Movie connections for
The Muppet Movie (1979) More at IMDbPro »

Follows

The Muppets Valentine Show (1974) (TV)
The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975) (TV)
"The Muppet Show" (1976)

Followed by

The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Muppet Classic Theater (1994) (V)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
"Muppets Tonight" (1996)
Muppets from Space (1999)
Kermit's Swamp Years (2002) (V)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) (TV)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) (TV)
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008) (TV)
Untitled Muppet Project (2012)

Edited into

The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981) (TV)
 -  includes a clip from the movie
"Muppet Babies: Close Encounters of the Frog Kind (#1.9)" (1984)
 -  A clip of Kermit's legs exiting Bunsen's lab is used during the western game.

References

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
 -  Trenchcoated Kermit stands under lamppost while fur-clad Piggy struts by in a B&W scene a la Casablanca.
High Noon (1952)
Tom Jones (1963)
 -  Kermit & Piggy chase each other in 18th cent. dress, have love scene a la Tom Jones
"Sesame Street" (1969)
 -  Big Bird appears during "Moving Right Along"; also, various Sesame Street characters appear in the crowd sequence near the end
Blazing Saddles (1974)
 -  Mel Brooks' character has PRES on the back of his coat like he has GOV in Blazing Saddles

Referenced in

Close Harmony (1981)
 -  "The Rainbow Connection" is one of the songs performed.
Abuse (1983)
"Muppet Babies: Gonzo's Video Show (#1.10)" (1984)
 -  Baby Kermit says, "When we get older we can go to Hollywood and make our own movies!"
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
 -  Animal's "go home" comment at the end is reused by Ferris after the credits in similar circumstances
Muppet*vision 3-D (1991)
 -  The Swedish Chef reprises his role in this show as film projector operator, which he also did in "The Muppet Movie"
Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992) (V)
"Family Guy: Fifteen Minutes of Shame (#2.12)" (2000)
 -  When Peter has a puppet he says he's going to make it sing Rainbow Connection. Rainbow Connection was a song performed by puppets from this movie.
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) (TV)
An Evening with Kevin Smith (2002) (V)
"I Love the '70s" (2003)
"Saturday Night Live: Justin Timberlake (#29.2)" (2003)
 -  Justin Timberlake and Kermit sing The Rainbow Connection
Zodiac Killer (2005)
 -  videotape in stack
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) (TV)
 -  Floyd says 'We've been driving the same lousy bus since 1978'
"Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin/Prince (#31.12)" (2006)
 -  Referenced in Hamas Celebration Party
"Doctor Who: Tooth and Claw (#2.2)" (2006)
 -  The Doctor says that The Muppet Movie came out in 1979.
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
 -  DVDs being sold in the store behind Pamela
"The Office: The Convict (#3.9)" (2006)
 -  Andy performs "The Rainbow Connection" on his banjo.
"Saturday Night Live: Seth Rogen/Spoon (#33.2)" (2007)
 -  The song 'Rainbow Connection' is mentioned
"Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy: A Scottsman Who Can't Watch a Movie Without Shouting at the Screen (#1.5)" (2008)
 -  One of the movies the Scottsman shouts at while watching it.
Muppets 201: Rarities from the Henson Vault (2009)
 -  clips of Jim Henson and Frank Oz improvising as Kermit and Fozzie for the film are included

Featured in

The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) (TV)
 -  there are several clips, since this show promotes the first muppet film
Muppet Video: Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985) (V)
 -  includes a clip from the movie
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) (TV)
 -  clips of this movie are shown in the aniversary special
Muppet Race Mania (2000) (VG)
I Love Muppets (2002) (TV)
"I Love the '70s" (2003)
 -  Footage from this film was edited into this mini- series
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004) (TV)
 -  The song "Rainbow Connection" is #74 on the list.
Best Ever Muppet Moments (2006) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown
"The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Miss March/Race to Witch Mountain/Sunshine Cleaning (#1.3)" (2009)
 -  Footage shown when referenced
"Saturday Night Live: Seth Rogen/Phoenix (#34.19)" (2009)
 -  Clip of the Electric Mayhem bus seen at start of Muppet sketch

Spoofed in

"Family Guy: Stewie Loves Lois (#5.1)" (2006)
 -  A man in a swamp asks for directions when Kermit is playing a banjo and singing and kermit says the way out is "back the way you came" while loading a shot gun

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