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* Toughpigs' series of articles for the movie's 40th anniversary concluded with an [[http://www.toughpigs.com/frawley/ appreciation]] of its then-recently deceased director, James Frawley.
-->At his core, James Frawley was a playful artist with a strong sense of humor, but also an ability to urge his performers, whether they be Monkees or Muppets to slow down and take in what they were doing. Disney, the current owners of The Muppets, would be wise to revisit the work that James Frawley did on The Muppet Movie when looking at the directions that future projects could take. Maybe it’s time for The Muppets to take a trip back to the desert, sit around a campfire and contemplate who they are and why they’re here. I think James Frawley would have liked that.
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-->'''Kermit:''' Well, I've got a dream too, but it's about singing, dancing, and making people happy. That's the sort of dream that gets better the more people you share with it. And, well, I've found a whole bunch of friends who have the same dream. And...and that kinda makes us like a family.

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-->'''Kermit:''' Well, I've got a dream too, but it's about singing, dancing, and making people happy. That's the sort kind of dream that gets better the more people you share with it.with. And, well, I've found a whole bunch of friends who have the same dream. And...and that kinda makes us like a family.

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* The big finale song "Magic Store".
-->''Life's like a movie\\
Write your own ending\\
Keep believing\\
Keep pretending\\
We done just what we set out to do\\
Thanks to the lovers\\
The dreamers\\
and YOU!''

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* The big finale song "Magic Store".
-->''Life's like
Creator/FrankOz stated Creator/OrsonWelles [[https://twitter.com/TheFrankOzJam/status/975556865512935426 taught him a movie\\
Write your own ending\\
Keep believing\\
Keep pretending\\
We done just what we set
lesson]] after shooting his scene.
-->Orson invited me and Jim to dinner with his wife. Orson spoke beautifully that night. Memorably he said, "Some people create
out to do\\
Thanks to the lovers\\
The dreamers\\
and YOU!''
of experience, I create out of innocence." That has become my mantra.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Believe in the dream.]]
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* "[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome I'm Going To Go Back There Someday]]"

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* "[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome "[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic I'm Going To Go Back There Someday]]"
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'''Kermit's Conscience:''' Still, whether you promised them something or not, you gotta remember - they wanted to come.\\

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'''Kermit's Conscience:''' Still, whether you promised them something or not, you gotta remember - they wanted ''wanted'' to come.\\
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'''Kermit:''' No I guess not. Anyhow, I brought them all out here to the middle of nowhere, and it's all my fault.\\

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'''Kermit:''' No No, I guess not. Anyhow, I brought them all out here to the middle of nowhere, and it's all my fault.\\
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'''Kermit:''' Well then... I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. [[EurekaMoment I promised]] [[EurekaMoment me.]]''

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'''Kermit:''' Well then... I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. [[EurekaMoment I promised]] [[EurekaMoment ''[[EurekaMoment me.]]''
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-->Kermit:''' I didn't promise anybody anything. What do I know about Hollywood, anyway? Just a dream I got from sitting through too many double features.\\

