A Muppet Virtual Playdate

A Muppet Virtual Playdate is a special that aired on December 10, 2020. Produced during the COVID-19 pandemic, it centers around Kermit the Frog, who, with help from Scooter, 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, like Ernie and Fozzie Bear sharing jokes, Zoe and Red Fraggle dancing to catchy pop songs, Oscar the Grouch bantering with Statler and Waldorf, Cookie Monster and 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, Rosita teaching Miss Piggy how to speak Spanish, Lefty the Salesman trying to sell Bobo the Bear a "DANGER" sign, 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 virtual cards, Boober Fraggle and Tutter talking about their biggest fears, and an online rendition of "Mahna Mahna". Even 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

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, Howard Tubman, Big Mean Carl

Warrick Brownlow-Pike as Chef Gonger

Julianne Buescher as Beverly Plume

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, Ojo puppeteer

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

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

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, Lew Zealand, Crazy Harry, Snowth

Additional Muppet Performers

Joey Rudman as assistant on Cookie Monster

Jack Vogel as assistant on Kermit the Frog