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'Miss Piggy' is a Muppet character primarily played by Frank Oz. In 2001, Eric Jacobson began performing her, although Oz has not officially retired. She was voiced by Laurie O'Brien in ''Muppet Babies''.
She began as a minor character in ''The Muppet Show'' TV series, but gradually developed into one of the central characters of the show.
She is a pig who is convinced she is destined for stardom and nothing is going to stand in her way. She presents a public face of the soul of feminine charm, but can instantly fly into a violent rage whenever she thinks she's insulted or thwarted. Kermit the Frog has learned this all too well since he is the usual target for her karate chops. When she isn't sending him flying through the air she is often smothering him in (unwanted) kisses.
The first draft of the puppet was a blonde, beady-eyed pig who appeared briefly in the 1975 pilot special, ''The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence'', in a sketch called "Return to Beneath the Planet of the Pigs." She was unnamed in that show, but by the time ''The Muppet Show'' began in 1976, she was recognizably Miss Piggy -- sporting large blue eyes, wearing a flowing white gown, and jumping on Kermit, the love of her life.
Miss Piggy soon developed into a major character, as the Muppet creators recognized that a lovelorn pig could be more than a one-note running gag. Frank Oz has said that while Fozzie Bear is a two-dimensional character, and Animal has no dimensions; Miss Piggy is one of the few Muppets to be fully realized in three dimensions. She spawned a huge fad during the late '70's and early '80's and eclipsed Kermit and the other Muppets in popularity, selling far more merchandise and writing a book that (unlike any of Kermit's books) wound up on top of the ''New York Times'' Bestseller List.
Miss Piggy's personality and voice has been seen and heard in some other female characters Frank Oz performed before the character's debut. For instance, a ''Sesame Street'' Muppet skit from 1971 featuring Snow White had the titular character performed by Frank Oz and acting (as well as sounding) like Miss Piggy, while another sound-alike came from a rather hysterical contestant from a Guy Smiley sketch called "The Mystery Mix-Up Game".
In an interview with the ''New York Times'' in 1979, Frank Oz outlined Piggy's biography: "She grew up in a small town in Iowa; her father died when she was young and her mother wasn't that nice to her. She had to enter beauty contests to survive, as many single women do. She has a lot of vulnerability which she has to hide, because of her need to be a superstar."
In ''The Muppet Movie'' she has just won such a contest (Miss Bogen County) when she first meets Kermit and joins the Muppets.
Eventually in the films, Kermit started returning her affections and (unwittingly) married her in ''The Muppets Take Manhattan''; although subsequent events suggest that it was only their characters in the movie that married, and that their relationship is really the same as ever. The fact that their relationship failed to develop is cited as one reason the public lost interest in the Muppets.
Miss Piggy has a pet poodle, Foo-Foo.
Miss Piggy, along with Kermit, was featured on a pair of Adidas shoes under the "Adicolor" line first introduced in 1983. The shoe in generally pink and features Miss Piggy on the side along with her signature. Unlike Kermit's Adicolor shoes, Miss Piggy's doesn't have a quote. (Kermit's feature the quote of "It's not easy bein' green")
In the Jim Nabors episode of ''The Muppet Show'', Kermit briefly reveals that Miss Piggy's second name is Lee, an homage to the actress and singer Peggy Lee. However, this is the only time (apart from various magazine articles and a Muppet book) that a character calls her 'Piggy Lee'. Furthermore, in the Avery Schreiber episode, Miss Piggy "allows" Avery to call her by her real name 'Pigathius.' Thus, it could be said that Miss Piggy's real name is 'Pigathius Lee'. Then, in 2007 while on the Late Late Show, she told Craig Ferguson that her first name was 'Miss'. Cross-referencing this with other information, Miss Piggy's full name is 'Miss Lee Pigathius', although these mentions are one-note comical asides, and don't necessarily represent the history of the character.
Miss Piggy recently starred in the TV-movie ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'', appearing as all four witches. She also played a significant role in the 2002 Weezer music video Keep Fishin'.