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-->Kermit:''' -->'''Kermit:''' I didn't promise anybody anything. What do I know about Hollywood, anyway? Just a dream I got from sitting through too many double features.\\
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* Kermit literally talking to himself, in a WhatYouAreInTheDark moment.
-->Kermit:''' I didn't promise anybody anything. What do I know about Hollywood, anyway? Just a dream I got from sitting through too many double features.\\
'''Kermit's Conscience:''' So why did you leave the swamp in the first place?\\
'''Kermit:''' 'Cause some agent fella said I had talent. He probably says that to everybody.\\
'''Kermit's Conscience:''' On the other hand, if you hadn't left the swamp, you'd be feeling pretty miserable anyhow.\\
'''Kermit:''' Yeah. But then it would just be me feeling miserable. Now I got a lady pig, and a bear and a chicken, a dog, a thing, whatever Gonzo is. He's a little like a turkey.\\
''(Kermit's Conscience manifests itself, sitting on a rock nearby. Kermit walks up to literally talk to himself.)''\\
'''Kermit's Conscience:''' Yeah... a little like a turkey, but not much.\\
'''Kermit:''' No I guess not. Anyhow, I brought them all out here to the middle of nowhere, and it's all my fault.\\
'''Kermit's Conscience:''' Still, whether you promised them something or not, you gotta remember - they wanted to come.\\
'''Kermit:''' But... that's because they believed in me.\\
'''Kermit's Conscience:''' No, they believed in the ''dream''.\\
'''Kermit:''' Well, so do I but...\\
'''Kermit's Conscience:''' You do?\\
'''Kermit:''' Yeah! Of course I do.\\
'''Kermit's Conscience:''' ''(coaxing)'' Well then?\\
'''Kermit:''' Well then... I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. [[EurekaMoment I promised]] [[EurekaMoment me.]]''
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* Nothing for "Never Before, Never Again"? After blatant LoveAtFirstSight for her and Kermit, Miss Piggy swells into a lovestruck number, complete with a fantasy montage of their budding romance.
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* It's a easy to miss one, but during the credits gags, after the film is done, Fozzie is asking the rest of the audience if he was funny, getting no replies. Kermit quickly makes his way down to assure Fozzie he was very, ''very'' funny.
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* Also the finale to the closing number "The Magic Store", where the camera pulls back to show virtually ''all'' of the Muppets created by Creator/JimHenson up to that point, singing together and celebrating Henson at his crowning time of success.

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* Also the finale to the closing number "The Magic Store", where the camera pulls back to show virtually ''all'' of the Muppets that had been created by Creator/JimHenson up to that point, singing together and celebrating Henson at his crowning time of success.
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* Also the final reprise of "Rainbow Connection" where the camera pulls back to show virtually ''all'' of the Muppets created by Creator/JimHenson up to that point, singing together and celebrating Henson at his crowning time of success.

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* Also the final reprise of "Rainbow Connection" finale to the closing number "The Magic Store", where the camera pulls back to show virtually ''all'' of the Muppets created by Creator/JimHenson up to that point, singing together and celebrating Henson at his crowning time of success.
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* Also the final reprise of "Rainbow Connection" where the camera pulls back to show most, if not ''all'', of the Muppets created by Henson at that point singing together and celebrating Creator/JimHenson at his crowning time of success.

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* Also the final reprise of "Rainbow Connection" where the camera pulls back to show most, if not ''all'', virtually ''all'' of the Muppets created by Henson at Creator/JimHenson up to that point point, singing together and celebrating Creator/JimHenson Henson at his crowning time of success.

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* Gonzo's song at the campfire is ''gorgeous''.
* Also the final reprise of "Rainbow Connection" where the camera pulls back to show most, if not ''all'', of the Muppets created by Henson at that point singing together and celebrating Jim Henson at his crowning time of success.

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* Gonzo's song at the campfire is ''gorgeous''.
"[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome I'm Going To Go Back There Someday]]"
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* The big finale song "Magic Store".
-->''Life's like a movie\\
Write your own ending\\
Keep believing\\
Keep pretending\\
We done just what we set out to do\\
Thanks to the lovers\\
The dreamers\\
and YOU!''
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* The cameo from OrsonWelles when he gives the Muppets their break and their reaction, particularly Kermit's, afterwards. Made even more heartwarming when one considers that Welles's character, Lew Lord, was based on the man who helped Jim Henson into stardom, Lord Lew Grade.

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* The cameo from OrsonWelles Creator/OrsonWelles when he gives the Muppets their break and their reaction, particularly Kermit's, afterwards. Made even more heartwarming when one considers that Welles's character, Lew Lord, was based on the man who helped Jim Henson into stardom, Lord Lew Grade.
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** What really does it is that it happens right after [[DisasterDominoes the movie set got trashed]], destroying all their hard work and, had the ending not been a ForegoneConclusion, would have turned it into a ShootTheShaggyDog moment. Then, when everybody looks like they're at their absolute peak of despair and about to give up, a rainbow appears in the gaping hole in the ceiling, the reprise of "Rainbow Connection" plays, and everybody starts singing. Dawww...

