that she wasn't born under a sign, she was born over one, ""Becker's Butcher shop"". She portrayed ""Wonder Pig"", a spoof a Wonder Woman in episode 419 while Lynda Carter sang ""The Rubberband Man"" and ""Orange Colored Sky"". In the series, Miss Piggy owned a pet; a white bichon frisé dog named Foo-Foo (performed by Steve Whitmire), who is one of the few characters that doesn't speak. Piggy is often seen"
"in Paris, having become the plus-size editor for ""Vogue"" after the Muppets disbanded, and after she left Kermit in Los Angeles. In ""Muppets Most Wanted"", having rejoined the Muppets on a global tour, she nearly marries Constantine in London, after he poses as Kermit. In the TV series ""The Muppets"", Miss Piggy hosts the late-night talk show ""Up Late with Miss Piggy"". In 1987, Miss Piggy was a guest star on Dolly Parton's musical variety show, ""Dolly"", singing and performing with Parton, while at the same time secretly attempting to steal the show from her host, mostly by sabotaging Parton's"
"The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show is a one-hour television special that aired on ABC on September 17, 1982. It guest starred John Ritter, George Hamilton, and Andy Kaufman (as ""Tony Clifton"") Miss Piggy hosts her own variety show, with the help of guest stars John Ritter, George Hamilton, and Tony Clifton (Andy Kaufman). A romantic triangle develops between Piggy, Ritter (who is in love with her), and Hamilton (who is uncomfortable with her romantic inclinations). Meanwhile, Kermit the Frog and the other Muppets try to run the show from a control room. At the end"
"of the show, Miss Piggy is furious that her show is really a special, not a series. She wrecks the entire studio, and karate chops John, who is impersonating as Miss Piggy for the finale. Additional Muppets performed by Kathryn Mullen, Karen Prell, and Terry Angus. The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show is a one-hour television special that aired on ABC on September 17, 1982. It guest starred John Ritter, George Hamilton, and Andy Kaufman (as ""Tony Clifton"") Miss Piggy hosts her own variety show, with the help of guest stars John Ritter, George Hamilton, and"
"series ""The Muppet Show"". Her performances were singing ""The Rubberband Man"" and ""Orange Colored Sky"". During a skit, Miss Piggy becomes ""Wonder Pig"" in order to rescue her family from a giant-sized chicken. Carter continues to be identified with the character thirty years after the portrayals. ""The Wendy Williams Show""s host Wendy Williams often drinks from various Wonder Woman coffee mugs throughout the series (having the same initials of 'WW'). In 2010, when DC Comics revamped the character with a new costume, Wendy had a 10-minute segment discussing the change and explained why she didn't care for it. At Backlash,"
"Piggy (Merrie Melodies) Piggy is an animated cartoon character in the ""Merrie Melodies"" series of films distributed by Warner Bros.. The character first appeared as a fat, black pig wearing a pair of shorts with two large buttons in the front. His coloration and dress were identical to those of the Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse before the advent of color film. John Kenworthy argues that, considering the fact that some sketches of mice which Hugh Harman had drawn in 1925 were the inspiration for the creation of Mickey Mouse, Harman and Ising never intended to copy Disney. Piggy's name"
"as Piggy was actually in a 1974 appearance on ""The Tonight Show"". Richard Hunt occasionally performed Miss Piggy during the first season of ""The Muppet Show"", alternating with Oz. In 2002, Eric Jacobson was cast as the new performer of Miss Piggy, with his first public debut as the character was performed via satellite at the 2001 ""MuppetFest"". Jacobson has remained Piggy's principal performer since then, openly describing the role as ""one of the most famous drag acts in the business."" During Oz's tenure as the character, other performers would step in. Jerry Nelson performed Piggy in 1974 for a"
