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
The Muppet Show name of the theatre as The Benny Vandergast Memorial Theater, although by the time of "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie", it is simply called "The Muppet Theater." It is then that the theatre becomes registered as a historical landmark, and it cannot be shut down. According to "The Phantom of the Muppet Theater", the theatre was built by a stage actor named John Stone in 1802. At some point, a production of "Hamlet" ran in the theatre, with Stone playing the title role. An alternate exterior is also shown in the book. Locations seen in the Muppet Theatre