Miss Piggy is a Muppet character created by the late Jim Henson in 1974. She was originally voiced by Frank Oz until 2001, when Eric Jacobson took over the role. She is often considered the girlfriend of Kermit the Frog, but can be mad at him sometimes.
Personality
She is a diva, She is very pushy, Appearently, Kermit found this out first.
Appearances
The Muppet Movie
The Great Muppet Caper
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Muppet Treasure Island
The Muppets
Gallery
Quotes about Miss Piggy
- "She wants everyone to treat her like a lady, and if they don't, she'll cut them in half." -- Frank Oz in Time Magazine, Dec. 25, 1978.
- "In one rehearsal, I was working as Miss Piggy with Jim, who was doing Kermit, and the script called for her to slap him. Instead of a slap, I gave him a funny karate hit. Suddenly, that hit crystallized her character for me -- the coyness hiding the aggression; the conflict of that love with her desire for a career; her hunger for a glamour image; her tremendous out-and-out ego -- all those things are great fun to explore in a character." -- Frank Oz in The New York Times Magazine, June 10, 1979.
- "Miss Piggy's not aware of the fact that she's overweight -- she dresses as if she's 30 pounds lighter. So she has a lot of fantasy." -- Costume designer Calista Hendrickson in The New York Times Magazine, June 10, 1979.
- "Well, it was actually a request from Jim. He wanted three pigs for a series that we were doing. He came to me because I'm from the Midwest, so I'm sure he thought I understood and knew pigs. The three pigs ended up being Miss Piggy, one was just sort of a background pig, and the other ended up being something very similar to Dr. Strangepork. So we first did her as a character for that bit, but she was quickly commandeered because we did a Herb Alpert appearance and they needed some sexy female, so I very quickly made her purple gloves, and I draped her in purple satin, and gave her some pearls and bigger eyes āI went to the eye drawer and changed her look and she went back and forth in those personalities for quite awhile. She started out in "the Muppet Show" as a chorus girl and as you know, she's now a big diva." Bonnie Erickson, when asked "How did you come up with the idea for Miss Piggy?" by Artinfo on 2011[1]
Trivia
- In 1998, Miss Piggy had her own perfume released titled "Moi".
- In The Muppet Show episode 106 Piggy is referred to by the full name "Piggy Lee"; and in episode 116 Piggy tells guest star Avery Schreiber that Piggy is short for "Pigathius," which is "From the Greek, meaning 'river of passion'." However, there is no evidence to support that this is part of her name. It is more likely that this is an intentionally made-up name on Miss Piggy's behalf as part of her plan to make Kermit jealous.
- On her August 2, 2007 guest appearance on The Late Late Show, Piggy stated that her first name is actually "Miss".
- Because Frank Oz was busy with other projects and usually not on the set, Miss Piggy was puppeteered by Kevin Clash in Muppet Treasure Island and Peter Linz in Muppets from Space, with Oz dubbing the voice in later.
- Though normally called "Piggy" in the original French version of the show, her name has become "Peggy" for the 2006 French Muppets TV series; "Peggy" has also been used in Spain and Mexico.
- For several international dubs such as French Le Muppet Show, German Die Muppet Show and Italian Il Muppet Show, Miss Piggy was originally dubbed by female voice artists. They were replaced with male artists only much later when Disney Character Voices International, Inc. was put in charge, in some cases even ordering re-dubs of the series and select TV specials.
Casting History
Primary Performers
- Frank Oz - The Muppet Show (1976) - The Today Show (2002)
- Eric Jacobson - MuppetFest (2001) - present
Alternate Performers
- Jerry Nelson - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (1974)
- Fran Brill - The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975)
- Richard Hunt - The Muppet Show Season 1 (1976-1977)
- Kevin Clash - Episode 211 of Muppets Tonight (1997)
See also
- Miss Piggy Filmography
- Miss Piggy Through the Years
- Miss Piggy Impersonators
- Miss Piggy's Alternate Identities
- Miss Piggy Guest Appearances
- International Miss Piggy
- Miss Piggy Calendars
- Muppet Show Episodes That Didn't Feature Miss Piggy
- Are Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy married?
- Miss Piggy walk-arounds
- Miss Piggy books
- Miss Piggy's Emotion Eyes Variants
Sources
- ā Ann Binlot, "The Great Muppet Museum Caper: A Q&A with Miss Piggy's Designer on the New Survey of Jim Henson's Art", Artinfo, July 13, 2011.
External links
- Miss Piggy Fan Club -- Answers to Fan's Questions, Pictures, Quotes, Interviews, Quiz, All About Kermit, Advice from Miss Piggy, Your Stories
- Tough Pigs Anthology Transcripts of Miss Piggy and Kermit interviews
- Miss Piggy's bio on Disney.com
- Muppet Wiki: Miss Piggy
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