"of Fozzie's name has been traditionally thought to be a pun of performer Frank Oz's name (F.Oz). It was also believed that the character was actually named after Al Fuzzie, the mascot of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority in the mid-1970s; Henson's wife, Jane, was a member of the sorority. However, Oz confirmed on Twitter in 2018 that Fozzie was named after Frank Fazakas, a Muppet workshop person, who was nicknamed ""Faz"". Fozzie Bear was originally Oz's main character. The popularity of Miss Piggy overtook Fozzie's, but he remained popular. One of his largest roles ever was in ""A Muppet"
"the two Wicked Witches. In keeping with the traditions of Muppet films, she is attracted to the Scarecrow (played by Kermit the Frog). She is portrayed in a lavender dress with a feather boa, an archetypal Hollywood starlet much more in keeping with the character of Miss Piggy rather than Glinda. Miss Piggy's other role is herself. Prior to Dorothy's journey, she appears with Kermit and tries to get rid of Dorothy. After Dorothy's journey, she returns for the Muppets' show. Glinda becomes a mother and has a daughter Andrea. Voiced by Erika Schickel. Her daughter Andrea has a similar"
"written by R. F. Delderfield. The story follows Ben Gunn from parson's son to pirate and is narrated by Jim in Gunn's words. In the 1996 Disney film ""Muppet Treasure Island"", this character was feminized as Benjamina Gunn (Miss Piggy) by Brian Henson and the scriptwriters, in which she is written as Captain Smollett's former fiancée who was jilted at the altar and later became romantically involved with Captain Flint before being marooned and made queen of the native wild boars on the island. By the end of the film, she and Smollett rekindle their relationship and she helps him"
"brief appearance on ""Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass"". Fran Brill performed Piggy for """", a pilot for ""The Muppet Show"". Kevin Clash and Peter Linz puppeteered Piggy for most of the filming of ""Muppet Treasure Island"" and ""Muppets from Space"", respectively; Oz dubbed Piggy's voice in post production. Victor Yerrid briefly performed Piggy in ""Muppets Ahoy!"", a 2006 stage show for the Disney Cruise Line. In ""Muppet Babies"", Piggy's voice was provided by voice actress Laurie O'Brien. Voice actor Hal Rayle provided her voice for a short-lived spin-off series, ""Little Muppet Monsters"". The first known appearance of Miss Piggy"
"Morwenna Banks Tamsin Morwenna Banks (born 20 September 1961) is a British comedy actress, writer and producer known for her roles as Mummy Pig, Madame Gazelle and Dr Hamster in the children's series ""Peppa Pig"". Banks attended Truro High School for Girls and Robinson College, Cambridge and was a member of the Cambridge Footlights from 1981 to 1983. She also acted with the Marlowe Society, notably in a brief but dominant comic cameo as the Widow in Ben Jonson's ""The Alchemist"", alongside Tilda Swinton. One of Banks’ early major television roles was as part of the team on the comedy"
"busy with a directorial career. Miss Piggy did get her own thirty-minute special in one show, called ""Miss Piggy's Hollywood,"" in which she and Gonzo tried to interview unwilling celebrities. The house band for MuppeTelevision was called Solid Foam, taking the place of the psychedelic Electric Mayhem band that had appeared in most previous Muppet projects. The band included: Electric Mayhem regulars Zoot and Animal did eventually creep into Solid Foam in the episode ""Food."" Only Clifford would sustain any existence outside of MuppeTelevision. Dr. Teeth also appeared in the background of a few of Solid Foam's music videos. MuppeTelevision"
"Laurie O'Brien Laurie O'Brien (born February 16, 1951 in Colorado) is a professionally trained American actress who started her career in Los Angeles in 1982 with her role in """". She is best known for voicing Baby Piggy on the 1980s Saturday morning cartoon ""Jim Henson's Muppet Babies"" from 1984-1991 & the CTW animated series ""Cro"" as Ivana the mammoth. As an on-camera actress, O'Brien has guest starred on the soap opera ""Santa Barbara"" as a hooker as well as other numerous TV series including ""Trapper John, M.D."", ""NYPD Blue"", ""Matlock"", ""Chicago Hope"", ""ER"", ""CSI"", ""CSI Miami"", ""7th Heaven"", ""Reasonable"