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** What really does it is that it happens right after [[DisasterDominoes the movie set got trashed]], destroying all their hard work and, had the ending not been a ForegoneConclusion, would have turned it into a ShootTheShaggyDog moment. Then, when everybody looks like they're at their absolute peak of despair and about to give up, a ''real'' rainbow appears in through the gaping hole in the ceiling, the reprise of "Rainbow Connection" plays, and everybody starts singing. Dawww...
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* "Well, I've got a dream too, but it's about singing, dancing, and making people happy. That's the sort of dream that gets better the more people you share with it. And, well, I've found a whole bunch of friends who have the same dream. And...and that kinda makes us like a family."

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* "Well, -->'''Kermit:''' Well, I've got a dream too, but it's about singing, dancing, and making people happy. That's the sort of dream that gets better the more people you share with it. And, well, I've found a whole bunch of friends who have the same dream. And...and that kinda makes us like a family."

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* Gonzo's song at the campfire.
** This troper was in ''tears'' by the end.

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* Gonzo's song at the campfire.
** This troper was in ''tears'' by the end.
campfire is ''gorgeous''.
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* "Well, I've got a dream too, but it's about singing, dancing, and making people happy. That's the sort of dream that gets better the more people you share with it. And, well, I've found a whole bunch of friends who have the same dream. And...and that kinda makes us like a family."
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* Kermit's plea to Doc Hopper when his posse catches up to them in the western ghost town. Even after about half a dozen times Hopper has made it clear he wants Kermit dead, Kermit is nothing but forgiving toward him.
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** Welles also showed that he could act even in a 30 second cameo. Notice the brief hesitation Lew Lord makes before paging his secretary, as the impulse to give them that contract wasn't an immediate one.
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* The cameo from OrsonWelles when he gives the Muppets their break and their reaction, particularly Kermit's, afterwards. Made even more heartwarming when one considers that Welles's character was based on the man who helped Jim Henson into stardom.

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* This troper was in ''tears'' by the end.

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* ** This troper was in ''tears'' by the end.
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* This troper was in ''tears'' by the end.
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* Also the final reprise of "Rainbow Connection" where the camera pulls back to show most, if not ''all'', the muppets created by Henson singing together and celebrating Jim Henson at his crowning time of success.
** What really does it for this Troper is that it happens right after [[DisasterDominoes the movie set got trashed]], destroying all their hard work and, had the ending not been a ForegoneConclusion, would have turned it into a ShootTheShaggyDog moment. Then, when everybody looks like they're at their absolute peak of despair and about to give up, a rainbow appears in the gaping hole in the ceiling, the reprise of "Rainbow Connection" plays, and everybody starts singing. Dawww...
-->...and all the lovers...the dreamers...and you!

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* Also the final reprise of "Rainbow Connection" where the camera pulls back to show most, if not ''all'', of the muppets Muppets created by Henson at that point singing together and celebrating Jim Henson at his crowning time of success.
** What really does it for this Troper is that it happens right after [[DisasterDominoes the movie set got trashed]], destroying all their hard work and, had the ending not been a ForegoneConclusion, would have turned it into a ShootTheShaggyDog moment. Then, when everybody looks like they're at their absolute peak of despair and about to give up, a rainbow appears in the gaping hole in the ceiling, the reprise of "Rainbow Connection" plays, and everybody starts singing. Dawww...
-->...and all Thanks to the lovers...the dreamers...and you!'''you'''!
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** What really makes it is that Welles looks quite intimidating, making you worried that he's going to give them yet another hard time before the {{Foregone Conclusion}}. And then he simply tells his secretary to get the "standard rich and famous contract."
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* The cameo from OrsonWelles when he gives the Muppets their break and their reaction, particularly Kermit's, afterwards. Made even more heartwarming when one considers that Welles's character was based on the man who helped Jim Henson into stardom.
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* And just before the above, everybody working to get the set ready, not to mention the performance of "The Magic Store." Seeing everyone psyched up to get started after their epic journey was seriously encouraging.

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