The Story
(Not for Publication)

In a Hollywood movie studio. The Muppets gather to see their first motion picture unfold on the screen:

In a Southern swamp, Kermit the Frog plays the banjo and sings a song, "'The Rainbow Connection" A lost Hollywood agent (DOM De LUISE) notices Kermit and shows him an ad announcing auditions for talented frogs. Kermit decides to become an entertainer and sets out for Hollywood.

Along the way he notices - somewhat nervously - Doc Hopper's fast-food chain of restaurants featuring fried frogs legs. And Hopper's assistant Max (AUSTIN PENDLETON) notices Kermit.
At the El Sleezo Cafe, Kermit meets the owner (JAMES COBURN), two friendly ladies (MADELINE KAHN, CAROL KANE) and a tough guy (TELLY SAVALAS). The piano player (PAUL WILLIAMS) introduces Fozzie Bear's comedy act. When it flops, Kermit tries to help by joining in on a song and dance. As the rowdy audience boos and manhandles them. Max and Doc Hopper (CHARLES DURNING) watch from a window.

Kermit and Fozzie head for Hollywood in Fozzie's 1951 Studebaker, singing '"Movin' Right Along" Doc offers Kermit a job as his spokesman in TVcommercials, but Kermit declines.

In an abandoned country church, they find the rock band, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, in rehearsal, with Dr. Teeth on the pipe organ, Floyd Pepper on electric bass, Zoot on sax, Janice on guitar and ferocious Animal on the drums. To elude the persistent Doc, the band disguises Fozzie's car by painting it in flamboyant colours, to the tune of "Can You Picture That?"

In their newly decorated vehicle, Kermit and Fozzie evade Doc Hopper's limo. Doc tries to eat pancakes in the back seat during the chase and gets covered with syrup. When he hits Max with a pillow, he himself gets feathered. The Great Gonzo driving his plumbing-repair truck with Camilla the Chicken at his side, is so distracted by this ridiculous sight that he crashes into Fozzie's Studie.
At the used-car lot of fast-talking Mad Man Mooney (MILTON BERLE), Mooney's assistant Sweetums helps the four Muppets buy a new car, a 1947 Ford station wagon. They depart, and tardy Sweetums, hoping to join the odyssey, runs
after them on foot.

At a Midwest country fair, a beauty contest emcee (ELLIOTT GOULD) announces the judges EDGAR BERGEN and CHARLIE MCCARTHY (Themselves) and the winner-Miss Piggy! She falls for Kermit and invites herself along on the journey to Tinsel town.

Kermit and Fozzie buy ice cream from a vendor (BOB HOPE). A slick salesman (RICHARD PRYOR) sells Gonzo a large bunch of balloons, which carry him up and away. Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie and Camilla follow his perilous flight in their car, while Doc's limo pursues them. When the Ford crashes into a billboard ad for pastries, a giant pie is catapulted into Doc's windshield. Doc's shotgun goes off, bursting Gonzo's balloons and dropping him safely atop the station wagon.


Kermit and Piggy rendezvous at a quaint lodge. The waiter (STEVE MARTIN) serves the wine and calls Miss Piggy away for a phone call from her agent. Kermit is ditched. He gets consoled by the pianist, Rowlf the Dog, with a song about the pangs of love, "Something Better".

Doc Hopper calls to tell Kermit he has kidnapped Miss Piggy! Kermit goes to Doc's hideout where Professor Krassman (MEL BROOKS), a frogbrain expert, prepares to operate on Kermit. The resourceful Miss Piggy pulverizes him and Doc Hopper's goons with karate.

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