A Muppet Virtual Playdate

A Muppet Virtual Playdate is a special that aired on December 10, 2021 on Disney+, produced by Disney in cooperation with the Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop.

Produced during the COVID-19 pandemic, it centers around Kermit the Frog, who, with help from Scooter, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker, creates a large, custom social network that allows him to contact any potential friends from across America. The network works like a charm...perhaps a little too good, as the frog and the rest of the Muppets begin hooking up with the Muppets of Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, and Bear in the Big Blue House. This leads to hilarious and heartwarming moments, including;

Ernie and Fozzie Bear sharing jokes

Zoe and Red Fraggle learning how to give each other virtual hugs

Oscar the Grouch bantering with Statler and Waldorf

Chef Gonger entering a cook-off against the Swedish Chef

Rowlf the Dog and Prairie Dawn having a piano battle

Telly Monster and Wembley Fraggle reacting to a spooky story told by Uncle Deadly

Animal teaching Cookie Monster his drumming style

Gonzo hosting a game of online checkers between Camilla the Chicken and Abby Cadabby

Rosita teaching Miss Piggy how to speak Spanish

Mokey Fraggle reading a poem to Julia

Lefty the Salesman trying to sell Pepe the King Prawn a "DANGER" sign through Amazon

Kermit the Frog and Gobo Fraggle having a guitar/banjo duet

Big Bird and Bear sharing their favorite memories

Elmo and Walter playing a game of online cards

Grover and Ojo playing pretend

Boober Fraggle and Tutter talking about their biggest fears

Sweetums and Herry Monster lifting weights

Count von Count accepting a challenge to count all the Muppets connected to Kermit's network

An online rendition of "Mahna Mahna"

Sam the Eagle interrupts to give a lecture on online privacy

Baby Sinclair, who apparently survived the dinosaur extinction by overdressing in winter clothes and keeping his hunger satisfied with commercial snack foods with artificial ingredients, appears to sing "I'm the Baby, Gotta Love Me"

Credits
Executive Producers: Benjamin Lehmann, Jodi Nussbaum, Halle Stanford, John Tartaglia

Produced by Karyn Leibovich, Tim O'Brien, Rita Peruggi, Ken Scarborough

Directed by Bill Barretta, Jason de Villiers, Noel MacNeal, Kirk R. Thatcher, Matt Vogel

Written by Jim Lewis, Ken Scarborough, John Tartaglia

The Muppet Performers

Pam Arciero as Grundgetta, Betty Lou

Jennifer Barnhart as Zoe, Gladys the Cow

Bill Barretta as Rowlf the Dog, The Swedish Chef, Pepe the King Prawn, Dr. Teeth, Bobo the Bear, Mahna Mahna, Big Mean Carl

Warrick Brownlow-Pike as Chef Gonger

Julianne Buescher as Beverly Plume, Yolanda Rat

Tyler Bunch as Louie, Treelo, Pop

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby Cadabby

Kevin Clash as Baby Sinclair

Frankie Cordero as Rudy, voice of Wembley Fraggle

Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Prairie Dawn, Little Bird, Ojo puppeteer

Ryan Dillon as Elmo, Lefty the Salesman, Roosevelt Franklin puppeteer

Alice Dinnean as voice of Snowth

Dave Goelz as The Great Gonzo, Waldorf, voice of Boober Fraggle, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, voice of Uncle Travelling Matt, Chip, Beauregard, Zoot

Louise Gold as Annie Sue

Stacey Gordon as Julia

Chris Thomas Hayes as Hoots the Owl, voice of Roosevelt Franklin

Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Bert, Animal, Sam Eagle, Guy Smiley, Harvey Kneeslapper, voice of Two-Headed Monster

Vicki Kenderes-Eibner as voice of Ojo

John Kennedy as The Amazing Mumford, voice of Barkley

Donna Kimball as Mokey Fraggle

Peter Linz as Ernie, Walter, Statler, Tutter, Robin the Frog, Rizzo the Rat, Herry Monster, Pip, Joe the Legal Weasel, Link Hogthrob, Lips, Foo-Foo, Snowth puppeteer

Noel MacNeal as Bear

Carmen Osbahr as Rosita, Ovejita

Karen Prell as Red Fraggle

Martin P. Robinson as Telly Monster, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Slimey

David Rudman as Cookie Monster, Scooter, Beaker, Janice, Baby Bear, voice of Two-Headed Monster

Colleen Smith as voice of Snowth

John Tartaglia as Gobo Fraggle, Wembley Fraggle puppeteer, Boober Fraggle puppeteer, Uncle Travelling Matt puppeteer

