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" Published in the December 2011 issue 1. It was cowritten by Jason Segel, a huge fan of the original Muppet Show. 2. The director, James Bobin, also directed Da Ali G Show and co-created Flight of the Conchords. He&amp;#039;s British, by the way. Turns out, that makes sense... 3. Bobin: &amp;quot;The Muppet Show was made between 1976 and 1981, and they shot all five seasons in England. In England, it&amp;#039;s very much viewed as something that we made which happened to feature some Americans in it. So I&amp;#039;m bringing the English back.&amp;quot;  4. Chris Cooper&amp;#039;s evil character indicates amusement by saying, &amp;quot;Maniacal laughter.&amp;quot;  5. They reproduced the original Muppet theater. Bobin: &amp;quot;I wanted to have a sense that when Kermit looks up, what does he see? And now I know, I built a wall there, and I know he sees a deck of lights, which are the lights of the stage.&amp;quot;  6. When Jason Segel asks (sings, really) the question: &amp;quot;Am I a man or a Muppet?&amp;quot; you have no idea what the right answer is.  7. This is the only movie that could feature cameos from Emily Blunt, James Carville, Zach Galifianakis, Whoopi Goldberg, and Selena Gomez. And Judd Hirsch. 8. Amy Adams. Dancing.  9. A full shot-for-shot re-creation of the Muppet Show beginning. Bobin: &amp;quot; I knew that would be an important moment. Even reading it, I knew how emotional that would feel to me. I just think back to my childhood of this moment every week where I knew the next half hour would be great.&amp;quot;  10. Singing fruit. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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