"Gonzo is a major character and the head writer of Miss Piggy's late night talk show, ""Up Late with Miss Piggy"". Gonzo is not a puppet version of a human or a recognizable animal. He has an awkward, non animal-like appearance, which includes purple-blue fur, purple feathers on his head, bug-eyes, and a long, hooked nose, referred to as a ""beak"". In ""The Muppet Show"" and ""The Muppet Movie"", he performed as a performance artist, stunt double and daredevil under the name ""The Great Gonzo"" (or ""Gonzo the Great""). Gonzo is good friends with all of the Muppets, but performed"
"a glimpse of Carter's pinup is visible, as the only nude work ascribed to the actress outside of ""Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw"". After ""Wonder Woman"" ended, Carter had many opportunities in music, film and television. In 1980 Carter initially made a guest appearance on ""The Muppet Show"". In the episode's running gag, Kermit the Frog repeatedly reminded the other Muppets that their guest was Lynda Carter and not Wonder Woman, but to no avail, as they ineptly attempted to become superheroes by taking a correspondence course, and Miss Piggy portrayed ""Wonder Pig"", a spoof of Carter's iconic television character."
"Miss Piggy, alongside her fellow Muppets and Jason Segel, participated in the opening monologue of ""Saturday Night Live"" by singing ""I Can't Believe I'm Hosting ""SNL""."" Miss Piggy and her fellow Muppets made a guest appearance on the Halloween 2011 episode of ""WWE Raw"". In an episode aired January 19, 2012, Miss Piggy appeared on """" Season 1 as a guest judge for clothes designed for her character in the movie. She also appeared on the British morning breakfast show ""This Morning"" alongside Kermit, Rizzo, and Beaker. On 9 February 2012, Miss Piggy appeared on Lawro's Predictions on BBC Football's"
"mentioned by Miss Piggy, however, in """""" (which taped in 1985) that Kermit was a happily-married frog. This special aired two years after ""The Muppets Take Manhattan"". This is really the only indication outside of a movie that Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog were married. This marriage isn't referenced in Muppets Most Wanted and the two get married again in this film. In ""The Muppet Christmas Carol"", she appears as Mrs. Cratchit, to Kermit's Bob Cratchit. In ""Muppet Treasure Island"", the part of crazed Ben Gunn was adapted to fit Miss Piggy, and ""Benjamina"" Gunn was revealed to be"
"Bonnie Erickson Bonnie Erickson (born September 20, 1941) is an American designer of puppets, costumes, toys, and graphics, best known for her work with Jim Henson and The Muppets where her most notable creations include Miss Piggy, Statler and Waldorf, and as a partner in Harrison/Erickson, the Major League Baseball mascot the Phillie Phanatic. Erickson began her career with a background in theater and art, having studied at the University of Minnesota and the Art Students League of New York. After working in legitimate theater as assistant to costume designer Patricia Quinn Stewart, she was hired by Jim Henson in"
"Harris O'Malley wrote in ""The Daily Dot"". ""On at least three separate incidents, she attempts to coerce Kermit into a relationship, beating him when he refuses. Other times she reacts with violence and rage whenever Kermit commits the 'sin' of breaking up with her, simply hugging a friend, talking to a woman, or even just standing too close to them."" Frank Oz was Miss Piggy's principal performer from her early appearances on ""The Muppet Show"" until his departure from the cast in 2000; his last known performance as Piggy was an appearance on ""The Today Show"". Oz's earliest known performance"
"the series would only feature one-shot characters until Egghead debuted. Nevertheless, he continued to appear at the end of every cartoon up to ""You're too Careless with Your Kisses!"". In 1936, Animator Friz Freleng redesigned Piggy for colour film. Piggy was given lighter, more Caucasian-like colour with distinguishing birthmarks. The redesigned character appeared as a gluttonous child in a large family of pigs in ""At Your Service Madame"" (which gives his full name as ""Piggy Hamhock""), where he leads his fellow siblings in foiling a bum's attempt to rob their mother. A year later he starred in ""Pigs Is Pigs"""
