The Muppet Movie ambition of finding success in professional show business—while being pursued by Doc Hopper, an evil restaurateur with intentions of employing Kermit as a spokesperson for his frog legs business. In addition to the Muppet performers, the film stars Charles Durning and Austin Pendleton, and features cameo appearances by Dom DeLuise, James Coburn, Edgar Bergen, Steve Martin, and Mel Brooks, among others. Notable for its surreal humour, meta-references and prolific use of cameos, "The Muppet Movie" was released in the United Kingdom on May 31, 1979, and in the United States on June 22, 1979, and received critical praise; including two
Top of the Hill Restaurant & Brewery and Columbia Streets after learning that a national restaurant chain, wanted to open a new location there. Fearing what he perceived as a potential stifling of Chapel Hill's local food and drink culture by corporate establishment, he partnered with Daniel Bradford, the editor of All About Beer Magazine, and John Withey, an experienced English brewer, to open a microbrewery. Top of the Hill made additions to its original location in 2010, building the TOPO Great Room complex and TOPO Back Bar in an adjoining space formerly occupied by the Carolina Theater.<ref name="DTH great room/back bar"></ref> In 2012, Top of the