The Muppet Movie a Florida swamp, strumming his banjo and singing "The Rainbow Connection", when he is approached by a Hollywood talent agent named Bernie (Dom DeLuise) who encourages Kermit to pursue a career in show business. Inspired by the idea of "making millions of people happy", Kermit sets off on a cross-country trip to Los Angeles, but is soon pursued by entrepreneur Doc Hopper (Charles Durning) and his shy assistant Max (Austin Pendleton) in an attempt to convince Kermit to be the new spokesman of Hopper's struggling French-fried frog legs restaurant franchise, to Kermit's disgust. As Kermit continuously declines his offers, Hopper
The Muppet Show Muppets Tonight from 10 March to 10 April in "Complete Muppets". In 2014, Kermit, Fozzie and Sweetums visited the PuppeTV studios in Sussex for the "When The Muppets Visited PuppeTV". Following Steve Whitmire's firing as Kermit's puppeteer, the channel dedicated a month to the puppeteer's best performances in "Kermit And Steve: A Match Made In Heaven" in Feb 2017. "The Muppet Show Theme" (written by Henson and Sam Pottle in 1976) is the show's theme song. It is the opening and closing theme for every episode of "The Muppet Show" and was performed by The Muppets in a scene of