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* DeletedScene: All of them can be found in the [[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/The_Great_Muppet_Caper_script_(July_22,_1980_draft)/July 1980 draft of the script.]]
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* ObviousStuntDouble: Most of the scenes involving Miss Piggy riding a motorcycle and diving into the pool is very clearly a full-sized human stunt double.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheMuppets We have our own page here Yaaaaaaaaa]].

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** Creator/JimHenson considered several other actors for the role of newspaper editor Mike Tarkanian before finally settling on Jack Warden, including Creator/EdwardAsner, Creator/HumeCronyn, Creator/HarveyKorman, Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/WalterMatthau.
** Early sketches for the end credits sequence reveals that Oscar the Grouch was to
have our own page here Yaaaaaaaaa]].gone back to America with the Muppets.
** The cameo role of British Gentleman was offered to Creator/TrevorHoward.
** An early draft of the script had Queen Elizabeth [=II=] as Miss Piggy's cellmate.
** Lady Holiday was supposed to meet the Muppets at the Mallory Gallery after Nicky is caught and she is astonished to find out that he committed the crimes. This scene is featured in the movie storybook. You can read it here: https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780394852669
** In the [[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/The_Great_Muppet_Caper_script_(July_22,_1980_draft)/ July 1980 draft]] of the script, Nicky was originally going to be Lady Holliday’s nephew.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/JimHenson considered several other actors for the role of newspaper editor Mike Tarkanian before finally settling on Jack Warden, including Creator/EdwardAsner, Creator/HumeCronyn, Creator/HarveyKorman, Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/WalterMatthau.
** Early sketches for the end credits sequence reveals that Oscar the Grouch was to have gone back to America with the Muppets.
** The cameo role of British Gentleman was offered to Creator/TrevorHoward.
** An early draft of the script had Queen Elizabeth [=II=] as Miss Piggy's cellmate.
** Lady Holiday was supposed to meet the Muppets at the Mallory Gallery after Nicky is caught and she is astonished to find out that he committed the crimes. This scene is featured in the movie storybook. You can read it here: https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780394852669
** In the [[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/The_Great_Muppet_Caper_script_(July_22,_1980_draft)/ July 1980 draft]] of the script, Nicky was originally going to be Lady Holliday’s nephew.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/JimHenson considered several other actors for the role of newspaper editor Mike Tarkanian before finally settling on Jack Warden, including Creator/EdwardAsner, Creator/HumeCronyn, Creator/HarveyKorman, Creator/JackLemmon and Creator/WalterMatthau.
** Early sketches for the end credits sequence reveals that Oscar the Grouch was to
WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheMuppets We have gone back to America with the Muppets.
** The cameo role of British Gentleman was offered to Creator/TrevorHoward.
** An early draft of the script had Queen Elizabeth [=II=] as Miss Piggy's cellmate.
** Lady Holiday was supposed to meet the Muppets at the Mallory Gallery after Nicky is caught and she is astonished to find out that he committed the crimes. This scene is featured in the movie storybook. You can read it here: https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780394852669
** In the [[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/The_Great_Muppet_Caper_script_(July_22,_1980_draft)/ July 1980 draft]] of the script, Nicky was originally going to be Lady Holliday’s nephew.
our own page here Yaaaaaaaaa]].
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* KidsMealToy: UsefulNotes/McDonalds sold a set of four glasses based on scenes from the movie. These consisted of Kermit, Fozzie and Gonzo in a hot air balloon, the Muppets on bicycles, the Muppets in the Happiness Hotel bus, and Miss Piggy on a motorcycle.
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* CreatorBacklash: In a 2000 interview for the fan site Muppet Central, puppeteer Dave Goelz (Gonzo, among other characters) admitted that he found the film's constant MediumAwareness and BreakingTheForthWall to be "smug and awkward."

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* CreatorBacklash: In a 2000 interview for the fan site Muppet Central, puppeteer Dave Goelz (Gonzo, among other characters) admitted that he found the film's constant MediumAwareness and BreakingTheForthWall BreakingTheFourthWall to be "smug and awkward."
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* CreatorBacklash: In a 2000 interview for the fan site Muppet Central, puppeteer Dave Goelz (Gonzo, among other characters) admitted that he found the film's constant MediumAwareness and BreakingTheForthWall to be "smug and awkward."
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* ProductionPosse: Joe Raposo, who besides writing the ''Series/SesameStreet'' theme, "Bein' Green", and dozens of other ''Sesame Street'' songs, also wrote the songs for ''Film/HeyCinderella'' and ''Film/TalesFromMuppetlandTheFrogPrince'', did the film's songs.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Kermit comments that the roast beef at the supper club costs the same as an Oldsmobile. The automaker went defunct in 2004.
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** Lady Holiday was supposed to meet the Muppets at the Mallory Gallery after Nicky is caught and she is admonished to find out that he committed the crimes. This scene is featured in the movie storybook. You can read it here: https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780394852669

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** Lady Holiday was supposed to meet the Muppets at the Mallory Gallery after Nicky is caught and she is admonished astonished to find out that he committed the crimes. This scene is featured in the movie storybook. You can read it here: https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780394852669
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