This isn’t really something I’d like done by the muppets per se, but I can’t help but bring up there are a ton of stories from the East that have never seen screen time on mainstream TV, like the story of Momotaro or the 108 Heroes of the Water Margin, both of these which can be argued as ideas.
Les Miserables, but it wouldn’t work.
You would need enough female Muppets for, at minimum:
Cosette, Fantine, Madame Thenardier, and Eponine. You could get away with casting the entire convent with penguins, I guess.
But you run out of female Muppets surprisingly quickly. It’s Miss Piggy, Janice, Camilla, and that’s more or less it. Camilla can only make chicken noises, and even then, Fantine and Cosette need to be cast as believably related to each other, as do Madame Thenardier and Eponine.
Then there’s the problem of Gavroche. The most likely casting would be Robin. You gonna kill Robin?
And the natural choice for Javert is Sam the Eagle, who would never play a Frenchman.
Swedish Chef as the innkeeper…
Mester ouff zee-a huouse-a,
duleeng ouout zee-a cherm
Reedy vit a huondsheke-a und un oupee-a pelm
Tells a suocy tele-a,
mekes a leettle-a stur
Cuostumers ippreceete-a a bun-fifeuor
Gled tu du a friend a fefur
Duesn’t cust me-a tu be-a nice-a
Buot nuzeeng gets yuou nuzeeng
Iferyzeeng hes gut a leettle-a price-a!
Mester ouff zee-a huouse-a,
keeper ouff zee-a zuo
Reedy tu releefe-a ‘im ouff a suou our tvu Vetering zee-a vine-a, mekeeng up zee-a veeght
Pickeen’ up zeeur knick-knecks vhee-a zeey cuon’t see-a streeght
Iferybudy lufes a luondlurd
Iferybudy’s busum friend
I du vhetefer pleeses
Jesuos! Vun’t I bleed 'im in zee-a ind!
Bork Bork Bork!
There were other pigs who played Miss piggy’s daughters* in the Muppet Christmas carol. Edit,: I originally called her daughter’s her sisters.
Passion of the Christ.
Kermit - Jesus
Miss Piggy - Mary Magdalene
Fozzie - Peter
Scooter - Matthew
Rowlf - Mark
Sam Eagle - Luke
Doctor Honeydew - John
Gonzo - Judas
Swedish Chef - Pontius Pilate
Statler and Waldorf - the Jewish elders who condemn Jesus.
Crazy Harry and Beaker - The two thieves crucified with Jesus.
Animal house. Animal is John Belushi of course…
Miss Piggy would have to be the lead in the Wizard of Oz. And while we’re at it, I reckon she’d also be a good 00 agent, I’m sure the spy who loved cookies could also make a cameo. https://youtu.be/Yz9u-oG3BgM
The Wizard of Oz would be a great one. How’s this for a cast?
Miss Piggy - Dorothy
Rizzo - Toto
Scooter - Scarecrow
Gonzo - Tin Man
Fozzie - Cowardly Lion
Janice - Glinda
Pepe - Wicked Witch of the West
Kermit - the Wizard
I’m in, it needs more chickens. Can tell if they’re a better fit as munchkins or flying monkeys.
Tough call. On one hand, having Pepe creating “flying chickens” would be a great gag. On the other hand, having a chorus of chickens bawking out the lollipop guild song… tough call.
