A Muppet Virtual Playdate

A Muppet Virtual Playdate is a special that aired on September 10, 2021 on Disney+, produced by Disney under its Muppets Studio banner, 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 Count von Count and 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

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, Brian Henson, Benjamin Lehmann, Halle Stanford, John Tartaglia

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

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

Written by Jim Lewis, Ken Scarborough, Craig Shemin, John Tartaglia

The Muppet Performers

Pam Arciero as Grundgetta, Betty Lou

Jennifer Barnhart as Zoe

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

Lindsey "Z" Briggs as Foley

Warrick Brownlow-Pike as Chef Gonger

Julianne Buescher as Yolanda Rat, Beverly Plume

Tyler Bunch as Louie, Treelo, Pop, Thog puppeteer

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, Mae, Little Bird, Lulu

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

Alice Dinnean as Ojo

Bradley Freeman Jr. as Wes

Dave Goelz as The Great Gonzo, Waldorf, voice of Boober Fraggle, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, voice of Uncle Travelling Matt, Chip, Randy Pig, 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, The Newsman, Harvey Kneeslapper, voice of Two-Headed Monster

Haley Jenkins as Karli

John Kennedy as The Amazing Mumford

Donna Kimball as Mokey Fraggle

Jim Kroupa as voice of Thog

Peter Linz as Walter, Ernie, 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, Ovejita

Megan Piphus as Gabrielle

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, Sully

Colleen Smith as Skeeter

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, Biff, Forgetful Jones, Sherlock Hemlock, Simon Soundman, Lew Zealand, Crazy Harry, Pops, Snowth

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

Muppet Workshop: Jane Gootnick, Paul Andrejco, Lauren Attinello, Grant Baciocco, Greg Ballora, Carol Binion, Mary Brehmer, Melissa Creighton, Gretchen Crookes, Andrea Detwiler, Alex "Jurgen" Ferguson, Paul Hartis, Scott Johnson, Jean Marie Keevins, Tim Lagasse, Peter MacKennan, Tom Newby, Danielle Obinger, Stephen Rotondaro, David Skelly, Russ Walko

The Jim Henson Company N.Y. Creature Shop: Ed Christie, Heather Asch, Ronald Binion, Matt Brooks, Victoria Ellis, James Godwin, Michelle Hickey, Ann Marie Holdgruen, Rollie Krewson, Jim Kroupa, Lara MacLean, Amanda Maddock, Anney Fresh Ozar, Constance Peterson, Jane Pien, Michael Schupbach, Polly Smith, David Valentine, Jason Weber, Stacey Weingarten, James Wojtal

Special Thanks to: Brad Abrell, David Barclay, Gene Barretta, Tau Bennett, Tim Blaney, Rickey Boyd, Lisa Buckley, Kevin Carlson, R. Bruce Connelly, Nathan Danforth, Dorien Davies, Artie Esposito, Ed Eyth, Michael K. Frith, BJ Guyer, Liz Hara, Andy Hayward, Cheryl Henson, Heather Henson, Lisa Henson, Patrick Johnson, Sean Johnson, Vicki Kenderes-Eibner, Kathleen Kim, Frank Langley, Bruce Lanoil, Michael Latini, Spencer Lott, Rick Lyon, Jim Martin, Drew Massey, Joey Mazzarino, Paul McGinnis, Ted Michaels, Alison Mork, Kathryn Mullen, James Murray, Jodi Nussbaum, Michael Oosterom, Brett O'Quinn, John Orberg, Marc Petrosino, Mike Quinn, Kip Rathke, Adam Rudman, Craig Shemin, Michelan Sisti, David Skelly, Kenny Stevenson, Andy Stone, Richard Termine, Allan Trautman, 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
 * Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, The Great Gonzo, Camilla the Chicken, Janice, Floyd Pepper, Dr. Teeth, Zoot, Animal, Walter, 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, Chip, Pops, Nigel, The Newsman, Andy and Randy Pig, Big Mean Carl, Yolanda Rat, Thog, Joe the Legal Weasel, Beverly Plume, Skeeter


 * Sesame Street Characters
 * Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Elmo, Count von Count, Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, Herry Monster, Gonger, Louie, Mae, Prairie Dawn, Mr. Johnson, Abby Cadabby, Murray Monster, Two-Headed Monster, Telly Monster, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Zoe, Rosita, Baby Bear, The Amazing Mumford, Little Bird, Julia, Hoots the Owl, Betty Lou, Roosevelt Franklin, Guy Smiley, Forgetful Jones, Harvey Kneeslapper, Simon Soundman, Sherlock Hemlock, Biff, Sully, Grundgetta, Rudy, Lulu, Foley, Karli, Gabrielle, Wes, Slimey, Ovejita, Lefty the Salesman


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


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


 * Dinosaurs Character
 * Baby Sinclair