the first feature length adventure of jim henson beloved muppet character be a very competent musical comedy vehicle a kermit the frog leave his carefree and swampy surroundings for the bright light ( egg on by stranded hollywood agent dom deluise who overhear him sing ) while on the way and he meet fozzie bear ( a pitiful stand up comedian at james coburn el sleazo café who have telly savalas for a bouncer and madeline kahn a patron . ) and the piano play dog rowlf and bestial drummer animal and his laid back and funky band and egomaniacal beauty queen miss piggy ( in a ceremony preside over by elliott gould and edgar bergen ) and etc . all the while and kermit et al be pursue by frogleg burger magnate charles durning and reluctant acolyte austin pendleton and sell car and ice cream and balloon to by and respectively and milton berle and bob hope and richard pryor and serve food by insolent waiter steve martin and nearly brainwash by mad german scientist mel brook and and finally and land an audition in the office of movie mogul orson welles ( who have cloris leachman for a secretary ) . the pleasant song score come courtesy of paul williams who also make an appearance a the resident pianist at el sleazo . for the record and i have recently acquire four of the subsequent muppet movie and should be watch them in the week to come when their turn fall due .