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Frank Oz and Victoria Labalme on 'Muppet Guys Talking'
You might know puppeteer and filmmaker Frank Oz as Miss Piggy or Cookie Monster. He is also Yoda, and he directed movies including 'Little Shop of Horrors' and 'What About Bob?'
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenMuppets legend Frank Oz--also known as Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear, among others--is one of five Muppet veterans featured in the new documentary ‘Muppet Guys Talking.’ Oz directed the film--and he was, of course, one of the Muppet guys talking--while his wife Victoria Labalme produced it. They tell us about why they wanted to get the old gang together again. And the press-shy Oz talks about his directing career, his years working with Jim Henson, and what Disney failed to do when it bought the Muppets.
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If you were a child, had a child, or were a child at heart any time in the past 50 years or so, you probably have memories of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Grover, Cookie Monster and, of course, Yoda.
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