Matt Vogel as Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, Count von Count, Uncle Deadly, Floyd Pepper, Sweetums, Camilla the Chicken, Murray Monster, Mr. Johnson, voice of Biff, Forgetful Jones, Lew Zealand, Crazy Harry, Snowth puppeteer

Additional Muppet Performers: Jackson Barretta, Aria Linz, Mica Linz, Joey Rudman, Phoebe Rudman, Jack Vogel

Special Thanks: Paul Andrejco, Heather Asch, Lauren Attinello, Grant Baciocco, Greg Ballora, David Barclay, Gene Barretta, Tau Bennett, Carol Binion, Ronald Binion, Tim Blaney, Cheryl Blaylock, Rickey Boyd, Mary Brehmer, Lindsey "Z" Briggs, Matthew Brooks, Lisa Buckley, Michael Bush, Kevin Carlson, Edward G. Christie, Ceili Clemens, R. Bruce Connelly, Melissa Creighton, Gretchen Crookes, Carole Simms D'Agostino, Nathan Danforth, Dorien Davies, Andrea Detwiler, Isabelle Dufour, Ben Durocher, Richard Dyar, Brad Elliott, Victoria Ellis, Artie Esposito, Henri Ewaskio, Edward Eyth, Bob Fappiano, Alex "Jurgen" Ferguson, Mark Gale, Vanessa Gifford Gillis, James Godwin, Jane Gootnick, B.J. Guyer, Elizabeth Hara, Paul Hartis, Andy Hayward, Brian Henson, Cheryl Henson, Heather Henson, Lisa Henson, Deborah Hertzberg, Michelle Hickey, Ann Marie Holdgruen, Haley Jenkins, Patrick Johnson, Scott Johnson, Sean Johnson, Jean Marie Keevins, Kathleen Kim, Joe Kovacs, Rollie Krewson, James J. Kroupa, Tim Lagasse, Frank Langley, Bruce Lanoil, Michael Latini, Spencer Lott, Rick Lyon, Peter MacKennan, Lara MacLean, Amanda Maddock, Jim Martin, Drew Massey, Joseph Mazzarino, Cathy McCullough, Paul McGinnis, Ted Michaels, Alison Mork, James Murray, Thomas O. Newby, Danielle Obinger, Michael Oosterom, Brett O'Quinn, John Orberg, Anney Fresh Ozar, Constance Peterson, Marc Petrosino, Jane Pien, Michael Quinn, Kip Rathke, Stephen Rotondaro, Adam Rudman, Paul Rudolph, Michael Schupbach, Craig Shemin, Michelan Sisti, David Skelly, Polly Smith, Kenny Stevenson, Andy Stone, Richard Termine, Allan Trautman, David Parkinson Valentine, Russ Walko, Jason Weber, Stacey Weingarten, James Wojtal, Eric Wright, Victor Yerrid, Julie Zobel, the families and friends of the Muppet performers, and the creative talent, actors and artists at the Jim Henson Company and Puppet Heap.

Muppet Cast

 * The Muppets Characters (speaking)
 * Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Camilla, Janice, Floyd Pepper, Dr. Teeth, Zoot, Animal, Rowlf the Dog, Scooter, Robin the Frog, Link Hogthrob, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, Crazy Harry, Sam the Eagle, Lew Zealand, The Swedish Chef, Statler and Waldorf, Rizzo the Rat, Uncle Deadly, Sweetums, Mahna Mahna, The Snowths, Lips, Foo-Foo, Annie Sue, Beauregard, Pepe the King Prawn, Bobo the Bear, Big Mean Carl, Chip, Walter, Yolanda Rat, Joe the Legal Weasel, Beverly Plume


 * Sesame Street Characters (speaking)
 * Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Elmo, Count von Count, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, Herry Monster, Grundgetta, Chef Gonger, Louie, Prairie Dawn, Abby Cadabby, Murray Monster, Two-Headed Monster, Telly Monster, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Zoe, Rosita, Baby Bear, The Amazing Mumford, Gladys the Cow, Julia, Mr. Johnson, Hoots the Owl, Betty Lou, Roosevelt Franklin, Little Bird, Guy Smiley, Forgetful Jones, Grundgetta, Biff, Harvey Kneeslapper, Rudy, Slimey, Barkley, Ovejita, Lefty the Salesman


 * Fraggle Rock Characters (speaking)
 * Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Red, Boober, Uncle Traveling Matt


 * Bear in the Big Blue House Characters (speaking)
 * Bear, Tutter, Ojo, Treelo, Pip and Pop


 * Dinosaurs Character (speaking)
 * Baby Sinclair