"plays the show's opening number with spoons. At the Biltmore Theatre on opening night, the Muppets try to help Kermit remember, but it only works when Miss Piggy sends him flying upside-down onto a chair with a vicious karate chop for insulting their past romance and initially orders the show cancelled because of it. Kermit regains his memories and, realizing the show needs more Muppets, requests the Madison Avenue frogs, the dogs, the bears, the chickens, and others to become supernumeracies. The show is a success, culminating in what is intended to be a staged wedding between Kermit and Miss"
"the creation of the special itself and a special musical number for Miss Piggy. During the discussion of her number, Miss Piggy confronts Denver in her dressing room about their presumably mutual attraction. Miss Piggy, as a doll named Fifi, sings ""I Will Wait for You"" to Denver, who plays a wooden soldier trying to stay in step with a line of marching soldiers. The program concludes with Denver reciting the story of Jesus' birth and joining the Muppets to sing ""Stille Nacht/Silent Night"" while the children in the audience join in. Additional Muppets performed by Mike Davis, Cheryl Henson,"
"Miss Piggy's hook was a ""truck driver wanting to be a woman"". Oz has also stated that while Fozzie Bear is a two-dimensional character, and Animal has no dimensions, Miss Piggy is one of the few Muppet characters to be fully realized in three dimensions. Piggy is convinced she is destined for stardom, and nothing will stand in her way. She has a capricious nature, at times determined to convey an image of feminine charm, but suddenly flying into a violent rage (accompanied by her trademark karate chop and ""hi-yah!"") whenever she thinks someone has insulted or thwarted her. Kermit"
"University of Maryland. The caricature Muppet of Jim Henson she created inspired the action figure by Palisades Toys. Bonnie Erickson Bonnie Erickson (born September 20, 1941) is an American designer of puppets, costumes, toys, and graphics, best known for her work with Jim Henson and The Muppets where her most notable creations include Miss Piggy, Statler and Waldorf, and as a partner in Harrison/Erickson, the Major League Baseball mascot the Phillie Phanatic. Erickson began her career with a background in theater and art, having studied at the University of Minnesota and the Art Students League of New York. After working"
"The success of this character led to Warner Brothers' creating another pig character, that of Hamton J. Pig, who first appeared in the series ""Tiny Toon Adventures"" in 1990, as a student of Porky Pig's. Petunia Pig infrequently appeared in cartoons as Porky Pig's girlfriend. Two popular UK animated series with pigs as the main characters are Peppa Pig, which has been on television since 2004, and Pinky and Perky, who first appeared in the 1950s and were revived in 2008 in CGI form. Pigs also appear in ""Camp Lazlo"" and ""Iggy Arbuckle"". Miss Piggy is an anthropomorphized, fictional character"
"from. She refuses to take possession of them, as she's afraid of being tempted by their power, so she summons the other good witch, who takes them after Dorothy wishes herself home. In ""The Muppets' Wizard of Oz"", Glinda and the Good Witch of the North are again separate characters (and the Good Witch of the North has the name Tattypoo), although they are both played by Miss Piggy (as are the two Wicked Witches). Miss Piggy's other role was herself. Prior to Dorothy's return, she appears with Kermit and tries to get rid of Dorothy. After Dorothy's return, she"
"came from one of two brothers who were childhood classmates of Freleng's, nicknamed ""Porky"" and ""Piggy"". Animator Rudolf Ising introduced Piggy to replace his previous character, Foxy, as the star of the ""Merrie Melodies"" series Ising was directing for producer Leon Schlesinger. Nonetheless, Ising had only made two Piggy shorts in 1931 before he left Warner Bros. with partner Hugh Harman. The animators who took over the ""Merrie Melodies"" cartoons dropped the Piggy character (as well as his girlfriend Fluffy) and turned the series into a string of one-shots. Despite their clichéd lead character, Ising's two Piggy shorts are well"