★ Muppet Wiki: Miss Piggy
★ Tough Pigs: Transcripts of Miss Piggy and Kermit interviews
'Miss Piggy' is a Muppet character primarily played by Frank Oz. In 2001, Eric Jacobson began performing her, although Oz has not officially retired. She was voiced by Laurie O'Brien in ''Muppet Babies''.
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History
She began as a minor character in ''The Muppet Show'' TV series, but gradually developed into one of the central characters of the show.
She is a pig who is convinced she is destined for stardom and nothing is going to stand in her way. She presents a public face of the soul of feminine charm, but can instantly fly into a violent rage whenever she thinks she's insulted or thwarted. Kermit the Frog has learned this all too well since he is the usual target for her karate chops. When she isn't sending him flying through the air she is often smothering him in (unwanted) kisses.
The first draft of the puppet was a blonde, beady-eyed pig who appeared briefly in the 1975 pilot special, ''The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence'', in a sketch called "Return to Beneath the Planet of the Pigs." She was unnamed in that show, but by the time ''The Muppet Show'' began in 1976, she was recognizably Miss Piggy -- sporting large blue eyes, wearing a flowing white gown, and jumping on Kermit, the love of her life.
Miss Piggy on The Muppet Show, as the Queen of Hearts
Miss Piggy soon developed into a major character, as the Muppet creators recognized that a lovelorn pig could be more than a one-note running gag. Frank Oz has said that while Fozzie Bear is a two-dimensional character, and Animal has no dimensions; Miss Piggy is one of the few Muppets to be fully realized in three dimensions. She spawned a huge fad during the late '70's and early '80's and eclipsed Kermit and the other Muppets in popularity, selling far more merchandise and writing a book that (unlike any of Kermit's books) wound up on top of the ''New York Times'' Bestseller List.
Miss Piggy's personality and voice has been seen and heard in some other female characters Frank Oz performed before the character's debut. For instance, a ''Sesame Street'' Muppet skit from 1971 featuring Snow White had the titular character performed by Frank Oz and acting (as well as sounding) like Miss Piggy, while another sound-alike came from a rather hysterical contestant from a Guy Smiley sketch called "The Mystery Mix-Up Game".
In an interview with the ''New York Times'' in 1979, Frank Oz outlined Piggy's biography: "She grew up in a small town in Iowa; her father died when she was young and her mother wasn't that nice to her. She had to enter beauty contests to survive, as many single women do. She has a lot of vulnerability which she has to hide, because of her need to be a superstar."
In ''The Muppet Movie'' she has just won such a contest (Miss Bogen County) when she first meets Kermit and joins the Muppets.
Eventually in the films, Kermit started returning her affections and (unwittingly) married her in ''The Muppets Take Manhattan''; although subsequent events suggest that it was only their characters in the movie that married, and that their relationship is really the same as ever. The fact that their relationship failed to develop is cited as one reason the public lost interest in the Muppets.
Miss Piggy has a pet poodle, Foo-Foo.
Miss Piggy, along with Kermit, was featured on a pair of Adidas shoes under the "Adicolor" line first introduced in 1983. The shoe in generally pink and features Miss Piggy on the side along with her signature. Unlike Kermit's Adicolor shoes, Miss Piggy's doesn't have a quote. (Kermit's feature the quote of "It's not easy bein' green")
In the Jim Nabors episode of ''The Muppet Show'', Kermit briefly reveals that Miss Piggy's second name is Lee, an homage to the actress and singer Peggy Lee. However, this is the only time (apart from various magazine articles and a Muppet book) that a character calls her 'Piggy Lee'. Furthermore, in the Avery Schreiber episode, Miss Piggy "allows" Avery to call her by her real name 'Pigathius.' Thus, it could be said that Miss Piggy's real name is 'Pigathius Lee'. Then, in 2007 while on the Late Late Show, she told Craig Ferguson that her first name was 'Miss'. Cross-referencing this with other information, Miss Piggy's full name is 'Miss Lee Pigathius', although these mentions are one-note comical asides, and don't necessarily represent the history of the character.
Miss Piggy recently starred in the TV-movie ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'', appearing as all four witches. She also played a significant role in the 2002 Weezer music video Keep Fishin'.
External links
★ Muppet Wiki: Miss Piggy
★ Tough Pigs: Transcripts of Miss Piggy and Kermit interviews
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