THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) features appearance by no fewer than three AFI Life Achievement Award recipients – Mel Brooks, Steve Martin and Orson Welles – along with a cavalcade of stars that include Milton Berle, James Coburn, Charles Durning, Bob Hope, Madeline Kahn, Carol Kane, Cloris Leachman, Richard Pryor, Telly Savalas and Paul Williams. “Rainbow Connection” by Kermit the Frog (voiced by Jim Henson) also appears at #74 on AFI’s list of the 100 greatest movie songs of all time.
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