In The Great Muppet Caper, Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear play identical twins. At one point, their newspaper editor (oh, we’ll get to all that) shows us a picture of their father, a hybrid-looking — ...

2016 was a very, very bad year no matter how you slice it. In tough times, comedy is often a form of escape that people turn to when they need comforting. With that in mind, we asked our contributors ...

Have you ever gone back and watched a movie from your childhood as an adult and been walloped in the face with the realization that it crafted a huge chunk of your personality? I hope so, because that ...

The Great Muppet Caper is part two of Jim Henson's Muppet movie 'trilogy'. Unlike the other two installments, Jim Henson directed this feature himself - which becomes evident within seconds of the ...

A 1981 musical comedy, The Great Muppet Caper is the second full-length movie featuring The Muppets, the iconic characters created by Jim Henson. It is a delightful musical comedy that follows Kermit, ...

The Nostalgia Fact-Check is a recurring Vulture feature in which we revisit a seminal movie, TV show, or album that reflexively evinces an “Oh my God, that was the best ever!” response by a certain ...

S.F. Sketchfest’s Summer Social spends a day at the Castro Theatre on Saturday, Aug. 13, beginning with a family matinee of “The Great Muppet Caper,” which is still fabulously entertaining 35 years ...

As a lifelong Muppet obsessive, I awaited the new Muppet movie (which opens today) with a combination of giddiness and dread. Having grown up on the Jim Henson classics (“The Muppet Movie,” “The Great ...