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Ah, the Muppets! I often find myself falling back on them in times of crisis — because they just make me so darn happy. Even my husband has figured out the Muppets’ medicinal effect on me — so when I was battling a kidney stone a while back, he brought me a surprise: The Muppet Movie.
Once upon a time, there was just Kermit — just a singing frog in the swamp. Then, one day, Kermit met a big Hollywood agent (who just happened to by fishing in Kermit’s swamp). The agent points out an ad calling for frogs to audition in Hollywood — and that’s where The Muppet Movie begins.
Kermit decides to take the agent’s advice and head west. On his way out of town, he meets Fozzie (as he’s being booed off the stage), and the two of them set off in Fozzie’s uncle’s Studebaker. Unfortunately, Kermit also meets Doc Hopper, who wants to use him as the spokesfrog for his expanding chain of frog leg restaurants — and he won’t take no for an answer.
So Kermit and Fozzie set out west — with Hopper always close behind. As the pair sings their way across the country, they make all kinds of new friends — and are joined by a few others who are in search of fame and fortune.
It had been ages since I’d last seen this movie — and I still love it. It’s full of crazy Muppet one-liners and silly Muppet songs — not to mention it’s overflowing with cameos by everyone from Steve Martin to Milton Berle. And it’s such an inspiring movie that it’ll make you want to hop right into your Studebaker and drive until you get to Hollywood and become a star.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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