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 misgivings about syndication and accepted. Since its launch in 2005, the British digital channel 'PuppeTV', dedicated to broadcasting puppeteering programmes, has rebroadcast The Muppet Show. It has also dedicated months to broadcasting the show back to back. In 2006 it dedicated the summer to broadcasting the entire series episode by episode from 6:00am to 10:30am, calling it "An Absolute Muppet Summer". It broadcast all Muppet films on the 31st October and 1 November 2009 in "The Muppet Flick Fest" and then in 2011, following the announcement of the Muppet reboot film, rebroadcast all episodes of both The Muppet Show and