Factual error: The TV remotes of the day wouldn't control more than one TV at a time, yet they all come on and go off at the same rime.
The Muppet Movie (1979)
1 factual error - chronological order
Directed by: James Frawley
Starring: Frank Oz, Mel Brooks, Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt
Other mistake: Whenever Fozzie is driving the Studebaker, the movements of the car don't correspond to the way he moves the steering wheel (he tends to crank it back and forth a lot).
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Question: In the middle of Kermit and Fozzy's song "Movin' Right Along", they meet up with Big Bird who says, "I'm on my way to New York City". Is this meeting on another movie starring Big Bird or am I sadly mistaken?
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Answer: This is Big Bird's only movie where he says this line. It is a reference to his going to New York hoping to get a role on Public Television (the station that created "Sesame Street") This is verified in TV interviews with the late Jim Henson and on Wikipedia.
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