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. Kermit, however, doesn't see this as a problem, justifying that it's fun to meet other people on the Internet (as long as you're wary of their intentions). 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: Martin G. Baker, Benjamin Lehmann, Jodi Nussbaum, Halle Stanford, John Tartaglia

Produced by Karyn Leibovich, Tim O'Brien, Ken Scarborough, Matt Vogel

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

Jennifer Barnhart as Zoe

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, Annie Sue puppeteer

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

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

Alice Dinnean as Ojo puppeteer

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 voice of Annie Sue

Stacey Gordon as Julia

Christopher 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, voice of Two-Headed Monster

Vicki Kenderes-Eibner as voice of Ojo

John Kennedy as The Amazing Mumford

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

Noel MacNeal as Bear

Carmen Osbahr as Rosita

Karen Prell as Red Fraggle

Martin P. Robinson as Telly Monster, Mr. Snuffleupagus

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

John Tartaglia as Gobo Fraggle, Boober Fraggle puppeteer, Wembley 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, Lew Zealand, Crazy Harry, Snowth

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

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, Joe the Legal Weasel, Beverly Plume


 * Sesame Street Characters (speaking)
 * Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Count von Count, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, Herry Monster, Grundgetta, Chef Gonger, Louie, Elmo, Prairie Dawn, Baby Bear, Mr. Johnson, Abby Cadabby, Murray Monster, Two-Headed Monster, Telly Monster, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Rosita, The Amazing Mumford, Julia, Hoots the Owl, Roosevelt Franklin, Guy Smiley, Grundgetta, Zoe, Rudy, 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