A Muppet Virtual Playdate

A Muppet Virtual Playdate is a special that aired on August 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 12 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, sings "I'm the Baby, Gotta Love Me"

Credits
Executive Producers: Brian Henson, 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 Swedish Chef, Pepe the Prawn, Dr. Teeth, Bobo, Mahna Mahna, Big Mean Carl

Warrick Brownlow-Pike as Chef Gonger

Julianne Buescher as Beverly Plume, Yolanda Rat, Wanda

Tyler Bunch as Louie, Treelo, Pop

Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Abby

Kevin Clash as Baby Sinclair

Frankie Cordero as Rudy, voice of Wembley Fraggle

Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Prairie Dawn, Little Bird, Mae

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

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

Louise Gold as Annie Sue

Stacey Gordon as Julia

Chris Thomas Hayes as Hoots, voice of Roosevelt Franklin

Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Oscar, Grover, Bert, Animal, Sam Eagle, The Newsman, Guy Smiley, Harvey Kneeslapper, Marvin Suggs, voice of Two-Headed Monster, Snowth puppeteer

Vicki Kenderes-Eibner as Ojo

John Kennedy as Mumford, voice of Barkley

Donna Kimball as Mokey Fraggle

Peter Linz as Ernie, Walter, Statler, Tutter, Robin, Rizzo, 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, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Slimey, voice of Martian

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

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

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

Additional Muppet Voices: Brian Henson (Siri), Grant Baciocco (Podcast Co-Host), Rickey Boyd (Thomas Twiddlebug, Tessie Twiddlebug, Timmy Twiddlebug, Tina Twiddlebug), Alice Dinnean (Snowth), Tim Lagasse (Pizza Delivery Man), Drew Massey (Muppaphone), Colleen Smith (Snowth), Russ Walko (Podcast Co-Host), Victor Yerrid (Muppaphone)

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

Special Thanks: Paul Andrejco, Heather Asch, Lauren Attinello, Greg Ballora, David Barclay, Gene Barretta, Tau Bennett, Carol Binion, Ronald Binion, Tim Blaney, Cheryl Blaylock, Mary Brehmer, Lindsey "Z" Briggs, Matthew Brooks, Lisa Buckley, Michael Bush, Kevin Carlson, Ed 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, BJ Guyer, Elizabeth Hara, Paul Hartis, Andy Hayward, 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, Jim Kroupa, Frank Langley, Bruce Lanoil, Michael Latini, Spencer Lott, Rick Lyon, Peter MacKennan, Lara MacLean, Amanda Maddock, Jim Martin, 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, Mike Quinn, Kip Rathke, Stephen Rotondaro, Adam Rudman, Paul Rudolph, Paul Rugg, Michael Schupbach, Craig Shemin, Michelan Sisti, David Skelly, Polly Smith, Kenny Stevenson, Andy Stone, Richard Termine, Allan Trautman, David Parkinson Valentine, Jason Weber, Stacey Weingarten, James Wojtal, Eric Wright, 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 the Chicken, 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, The Newsman, Mahna Mahna, The Snowths, Lips, Foo-Foo, Annie Sue, Beauregard, Pepe the King Prawn, Bobo the Bear, Marvin Suggs, Pops, Big Mean Carl, Nigel, Chip, Walter, Yolanda Rat, Wayne and Wanda, Joe the Legal Weasel, Beverly Plume, The Muppaphone


 * Sesame Street Characters (speaking)
 * Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Count von Count, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, Elmo, Herry Monster, Grundgetta, 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, Twiddlebugs, Julia, Mr. Johnson, Mae, Hoots the Owl, Betty Lou, Roosevelt Franklin, Little Bird, Guy Smiley, Forgetful Jones, Harvey Kneeslapper, Rudy, Biff, The Martians, Slimey, Barkley, Ovejita, Lefty the Salesman


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


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


 * Dinosaurs Character (speaking)
 * Baby Sinclair